Holiday Trivia
Q: This Christmas plant, popular for its bright red leaves, is native to Mexico and Central America.
A: What is a poinsettia?
Q: “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas” with every one of these.
A: What is “Christmas card I write”?
Q: Consumers buy an estimated two million of these sugary Christmas loaves each year, a surprising amount for a dessert many people love to hate.
A: What is fruitcake?
Q: In the 1983 holiday favorite “A Christmas Story,” Ralphie’s father wins a lamp shaped like this body part as a runner-up prize from a newspaper contest.
A: What is a woman’s leg?
Q: In the “Twelve Days of Christmas”, The singer’s true love gives them five of these shining pieces of jewelry on day five.
A: What are golden rings?
Q: Hanukkah cannot begin on THIS day of the week.
A: Tuesday
Q: In “A Holly, Jolly Christmas,” singer Burl Ives suggests that you say hello to these two classifications of people.
A: What are folks you know and everyone you meet?
Q: Christmas pies, served in many English-speaking countries, are also known by this more descriptive name, inspired by the blend of beef suet and fruit in the filling
A: What are mincemeat pies?
Q: There is an ongoing debate online about whether this action flick starring Bruce Willis and Alan Rickman is actually a Christmas film.
A: What is “Die Hard”?
Q: This is how many individual dancing shoes are needed.
A: 18 (9 ladies dancing)
Q: Kwanzaa begins on December 26th and lasts for this many days.
A: 7
Q: In his original 1943 recording of “I’ll Be Home for Christmas”, Bing Crosby crooned, “Christmas Eve will find me…” here.
A: What is where the love light gleams?
Question: Latkes, or potato pancakes, are a traditional food served at Hanukkah. Before latkes were made of potatoes, what were they primarily made of?
A: Cheese
Q: The role of Ebenezer Scrooch in 1992’s “A Muppet Christmas Carol” featured this two-time Academy Award-winning British actor.
A: Who is Michael Caine?
Q: In The Twelve Days of Christmas, lords a-leaping appear in this quantity.
A. What is ten?
Q: This holiday, observed in the U.K. on the day after Christmas, originated as a way for the rich to give their servants boxes of items to share with their families.
A: What is Boxing Day?
Q: It may sound like a composition from the Middle Ages, but this classic Christmas hymn appeared in 1843 and made its debut in 1847.
A: What is “O Holy Night”?
Q: These are the four major food groups for elves in the Christmas film “Elf”.
A: What are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup?
Q: Instead of receiving cash as a holiday bonus in “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation”, Clark Griswold receives this sweet yet disappointing surprise.
A: What is a subscription to the Jelly of the Month club?
Q: This is the number of gifts you would receive if you received all of the gifts in the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas".
A: 364
Q: The wise men brought these three gifts for the baby Jesus, not the most useful items to give a newborn.
A: What are gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
Q: With more than 50 million copies sold, this classic Christmas tune holds the Guinness World Record for the all-time best-selling single.
A: What is White Christmas?
Q: This traditional Christmas beverage, made with brandy, fruit juices, and spices, is also the subject of an English folk song
A: What is wassail?
Q: This is the name of the movie Kevin uses to deceive the pizza boy and a pair of cat burglars in Home Alone.
A: Angels with Filthy Souls
Q: This was given on the 7th day.
A: What is 7 swans a swimming