Holiday Trivia
Most popular Christmas beverage?
Eggnog, also called milk punch
Jingle bell, jingle bell
Jingle all the way
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Oh, what fun it is to ride
In a one horse open sleigh, hey
Name one of the two things that made red and green popular Christmas color.
Holly and Coca-Cola
What national discount retailer with department-store root, is base in Minneapolis?
Target
Who published the General Theory of Relativity in 1915?
Albert Einstein
Halloween classic "Hocus Pocus" is set in which Massachusetts city?
Salem
Deck the hall with boughs of jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
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Fa-la-la-la-la, la-la-la-la
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This the season to be jolly
Don we now our gay apparel
What is Santa's name?
Saint Nicholas
What Is the highest point in MN?
Eagle Mountain
Who led India to overthrow British's rule by non-violent means?
Gandhi
In 1887, Oregon become the first state in the U.S. to make it an official public holiday. What is it?
Labor day
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Better not pout
I'm telling you why, Santa Claus is coming to town
You better watch out
You better not cry
What was the first Christmas Carol broadcast from space?
Jingle bells was played on Dec. 16, 1965
Name the five States that border MN?
Iowa, Wisconsin, South Dakota, North Dakota, and Michigan.
Thomas Edison is known for his work with DC, while ________ is known for AC electricity system.
Nikola Tesla
Which president officially make Thanksgiving a U.S. national holiday?
Abraham Lincoln
Jingle bell, Jingle bell, Jingle bell rock
Jingle bells swing and Jingle bell ring
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Snowin' and blowing up bushels of fun
Now the jingle hop has begun
Who was the first president to have a Christmas tree in the white house?
President Benjamin Harrison
In what year did MN become a State.
A) 1852
B) 1854
C) 1856
D) 1858
1858
Who invented the telephone?
Alexander Graham Bell
The ball that drop to commemorate New Year's Eve in Time Square, NYC, is cover in nearly 2,700 crystal triangle, is from what company?
Waterford
It's the most wonderful time of the year
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It's the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids jingle belling
And everyone telling you be of good cheer
How many total gifts were given in the Twelve Days of Christmas?
364, or one for every day of the year, except Christmas.
At the bloody and brutal Battle of Gettysburg in 1863, MN capture the battle flag from which State?
Virginia
Who is consider the father of modern medicine?
Hippocrates