Girl Scout Trivia
What does SWAPS stand for?
Special Whatchamacallits Affectionately Pinned Somewhere
What Christmas beverage is also known as “milk punch?”
Egg Nog
Known for her role on the TV show The Nanny.
Fran Drescher
According to legend, what holiday goodies were shaped to resemble a shepherd’s staff, as a way to remind children of the shepherds who visited baby Jesus?
Candy canes
In 1939 this mint cookie was first sold
Cooky-Mints
What beverage company has been using Santa Claus in its advertising since 1931?
Coca-Cola
Which cookie is the oldest?
Shortbread
What phrase made popular in the book “A Christmas Carol” expresses annoyance with cheery holiday celebrations?
Bah humbug!
Former US Secretary of State
Albright, Madeleine
In the TV special “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” what three words best describe the Grinch?
Stink, stank, stunk
What year did Girl Scout cookies enter space
1992
Jan Davis, the first woman to be in a space shuttle commander, takes Girls Scout Cookies into space aboard the Space Shuttle Endeavour.
In the song “We Wish You a Merry Christmas,” what type of pudding is called for?
Figgy pudding
Girl Scouts of the USA has troops in over _____ countries?
92
The first overseas troop was founded in 1925 in Shanghai, China.
In “A Christmas Story,” what happens to Ralphie’s friend as a result of a “triple-dog dare” from another classmate?
He gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole.
Child Actress and US Ambassador known for her curly red hair.
Shirley Temple
What traditional Christmas decoration is actually a parasitic plant?
Mistletoe
In 1996, GS from Maryland used their cookie earnings to travel to Atlanta, GA for what summer sporting event?
Summer Olympics
What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of “A Charlie Brown Christmas?”
“Hark! The Herald Angels Sing”
In 1917 the first troop to sell cookies to raise money was located in?
Muskogee, Oklahoma
In the early 1800s, the first gingerbread houses were reportedly inspired by what famous fairy tale?
Hansel and Gretel
A singer who sang at the opening ceremony of the Paris Olympics
Dion, Celine
In the 1964 classic “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” what was the name of Rudolph’s faithful elf companion?
Hermey
1944, when shortages during WW II made it impossible to bake and sell cookies, Girl Scouts sold what?
Calendars
What figure from English folklore came to be associated with Santa Claus?
Father Christmas
The Gold Award has had 4 different names, name one.
1916 as the Golden Eaglet
First Class in 1938.
In 1940 the name changed to the Curved Bar
1963 First Class.
1980 when the term Girl Scout Gold Award was coined.
The first artificial Christmas tree was made in the 19th century using the feathers of what bird?
Goose
American Singer and song writer just finished a world tour.
Swift, Taylor
“Mele Kalikimaka” means “Merry Christmas” in what language?
Hawaiian
In what year, was the GS "sugar Cookies" recipe, and business plan, is first published in The America Girl magazine.
1922
According to the folklore of Austria and other countries, what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmastime?
Krampus