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Learn at your own pace, with an explanation after every answer. No score, no leaderboard – and not preparation for a citizenship test: just to know the country and your neighbours a little better.

Culture & life

Groundhog Day on February 2 is most famously celebrated in which Pennsylvania town?

  • ✕ Hershey Your answer
  • B Gettysburg
  • C Scranton
  • ✓ Punxsutawney

Not quite.

Each year, people in Punxsutawney watch a groundhog named Phil to see if he sees his shadow. According to tradition, that means six more weeks of winter.

Source: Library of Congress: Groundhog Day; Punxsutawney Groundhog Club

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