General Facts
What does BMW stand for (in English)?
Answer: Bavarian Motor Works
Question: In which country did the tradition of the Christmas tree originate?
Answer: Germany.
In motor racing, what color is the flag they wave to indicate the winner?
Answer: Checkered flag.
What song by The Rolling Stones, released in 1969, became their first U.S. number-one hit?
Answer: Honky Tonk Women
What carol contains the lyrics "Sleep in heavenly peace"?
Answer: Silent Night.
Canada produces 85% of the world’s supply of what food item?
Maple Syrup
Name the three kings that went to see baby Jesus.
Gasper, Melchior, Balthasar
In basketball, when you dribble the ball with both hands, what is it called?
Double dribble
Which 1965 hit song by The Byrds is a cover of a Bob Dylan song and became an anthem of the 1960s?
Answer: "Mr. Tambourine Man"
Answer: White Christmas by Bing Crosby.
What is the national flower of Japan?
Answer: Cherry Blossom
. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?
[A] Feliz Navidad
What was the name of the circular plastic 1950s toy that was placed around the waist and operated by gyrating the hips?
Hula Hoop
What 1969 hit song by The Temptations was known for its smooth vocal harmonies and upbeat sound?
Answer: "My Girl"
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, what is given on the 5th day?
Answer: Five golden rings
How many colors will you find in a regular bag of M&Ms?
Six.
In legend, what did St. Nicholas drop down the chimney?
A purse of money
How long is a marathon?
Answer: 26.2 miles.
What was the title of Bob Dylan's 1965 album that marked a shift to electric music?
Answer: Highway 61 Revisited
What is the original title of the popular Christmas song "Jingle Bells"?
Answer: One Horse Open Sleigh
What is the deadliest mammal?
Answer: The hippo
What Christmas song includes Glory to the newborn king?
Hark the Herald Angels Sing
Who had a hit with "A Whiter Shade of Pale" in 1967?
Answer: Procol Harum
Who was murdered outside of the Dakota Hotel in NYC on December 8, 1980?
John Lennon
Which carol is also called Adeste Fideles?
Answer: O Come, All Ye Faithful.