Random stuff about Bucky
American Christmas
Rules of Division
Facts about America
Math problems
100
Is Bucky taller than 5 feet?
Yes! 5 feet equals 1,52 meters, and Bucky is 5 feet and 7 inches tall (1,7 meters).
100
What color does Santa Claus traditionally wear?
Red
100
How do you know if a number is divisible by 5?
Its final digit is 0 or 5.
100
This is the capital of the USA
Washington, DC
100
How many days of Hanukkah are there?
Eight!
200
Bucky´s last name is ´Fuchs´, which translates to ´zorro´ in Spanish.
1. What country does this word come from?
2. What is this word in English?
1. Germany, 2.´fox´
200
Who sang ¨All I Want for Christmas is You?¨
Mariah Carey
200
Is 629 divisible by 3?
No
200
How many states are there in the USA?
50
200
You can take a picture with Santa at the malls (shopping centers) in America. Small pictures cost $5 and large pictures cost $11. How much does it cost to buy 3 small pictures and 2 large pictures?
37 = 3(5)+2(11)
300
This is something Bucky learned recently:
King Juan Carlos of Spain killed his younger brother in 1956 when he was 18, and his brother was 14. Who gave Juan Carlos the gun that he used?
Francisco Franco
(isn´t that crazy??)
300
What century did Americans start using Christmas Trees?
The 1700s! Immigrants brought this tradition from Germany.
300
True or false: if the last digit of a number is equal to the sum of every other digit, then that number is divisisble by 7.
False
300
What is the official language of the USA?
Trick question! There is none!
300
Santa is baking cookies for the elves and Mrs. Claus. He bakes 3 dozen gingerbread cookies and 2 dozen sugar cookies each day. If he continues this for a week, how many dozens of cookies will he have baked in total?
35 dozen cookies = 7(3+2)
400
Many German-Americans (like Bucky´s family) have a tradition where they hide this ornament in their Christmas tree on Christmas Eve. The first child to find the ornament wins money. How do you say ´adorno de pepinillo´ in English?
Pickle Ornament
400
How many reindeer does Santa have?
8 (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner and Blitzen)
OR 9, if you include Rudolph
400
Is 352 divisible by 11?
Yes
400
Which 2 countries does the US share borders with?
Canada and Mexico
400
American presidential terms are 4 years, and they can be re-elected once. However, in the 1930s and '40s, President Franklin D Roosevelt (FDR) was elected for 4 terms. He served 3 terms, but died 3 months into his fourth term. How many months did FDR serve as president?
147 months =3(12*4)+3
500
Bucky´s family is part Swedish, so her family celebrates Santa Lucia´s Day. On this day, one of the girls in the family wears a white dress and candles, and she wakes everyone at dawn to give them cinnamon buns. Who was St. Lucia?
Lucia (or Lucy) was a Roman Christian saint whose eyes were gouged out by the emperor because she wouldn´t marry. God then gave her new eyes. She is the patron of people with eye diseases.
500
Which of these is NOT a name for Santa Claus in America?
Kris Kringle
Old St. Nick
Father Christmas
Father Christmas! That is what they call him in the United Kingdom, but not in the USA.
500
Santa has nine reindeer, and 543 treats. Will he able to give them an equal number of treats?
No :(
500
Who has won more FIFA World Cups: the American men´s soccer team, or the American women´s soccer team?
The Women´s team! They have won 4 World Cups, and the Men´s team has won 0.
500
In the song ´Twelve Days of Christmas,´ the singer's girlfriend gives her: 1 partridge for 12 days, 2 turtle doves 11 days, 3 French hens for 10 days, 4 calling birds for 9 days, 6 geese-a-laying for 7 days, and 7 swans-a-swimming for 6 days.
How many birds does the girlfriend have by the end of the 12 days?
184 =1(12)+2(11)+3(10)+4(9)+6(7)+7(6)
