Guess the Country
Christmas Food
Christmas Traditions
Bonus Questions
100
Country that has a Christmas monster that kidnaps children.
a) Mexico
b) Hungary
c) Austria
d) Sweden
What is Austria?
Krampus is a horned, anthropomorphic figure who, during the Advent season, scares children who have misbehaved. Assisting Saint Nicholas, or Santa Claus, the pair visit children on the night of 5 December, with Saint Nicholas rewarding the well-behaved children with modest gifts such as oranges, dried fruit, walnuts and chocolate, while the badly behaved ones only receive punishment from Krampus with birch rods. 
100
This beloved sweet bread is eaten in Italy across Christmas and New Year. It originates from Milan more specifically
a) Panettone
b) Pizzelle Della Nonna
c) Struffoli
d) Ricciarelli
What is Panettone?
Its origin goes back to 1495. During the luxurious Christmas banquet given by the Duke of Milan, the desert got burnt. A young cook, called Toni, came up with a rich brioche bread, filled with raisins and candied fruit. The Duke loved it, and so the tradition of ‘Pane di Toni’ was born.
100
Number of courses that has a traditional Christmas Eve meal in Poland
a)12
b)13
c)10
d)15
What is 12?
Tradition calls for 12 traditional courses to be served during the Polish Christmas Eve. This number is a symbol of wealth, the 12 Apostles and a representation of the 12 months of the year.
100
Tale of 8-year-old Kevin McCallister, who's left alone by his family only to face down — and outwit — a pair of bungling burglars
What is Home Alone?
200
Non-country that beats a wooden log to death to obtain Christmas presents.
a) Galicia, Spain
b) Basque Country, Spain
c) Quebec, Canada
d) Catalunya, Spain
What is Catalunya?
Caga Tio is a Catalan Log That Poops Nougats At Christmas
200
Food most likely to find in a traditional German Christmas dinner
a) Pigs in Blankets
b) Apple & Sausage Stuffing
c) Carrot & Swede Mash
d) Pork Pie
What is Apple & Sausage Stuffing?
200
These festive table decorations are pulled apart to reveal a small gift, a party hat and a riddle or a joke at Christmas parties, lunches and dinners in the UK.
a) bon bon
b) crackers
c) wrappers
d) unwrapped
What is crackers?
200
The song took 36 years to reach number one on the singles chart
a) Rockin' Around The Christmas Tree -Brenda Lee
b) We Wish You A Merry Christmas
c) White Christmas - Bing Crosby
d) Last Christmas - Wham!
What is Last Christmas - Wham!?
For more than 35 years it had the distinction of being the highest-selling UK single of all time to not reach #1. But in the decades since its release, “Last Christmas” has charted around the holiday season on several occasions. On January 1, 2021—36 years after its original release—“Last Christmas” finally nabbed the top spot.
300
Country that has a witch that visits all the children on the eve of the Feast of the Epiphany to fill their socks with candy and presents if they are good, or a lump of coal or dark candy if they are bad.
a) Romania
b) Norway
c) Malta
d) Italy
What is Italy?
Befana was a widespread tradition among the whole Italian people, having originated in Rome and having become well known and practiced by the rest of the population during the centuries.
300
It's a Swedish saffron bun with raisins that is baked and eaten at the 13th of December as part of the St Lucia tradition
a) Lussekatt
b) Fudge
c) Lördagsgodis
d) Godis
What is Lussekatt?
The sweet yeast rolls that are served during the Christmas season are flavoured with golden saffron and dark raisins and often shaped into ‘Lucia cats’ (lussekatter).
300
Country that practices predicting the future from molten metal at New Years Eve.
a) Bulgaria
b) Lithuania
c) Ireland
d) Austria
What is Austria?
Molybdomancy (Bleigießen)
Every year at the end of December, Austrians visit Christmas markets and buy special spoons and small packages of silver. Then the metal is melted on a spoon under a candle and dropped into a bowl of cold water. As the result, there is a figure, which is believed to be the symbol of the coming year.
300
Modern version of a medieval drink called "posset"
a) Mulled Wine
b) Glögg
c) Poinsettia
d) Eggnog
What is Eggnog?
Made with sweetened and spiced milk curdled with ale or wine and served hot, according to Healthline, monks in the 13th century "enjoyed this mixture with the addition of eggs and figs."
400
The gingerbread house came from this country.
a) Switzerland
b) Czech Republic
c) United Kingdom
d) Germany
What is Germany?
Gingerbread houses originated in Germany during the 16th century. The elaborate cookie-walled houses, decorated with foil in addition to gold leaf, became associated with Christmas tradition. Their popularity rose when the Brothers Grimm wrote the story of Hansel and Gretel, in which the main characters stumble upon a house made entirely of treats deep in the forest.
400
It's a traditional Scandinavian Christmas treat.
a) marzipan reindeer
b) marzipan turkeys
c) marzipan pigs
d) marzipan turtle doves
What is marzipan pigs?
The pig has always been a big thing at Christmas time across the Nordics. In the Old Norse religion, it was believed that in Valhalla, warriors ate the same pig at a feast every night before it came back to life the next day – only to be slaughtered and eaten again and again. Back in Viking times, Jul (yule – the end of the year) was when a pig would be slaughtered, and a big feast would take place.
400
Country’s settlers that introduced the story of Santa Claus to North America
a) Germany
b) The Neetherlands
c) Ireland
d) Poland
What is The Neetherlands?
Dutch settlers introduced the story of Santa Claus when they arrived on American shores in what was then known as New Amsterdam in the 1600s. However, German settlers can claim credit for the introduction of Christmas trees into this part of the world.
400
Every Spanish person plays it, often buying a ticket and playing the same as their group of friends or coworkers.
a) Bingo Loto
b) Euro Millions
c) ONCE
d) The fat lottery
What is The fat lottery?
Christmas lottery is called ‘El gordo’, or ‘the fat one’, and the numbers are normally announced throughout the whole morning of 22nd December on live TV. Not only that, but local school children sing the winning numbers and jackpot totals
500
Country where KFC’s Colonel Sanders makes an appearance at millions of Christmas dinners, via his smiling face on red buckets of fried chicken.
a) South Korea
b) Philippines
c) Japan
d) Vietnam
What is Japan?
Back in 1974, the American fast food restaurant KFC released a festive marketing campaign in Japan. The seemingly simple slogan "Kurisumasu ni wa kentakkii!" (Kentucky for Christmas!) spawned a national tradition that still thrives to this day.
500
Christmas delicacy in Greenland
a) Varenyky
b) Kiviak
c) Gulasz
d) Golabki
What is Kiviak ?
The kiviak is a Christmas delicacy in Greenland, comprising the raw flesh of whole small arctic birds wrapped in greasy sealskin and then buried underground for several months. Once the auk meat has achieved a certain level of decomposition and been softened by the fermentation process, it is dug up and consumed.
500
Arrives in the Netherlands every November. He sails all the way from Spain in a steamboat with loads of gifts and candy. His helpers deliver the gifts on the night of December 4th.
a) Sinterklaas
b) Agios Vasilios
c) Ded Moroz
d) Jólasveinar
What is Sinterklaas?
Sinterklaas or Sint-Nicolaas is a legendary figure based on Saint Nicholas, patron saint of children
500
Famous for stringing bulbs around a Christmas tree in New York.
a) Thomas Edison
b) Edward Hibberd Johnson
c) James Edgar
d) Alexander Graham Bell
What is Edward Hibberd Johnson?
Christmas Lights - Thomas Edison may be famous for the light bulb, but it was his partner and friend, Edward Hibberd Johnson, who had the bright idea of stringing bulbs around a Christmas tree in New York in 1882. By 1914, the lights were being mass produced and now some 150 million sets of lights are sold in the U.S. each year.