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This “holiday” includes traditions of feasting and masquerades. What is this annual tradition?
Answer: Mardi Gras.
Breaking the wishbone for good luck is a tradition for which holiday?
Answer: Thanksgiving.
What is the flower traditionally associated with Father’s Day?
Answer: The rose. Red roses are the official flower of Father’s Day.
Which New York City parade, 260 years old in 2022, is always led by the 69th Infantry Regiment?
Answer: St. Patrick’s Day Parade
What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
Answer: White Christmas by Bing Crosby.
Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky?
Answer: Japan
Which character declares “Merry Christmas, one and all!” in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Tiny Tim
What is the name of the group of more than 3,000 megalithic standing stones in the French village of Carnac, Brittany?
Answer: The Carnac Stones.
“You better watch out, you better not cry, you better not pout, I’m telling you why…” What is the name of this Christmas song?
Answer: “Santa Claus is Coming to Town”
Which famous magician died on Halloween in 1926?
Answer: Harry Houdini
Towering 19,340 feet above sea level, what mountain is not only the highest mountain in Africa, but also the highest freestanding mountain in the world?
Answer: Mount Kilimanjaro
Which French city is known as the wine capital of France?
Answer: Bordeaux. Bryce Canyon
What is gifted to the singer on the fourth day in the song “12 Days of Christmas”?
Answer: Four calling birds
Which national park, located in Utah, is known for its unique-looking hoodoo structures?
Answer: Bryce Canyon National Park.
What is the Polynesian name for Easter Island?
Answer: Rapa Nui.
Which famous 225-ton gift was given on Christmas Day in 1886?
Answer: The Statue of Liberty.
“This is Halloween, this is Halloween, pumpkins scream in the dead of night…” What movie does this song originate from?
Answer: The Nightmare Before Christmas
The world’s oldest known, still-erupting _ is found in Iceland.
Answer: Geyser.
The Monday before Mardi Gras is called what?
Answer: Lundi Gras.
Every year on Valentine’s Day, people send thousands of Valentines letters to this fictional character with a Verona, Italy address. Who is he/she?
Answer: Juliet from Romeo and Juliet.
What household danger triples on Thanksgiving?
Answer: Home fires. There are more than three times the daily average calls about home cooking fires on Thanksgiving Day!
What is the name of the traditional Thanksgiving drink made from spiced wine and fruit?
Answer: Mulled wine
Which U.S. President signed a bill making Juneteenth a federal holiday?
Answer: Joe Biden.
Tofurky is a popular alternative for vegetarians and vegans during Thanksgiving. What is Tofurky made of?
Answer: Tofurkey is typically made from a blend of tofu and seasoned wheat protein. Pumpkin Pie
“Over the river and through the woods, to grandmother’s house we go…” Which holiday is this song lyric associated with?
Answer: Thanksgiving (“Over the River and Through the Woods”).