Cincinnati
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Misc Holiday Trivia
100

The sculpture Genius of Water crowns one of these structures at the heart of Cincinnati's downtown.

What is a fountain? 

100

Red, green, and black are this holiday’s symbolic colors.

What is Kwanzaa?

100

This fairytale inspired the making of gingerbread houses.

What is Hansel and Gretel?

100

Ohio's state nickname.

What is "The Buckeye State"?

100

These are the two most popular Christmas colors after red and green.

What are silver and gold?

200

Dr. Albert Sabin developed this vaccine at the University of Cincinnati medical school.

What is Polio?

200

This Christmas plant originated from Mexico.

What is a Poinsettia?

200

The Three Wise Men give these gifts to the new baby.

What are frankincense, myrrh, and gold?

200

Ohio's state flower.

What is the scarlet carnation? 

200

This amount of reindeers that pull Santa's sleigh are the same as the number of ladies dancing.

What is 9?

300

Born & raised in Cincinnati he broke Ty Cobb's hit record as the Reds' player-manager.

Who is Pete Rose?

300

This American company has been using Santa Clause in their commercials since the 1920s.

What is Coca Cola?

300

New Year's Eve in this country is called Hogmanay. One tradition is to sing this classic song 'Auld Lang Syne' by one of their own.

What is Scotland?

300

Ohio's state song.

What is Beautiful Ohio? 

300

What Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver?

What is tinsel?

400

What’s now Cincinnati was part of this territory in the first possession of the United States.

What is The Northwest Territory? 

400

In this country, about half of the population sits down on Christmas Eve to watch a Disney Christmas special.

What is Sweden?

400

This type of Christmas tree starts with the letter T and is sung about by Aretha Franklin in the song O Christmas Tree.

What is a Tannenbaum?

400

"With God all things are possible"

What is the Ohio state motto?

400

What Christmas carol does the Peanuts gang sing at the end of "A Charlie Brown Christmas"?

What is Hark the Harold Angels Sing?

500

In 1990 a Cincinnati museum faced obscenity charges after exhibiting the work of this photographer.

Who is (Robert) Mapplethorpe?

500

In this country, La Befana, a witch, comes to fill stockings on January 6th, not December 25th.

What is Italy?

500

In this decade, the first concept of a candy cane was created and shown at an exhibition in Massachusetts.

What is the 1830s?

500

The Ohio state tree.

What is the Buckeye? 

500

This government website tracks Santa every year on Christmas Eve.

What is NORAD?