Christmasy History
What country is Krampus from?
Germany
How many months in the calendar year have exactly 30 days?
Four. April, June, September, November.
The year the first computer was invented.
1943
I have branches, but no fruit, trunk or leaves.
What is a bank?
A primary goal for first-time parents with a brand-new baby.
Keep it alive.
What decade did Coca-Cola start featuring Santa in their ads?
1920s.
The sea that separates Europe and Africa.
What is the Mediterranean Sea
The company that designed the first CPU.
Who is Intel.
What 4-letter word can be written forward, backward or upside down, and can still be read from left to right?
NOON.
A queen and all of her children live here while all of her male housemates work hard to keep this a sweet, sweet home.
What is a beehive.
The French word “Noel” is often used around Christmas, but what was its original meaning in Latin?
Birth
The scientific study of eggs.
What is Oology
The founders of HP.
Who are William Hewlett and David Packard.
What word is pronounced the same if you take away four of its five letters?
Queue
A lively style of dance popular especially in the 1940s and 1950s, performed to swing music or rock and roll.
What is a jive.
The American President who Banned Christmas Trees In The White House.
Theodore Roosevelt
He did this in an attempt to save the trees that were largely being cut down for Christmas.
The person who is known to have written the national anthem of the USA.
Who is Francis Scott Key?
The full form of USB.
What is Universal Serial Bus.
What occurs once in every minute, twice in every moment, but never in a thousand years?
The Letter "M".
A collection of historical documents or records providing information about a place, institution, or group of people.
What is an archive.
The last state to declare Christmas an official holiday.
What is Oklahoma. (1907)
How many US states share a border with Canada?
13
Megacorporation IBM was known as _____ before its name was changed in 1924?
C-T-R, for computing-tabulating-Recording Company
I am not alive, but I grow; I don't have lungs, but I need air; I don't have a mouth, but water kills me. What am I?
Fire.
Lots of reality shows these days make people do this for fun, but if a scenario like your airplane crashed or you were stranded in the ocean and had to do this, you may not be having a great time.
What is survive.