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This slide show was obviously made for March's St. Patrick's Day, but it offers enough fun to take you well beyond a single day. Here you'll enjoy:

• Trivia quizzes on what you know (or could learn) about Ireland, St. Patrick's Day, the meaning of Irish surnames, famous Irish and Irish-American people, and a few quotes of famous Irishmen
• Word games on Irish proverbs (2 versions), Irish songs, and on the Swellish Condish of the Irish
• Irish blessings

Because December celebrations include the winter solstice, Hanukkah, Christmas, Kwanzaa, and sometimes the Hajj for Muslims, and because we wish to show respect to everyone, this slide show is focused on learning and lightheartedness – on the joy and fun of the month. It includes:

• Trivia quizzes on the winter solstice, holiday symbols, and December songs
• Word games for scrambled cookies and holiday puns
• A reminiscence exercise on holiday memories
• Discussion on Stonehenge clones, the Fruitcake Toss, and gag gifts

Who knew there could be so much to say about this topic? Dots can be points, polka, balls, and any of dozens of round things. Lines in these quizzes have dozens of meanings, too. Find in this slide show:

• Trivia quizzes on Roundabout Thinking and Borderlines
• Word games on dotty words, pointed words, round things, ball words, lines and hidden lines in words, and lines as lanes
• Discussions on dots and lines in art, learning your lines and adlibbing our lines
• An exercise in imagining the lines in your life

Inspired by April Fool's Day, but fun anytime, this slide show features the following:

• Trivia quizzes that ask, "How gullible are you?" and "Whom can you trust?"
• A word game with joke and hoax rhymes
• Discussions on the gullibility of children and adults ("Who are you susceptible to?"), Fun Foolery and the difference between being trusting and gullible.
• A variety of fillers including evaluating quotes to believe, hoax vs. humbug, and finding the deliberate mistakes in a Norman Rockwell painting

Nature nurtures. This slide show is weighted toward the beauty of the earth with gorgeous photos and paintings and many questions that conjure gardens in viewers' imagination and memory. Altogether you will find:

• 4 trivia quizzes covering your garden I.Q., perennials, herbs, and artists who painted flowers
• 2 word games on garden puns and flowery combinations
• A discussion on garden gnomes
• Imaginative and reminiscence activities covering garden quotes, gardens you have known, gifts from the garden, and your birth month flower

Did you know the inventor of radar got caught for speeding? This slide show on the broad topic of inventions is focused on what’s amusing and includes:

• 5 Trivia quizzes on the Ig Nobel awards (a spoof of Nobel Prizes), the order of inventions, “Could they have?” (Could Babe Ruth have signed autographs with a ballpoint pen?), accidental inventions, and telling fact from fiction
• Word games related to the invention of new words and new definitions for existing words
• Discussions related to the worst inventions, the best inventions, and the most amusing inventions, and the unintended consequences of inventions (the radar thing – he invented it for war planes)

Love and marriage is a topic with nearly endless possibilities for fun. We've included:

• 4 Trivia quizzes - on gender differences, two famous women's views on men, marriage rituals, and marriage superstitions
• 8 Word games - on matching pairs (4 versions), How Do I Love Thee, punny marriages, matching beginnings to endings of funny quotes on love and marriage, and a word ladder
• 4 Discussions on gender difference in laughter, the advantages of being single, marriage advice, and retro romance
• An imaginative exercise in writing 6-word novels about your love life

There are holidays for both mothers and fathers, but this slide show is likely to be entertaining any time of year. Here you will find:

• Trivia quizzes on good mothers and good fathers in the animal kingdom, and on mothers and fathers in early TV Land, plus the occupations of single fathers in TV Land and identifying quotes by fathers
• Discussions on Mother's vs Father's Day gifts, Whistler's Mother, and the challenges of finding rhymes when writing poetry about parents
• A word game on sayings about parents and children
• Reminiscence and imaginative exercises on what your parents taught you and memories about them
• A variety of fun observations about mothers and fathers

This wide-ranging slide show focuses much more on solving mysteries than leaving you in suspense as it highlights the films of Alfred Hitchcock and the books and TV adaptations of Agatha Christie's work. Four trivia quizzes and three word games give you a chance to see what sort of detective you are. One activity asks you to imagine an ending to a mystery premise, and another asks you to reminisce about the crime stories that appeal to you – action, thriller, a bit of humor, courtroom drama? As noted by the title, our emphasis is on the fun of solving puzzling mysteries. Keep curiosity alive! 125 Slides NOTE: Due to the nature of this product, we are unable to provide refunds on digital downloads.

I am a name addict. I love stories about names – changed names, beautiful names, funny names, unusual names. That means this is an eclectic slide show that covers intermittent facts and all of the following:

• Discussion on popular first names from the 1930s – 60s and more recently
• Funny names
• Reminiscing about names
• Word games on eponyms, punny marriages, punny shop names, apt names, So I Says, name clipping, and rock group names vs. roller coaster names
• A trivia quiz on pen names

This extra long slide show is filled with facts and fun primarily related to cats and dogs. It includes:

• Trivia quizzes on cat and dog facts, famous cats, and dogs in cartoons, movies and on TV
• Word games related to expressions about both cats and dogs, words with "cat" in them, and matching the "amewsing" cat riddles to answers
• The imaginative exercises include what you have learned from your pet, naming pets (which begins with a short trivia quiz on celebrities' pets' names), personal preferences in pets, and imagining yourself and others as a dog.
• The discussions include choosing a pet to match your astrological sign, the Ugly Dog Contest, and A Marvelous Dog.

Politics have become highly controversial in recent years – maybe always? This slide show introduces the U.S. Presidents and First Ladies in a more lighthearted way with six trivia quizzes that cover a lot of presidential tidbits from pets to peculiar breakfast habits, plus presidential inaugurations, First Lady accomplishments and First Lady firsts, and what you may not know about the Lincoln bedroom. It ends with an invitation to discuss some of Presidents Eisenhower's quotes. He was the last President who was a military general and served as Supreme Commander of the troops landing in France on D-Day in World War II. Yet he hated war. This is a slide show that humanizes a remarkable group of men and women – about 100 people out of an estimated 545 million Americans since our country began. We think you'll find it both fun and fascinating. Here is a sample excerpt. 130 Slides NOTE: Due to the nature of this product, we are unable to provide refunds on digital downloads.

Spring is for many the most hopeful time of year when anything seems possible. Using that feeling, we've created a slide show that covers the following:

• Trivia quizzes on umbrellas and the Kentucky Derby
• Word games on spring words, sports, and songs
• Discussions on light through a parasol and spring rhymes
• Reminiscences about spring generally, and umbrella and rain memories, + youthful games and jump rope rhymes specifically

This slide show focused on the lazy, hazy days of summer includes:

• Trivia quizzes on watermelon and unusual competitions
• Word games on sporting puns, team puns, baseball puns, and Burma Shave signs
• Reminiscence exercises on summer simplicity, special events, and summer jobs
• Discussions on planning your own fun event and quirky parade entries

If you enjoy Activity Connection’s elimination quizzes in which you cross out words on a grid according to the clues given, thus revealing a funny or inspiring quote with the leftover words, you will love this What’s Left? book. Inside are 26 word puzzles including four for the seasons and 22 for holidays ranging from the common (Halloween, St. Patrick’s Day) to the less so (Australia Day, Chinese New Year). Each time you cross out the words related to the clues, you will be delighted by the quote that remains. Answers always follow on the next page. All puzzles are different from those offered through Activity Connection subscriptions. These are great for group or individual activities or for families to do with their loved one when they visit. Use them to stretch your wordplay imagination, remind yourself of the joys of holidays and seasons, and meet some interesting, quotable people along the way. This e-book is 53 pages NOTE: Due to the nature of this product, we are unable to provide refunds on digital downloads.

Winter abounds in celebrations, some of which are covered in the slide shows Happy New Year and Love and Marriage (sort of related to Valentine's Day). This one covers the exuberance of Groundhog Day, the Chinese New Year, and Mardi Gras/Carnival. Again featuring stunning photos, it includes:

• Trivia quizzes on Ground Hog Day and Carnival/Mardi Gras
• Imagining yourself at Carnival/Mardi Gras
• A word game of Chinese Lantern Festival-style riddles
• A discussion of your Chinese horoscope symbol
• More ideas for events to celebrate