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  • Submit your answers by 11:53am ET 1/19/25
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The calendar has turned from 2024 to 2025, which can only mean that it’s time to embark on the annual tradition of resolving to do things that we’ll probably give up on by February!



Just kidding! (We’ll obviously make it until March.)

We wrote down some trivial resolutions for y’all, and to help inspire you, the answers to questions 1-10 are made up of the letters in “RESOLUTIONS”. Each letter can be used more than once in each answer, regardless of how many times it is found in “resolutions.”

SOCIAL STUDIES Q1. Capital Cities: I resolve to do more traveling this year. I'll start with a trip to what Korean capital city where I can't wait to eat the bindaetteok and mayak gimbap at the Gwangjang Market?



SPORTS & GAMES Q2. Baltimore Birds: This year I'm definitely going to do more birdwatching. I'll find Cardinals in St. Louis, Blue Jays in Toronto, and the state bird of Maryland in Baltimore. What kind of bird is it?



MISCELLANEOUS Q3. Creamy Classics: No more Chef Boyardee for me. By the end of the year, I'll learn to cook this creamy classic Italian rice dish. Perhaps I'll even do it "alla Milanese." What dish is it?



MISCELLANEOUS Q4. Interior Improvements: It’s probably finally time that I get around to remodeling that bathroom upstairs. My husband wants to put in laminate or wood flooring, but I prefer what material that Forbes calls “durable, water-resistant, and low-maintenance”?



FINE ARTS Q5. Shakespearean Styles: Every year I write a new type of poem. Two years ago it was a limerick. Last year was a haiku. This year I'll learn what 14-line poem that's often used to express a romantic desire? Billy Shakespeare wrote a whole bunch of them.



FINE ARTS Q6. Methodical Mascots: If I'm going to succeed in all my resolutions, the best thing I can do is take it one day at a time. Slow and steady wins the race. My personal mascot for the year will be what methodical animal who appears in Fable #226, according to the Perry Index?



POP CULTURE Q7. Funny Families: Of course I'll treat myself this year, too. How about some Ben and Jerry? No, not the ice cream. I'll rewatch the filmography of my favorite father/son acting duo who share what last name?



POP CULTURE Q8. Arboreal Attractions: Everybody talks about this Utahn “Everybody Talks” band. They released their fifth album, “Sink Your Teeth," last year. Maybe I should finally give them a listen. I think they're called Fluorescent Forest. No, that's not it. What is it?



MISCELLANEOUS Q9. Confectionary Companies: I've got to cut back on my sweets this year. I'm going to go cold turkey on all my favorites: Haagen-Dazs, Aero, Smarties, and Toll House cookies. Maybe it'll save me some money, too. I certainly need it more than the $90 billion company who makes them. What company is that?



SPORTS & GAMES Q10. Wall Workouts: Rather than heading to the gym, I’m going to get my cardio playing sports. I was thinking about picking up which one that Mitch Hedberg once quipped that “no matter how good I get, I'll never be as good as a wall”?



TIEBREAKER Pew Percentages: Actually maybe I should join the ranks of people who don’t set any resolutions! According to a January 2024 Pew Research study, what PERCENTAGE of U.S. adults didn’t make a resolution last year?

Quiz is closed and your answers are now locked! Graders are grading and results will be sent on 1/19/25