December IQ
"A Visit from St. Nicholas (The Night Before Christmas)" by Clement C. Moore was published in December 1823. What is the last line of the poem?
A. Merry Christmas to all and to all a good night.
B. Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.
C. God Bless us everyone.
B. Happy Christmas to all and to all a good night.
Z is one of the two letters with the highest number of points, and this is the other one.
Q. They are both worth 10 points when you use them in a word.
"Hope Springs" this
Eternal
"Hope springs eternal in the human breast"
McIntosh is a variety of this fruit.
Apple
A group of birds or sheep
flock
Show Boat opened on Broadway in December 1927. Which is NOT a song from the musical?
A. "Up a lazy River" B. "Ol' Man River"
c. "Make Believe" D. "Can't help lovin' Dat Man"
A. Up a lazy river.
Scrabble playing pieces are called what?
Tiles. 100 tiles are used in the game.
"Learn from yesterday, live for today, and hope for" this.
*extra points if you can tell who said it.
tomorrow.
Albert Einstein
In 1968, McDonald's added this iconic item to its national menu.
Big Mac
Dogs or wolves
pack
On December 15, 1964, Canada adopted a new flag featuring a colored maple leaf on a white background. What color is the maple leaf?
Red
Each player takes this number of tiles to start the game.
7
Hope for this and expect that.
Best Worst
This is the one food that never goes bad.
Honey
kittens or puppies
litter
Narcissus is the birth flower for December. Is the narcissus an annual or a perennial?
Perennial
This is the publisher of the Official Scrabble Players Dictionary.
Merriam-Webster
Emily Dickinson wrote that hope is the thing with these.
Feathers. "Hope is the thing with feathers, That perches in the soul, And sings the tune without the words, And never stops- at all."
Sweet potatoes are different from this root vegetable, though soft varieties of sweet potatoes sold in the US are often mislabeled as them.
Yams
The same species of fish swimming together in synchrony.
school
First Lady "Lady Bird" Johnson was born on December 22, 1912. What is her first name?
a. Judith b. Margaret c. Claudia d. Bess
C. Claudia
You can swap your tiles by doing this?
Give up a turn.
He took his show on the road to entertain American Troops around the world.
Bob Hope
This is the most expensive spice.
Saffron
Elephants
herd