Winter Holidays Around the World
The number of nights of Hanukkah.
What is eight?
The tallest living land animal.
What is the giraffe?
The word that should be corrected in the following sentence:
Can you here the birds singing outside?
What is "here"? (should be "hear")
This article of clothing brought Frosty the Snowman to life.
What is a hat?
Reed College, Lewis & Clark College, and Willamette University are located in this state.
What is Oregon?
Roughly 3,000 pounds of confetti will be dropped on Times Square at midnight on this holiday.
What is New Year's Eve? (or New Year's)
The only North American marsupial.
What is the opossum?
A comma should be added between these two words in the following sentence:
During the production of the film the director nearly quit.
What are "film" and "the"?
The author of How the Grinch Stole Christmas.
Who is Dr. Seuss?
Harvard University, Northeastern University, and Berklee College of Music are located in this state.
What is Massachusetts?
The Winter Solstice marks the shortest day of the year on this date.
What is December 21st?
The only bird that can fly backwards.
What is the hummingbird?
The misplaced modifier in the following sentence:
The young lady was walking the dog on the telephone.
In Home Alone, the McCallisters leave Kevin behind when they go on vacation to this city.
What is Paris?
Whitman College, Evergreen State College, and Gonzaga University are located in this state.
What is Washington?
In 2025, Chinese New Year will mark the beginning of The Year of the ____.
What is Snake?
The loudest land animal.
This type of comma separates the last and second-to-last items in a list of three or more.
What is the Oxford comma?
Hermey the Elf's dream job in Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
What is a dentist?
Columbia University, Cornell University, and Fordham University are located in this state.
What is New York?
Saint Nicholas was born in this modern day country.
What is Turkey?
A group of porcupines is called this.
What is a prickle?
The term for a comma incorrectly linking two independent clauses.
What is a comma splice?
Charlie Brown and his friends hum this Christmas Carol at the end of A Charlie Brown Christmas.
What is "Hark the Herald Angels Sing"?
Northwestern University, DePaul University, and Lake Forest College are located in this state.