Christmas Cooking
Christmas Food
Christmas Plants
Friday the 13th
Math for Michael
100

These typically get roasted on an open fire.

What are chesnuts?

100

America’s most popular cookie at Christmas time.

What is a sugar cookie?

100

 Fir, spruce, pine, balsam plant, from division "Coniferophyta"

What is an evergreen tree?

100

The most common travel type to avoid on this day.

What are flights?

100

What is the square root of 256?

What is 16?

200

Drizzling liquid over roasting meat to moisten and flavor it.

What is basting?

200

The most popular Christmas fruit worldwide.

What are cranberries?

200

Parasitic plant found in trees and shrubs, in family "Santalaceae"

What is mistletoe?

200

 This President was especially superstitious of the holiday, avoiding 13 guests at meals and traveling on the 13th day of any month.


Who is Franklin D. Roosevelt?

200

792 divided by 22

What is 26?

300

Which alcoholic drink is traditionally added to the base of a Christmas trifle?

What is sherry?

300

Which fruit is traditionally placed inside Christmas stockings?

What is an orange?

300

Plant with glossy leaves and sharp spines, from the family "Aquifoliaceae" and genus "Ilex aquifolium"

What is holly?

300

What is the maximum number of Friday the 13ths that can occur during a calendar year?

1, 2, or 3?

What is 12?

300

The name for the longest side of a triangle.

What is the hypotenuse?

400

This is often pressed at the top of a ham joint to enhance the flavor. 

What are cloves?

400

Collard greens are often served around Christmas holidays to symbolize this.

What is economic prosperity?

400

Plant from Mexico with star-shaped leaves

What is a poinsettia? 

400

The 13th apostle that replaced Judas after his betrayal.

Who is Matthias?

400

What is the largest 3-digit prime number?

What is 997?

500

This spice comes from the inner bark of the evergreen tree.

What is cinnamon?

500

Plum Christmas pudding is traditionally made with 13 ingredients which sympolizes this.

Who is Christ and the apostles?

500

Evergreen creeping plant, in family "Araliaceae"

What is ivy?

500

In Ontario, Canada, what group gathers every Friday the 13th for a rally dating back to 1981? 

Who are motorcyclists?

500

What is the mathematical formula for Newton’s Second Law of Motion?

F=ma (force = mass x acceleration)