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Trivia Challenge

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  1. On Dec. 15, 1791, Congress ratified the first 10 amendments to the U.S. Constitution; what is the document known as?
  2. Reportedly, in 1997, in the competition to be the Massachusetts state cookie, the Toll House chocolate chip cookie beat what cookie?
  3. What country was the first to legalize cryptocurrency?
  4. On Dec. 16, 1773, the Boston Tea Party took place; when were words “Boston Tea Party” first printed: 1774, 1825 or 1899?
  5. In what decade was the “mod” British culture?
  6. December 17 is National Maple Syrup Day; what term means an area mostly of sugar maples?
  7. What author of “Little House on the Prairie” said that “we are better throughout the year for having, in spirit, become a child again at Christmastime”?
  8. Reportedly, the Inuit people use “song duels” to settle disputes; in what three countries do they live?
  9. What was the last name of the American comic “Zeppo”?
  10. On Dec. 18, 1966, what “Christmas” TV special aired that was adapted from a Dr. Seuss children’s book?
  11. Poinsettias are native to what country?
  12. In what 1960s TV series would you find the Russian spy Illya Kuryakin?
  13. On Dec. 19, 1915, what French singer/actress was born whose signature song was “La Vie en Rose” (Life in Pink)?
  14. In what movie would you find the four main food groups of candy, candy canes, candy corn and syrup?
  15. Salem, Mass., native Nathaniel Hawthorne died while on a trip to the White Mountains with what president from New Hampshire?
  16. In the 1880s what American dime-store magnate became rich, including by importing glass ornaments from Germany?
  17. On Dec. 20, 1790, the first American cotton mill began operation on the Blackstone River in what state?
  18. How are hurdle, rib and seed similar?
  19. What popular carol was originally a German folk song unrelated to Christmas?
  20. On Dec. 21, 1946, Louis Jordan’s R&B single “Ain’t Nobody Here But Us Chickens” debuted on the charts; he is called the King of what early automated music player?
  1. The Bill of Rights
  2. Fig Newton
  3. El Salvador (Bitcoin)
  4. 1825 (Reportedly, at the time “Party” referred to a group of men, not an event.)
  5. 1960s
  6. Sugar bush
  7. Laura Ingalls Wilder
  8. Alaska, USA, Canada and Greenland
  9. Marx
  10. “How the Grinch Stole Christmas!”
  11. Mexico
  12. “The Man From U.N.C.L.E.”
  13. Edith Piaf
  14. “Elf”
  15. Franklin Pierce
  16. W. Woolworth
  17. Rhode Island
  18. They are knitting stitches.
  19. “O Tannenbaum” (celebrating the evergreen fir tree)
  20. The jukebox

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