Festivities & Tradition
Which beer brand hasn't changed it's holiday commercial since it initially aired in 1990?
Corona
_______ , danced in the children's heads as they slept, according to the famous Clement Clarke Moore poem.
Sugarplums
Blitzen gets namedropped but never does the Blitzkrieg Bop in whose holiday tune?
Ramones
This device was invented by Indigenous communities in Northern regions to traverse unstable snow conditions.
How many sides does a snowflake have.
6
Which country has a tradition of hiding all of the brooms and mops in their homes during Christmas?
Norway
What is the famous holiday dish originating of the United Kingdom?
Christmas Pudding
Which 1996 movie features the archenemy, Dementor, during a quest to acquire an out-of-stock holiday gift?
Jingle all the way
This winter racing sport started out as what activity in the late 1800s in Switzerland.
Tobogganing
At what speed does a snowflake fall (kmph).
5kmph
What is the name of the festival, in tradition of celebrating "Winters Arrival?"
Dongzhi
Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in which country.
Japan
Who was slashed in the 1899 Stanley Cup finals, resulting in a team protest, then forfeiture, due to the minor penalty call.
Tony Gingras
This winter sport's origins can be traced back to Indigenous Sami people in Scandinavia, who used it as a method of transportation.
Cross-country skiing
How many tons of extra waste is generated between the week of Thanksgiving and New Year's day (in millions of tons).
1million tons of excess waste
Dr. Maulana Karenga created Kwanzaa in response to what?
The Watts riots
This holiday dessert, originating in Newfoundland, is made with molasses, brown sugar, and dried fruits, and is often served with a custard.
Figgy duff
A Christmas album "Under the Mistletoe" was published by which artist.
Justin Bieber
This traditional Japanese practice, Yukigassen, is a structured version of this common winter pastime.
Snowball fight
This environmental phenomenon is a result of reduced levels of permafrost conditions, leading to potential landslides and increased release of sequestered greenhouse-gases.
A Thaw Slump
What is the name of the festival celebrating 30 days of darkness, beginning in early December?
Inuvik Sunrise Festival
This rich, French holiday dessert consists of a rolled sponge cake filled with buttercream or meringue and decorated to resemble a Yule log.
Bûche de Noël
In A Christmas Carol, the character of Tiny Tim is afflicted with a health condition that is never explicitly named but leads to his poor physical state. What is the condition believed to be?
Rickets
The Iditarod, a famous dog sled race in Alaska, commemorates this historic delivery of diphtheria antitoxin in 1925.
Serum run
This bird has feathered feet to help it walk on the snow, and, is the official bird of Nunavut.
Ptarmigans (Rock)