games
This games requires dice, a cup and a little to much math
what is yatzee
this romantic holiday actually traces its origins back to the ancient, wild Roman fertility festival called Lupercalia.
what is Valentine's day
This unique mammal is the only one capable of true, sustained flight, using its webbed wings to navigate in the dark using echolocation.
what is a bat
This punctuation mark is used to join two independent clauses that are closely related in thought, without using a coordinating conjunction like "and."
what is a semicolon
This relaxing outdoor activity involves using a rod, reel, and bait to catch marine or freshwater creatures.
what is fishing
Colonel Mustard and Professor Plum are among the colorful suspects you'll investigate while trying to solve a murder in this classic board game.
what is clue
Falling exactly 50 days after Easter, this major Christian holiday commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the Apostles.
what is Pentecost
This massive black-and-white mammal feeds almost exclusively on bamboo shoots and is native to the mountain forests of southwestern China.
what is a giant panda
This part of speech modifies or describes a verb, an adjective, or another adverb, and often ends in "-ly" in English.
what is an adverb (kinda obvious)
This dynamic tabletop game features miniature soccer players attached to rotating metal bars used to strike a ball into the opponent's goal.
what is foosball
Originally named "The Landlord's Game", this property-trading board game lets players buy utilities and build hotels on Atlantic City streets.
what is monoploy
Falling on March 17th, this Irish holiday is famous for parades, shamrocks, and wearing the color green.
what is saint Patrick's day
Known for its distinctive laugh, this nocturnal African carnivore is actually more closely related to felines than to dogs.
what is a hyena
This grammatical error occurs when two independent clauses are joined together with only a comma, instead of a period or semicolon.
what is a comma splice
Originating in 19th-century Britain, this popular pastime involves pressing dried flowers or leaves between heavy book pages to preserve them.
what is flower pressing
You must apologize to your opponents as you bump them back to the start space in this classic, slide-filled board game.
what is sorry
Due to a wildly successful 1974 "Kentucky for Christmas" marketing campaign, eating fried chicken from KFC has become a massive Christmas Eve tradition in this Asian country.
what is Japan
Known for its incredible intelligence, this cephalopod possesses three hearts, blue blood, and can squeeze its entire body through a hole the size of a coin.
what is an octopus
Words like wow, ouch, and hooray belong to this expressive part of speech used to convey sudden emotion or exclamation.
what is an interjection
this activity involves using yarn and a single hooked needle to loop stitches together, unlike knitting which uses two straight needles.
what is crochet
A standard deck of 52 cards is used in this ultimate betting game where players bluff and try to build the best five-card hand, like a full house.
what is poker
This festive winter plant's red "petals" are actually modified leaves called bracts, and it was brought to the US from Mexico by the nation's first minister to Mexico.
what is poinsettia
Despite its deceptive name, this aquatic creature is not a fish at all, but rather a slow-moving, egg-laying mammal with a duck-like bill and a venomous spur.
what is a platypus
This specific term describes a verb form ending in "-ing" that functions entirely as a noun, such as "swimming" in the sentence "Swimming is fun."
what is a gerund
Enthusiasts of this avian hobby use binoculars and field guides to spot and identify different feathered species in their natural habitats.
what is birdwatching