Capitals
Canada
Ottawa
Started in England what holiday plant is associated with kissing beneath its branches?
Mistletoe
Bullet trains / Mount Fuji / Cherry blossoms
Japan
Spain's La Tomatina festival features battles with this fruit
Tomatoes
This Spanish phrase means "My house is your house."
Mi casa es su casa
Mexico
Mexico City
In Ireland what evergreen shrub with prickly leaves and red berries is used to decorate homes during Christmas?
Holly
Hockey / Maple Leaves / Land of Lakes
Canada
Competitors chase this "wheel" dairy product down England's Cooper's Hill
Cheese
French for "already seen," this describes an eerily familiar feeling
Déjà vu
Cuba
Havana
native Australian plant develops brilliant red bracts during the Christmas season and is named after the holiday?
Christmas bush
Machu Picchu / The Andes / Lima
Peru
In South Korea, these cafés let customers enjoy coffee with feline companions
Cat cafés
Italian phrase means "the sweet life."
La dolce vita
South Korea
Seoul
What needle-bearing evergreen tree provides branches and cones frequently used in American Christmas wreaths and garlands?
Pine
Acropolis / Zeus / Thousands of Islands
Greece
Mexican celebrations often feature this candy-filled hanging decoration
Piñata
This French phrase wishes someone a good journey
Bon voyage
Ireland
Dublin
country is widely credited with popularizing the decorated Christmas tree tradition?
Germany
Kiwi Birds / Sheep / Lord of the Rings
New Zealand
This traditional Dutch wooden footwear has become a national symbol.
Clogs
This Spanish farewell means "See you later."
Hasta luego
Australia
Canberra
What red Christmas flower is named after an American diplomat to Mexico?
Poinsettia
Chocolate / luxury watches / The Matterhorn
Switzerland
Sweden's notoriously pungent surströmming is fermented what?
Fish (Herring)
This French phrase means an embarrassing social mistake
Faux pas
Peru
Lima
What flowering plant native to Brazil's coastal forests is named for its tendency to bloom around the Northern Hemisphere's Christmas season?
Christmas cactus
The Nile / Pyramids /Pharaohs
Egypt
Germany's Polterabend wedding tradition involves smashing this material.
Porcelain
This Japanese word means "hello."
Konnichiwa
New Zealand
Wellington
In Greek Christmas-season folklore, families traditionally burned a Yule log that could be made from what Mediterranean tree famous for its oil-producing fruit?
Olive tree
Land of Fire and Ice / 100+ Volcanoes / Oldest Active Parliament in the world
Iceland
Türkiye's traditional cezve pot is used to prepare this beverage
Coffee
This German word is commonly used to say "bless you" after someone sneezes and literally means "health."
Gesundheit
India
New Delhi
In Croatia What grain is traditionally planted on Saint Lucy's Day, December 13, and grown indoors as a symbol of prosperity for Christmas?
Wheat
Ha Long Bay / limestone islands / Hanoi.
Vietnam
Unmarried Danes may be showered with this spice on their 25th birthday
Cinnamon
n Ireland, if someone says "What's the craic (crack)?" they're asking about this
What's up, What's happening?
Morocco
Rabat
During Japan's winter holiday season, kadomatsu decorations often feature what tall, hollow-stemmed plant alongside pine branches?
Bamboo
Ancient rock-hewn churches / Birthplace of coffee / Addis Ababa
Ethiopia
Japan's kintsugi repairs broken pottery using this precious metal
Gold
In what country might you say "Non Capisco (Nohn kah-PEE-skoh)" if you don't understand
Italy