Holidays Study Guide

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Halloween 22x 9.5% stumper $490 avg J:17 DJ:4 FJ:1

J $100 1997 Some refer to it as Trick or Treat Night

J $600 2006 This holiday is the night before All Saints' Day

DJ $1,000 DD 1989 Traditionally, children have collected money for UNICEF on this holiday

Labor Day 19x 5.6% stumper $344 avg J:12 DJ:6 FJ:1

J $100 1995 In 1894 Grover Cleveland set this holiday as the first Monday in September

J $600 2014 In Australia, Eight Hours Day was the original name of this holiday

FJ 1993 Peter J. McGuire, this holiday's originator, set its date to fall about midway between July 4th & Thanksgiving

Memorial Day 16x 12.5% stumper $362 avg J:13 DJ:3

J $100 1998 Decoration Day is another name for this holiday when graves of soldiers are decorated

J $500 1985 Union General John Logan is credited with 1st naming May 30th as this holiday in 1868

J $200 2022 This holiday was created to honor those who died during the Civil War

Columbus Day 15x 8.3% stumper $583 avg J:11 DJ:1 FJ:3

J $100 1992 This holiday was first observed in October 1792

J $600 2015 Explore the calendar & you'll discover that this federal holiday is celebrated on the second Monday in October

J $2,000 DD 2012 At the beginning of each term, Supreme Court justices work one week, then get Monday off for this

Easter 14x 15.4% stumper $485 avg J:11 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 2000 The American Egg Board has declared Egg Salad Week for the week after this holiday

J $500 DD 1996 In the West this holiday is the first Sunday after the full Moon on or following the vernal equinox

DJ $3,000 DD 1991 The need to keep this observance in its season led Pope Gregory XIII to fix the calendar

Veterans Day 13x 9.1% stumper $709 avg J:6 DJ:5 FJ:2

J $200 2012 A 1971 law moved this observance to the fourth Monday in October; in 1978 it moved back to its November date

DJ $600 1998 Observance of this day begins at 11 A.M. on the 11th day of the 11th month at the Tomb of the Unknown Soldier

J $1,000 2020 Until 1954 it was known as Armistice Day in the United States

Arbor Day 13x 18.2% stumper $573 avg J:7 DJ:4 FJ:2

J $100 1995 This tree planting day was first celebrated on April 10, 1872 in Nebraska

J $500 2000 The Virginias celebrate this on the second Friday in April; many other states wait until the last Friday

J $1,000 2007 The Oakdale (Minn.) Tree Board won the 2006 Lady Bird Johnson Award from this holiday's foundation

Bastille Day 13x $762 avg J:8 DJ:5

DJ $200 1987 France's great national holiday celebrated on July 14, commemorates this event

J $800 2002 This French holiday falls on July 14

DJ $1,000 DD 1994 It's the most famous holiday we know that was named for a prison

Ramadan 12x $492 avg J:10 DJ:2

J $200 2023 Devout Muslims fast in the daylight hours during this holy month, the ninth on the Islamic calendar

J $500 1999 Id Al-Fitr is a day of feasting that ends the fast at the end of this Islamic holy month

J $300 2000 USA Today reported New Yorkers have a tough time getting cabs during this month-long observance

February 12x 16.7% stumper $625 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $100 1996 Presidents' Day is observed on the third Monday in this month

J $500 2001 By presidential proclamation, this is American Heart Month

DJ $1,000 DD 1988 It's the only month which can start on a Sunday & can end on a Saturday

September 12x $458 avg J:9 DJ:3

J $300 1985 In 1882, the Knights of Labor decided their Labor Day would always fall on this

J $500 1996 On a morn in this month, Neil Diamond "danced until the night became a brand new day"

J $100 1994 The first Monday of this month is Labor Day in the U.S.

St. Patrick's Day 11x 9.1% stumper $255 avg J:9 DJ:2

J $100 1999 Holiday associated with the "Wearing of the Green"

J $1,000 2011 This holiday is also called La Fheile Padraig

J $100 1998 Dating back at least 100 years, "drowning the shamrock", or going drinking, is a tradition on this holiday

May 11x 18.2% stumper $318 avg J:6 DJ:5

J $200 2000 On its first day people crown a queen, dance around a pole & march to support workers

J $600 2025 In "Stairway To Heaven", Robert Plant sang of the queen of this month; in 2017 he would devote an entire song to her

DJ $200 2000 Mother's Day

Hanukkah 11x $464 avg J:9 DJ:2

J $200 2019 In 2019 this 8-day Jewish observance begins on the night of December 22

J $500 1998 It begins on the 25th of Kislev & lasts 8 days

J $200 1985 A dreidel is a square top given to children during this Jewish holiday season

June 11x 18.2% stumper $609 avg J:6 DJ:5

J $300 1994 St. John's Day & Midsummer Day fall on the 24th of this month

J $500 DD 2000 In this month in 1777, Congress resolved that the flag "...be 13 stripes alternate red and white"

J $1,000 2006 In the musical "Carousel", it's the month of the first clambake of the year

July 10x 10.0% stumper $490 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $100 1994 It's the month during which the U.S. celebrates its Independence Day

J $500 2000 An 1830 French revolution began in this month, perhaps bringing back fond memories

DJ $1,500 DD 2000 It's National Hot Dog Month & National Baked Bean Month

Flag Day 10x 30.0% stumper $390 avg J:10

J $100 1993 Each year in June, ceremonies at the Betsy Ross House in Philadelphia mark this holiday

J $500 1993 Haiti observes this day on May 18; the U.S., on June 14

J $1,000 2014 "Pause for the Pledge of Allegiance" is a part of this U.S. holiday's ceremonies

April 10x 22.2% stumper $511 avg J:4 DJ:5 FJ:1

J $200 2006 Flanders & Swann sang that it "brings the sweet spring showers--on and on for hours and hours!"

DJ $600 1996 While January opens the year, the name of this month comes from the Latin for "to open"

DJ $1,000 2000 National Arbor Day

Good Friday 10x 10.0% stumper $700 avg J:7 DJ:3

J $100 1989 This day commemorates the crucifixion of Christ

J $500 1986 The Sabbath is observed by Jews on Saturdays, Christians on Sundays, & Muslims on this day

J $1,500 DD 1993 The Liturgy of the Passion is performed on this day in Roman Catholic churches

Valentine's Day 9x 12.5% stumper $288 avg J:4 DJ:4 FJ:1

DJ $200 1999 "(Hi, I'm Chuck Woolery) You can send a card to your sweetheart or anyone in your 4th grade class on this February holiday"

J $600 2003 Susan B. Anthony Day is the day after this federal holiday

FJ 1986 Ranked #2 after Christmas, about 850 million greeting cards are sold yearly for this holiday

Passover 9x 11.1% stumper $789 avg J:7 DJ:2

J $100 1990 Jewish holiday also known as the Feast of Unleavened Bread

J $500 1996 In 1937 Maxwell House coffee began distributing free haggadahs for use on this holiday

DJ $1,200 2005 Shavu'ot, or Feast of Weeks, is a Jewish holiday celebrated 7 weeks after this festival

Alaska 9x $311 avg J:9

J $100 1995 On October 18 this state remembers its transfer from Russia to the U.S.

J $1,000 2011 Seward's Day, the last Monday in March, is one of this state's holidays

J $200 2024 Seward's Day, the last Monday in March, is a legal holiday in this state

Thanksgiving 8x 28.6% stumper $471 avg J:5 DJ:2 FJ:1

J $100 1992 Rather than in November, Canadians celebrate this holiday the second Monday in October

J $1,000 DD 2013 The first presidential proclamation of this day mentions "the favorable interpositions of" God's providence

FJ 1989 Great American Smokeout, urging smokers to quit the habit, is held each year a week before this holiday

October 8x $375 avg J:8

J $100 2000 It starts with St. Bavo's Day & ends with Halloween

J $500 1996 Celebrating the anniversary of its founding, United Nations Day is observed on the 24th of this month

J $100 1994 A "fest"ive fall month, or an ale brewed in it

Kwanzaa 8x $812 avg J:7 DJ:1

J $400 2010 In Los Angeles in 1966, this African-American holiday was celebrated for the first time

J $500 1997 The colors green for hope & red for struggle are prominently displayed during this African-American festival

J $1,000 2022 Ujima & Umoja are 2 of the 7 principles celebrated during this holiday created in the United States

Christmas 8x 12.5% stumper $288 avg J:7 DJ:1

DJ $200 1998 This holiday is also called the Feast of the Nativity

J $200 1992 In England Cinderella pantomimes are a popular feature of this holiday season

J $200 1991 Lest you forget, Shopping Reminder Day will remind you there are only 24 more days until this

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Yom Kippur 7x $557 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $300 1997 The Jewish festival of Sukkot begins 5 days after this solemn holy day

J $600 2002 It's the Jewish Day of Atonement

J $1,000 2003 (Sofia of the Clue Crew in front of the Anne Frank House in Amsterdam) The Anne Frank House here in Amsterdam is open daily except for this holiday

Oklahoma 7x 28.6% stumper $643 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $200 1996 Observances in this state include Indian Day in September & Will Rogers Day in November

J $500 1990 Every November 4th, this state observes the birthday of humorist Will Rogers

J $1,000 2003 September 16 is Cherokee Strip Day in this state (& no, there are no totem pole dancers)

Mother's Day 7x 28.6% stumper $457 avg J:7

J $100 1995 In 1915 President Wilson declared this holiday the second Sunday in May

J $600 2001 This holiday was first observed on May 10, 1908 in Philadelphia & Grafton, West Virginia

J $1,200 DD 1993 Although Julia Ward Howe suggested this holiday in 1872, Anna Jarvis is credited as its founder

Louisiana 7x $271 avg J:4 DJ:3

J $100 1995 June is the month for this state's annual Bayou Lacombe Crab Festival

J $500 1995 Morgan City in this state celebrates its 2 biggest industries with a shrimp & petroleum festival

J $100 1994 In October this state's annual State Fair takes place in Shreveport

Idaho 7x $386 avg J:7

J $100 1991 This state holds a "Spud Days" festival every September in Shelley

J $900 DD 1997 Summer events in this state include the Snake River Stampede & the Lewiston Roundup

J $100 1991 This state's championship chariot races are held each March in Pocatello

Hawaii 7x $243 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1996 The Queen Liliuokalani Canoe Races take place on Labor Day weekend in this state

J $600 2019 Celebrating an event from 1959, August 16 is Statehood Day in this state; the Bishop Museum will be open

J $100 1991 Each year on May Day this state observes a Lei Day celebration & contest

December 7x 28.6% stumper $614 avg J:6 DJ:1

J $100 1994 Because of Christmas, Saxons once referred to this month as Holy Month

J $500 1994 April showers bring May flowers, but the Mayflower landed in the New World in this month

J $1,200 DD 2002 In the Southern Hemisphere summer begins in this month

Ash Wednesday 7x 16.7% stumper $717 avg J:3 DJ:3 FJ:1

J $300 1993 In Christianity it's the day following Shrove Tuesday

DJ $600 1990 In Great Britain, Pancake Tuesday is followed by this day

J $1,000 2020 Not a Halloween tradition, English Jack o' Lents were made on this mid-week Christian holiday

Wyoming 6x 33.3% stumper $750 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1997 This state has a woodchopper's jamboree in Encampment & a primitive weapons contest in Casper

J $1,000 2024 Public schools in this state observe November 29 as former governor Nellie Tayloe Ross Day

DJ $400 1997 The Jackson Hole Shootout in this state features a stagecoach robbery reenactment

Utah 6x $500 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $100 1996 This state's Days of '47 Festival honors the day Brigham Young reached the Salt Lake Valley in 1847

DJ $600 1997 Around Halloween Moab in this state celebrates the mountain bike with a fat tire festival

J $1,000 2015 This state's Pioneer Day honors those who fled west from Illinois for religious freedom

Purim 6x 50.0% stumper $833 avg J:4 DJ:2

J $500 1991 This Jewish holiday is marked by reading the Biblical book of Esther

DJ $1,600 2015 The Jewish year periodically has not a leap day but a leap month & this dress-up holiday moves from Adar to Adar Bet

J $500 1989 Also referred to as the Feast of Lots, this Jewish holiday is marked by the reading of the book of Esther

Pentecost 6x 16.7% stumper $1,050 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $500 1992 This Christian feast held on the 7th Sunday after Easter has been recognized since the 3rd c.

J $1,000 2003 In Germany, Pfingsten is this observance, 50 days after Easter

DJ $800 1996 Taking place 50 days after Easter, Whitsunday is also called this

November 6x $650 avg J:3 DJ:3

J $200 2004 In "Marmion" Sir Walter Scott wrote that this month's "sky is chill and drear" & its "leaf is red and sear"

J $500 1996 This month begins with back-to-back observances: All Saints' Day & All Souls' Day

DJ $1,600 2013 The Celtic word Samhain can refer to this month or to a festival on the first day of it

Massachusetts 6x $300 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $100 1999 On June 17 Suffolk County in this state celebrates Bunker Hill Day

J $500 1996 The Tanglewood Music Festival is a summer highlight in Lenox in this New England state

J $200 2018 June 17:Bunker Hill Day

grandparents 6x 16.7% stumper $633 avg J:5 DJ:1

J $400 2019 Mom & Dad have their days, & on September 8 we recognize these other relatives

J $500 1994 Since 1978 these relatives have been honored with a national holiday, the Sunday after Labor Day

DJ $1,600 2011 Marian McQuade created a holiday for these people to champion the cause of the lonely elderly in nursing homes

Father's Day 6x 20.0% stumper $520 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $200 1995 The first president to proclaim this holiday as the third Sunday in June was Lyndon B. Johnson in 1966

J $800 2015 Summer begins on Sunday, June 21, the same day as this celebration

DJ $1,000 DD 1990 It was 1st celebrated publicly in Spokane, Washington on June 19, 1910

Cinco de Mayo 6x $400 avg J:5 FJ:1

J $300 1987 While this day is hardly noted in Mexico itself, it is a major holiday among Mexican-Americans

J $500 1995 It's also known as Battle of Puebla Day

FJ 1993 This holiday is the top avocado-eating day of the year in the U.S.; Super Bowl Sunday is second

August 6x 20.0% stumper $700 avg J:4 DJ:1 FJ:1

J $300 1994 It's named for Julius Caesar's grandnephew

J $800 DD 1994 Month named for the emperor during whose reign Jesus was born

J $1,000 2002 Leo & Virgo are both Zodiac signs for this month

the Tour de France 6x $1,125 avg J:3 DJ:1 FJ:2

J $300 1993 Algeria celebrates its independence from this country on July 5

DJ $1,400 DD 1996 On October 2 Guinea celebrates its independence from this European country

FJ 1987 From 1793-1805 this country used a calendar that included months of Germinal, Fructidor & Thermidor

Vermont 5x $500 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $300 1994 Annual events in this state include the Maple Festival in St. Albans & the Marlboro Music Festival

J $600 2023 The first Tuesday in March is Town Meeting Day in Bennington, Montpelier & other communities across this state

DJ $400 1991 This state has many maple sugar festivities, including the annual Sugar Slalom in Stowe in April

Texas 5x $400 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2003 LBJ's August 27 birthday is a holiday in this state

J $1,000 DD 1992 This state observes its own Independence Day on March 2

J $200 1993 This state's San Jacinto Day, April 21, celebrates its independence from Mexico

Minnesota 5x $640 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1996 The Freeze Yer Gizzard Blizzard Run is part of Ice Box Days in International Falls in this state

DJ $600 1991 If you're into jogging, try the Freeze Your Gizzard Blizzard Run in January in this state's Int'l Falls

J $1,000 2016 During the Defeat of Jesse James Days in Northfield in this state, James' failed 1876 bank robbery is re-enacted

March 5x $220 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $100 2001 It “comes in like a lion & goes out like a lamb”

J $100 1992 St. David's Day falls on the 1st of this month; St. Patrick's Day is on the 17th

DJ $200 1988 1st month of the year that's also a verb

Japan 5x $340 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1996 Autumn brings Choyo-No-Sekku or Chrysan themum Day in this country

J $600 2008 Dolls representing the emperor & empress occupy a place of honor during this Asian country's Girls' Festival

J $100 1992 In this country they observe Setsubun, or Bean-Throwing Festival, on Feb. 3

January 5x 20.0% stumper $360 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1991 In Latin this month can be spelled I-A-N-V-A-R-I-U-S

J $1,000 DD 2006 (Jon of the Clue Crew reports from the sign-in desk at Bally Total Fitness.) It's named for a god of doors, & it's the month the greatest number of Americans walk through that door & join a gym

DJ $200 1992 One Saxon name for this month was Aefter-Yula or "after Christmas"

Groundhog Day 5x $420 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 1992 On this holiday, Punxsutawney Phil, king of the weather prophets, shines even if the sun doesn't

J $600 2006 The Punxsutawney Spirit was the first newspaper to print news about the observance of this holiday in 1886

J $300 1989 Punxsutawney Phil is best known for his appearance on this day

Earth Day 5x 20.0% stumper $1,140 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $100 1992 Conservationists love this holiday that rhymes with birthday

DJ $800 2011 2010 saw the 40th anniversary of this pro-environment observance

J $1,000 DD 2015 The Environmental Protection Agency was created in 1970, appropriately the same year of the debut of this annual April event

Buddha 5x $360 avg J:3 DJ:2

J $400 1992 In Southeast Asia, Vesak, usually in May, commemorates his birth, enlightenment, and death

J $600 2016 A public holiday in some countries, Vesak commemorates his birth, enlightenment & death

J $200 2016 In Thailand, the month of May brings his "enlightenment"; his "cremation" comes later

George Washington 5x 20.0% stumper $260 avg J:5

J $200 2002 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew has dibs on a drumstick.) We should all give thanks to this U.S. president who proclaimed a national day of Thanksgiving in 1789

J $400 2013 According to the feds, that Monday you get off in February is for this man's birthday

J $100 1991 His birthday was first observed in the late 1700s; some celebrated on February 11, some February 22

Hannibal, Missouri 5x $320 avg J:5

J $200 2013 (Jimmy of the Clue Crew presents.) In 1948, President Truman signaled the lighting of the White House Christmas tree via remote control from his home in this state, 900 miles away

J $500 1998 This city's Mississippi River Art Fair is held in the Mark Twain Historic District

J $200 1993 Truman Day is celebrated on May 8 in this state

Abraham Lincoln 5x $180 avg J:4 DJ:1

J $200 2015 This president's Feb. 12 birthday is an official holiday in Missouri &, of course, Illinois

J $200 2010 In 1863 this president declared a national day of Thanksgiving to be held in November

J $100 1990 This American's birthday was 1st observed by New York City's Republican Club in 1887 & by Illinois in 1892

Tombstone 4x $525 avg J:4

J $200 1994 Each May Wyatt Earp Days are held in this Arizona city where Earp once served as deputy sheriff

J $500 1994 Helldorado Days in this Arizona city features reenactments of gunfights & an 1880 fashion show

J $1,000 2011 This city's Wyatt Earp Days features a chili cook-off & an 1880s fashion show

the Grinch 4x $800 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2019 Tyler, the Creator raps, "I am" this character, "Tell your homeboy in a red suit to chill, before I ban him from Who-ville"

J $600 2018 His heart is 2 sizes too small--that's why he sets out at night to ruin Christmas in Who-ville

DJ $1,600 2011 (Sarah of the Clue Crew presents the clue from New York City.)Here'sa Christmas cocktail that's sure to warm your heart: made with melon-flavored Midori liqueur, it's named for this Dr. Seuss character

Pennsylvania 4x 25.0% stumper $375 avg J:4

J $200 2024 This state, the home of Betsy Ross, is the only one that celebrates Flag Day as an official legal holiday

J $500 1987 Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this state, where Betsy Ross worked as a seamstress

J $300 1997 Flag Day is a legal holiday only in this Keystone State

New Year's Day 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

J $100 1992 The Romans dedicated this day to a 2-faced god who looked forward & backward

DJ $1,200 2008 March 25 was this day in Britain until adoption of the Gregorian calendar in 1752

J $100 1987 The 1st bank holiday of the year in England, it's the 1st day banks are closed in the U.S. too

New Orleans 4x $325 avg J:4

J $200 2016 The lineup for the first Jazz & Heritage Festival in this city included Mahalia Jackson & Duke Ellington

J $600 2003 On January 8 Louisianans celebrate the Battle of this, not the Super Bowl

J $200 1996 You can tour old homes in this city's Garden District & French Quarter during its spring fiesta

Mistletoe 4x 25.0% stumper $250 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $100 1998 Legend says enemies who met under a branch of this would drop their weapons & embrace; now we kiss under it

J $500 1989 Send a Druid out to get this & he'll cut if off an oak tree with a golden sickle

J $200 1996 Pluck one berry for each kiss stolen under this plant; when the berries are gone, no more kissing

May Day 4x $425 avg J:3 DJ:1

DJ $200 1991 For centuries, this spring festival has been celebrated by selecting a queen & dancing around a pole

J $800 2006 (Cheryl of the Clue Crew waxes eloquent in front of Lenin's tomb in Moscow, Russia.) Soviet leaders reviewed a parade of military hardware from Lenin's tomb each year on this day, a Socialist holiday since 1889

J $300 1996 In 1889 this day was designated a labor holiday by the Second Socialist International

Martin Luther King Day 4x $433 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $200 2014 In 2013 this federal holiday was also Inauguration Day

J $700 DD 1992 This was first celebrated as a legal holiday in January 1986

FJ 1984 The third Monday of January starting in 1986

Mardi Gras 4x $250 avg J:4

J $100 1994 Probably the best-known festivals of this holiday are the ones in New Orleans & Rio de Janeiro

J $100 1992 Rex, the king of Carnival, crowns a queen during this New Orleans festival

J $400 1995 The King of the Rex Krewe leads a parade of floats in this annual event

Macy's 4x $600 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $400 2010 This department store's beloved Thanksgiving Day parade has been floating through New York City since 1924

DJ $800 2009 (Kelly of the Clue Crew reports from a festive shopping display in New York.) During the holiday season, more than a quarter of a million people visit Santaland at this famous store on Herald Square

J $400 2008 Conceived by store employees, this department store's beloved Thanksgiving Day parade debuted in NYC in 1924

Islam 4x $533 avg DJ:3 FJ:1

DJ $400 1999 In this religion, Ashura is a simple fast for Sunnis but a day of guilt & mortification for Shiites

DJ $600 1991 The calendar of this religion dates from 622 A.D.

FJ 1993 This religion's calendar dates from 622 A.D.

Hinduism 4x $525 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 2009 People's usual rankings of caste, gender, status & age are reversed on Holi, a spring festival of this faith

J $500 1997 Penitents pierce their bodies with hooks & walk in a procession during Thaipusam, a festival of this religion

J $600 2008 Buying gold jewelry insures good fortune on Akshaya Tritiya, a special day of this religion

Hannibal 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:4

J $200 2016 A fence painting contest is a highlight of National Tom Sawyer Days in this Missouri city

J $1,000 DD 2011 Fence painting & frog jumping contests are highlights of an annual festival held in this Missouri city

J $200 1996 The National Tom Sawyer Fence Painting Contest is held in this Missouri city each July

Florence Nightingale 4x $400 avg J:2 DJ:2

DJ $400 2006 "Crimea" river over our Miss Julyseenhere--good night, nurse

DJ $400 1998 A little "bird" told us National Hospital Day commemorates her May 12th birthday

J $400 1991 National Hospital Week, the week of May 12, commemorates her 1820 birth in Italy

Advent 4x $575 avg J:3 DJ:1

J $200 1991 On a church calendar, this period leads up to the 12 Days of Christmas

J $500 1997 From the Latin word for "coming", it's the period beginning on the fourth Sunday before Christmas

DJ $1,200 2019 The calendar seenhereworks well in 2019, when the first Sunday of this countdown period is December 1st

Palm Sunday 4x 25.0% stumper $400 avg J:4

J $100 1989 In 1988 Christmas & Easter both fell on this day of the week

J $1,000 DD 2004 This Christian observance celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem before his crucifixion

J $200 1992 Observed a week before Easter, this holy day celebrates Jesus' entry into Jerusalem

July 4th 4x $233 avg J:3 FJ:1

J $300 1987 In 1987, this holiday will be observed for the 212th time

FJ 1989 Surprisingly, it was not made a legal U.S. holiday until 1941, over 150 yrs. after it was 1st celebrated

J $100 1988 According to USA Today, it's the holiday on which the most hot dogs are eaten

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Venice 3 Trick or Treat 3 the Netherlands 3 the Constitution 3 Thailand 3 Tennessee 3 St. Valentine's Day 3 Spain 3 Saturday 3 President's Day 3 poinsettia 3 Northern Ireland 3 Maryland 3 Mary & Joseph 3 Martin Luther 3 Lent 3 Kris Kringle 3 Jefferson Davis 3 Guy Fawkes Day 3 Epiphany 3 Egypt 3 Diwali 3 Denmark 3 China 3 California 3 bobbing for apples 3 Billy the Kid 3 Annie Oakley 3 the Virgin Mary 3 the swallows 3 the Great Pumpkin 3 the 4th of July (Independence Day) 3 Oktoberfest 3 a yule log 3 Zimbabwe 2 World War I 2 Wisconsin 2 Wassail 2 Victoria 2 UNICEF 2 tulips 2 the United Nations 2 the St. Patrick's Day Parade 2 the Shah 2 the Rockettes 2 the Philippines 2 the Navajo 2 the Mackinac Bridge 2 the Kentucky Derby 2 the Julian calendar 2 the Jewish calendar 2 the groundhog 2 the Donner Party 2 the Delaware 2 the Day of the Dead 2 the Civil War 2 the Chinese New Year 2 the Boston Marathon 2 the Assumption 2 the Acadians 2 Tet 2 Tea 2 Tasmania 2 Sweden 2 Susan B. Anthony 2 Sundance 2 stuffing 2 St. Patrick 2 South Dakota 2 Shrove Tuesday 2 school 2 San Marino 2 Salt Lake City 2 Sadie Hawkins Day 2 Rome 2 Rhode Island 2 reindeer 2 red 2 Prince Edward Island 2 Plymouth Rock 2 Plymouth 2 Pittsburgh 2 Pikes Peak 2 pie 2 pickled peppers 2 Panama 2 Orville Wright 2 Oregon 2 October 31 2 November 28 2 New Mexico 2 Nebraska 2 Mussolini 2 Muhammad 2 Morocco 2 Montana 2 Monaco 2 Mohammed 2 Michigan 2 Michael Myers 2 Mexico 2 Memphis 2 May 5th 2 May 1st 2 March & April 2 Mahatma Gandhi 2 Madison 2 kites 2 Judy Garland 2 January 1st (New Year's Day) 2 Israel 2 Iraq 2 Indira Gandhi 2 Holland 2 Gregorian 2 George Washington Carver 2 February 29 2 February & March 2 Esther 2 Edinburgh 2 Ebenezer Scrooge 2 Detroit 2 Decoration Day 2 December 26th 2 Creche 2 Confucius 2 Colombia 2 Christmas Eve 2 chitlins 2 Carnival 2 Brigham Young 2 Boxing Day 2 Berlin 2 Belgium 2 Battle Creek 2 Armenia 2 Armed Forces Day 2 Argentina 2 April 1st 2 All Saints' Day 2 Alabama 2 a turnip 2 a goat 2 A Christmas Carol 2 1914 2 (William) Bradford 2 take their daughter with them to work 2 Wooden Shoes 2 two turtle doves 2 the Bodhi tree 2 the sun and the moon 2 the spring equinox 2 the Lions 2

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