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Everyone knows that both Christmas Day and New Year's Day always fall on the same day of the week. However, in 1939, the year of the outbreak of World War II, Christmas fell on a Monday and New Year's fell on a Sunday. Why?

Eve, Rob, Hannah, and Otto were walking down a dusty road. Otto told Rob, "You don't belong with us." Why did Otto make such a statement?

What animal comes next in this sequence:

GORILLA
HEDGEHOG
CAMEL
MOUSE
FOX
BEAR
MOLE
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Choose from: PORCUPINE BADGER COW GIRAFFE SQUIRREL RHINOCEROS

I am a famous author
I am a famous poet
Credit for my work
It is not mine
Wouldn't ya know it
For all that is done
I get a lot a of credit
You all have heard my name,
But only some remember

The words "Dumbstruck" and "Thumbscrew" have five consonants in a row. What other word also has this property?

Which one of these sentences does not belong?

A) Diamonds often need keen, elegant yaks.

B) Teacups contain tea and sometimes grapes.

C) Roses are big, beautiful insect terraces.

D) Rocks are constantly coming only on November.

What popular Christmas carol nullifies itself by the singing of its first line?

Below are ten clues, each of which relates to the first line of a different Christmas carol or song. Unlike the title of the teaser, these clues only have the first letters of each of the words.

Can you figure out what songs they are?

1. CROAOF
2. IDOAWC
3. RTRNRHAVSN
4. GGROBAR
5. IHABCWY
6. ISMKSC
7. OTFDOCMTLGTM
8. FTSMWAJHS
9. IBMBOJHSSOM
10. JBJBJBR

What two words, when said or written seem as though they are opposite, but really mean the same thing?

Solve this anagram for one of the most famous conquerors in history:

He hangs king.

I have many feathers to help me fly. I have a body and head, but I'm not alive. It is your strength which determines how far I go. You can hold me in your hand, but I'm never thrown.

What am I?

What is the only city with three dotted letters all in a row?

Saippuakivikauppias is the Finnish word for a soapstone seller. Aside from being a long tongue twister, what else is special about this word?

What is the longest pair of English words that are pronounced exactly the same but share no letter in common?