British Driving Vocabulary
Christmas Capitalism
Rebus Puzzles
Beatles Songs
Tasty Holiday Treats
100
"Gas" stations in British English serve this instead. Makes sense, considering what gasoline is derived from.
What is "petrol"?
100
This soda company is responsible for Santa Claus being depicted as a large jolly man in a red fur coat.
What is Coca-Cola? (Coke)
100
A common breakfast dish
What is scrambled eggs?
100
Oh, yeah, I'll...tell you somethin'
I think you'll understand
When I...say that somethin'
I-
What is "I Want to Hold Your Hand"?
100
This stick-shaped candy was originally hung from trees as a natural animal deterrent due to its peppermint smell.
What is a candy cane?
200
A British "motorway" may be named like it's applicable to any road, but it equates to this American term for roads that aren't surface streets.
What is "freeway" / "highway"?
200
This mean, green fictional character is actually its author's satirical expression of how Christmas has become too entwined with consumerism.
What is the Grinch?
200
A tall structure in Paris.
What is the Eiffel Tower
200
Suddenly
I'm not half the man I used to be
There's a shadow hangin' over me
What is "Yesterday"?
200
Also known as "milk punch", this holiday beverage is made up of milk, cream, sugar, and eggs.
What is "eggnog"?
300
Americans refer to a vehicle's rear storage compartment as a "trunk", but the British refer to it as this type of large shoe.
What is a "boot"?
300
This US president moved Thanksgiving from the last Thursday of November to the second-to-last Thursday to extend the holiday shopping season - a move mockingly celebrated as "Franksgiving".
Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?
300
The answer to this math problem is a season.
What is a summer?
300
So, we sailed...on to the sun
'Til we found...a sea of green
And we lived...beneath the waves
In our-
What is "Yellow Submarine"?
300
Originating from a "Kentucky for Christmas" marketing campaign in the 1970s, KFC has become a ubiquitous Christmas meal in this Asian country.
What is Japan?
400
Rather than driving on an "overpass", the British soar high with this term.
What is a "flyover"?
400
For over 100 years, this company has sponsored a Thanksgiving Day parade straight to their department store in New York City as a way to start the holiday shopping season.
What is Macy's?
400
Little darlin'
It's been a long, cold, lonely winter
Little darlin'
It feels like years since it's been here
What is "Here Comes the Sun"?
400
This Christmas confection typically consists of three layers: dark chocolate, white chocolate, and peppermint candy pieces on top.
What is peppermint bark?
500
Whereas Americans use "turn signals" or "blinkers" to change lanes, the British use this term that's more akin to "pointer".
What is "indicator"?
500
This Christmas carol about the true Christmas season duration stands in contrast to the current two federal holidays and long shopping season before Christmas even begins.
What is "The 12 Days of Christmas"?
500
Taking a plane from North America to Europe means doing this.
What is traveling overseas / overseas travel?
500
Take a sad song and make it better.
Remember to let her into your heart,
Then you can start to make it better.
What is "Hey Jude"?
500
This cylindrical, French chocolate sponge cake borrows its shape and name from the tradition of burning a large tree trunk on Christmas Eve.
What is a yule log? (or bûche de Noël)