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Week of DECEMBER 7 – DECEMBER 13, 2025
In Greek mythology, who killed the centaur Nessus with a poisoned arrow, but was later killed himself when his wife accidentally covered him with a cloak that was soaked in the poisoned blood of the centaur?
ANSWER: Heracles (Hercules in Roman mythology)
DECEMBER 16, 2025 ONLY
What animal’s genus name, Odobenus, comes from the Greek meaning, “one who walks with his teeth”?
ANSWER: Walrus
DECEMBER 17 – DECEMBER 20, 2025 and DECEMBER 21 – DECEMBER 27, 2025
Admitted to the Union as the 22nd state in 1819, what southern U.S. state is often cited as the first in the nation to officially recognize Christmas as a legal holiday, in 1836?
ANSWER: Alabama (Christmas was declared a national holiday in 1870)
Week of DECEMBER 28 – JANUARY 3, 2026
Created by Dick Clark, the first “New Year’s Rockin’ Eve” special debuted on NBC on December 31, 1972, and was hosted by what American rock band?
ANSWER: Three Dog Night
Week of JANUARY 4 – JANUARY 10, 2026
What fictional sleuth, who lived at 212A West 87th St., New York, not only appeared as a character in nearly forty novels and short story collections, but what also the pseudonym of the author of those books?
ANSWER: Ellery Queen (the books were written by American authors Frederic Dannay and Manfred Bennington Lee)
Week of JANUARY 11 – JANUARY 17, 2026
Week of JANUARY 18 – JANUARY 24, 2026
Week of JANUARY 25 – JANUARY 31, 2026