- In what 1726 book would you find humanoid animals called Yahoos?
- What famous author was the first woman to register to vote in Concord, Mass.?
- On Dec. 23, 1954, a team of surgeons at Boston’s Peter Bent Brigham Hospital performed the first successful organ transplant; what was the organ?
- The first national Christmas tree, in 1923, came from Vermont and was lit by what president?
- In what 1968 animated movie would you find a war between Pepperland natives and the Blue Meanies?
- The mythological yeti – or abominable snowman – derives from what mountain range?
- On Dec. 24, 1912, one of the country’s first public Christmas trees was lit where in Boston?
- When they first met, what fictional character said to a doctor, “How are you? You have been in Afghanistan, I perceive”?
- In what poem would you find a character with “a broad face and a little round belly, / that shook when he laughed, like a bowlful of jelly”?
- On Dec. 25, 1830, the Best Friend of Charleston became the first of what kind of regularly scheduled transportation service in the country?
- Who originally recorded “Feliz Navidad”?
- The “Rabbi Small” mystery series by Harry Kemelman starts with “Friday the Rabbi Slept Late” – it is set in the fictional town of Barnard’s Crossing in what state?
- What religious group’s worship services include long periods of “expectant waiting” (silence)?
- On Dec. 26, 1982, what non-human was named Time Magazine’s Man of the Year?
- Whose portrait is featured on a new European coin this month?
- On Dec. 27, 1964, what group first appeared on “The Ed Sullivan Show,” singing “Come See About Me”?
- In what lake would you find Isle Royale?
- December 28 is National Card Playing Day; what was the previous name of the Jack?
- The Leaning Tower of Pisa has what function?
- On Dec. 29, 1852, in Boston, New Yorker Emma Snodgrass, 17, was arrested for wearing what?