Winter Trivia
What are the colors of the berries in Mistletoe?
What is White?
What is the most common nickname for Santa Clause?
Who is Saint Nick?
Mariah Carey only wants this for Christmas.
Who is You?
Which iconic NYC location is known for its massive Christmas tree and ice skating rink and hosts one of the most famous holiday displays in the world?
What is Rockefeller Center?
In the classic stop-motion animation Christmas special “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer,” Hermie the Elf would rather be this as an occupation.
What is a dentist?
What is the freezing point of water in fahrenheit?
What is 32°F?
What is the fruit that is most often put in stockings?
What are Oranges?
Until a few decades ago, citrus was hard to come by for working-class people in almost all of the United States and Europe. Oranges, then considered a special and scarce fruit, were placed in stockings for a sweet surprise on Christmas morning.
In "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town", what should kids not do?
What is pout and cry?
What New York City department store is famous for its Thanksgiving Day Parade!
What is Macy's?
In this 1965 animated TV special, a boy with a zigzag-patterned shirt searches for the true meaning of Christmas.
What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
How many points/sides does a snowflake have?
300 Point Bonus Question: The Guinness World Record holder for largest snowflake is how wide? A) 0.5 inches, B) 1 inch, C) 7 inches, D) 15 inches
What is 6?
Although every snowflake has a unique design, they always have six sides. This is due to the way water molecules are ordered within their structure.
Bonus Answer: What is 15 inches?
Snowflakes are typically between .02 and .5 inches wide but the Guinness World Record holder for the largest snowflake was a whopping 15 inches wide, measured in January 1887 in Montana. That's bigger than a frisbee!
What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?
300 Point Bonus Question: What was the song originally named?
What is Jingle Bells?
Bonus Answer: Originally named "One Horse Open Sleigh", James Lord Pierpont composed the song in 1850 for his Thanksgiving Sunday school class.
What was given on the sixth day of Christmas in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song?
300 Point Bonus Question: How many gifts were given in total in the song?
What is six geese a-laying?
Bonus Answer: What is 364?
What is the name of the iconic New York City Toy Store loved by kids at Christmas, that is known for its giant piano, musical clock tower and countless attractions for adults and children alike?
300 Point Bonus Question: Name the movie starring Tom Hanks as an adolescent boy whose wish transforms him into an adult, that shows this childlike adult playing the giant toy store piano.
What is F.A.O. Schwarz?
Bonus Answer: What is Big?
In the 1990 film Home Alone, an eight-year-old boy named Kevin is left home by himself and must defend his house from burglars. What team name do the burglars go by?
300 Point Bonus Question: What are the burglars first names?
Who are the Wet Bandits?
Bonus Answer: Who are Harry & Marv?
Which seasonal movement is performed by birds in winter?
What is migration?
What country started the Christmas Tree tradition?
What is Germany?
As described in Christmas, A Biography, the first documented Christmas tree dates back to at least 1419, when a guild in Freiburg, Germany, decorated an outdoor tree with apples, gingerbread, wafers, and tinsel.
Which two reindeer are mentioned in the song "Here comes Santa Claus"?
Who are Vixen and Blitzen?
What New York City neighborhood is known for its extravagant holiday light displays?
What is Dyker Heights?
The neighborhood found in Brooklyn is renowned for it’s over the top Christmas decorations and displays. Homeowners have spent as much as $20,000 on these Christmas decorations.
Will Ferrell stars as this character, a man raised by elves who travels to New York City to find his biological father.
Who is Buddy the Elf?
What is the date of winter solstice this year?
What is Saturday, December 21, 2024?
While the solstice itself is brief, it signals the official start of winter in the Northern Hemisphere.
What country does Santa Claus originate from?
What is Turkey?
The true origin of Santa Claus begins with Saint Nicholas of Myra, who was born around 280 AD in the Roman town of Patara, in what is now modern-day Turkey.
How many times does "Fa la la la la la la la" appear in the "Deck the Halls" song?
What is 12?
What team is known for their precise choreography and high-kicking routines performing annually at Radio City Music Hall.
Who are the Rockettes?
In this 1966 animated TV special, a green character tries to ruin Christmas for the Whos in Whoville.
What is How the Grinch Stole Christmas?