CHRISTMAS JEOPARDY

Danish Christmas traditions

100

Which vegetable, often caramelized, is a must-have side dish at most Danish Christmas dinners?

Answer: Caramelized potatoes (brunede kartofler)

200

The "julebryg," a special Christmas beer, is released each year on a specific Friday in November. What is the Danish nickname for this day?

Answer: "J-dag"

300

In a traditional Danish Christmas song, sung while dancing around the Christmas tree, a boy has a certain ornament hanging on the tree. What is the ornament?

Drum (Peters jul)

400

Danish Christmas trees are often decorated with paper hearts. Who is credited with creating the first woven paper heart?

Answer: H.C. Andersen

500

Since what century did Danish people bring Christmas trees into their living rooms?

_1800s

Portuguese Christmas traditions

100

What type of fish do you eat on Christmas Eve? 

Bacalhau 

200

In many Portuguese households, Christmas is celebrated with a special sweet cake baked with dried and candied fruits. What is this cake called?

Bolo Rei (King Cake).

300

What Christmas decoration can be found in all churches during the month of December, and also in some Portuguese households? 

Presépios.

400

In certain regions of Portugal, a traditional Christmas event features young men singing songs door-to-door in exchange for food or drink. What is this tradition called?

Janeiras (Singing the New Year).

500

Since what century has Missa do Galo (the Rooster Mass) been celebrated in Portuguese churches on Christmas Eve?

The 16th century.

Two lies - one truth

100

• Octopuses have three hearts. 
• Sharks cannot smell blood in water.
• Flamingos are naturally pink at birth.

• Octopuses have three hearts. 

200

• Australia is home to more kangaroos than people. 
• Mount Everest is the tallest mountain on Earth, measured from its base.
• The Amazon River flows north into the Atlantic Ocean.

• Australia is home to more kangaroos than people. ✅

300

• The Eiffel Tower was once yellow. 
• The Great Wall of China can be seen from space.
• The pyramids of Egypt were built in the 1700s.

• The Eiffel Tower was once yellow. ✅

400

• Walt Disney’s first cartoon character was Mickey Mouse.
• Elvis Presley won three Grammys in his career. 
• The Beatles wrote all their songs together in one room.

• Elvis Presley only won three Grammys in his career. ✅

500

• Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the pyramids.
• Julius Caesar was born closer in time to the building of the Eiffel tower than to the construction og the Great Wall of China
• Leonardo da Vinci was born closer in time to the discovery of electricity than to the invention of the printing press

• Cleopatra lived closer in time to the invention of the iPhone than to the building of the pyramids. ✅

Christmas songs

100

Guess the song title OR artist

All I want for Christmas is you - Justin Bieber / Mariah Carey 

200

Guess the song title OR artist

Last Christmas - Wham!

300

Guess the song title and artist

Thank god it’s Christmas, Queen

400

Guess the song title and artist

Driving home from christmas - Chris Rea

500

Guess the song title, who originally recorded it and year it was published (with a 10 year margain)

It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas - Originally recorded by Bing Crosby and released in 1951.

Timeline - PT vs. DK

100

Which country established the first university?

• Answer: Portugal (University of Coimbra, established in 1290). Denmark’s University of Copenhagen was founded in 1479.

200

Which country produced its first commercial beer brewery first?

Answer: Denmark (Carlsberg Brewery in 1847). Portugal's first large-scale brewery, Sociedade Central de Cervejas e Bebidas, was established in 1934

300

Which country officially abolished the death penalty first?

• Answer: Portugal (1867). Denmark abolished it for peacetime crimes in 1930 and fully in 1978.

400

Which country introduced the first postal system, and was it with 48, 120 or 174 years between each other?

• Answer: Denmark (1624). Portugal introduced a postal service later, in 1798.
• 174 years.

500

Which country introduced its first railway line first, and was it with 9, 105 or 134 years between each other? 

• Answer: Denmark (1847, between Copenhagen and Roskilde). Portugal’s first railway line opened in 1856, between Lisbon and Carregado.
• 9 years