Holiday traditions around the world
Random Common Knowledge
Geography
TV
NFL
100
In this country, Befana (a witch) delivers gifts, not Santa.
Italy. Italian children are expecting another special visitor: La Befana, a kind woman who flies by broomstick, wiggles through chimneys and stuffs stockings with candy. She drops off goodies the night of January 5, so kids wake up to sweet surprises on January 6.
100
The likeness of which president is featured on the rare $2 bill of USA currency?
Thomas Jefferson
100
What is the capital of Scotland?
Edinburgh
100
Where did Ralph Kramden threaten to send his wife on The Honeymooners?
To the moon
100
Which is the only American Football team to go a whole season undefeated, including the Super Bowl?
The Miami Dolphins, in 1972.
200
In this country, Christmas Fighting Festival is part of Chanka culture, that gives hundreds of Andean villagers the chance to solve their love, honour and property problems through the force of blows as a way to put differences behind them before the New Year.
Peru. Community members dine, drink, and dance together, dressed up in one of five character costumes based on historical cultural symbols, and everything culminates in a Christmas Day trip to the local bullfighting ring where people, both men and women, take turns pairing off to settle the year’s disputes.
200
What is the sum of all the numbers on a roulette wheel?
666. While the true person behind these games could be a monk, a Roman soldier, or a gambling magnate, it’s likely the mathematician in the mix could be responsible for making a math joke about gambling as a vice.
200
What is the only country that borders the United Kingdom?
Ireland
200
Prosecutors complained about which TV show influencing real-life juries?
CSI: Crime Scene Investigation
200
Who is the NFL’s all-time leading rusher?
Emmitt Smith of the Dallas Cowboys with 18,355 yards.
300
In this country they eat a bucket of KFC as their Christmas meal. They do this because they believe this is a popular tradition in the US.
Japan. The origin story has different versions. Some say that Takeshi Okawara, who managed the first KFC in Japan, untruthfully marketed the chicken as a traditional American Christmas dish, according to CNN. Okawara would go on to become CEO of KFC Japan.
300
Is eggplant considered a fruit or vegetable?
Eggplants are fruits due to the way they grow. Fruits develop from the flower of a plant and contain seeds, whereas vegetables are any other part of the plant: roots, stems, or leaves.
300
Trivia question: Ninety percent of the Earth’s population lives in which hemisphere?
The Northern Hemisphere
300
What was Beaver Cleaver's real first name on Leave It to Beaver?
Theodore
300
Which American Football team won the first two Super Bowls (in 1967 and 1968)?
The Green Bay Packers.
400
In this country, an empty chair is left at the dinner table for Christmas eve in honor of loved ones that have passed away. It is believed that the spirits of these loved ones visit during the night.
Portugal.
400
What type of dog is 'Handsome Dan', the mascot of Yale University?
Bulldog
400
How many time zones does Australia have?
Three
400
In The Jeffersons theme song, where were they "movin' on up" to?
"To the East Side / To a deluxe apartment in the sky."
400
Which NFL team appeared in four consecutive Super Bowls from 1991 – 1994 and lost them all?
Buffalo Bills.
500
In this country, There is another Santa called the whipping Santa that accompanies Santa. He gives a bundle of sticks to bad children and has been said to take the very bad children away.
France
500
Which language does NOT use gender as a part of its grammar?
Turkish
500
Which continent is in all four hemispheres?
Africa
500
What TV show invented the rerun to allow its star time to recover during and after pregnancy?
I Love Lucy
500
Which two NFL teams have won the most Super Bowls with 6 wins each?
Pittsburgh Steelers and New England Patriots
600
In this country, people make a doll or effigy that represents bad memories from the past year. It’s then burned at midnight on New Year’s Eve as a way to start fresh in the New Year.
Ecuador
600
The following is a line from which 1970's film 'you talkin to me'?"
Taxi Driver
600
Can you name the U.S. states that have a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico?
Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, and Florida
600
What is Dorothy Zbornak's job on The Golden Girls?
Substitute teacher
600
Which wide-receiver holds the NFL record for most career receptions?
Jerry Rice.