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Christmas

Winter Pop Culture

Winter Science

Winter Sports

100

This spinning top features the Hebrew letters נ-ג-ה-ש.

What is a dreidel?

100

This red-nosed reindeer leads Santa’s sleigh.

Who is Rudolph?

100

Disney’s Queen with icy powers.

Who is Elsa?

100

Frozen water crystals falling from clouds.

What is snow?

100

This sport involves sliding down a snowy hill standing on a single board.

 What is snowboarding?

200

This candleholder has space for 9 candles.

What is a menorah?

200

This drink of milk, cream, and spices is a holiday staple

What is eggnog?

200

This 1990 movie stars Macaulay Culkin defending his home from burglars.

What is Home Alone?

200

This glowing sky phenomenon happens when charged particles from the Sun interact with Earth’s magnetic field.

What is the aurora borealis?

200

This Olympic sport involves sweeping the ice to guide a sliding stone toward a target.

What is curling?

300

The fried potato pancakes eaten during Hanukkah.

What are latkes?

300

Charles Dickens wrote this classic featuring Ebenezer Scrooge.

What is A Christmas Carol?

300

According to this song, true love gives 9 geese for Christmas

What is the Twelve Days of Christmas

300

This brittle layer of frozen crystals on the ground forms when water vapor deposits directly onto surfaces during calm, cold nights.

What is frost?

300

In this sport, skiers launch off a steep ramp and are judged on distance and style as they soar through the air.

What is ski jumping?

400

The 8-day festival commemorates this historical miracle involving oil.

What is the oil lasting eight days?

400

This figure brings gifts in many European countries on December 6th.

Who is St. Nicholas?

400

This fantasy series features the motto “Winter is coming.”

What is Game of Thrones?

400

Most snowflakes have this number of symmetrical points because of how water molecules arrange themselves.

What is six?

400

This winter sport combines cross-country skiing with stopping at ranges to shoot targets with a rifle.

What is the biathlon?

500

The Maccabees defeated this empire to reclaim the Temple.


 What is the Seleucid Empire?

500

In Mexico, this flower—Euphorbia pulcherrima—is a traditional decoration.

What is the poinsettia?

500

This 2015 thriller-horror film set in deep winter follows a family terrorized by a demonic figure from Alpine folklore who punishes the “naughty.”

What is Krampus?

500

This process, where ice turns directly into water vapor without melting first, is why snowbanks slowly shrink on sunny winter days even below freezing.

What is sublimation?

500

This country lost the 2018 Olympic curling finals to the United States

Who is Sweden

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