AMIS HC Jeopardy

General Knowledge

100

Which planet in our Solar System is known for having a ring?

Saturn

200

What is it called when birds fly to warmer climates for the winter?

Migration

300

How many teeth do most adult humans have?

32

400

What is the doctor recommended amount of nightly sleep for a 12 year old? 

8.5-9.5 hours every night! 

500

Around the holidays people like to celebrate and dance. To dance you need muscles. How many muscles are there in the human body?

About 640 

600

Which country is the legend of the Christmas Spider from?

A) Australia

B) Brazil

C) Ukraine

D) India 

C) Ukraine 

700

The Yule Goat has been a Christmas symbol dating back to ancient pagan festivals. However, in 1966, the tradition got a whole new life after someone came up with the idea to make a giant straw goat, now referred to as the Gävle Goat. What country is this symbol from?

Sweden

800

Some alpine countries have a legend that a devil-like creature called Krampus joins their St. Nicholas festivities on December 6. Children are asked for a list of their good and bad deeds: Good children are rewarded with sweets, apples, and nuts, and bad children worry about what Krampus might bring on Christmas morning.

Austria, Slovenia, Germany, the Czech Republic, and Hungary.

900

Across the world, different cultures have different names for the character "Santa Claus". Can you name 2 other names Santa might be called in different countries? 

Saint Nicholas, Kris Kringle, Pere Noel, Father Christmas, Papa Noel, Weihnachtsmann, Babbo Natale, Papai Noel, Ded Moroz, Noel Baba,  Święty Mikołaj, Sheng dan lao ren (Dun Che Lao Ren), Agios Vasilios, Hoteiosho, Joulupukki, Saint Nikolaus, Sinterklaas, Santa Haraboji, santa keulloseu 

1000

People who have Christougenniatikophobia are afraid of what? 

Christmas! 

Animal Kingdom

100

What is the fastest animal in the world?

Cheetah

200

How many wings does a bee have?

4

300

Are worker bees male or female?

Female

400

If you have arachnophobiai, which animal are you scared of?

Spiders

500

What kind of mollusk holds a pearl in its shell?

Oyster

600

What is the largest known living land animal?

African Elephant

700

How many noses does a slug have?

4

800

Which animal’s fingerprints are identical to human fingerprints?

a) Chimpanzee

b) Koala

c) Gorilla

d) Beaver

Koala

900

Why do cats fit into small spaces? 

a) they have flexible collar bones

b) all their bones are soft 

c) their ribs all move separately 

d) they're super skinny under all that hair 

Because they have flexible collar bones

1000

Bears hibernate during winter, but aren't sleeping the whole time. Hibernation for bears simply means they don't need to eat or drink, and rarely urinate or defecate (or not at all). There is strong evolutionary pressure for bears to stay in their dens during winter, if there is little or no food available.

In Canada, up to how long might a bear hibernate for each year? 

a) 3 months

b) 5 months

c) 8 months

d) 5 weeks 

Up to 8 months!!! 

Global December Celebrations

100

What day is Christmas celebrated on every year?

December 25th 

200

How many days does Hanukkah last?

8 days

300

Which day takes place on December 26 that is only celebrated in a few countries? It originated in the United Kingdom during the Middle Ages and was the day when the alms box, collection boxes for the poor often kept in churches, were opened and their content distributed, a tradition that still happens in some areas.

Boxing Day 

It was also the day servants were traditionally given the day off to celebrate Christmas with their families!

400

Instead of milk and cookies, in the UK what do children leave out on Christmas Eve for Santa? 

A) mince pies and brandy

B) Carrot and water 

c) Popcorn and Soda 

D) mince pies and water 

mince pies and brandy

500

What do you call the special candle holder that is used to light the candles and pray each night during Hanukkah? 

menorah

600

How long does the African-American celebration of Kwanzaa last in Dec-Jan? (How many days?)

7 days

700

In which country is Ōmisoka, New Year’s Eve, considered the second-most important day in the calendar,  as it is the final day of the old year and the eve of New Year’s Day, the most important day of the year?

Japan

Families gather on Ōmisoka for one last time in the old year to have a bowl of toshikoshi-soba or toshikoshi-udon, a tradition based on eating the long noodles to cross over from one year to the next.

800

Also known as Rohatsu, this Buddhist tradition honors the day in which the Buddha—Siddartha Gautauma—is said to have achieved enlightenment. Many Buddhists celebrate it through meditation

A) Bodhi Day

B) Wesak

C) Parinirvana Day

D) Dharma Day

Bodhi Day

900

In what country is Feast Day of Our Lady Guadalupe celebrated on Dec. 12?

A) Ecuador 

B) Guatemala 

C) Chile

D) Mexico

Mexico

Millions of pilgrims typically visit the Basilica of Our Lady of Guadalupe in December to celebrate the festival, which marks one of several apparitions of the Virgin Mary that some Catholic believers say was witnessed by an Indigenous Mexican man in 1531.

1000

What year was Kwanzaa created?

A) 1982

B) 1874

C) 1966

D) 1476

1966

Black nationalist Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in 1966 as a way to unite the African-American community

Also A Taylor Swift Song

100

Someone who will do anything without hesitation or pause might be called...

Fearless 

200

A romantic book probably is this kind of story 

Love Story 

300

One of the traditional Christmas or Lunar New Year colors 

Red

400

If you're doing your laundry and washing things that are easily broken, you put them on a cycle of this setting....

or

a term for something that can be easily broken 

Delicate

500

If traveling to somewhere cold for the break, you might wear this type of zip or button-up sweater

Cardigan 

600

If you don't know the answer to a question on a test, you might leave this

Blank Space 

700

If you have two dozen eggs and drop a couple of them, then you have 

22

800

The way a person dresses and carries themeselves

Style 

900

It's not yours! This word comes before "Craft" or "Sweeper" in video games. 

Mine

1000

This famous gentleman in the hat 

Tim McGraw

MCU

100

Which villain wanted to snap his fingers and get rid of half the universe?

Thanos 

200

How many Infinity Stones are there?

6

300

Which movie kicked off the Marvel Cinematic Universe? (was the first one)

Iron Man

400

Black Panther is set in which fictional country?

Wakanda

500

What type of doctor is Dr. Strange?

A Neurosurgeon (A neurosurgeon is a specially trained medical doctor who diagnoses and treats conditions that affect your nervous system — your brain, spinal cord and nerves.)

600

Which actor played Marvel’s first Asian superhero, Shang-Chi?

Simu Liu 

700

Captain America’s shield and Bucky's arm are made of what?

Vibranium

800

Who was able to pick up Thor’s hammer in Endgame?

Captain America

900

Who rescued Tony Stark and Nebula from space?

Captain Marvel

1000

Nick Fury wears an eye patch over which eye?

His left eye