The Reason for the Season
General Christmas Trivia
Do you Remember APUSH?
Gullo Family History
Also a Taylor Swift Song
Collegiate Chums of Cousin Colleges
Sports
100
Each year, millions of Christians ring in the holiday spirit with the Advent wreath, which consists of four candles to represent the four weeks before Christmas. What are the colors of those candles AND what order are those candles traditionally lit?
Purple
Purple
Pink
Purple
100
Which comedian famously sang The Chanukah Song on Saturday Night Live in 1994 (with a subsequent parts coming in 1999, 2002, and 2015)?
Adam Sandler
100
This conservative president, elected in 1980, implemented supply-side economics and increased military spending.
Ronald Reagan
100
The cubic root of 10648
22
100
Bowling Green (MAC)
University of Buffalo
(Anthony and Cori)
100
This annual National Basketball Association tournament was founded in 2023 and occurs during the regular season. The New York Knicks were 2025 victors
The NBA Cup
200
This meal, common among Italian-American households, is celebrated to prepare for the Christmas vigil and coincides with the Roman-Catholic tradition of abstaining from meat on important religious holidays.
The Feast of the Seven Fishes
200
On November 15, 2025, Pope Leo provided a list of his personal favorite movies. Those movies were Life Is Beautiful, Ordinary People, The Sound of Music, and this Christmas movie.
It's a Wonderful Life
200
The 1990s NAFTA agreement included which THREE countries?
U.S., Mexico, Canada
200
Helpful when the weather gets cold
Cardigan
200
Alabama (SEC)
South Carolina (Sophia)
200
This City is hosting the 2026 Winter Olympics
Milan
300
Which books tell us about the birth of Jesus?
(a) Matthew & Mark
(b) Matthew & Luke
(c) Luke & John
(b) Matthew & Luke
300
On December 3, 1992, 22-year-old engineer Neil Papworth sent this common holiday phrase to the mobile phone of Vodafone director Richard Jarvis in what is now considered the first text message ever sent?
"Merry Christmas"
300
This massive economic aid package, named after a US General, was designed to help rebuild Western Europe after World War II and prevent the appeal of communism.
Marshall Plan
300
What your dog does after getting soaked from the rain
Shake it off
300
Clemson (ACC)
NC State (Luca) AND Syracuse (Fred)
300
On April 14, 1910, this president threw out the first ever ceremonial first pitch at a baseball game
William Howard Taft
400
In the 1965 film A Charlie Brown Christmas, this character recites a bible verse and then says "That's what Christmas is all about, Charlie Brown."
Linus
400
What is the name of the Grinch’s dog in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas”?
Max
400
The movement of approximately 6 million African Americans from the rural South to the urban Northeast, Midwest and West in the late 19th to mid 20th Centuries.
The Great Migration
400
Who did Nono and his father get his suits from?
"Joe Gullo"
400
Walter White, Tony Soprano, Jack Sparrow, Deadpool, Holden Caulfield, Patrick Bateman
Anti-Hero
400
Iona (MAAC)
Canisius (Gigi & Anna) AND Niagara (Jena)
400
On August 28, 2022, a 1952 baseball card of this player set the record for the highest sale for a piece of sports memorabilia ever, selling for $13,538,481.
Mickey Mantle
500
This Roman Emperor ruled during the time of Jesus's birth, and whose Census of Quirinius led Joseph to return to Bethlehem (according to the Gospel of Luke)?
Ceasar Augustus
500
What did Scrooge Instruct the little boy in the street to go buy when he woke on Christmas morning?
The largest turkey he could find (turkey is ok)
500
This US Supreme Court case established judicial review, essentially saying that the court had the ability to make decisions on the legality of laws
Marbury v Madison
500
This Chinese Execution method was used for over 1000 years, with the last recorded practice being in 1905
Death by a thousand cuts
500
George Washington University (Atlantic 10)
Fordham (Anna) AND Duquesne (Vince & Kelly)
500
This hall of fame Quarterback was the first to throw for 4,000 yards in a season
(hint: he also has more career interceptions than touchdowns)
Joe Namath