Eid
Upon Closer Examination 1
Winter Solstice
Game Shows
Kwanzaa
100
Eid al-Adha is the second of two religious holidays celebrated by this religious group.
What are Muslims?
100
It's the one-word title of the state song of Alabama.
What is Alabama?
100
Among Neo-druids, Alban Arthan, Welsh for light of this season, is celebrated on the solstice with a ritualistic festival and gift giving to the needy.
What is winter?
100
A single person blind-interviews three potential romantic interests.
What is The Dating Game?
100
Originally meant as an alternative to this holiday, Kwanzaa is a holiday celebrated by people of different faiths.
What is Christmas?
200
Eid al-Adha celebrates the willingness of this Biblical character to sacrifice his first-born-son to God. He is referred to as the father of many nations.
Who is Abraham?
200
Glen Bell founded this taco chain in 1962.
What is Taco Bell?
200
The Roman feast of Saturnalia, honoring this god, was a week long December feast that included the observance of the winter solstice.
Who is Saturn?
200
Players compete to accurately determine the retail cost of prizes.
What is The Price is Right?
200
Similar to the menorah of the Jewish tradition, the kinara is a candle holder with this number of spaces, with a new candle lit each day of the celebration.
What is 7?
300
Eid al-Adha is also called “Feast of the _________”, a term meaning to slaughter an animal for an offering to God.
What is sacrifice?
300
Leonardo da Vinci was born near this small Tuscan town in 1519.
What is Vinci?
300
One of the best places to observe the Winter solstice is this prehistoric monument in the United Kingdom, though you may want to keep your distance from the rocks.
What is Stonehenge?
300
A single player faces increasingly difficult multiple-choice trivia questions on random subjects.
What is Who Wants to be a Millionaire?
300
Though Kwanzaa has roots in African customs, the holiday originated in this well-known country in 1966.
What is America (USA)?
400
Marking the end of the Hajj, Eid al-Adha completes one of the 5 Pillars of this religion.
What is Islam?
400
Physician Robert Graves first identified this disease in 1835.
What is Graves' disease?
400
The word “solstice” is derived from sistere, meaning to stand still, and sol, which is this hot celestial body.
What is sun?
400
Players compete to identify popular songs in as little time or few notes as possible.
What is Name That Tune?
400
The candles used in the kinara are the newer Pan-African colors of red, green and this color, which is different from the traditional yellow.
What is black?
500
This city hosts one of the largest Eid al-Adha celebrations in the world as Muslims from around the world complete the Hajj, or pilgrimage.
What is Mecca?
500
Kodiak Island is the habitat of this type of bear, Ursus arctos middendorffi.
What is Kodiak bear?
500
Though it has been absorbed into Christmas, Yule is a winter festival initially celebrated in this religious tradition.
What is pagan?
500
As in hangman, players try to identify a word or phrase by guessing letters.
What is Wheel of Fortune?
500
The word Kwanzaa is derived from a phrase in this African language meaning “first fruits of the harvest”.
What is Swahili?
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