Riddles
Christmas Trivia
Finish the line.
The 1% club
Christmas song lyrics
100
A man looks at a painting in a museum and says, "Brothers and sisters I have none, but that man's father is my father's son." Who is in the painting?
The Man's Son
100
Elvis isn't going to have a white Christmas, he's going to have a....
Blue Christmas
100
The Gruffalo - "All was quiet in the deep dark wood. The mouse found...."
...a nut, and the nut was good!
100
If a snail at the bottom of a 10-foot-deep hole climbs 3 feet up the side each day, and slips back 2 feet each night, how many days will it take it to get out of the hole?
8 days. On the 8th day, it climbs up the final 3 feet and is out of the well.
100
Yes Lord we greet Thee
Born this happy morning
Jesus to Thee be the glory given
Word of the Father now in flesh appearing
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
O come let us adore Him
Christ the Lord
200
A train leaves from New York City (NYC) heading towards Los Angeles (LA) at 100 mph. Three hours later, a train leaves LA heading towards NYC at 200 MPH. Assume there's exactly 2000 miles between LA and NYC. When they meet, which train is closer to New York City?
When they meet they are both in the same spot, therefore they are both the same distance from New York City.
200
In Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge?
Ebenezer
200
Dr Seus - "You have brains in your head...."
"...You have feet in your shoes."
200
What would you be doing if you were getting enchanted books from trading with librarian villagers.
Playing minecraft
200
Mild He lays His glory by
Born that man no more may die
Born to raise the sons of earth
Born to give them second birth
Hark! The herald angels sing
"Glory to the newborn King!"
300
You measure my life in hours and I serve you by expiring. I’m quick when I’m thin and slow when I’m fat. The wind is my enemy.
A candle
300
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Germany
300
Captain von Trapp: Fraulein, were you this much trouble at the Abbey?
Maria: Oh, much more, sir.
300
Easier said than Done
300
From angels bending near the earth
To touch their harps of gold;
400
What English word has three consecutive double letters?
Bookkeeper
400
Three of Santa's reindeer's names begin with the letter "D." What are those names?
Dancer, Dasher and Donner
400
The thief comes only to steal and kill and destroy,....
Finish the verse and double your points if you can give the verse reference
I have come that they may have life, and have it to the full.
John 10:10
400
C. In C, the green arrow is pointing toward the barrel.
400
Raise, oh raise, the song on high
His mother sings her lullaby
Joy, oh joy, for Christ is born
The Babe, the Son of Mary
500
A girl has as many brothers as sisters, but each brother has only half as many brothers as sisters. How many brothers and sisters are there in the family?
Four sisters and three brothers.
500
In the song Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given on the 7th day?
Swans a-swimming.
500
“Ich glaub mein Schwein pfeift”
What does this say and what does it mean in English
“I think my pig whistles”
Germans use the phrase when they cannot believe something to be true or to express that they’re really surprised. If you are looking for an English equivalent, “I think a horse is kicking me” probably comes closest.
500
What word are you left with if you DEBUG this line of code?
- VANTIFLEACTOBEETLERTICKY
VICTORY. If you remove all the bugs from that line (ANT, FLEA, BEETLE, TICK), the remaining letters spell VICTORY
500
And then me thought my dream was changed
The streets no longer rang
Hush'd were the glad Hosannas
The little children sang