Winter Movies & TV
Holidays Around the World
Winter Solstice
December
Winter Wonderland
100

This show premiered on FOX on December 17, 1989 and involves a family acquiring a dog named Santa's Little Helper.

What is The Simpsons

100

What are the 8 days of Hanukkah in 2021?

What is Nov 28 through to Dec 6?

100

The date of Winter Solstice 2021.

What is December 21

100

In the show Seinfeld, this holiday is celebrated on December 23rd as an alternative to the pressures and commercialism of the Christmas season.

What is Festivus

100

Snowflakes have this number of sides.

What is 6

200

Who is the director of Edward Scissor Hands?

Who is Tim Burton

200

What country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition?

What is Germany

200

The word solstice derives from this language.

What is Latin, sol (sun) and sistere (to stand still) meaning “sun stand still”

200

What are the zodiac signs of December?

What are Sagittarius (Nov 23 to Dec 21) and Capricorn (Dec 22 to Jan 19)

200

What months are considered winter in the southern hemisphere?

What are June, July, and August

300

The name of Ralphie’s little brother in the movie A Christmas Story.

Who is Randy

300

What is the winter holiday that celebrates African heritage, culture, community, and family?

What is Kwanzaa

300

The group of people who celebrated Saturnalia, a festival honoring the agricultural god Saturn, during what we call Winter Solstice.

Who are the Ancient Romans

300

On December 23, 1888, this famous artist cut off his left ear while in a depressive episode.

Who is Vincent van Gogh

300

President Barack Obama popularized this phrase when two blizzards in 2010 struck during the DNC winter meeting.

What is Snowmageddon

400

“Winter Is Coming” is the motto of which family in “Game of Thrones”? 

What is House Stark 

400

In Austria, Saint Nicholas rewards nice children while this anthropomorphic figure punishes naughty ones.

Who is Krampus

400

Some believe this famous English prehistoric monument was built to celebrate solstices.

What is Stonehenge

400

This pianist, born in December 1770, composed nine symphonies in his lifetime before becoming completely deaf and is widely acknowledged as the best pianist to ever live.

Who is Ludwig van Beethoven

400

In which country were the first Winter Olympics held?

What is France (1924)

500

How many siblings does Kevin have in Home Alone? 

What is four

500

The holiday, originating in Spain and celebrated in Mexico, includes a procession that moves from house to house with a candle in a lampshade.

What is Las Posadas?

500

The Mayan prophecy called for the “end of the world” to occur on the Winter Solstice of this year.

What is 2012

500

The Mariner II Space Probe sent back information on this planet on December 14th, 1962.

What is Venus

500

What is the largest width ever recorded of a snowflake?

What is 15 inches