Hannukah
Kwanzaa
National Pastry Day
National Cookie Day
Nobel Prize Day
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How many nights does Hanukkah last?
A.7
B.8
B. 8
100
What does an ear of corn symbolize during Kwanzaa?
A. Work
B. Fertility
B. Fertility
100
When is National Pastry Day celebrated?
A. December 9
B. December 10
A. December 9
100
People in the United States purchase over 2 billion cookies per year.
True or False
True
100
Nobel Prize Day is celebrated when?
A. December 10
B. December 11
A. December 10
200
Are the Hanukkah candles lit from right to left or left to right?
A. right to left
B. left to right
A. right to left
200
When does Kwanzaa begin?
A. January 1st
B. December 26th
B. December 26th
200
Which country is renowned for its croissants?
A. Italy
B. France
B. France
200
Half the cookies people bake at home are chocolate chip.
True or False
True
200
The maximum number of people who can share a Nobel Prize is…
A. 2
B. 3
B. 3
300
What American holiday does Hanukkah sometimes overlap with?
A. Labor Day
B. Thanksgiving
B. Thanksgiving
300
What does Kwanzaa celebrate?
A. African Culture
B. Asian Culture
A. African Culture
300
What is a typical filling in a fruit tart?
A. Custard
B. Jelly
A. Custard
300
Over a lifetime, the average American eats _____ cookies.
A. 35,000
B. 25,000
A. 35,000
300
The first woman to win a Nobel Prize was…
A. Mother Teresa
B. Marie Curie
B. Marie Curie
Marie Curie was the first woman to win the Nobel Prize—in fact, multiple Nobel Prizes. She was awarded the 1903 Nobel Prize for Physics and the 1911 Nobel Prize for Chemistry.
400
Which oil is traditionally used to light the menorah?
A. Peanut
B. Olive
B. Olive
It was originally used in the First and Second Temples in Jerusalem. Menorahs were lit daily using olive oil of the purest quality.
400
Which country celebrates Kwanzaa the most?
A. The United States
B. Kenya
A. The United States
400
What type of pastry is a cannoli?
A. Spanish
B. Italian
B. Italian
400
Santa Clause eats an estimated 36 million cookies on Christmas Eve.
True or False
False! He eats 336 million cookies
400
The first Nobel Prize was awarded in…
A. 1901
B. 1923
A. 1901
500
What is the name of the round jelly doughnuts served at Hanukkah?
A. Lekach
B. Sufganiyot
B. Sufganiyot
500
Which type of shirt is traditionally worn during Kwanzaa celebrations?
A. Poncho
B. Dashiki
B. Dashiki
500
Which pastry is commonly associated with breakfast?
A. Mille-feuille
B. Danish
B. Danish
500
Americans spend $550 million on ___ each year—it was the best-selling cookie of the 20th century, and it’s still going strong!
A. Chips Ahoy
B. Oreos
B. Oreos
500
Which of the following fields was not included as a Nobel Prize category at the time the Nobel Prizes were first established?
A. Medicine
B. Economics
B. Economics