Monthly Archives: January 2024
TRIVIA TRAIL: OLDEST BOARD GAME
Question: What is the world’s oldest board game? Answer: The Royal Game Of Ur, first played in Mesopotamia about 4,600 years ago. https://www.britishmuseum.org/blog/top-10-historical-board-games https://www.discovermagazine.com/planet-earth/the-ancient-history-of-board-games
TRIVIA TRAIL: FIRST LONDON GAS LIGHTS
Question: Which of London’s streets was the first to have gas lights? Answer: Pall Mall, on January 28th, 1807. https://academickids.com/encyclopedia/index.php/Gas_lighting
MOVIE TIME: HISTORY-BASED WINTER-THEMED MOVIES
CHILDREN Balto (1995) (Set In 1925) The Chronicles Of Narnia: The Lion, The Witch, & The Wardrobe (2005) (WW II Fantasy) Hans Brinker Or The Silver Skates (1962) (Mid-1800s) Snow Treasure (1968) (WW II Norway) TEENS & ADULTS Doctor Zhivago (1965) (Russian Revolution) Donner Pass: The Road To Survival (1978) (Pioneer America) The Heroes Of […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: BENJAMIN FRANKLIN
Question: How many siblings did the American statesman and inventor, Benjamin Franklin, have? Answer: Sixteen. Nine full siblings and seven half-siblings. Born on January 17th, 1706, he was the eighth of candle/soap maker Josiah Franklin and his second wife, Abiah Folger’s ten children. His father’s older children were from his marriage to Anne Child, who […]
DON’T FORGET THE ‘STORY’: HISTORY-BASED WINTER READS FOR KIDS, TEENS, AND ADULTS
The criteria for this and future book recommendation posts is that the books are either about some historical happenings or bygone times, or were written in what the youth of today would consider bygone times. (Basically, anything before 1970.) Also, the age groupings are only a guide. You know your own kids best. Ages 3-7 […]
TRIVIA TRAIL: SOLOMON NORTHUP
Question: What was the title of the book written about the experiences of the free black man (Solomon Northup) who was kidnapped and sold into slavery in 1841 and did not officially gain his freedom until January 4th, 1853? Answer: Twelve Years A Slave. A 1984 movie, Solomon Northup’s Odyssey, was based on the book […]
Time Travelling With Kids 