February
What holiday is on February 14th?
Valentine's Day
6
What county is Newton in?
Middlesex County
Ryan's dad has five children. Omor, Omir, Omer, Omur, and ?????? Who is the fifth child?
Ryan
Think of a number. Double it. Add six. Half it. Take away the number you started with. What's the number you're left with?
3
In the Northern Hemisphere, February is the third month of what?
Winter
What color is snow?
Translucent (clear)
Who represents Newton in the House of Representatives?
Jake Auchincloss
There are 6 sisters. Each sister has 1 brother. How many brothers are in the sister's family?
1 brother
What's the golden number?
1.618
What holiday is on February 2nd?
Groundhog Day
What's Norway's national sport?
Cross-country Skiing
What's Newton's nickname?
Newton is nicknamed “The Garden City” for its abundance of tree-lined streets and open spaces for recreation
You buy me to eat, but never eat me.
Plates and cutlery
What number is not represented in roman numerals?
Zero
What's this year's Chinese New Year animal?
The Ox
What US state holds the record for the most snow to fall in a single calendar day?
On December 4, 1913, 63 inches of snow fell on Georgetown, Colorado.
How many villages are there in Newton?
13. Auburndale, Chestnut Hill, Newton Centre, Newton Corner, Newton Highlands, Newton Lower Falls, Newton Upper Falls (both on the Charles River, and both former small industrial sites), Newtonville, Nonantum (also called "The Lake"), Oak Hill, Thompsonville, Waban and West Newton
What has six faces, but does not wear makeup, and twenty-one eyes, but cannot see?
A Dice
What is the symbol for division called? ÷÷÷÷÷÷
Obelus
What February holiday is a US Federal Holiday?
President's Day
What US State holds the record for most snow angels made simultaneously in one place?
Back in 2007, it was 8962 people in North Dakota who plopped down in the snow to waggle their arms and legs to make snow angels.
Name a foreign country that houses one of Newton's sister cities.
Like many other American towns, Newton has “sister cities,” but neither of them are in the United States! Newton’s sister cities include San Donato Val di Comune in Italy and San Juan del Sur, all the way in Nicaragua.
What is in seasons, seconds, centuries, and minutes but not in decades, years or days?
The letter N
The word "hundred" comes from what old Norse term?
The word “hundred” comes from the old Norse term, “hundrath”, which actually means 120 and not 100.