Holiday Trivia

World Holidays

100

What do people hope for when they celebrate the Chinese New Year?

a. Good food

b. Good luck

c. More money

Good luck

200

Hanukkah lasts for how many nights?

8

300

When celebrating Hanukkah, many people use this game piece to play a popular game. 

a. Dice

b. cards

c. Dreidel 

Dreidel 

400

What holiday do people spray family and friends with colorful powders and water?

a. Christmas

b. Holi

c. Kwanzaa

Holi

500

During Kwanzaa, people put food on this. 

a. Mkeka

b. Dreidel

c. Christmas tree

Mkeka

Reindeer Fun

100

How many reindeer pull Santa's sleigh on a foggy night?

a. 5

b. 9

c. 12

9 Reindeer

200

Who is Rudolph?

a. Snowman

b. Red-nosed reindeer

c. An elf

Red-nosed reindeer

300

What food do Reindeer like to eat?

a. Candy Canes

b. Chocolate 

c. Carrots

Reindeer like to eat carrots. 

400

True or False: 

Reindeer are excellent swimmers.

TRUE

They swim strongly across these rough and wide rivers and can swim three times faster than the average human at up to 6 mph

500

Name 3 of Santa's reindeer. 

Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph

Snow much fun

100

What color is snow?

a. White

b. Clear

c. Blue

Clear

200

What is Frosty the Snowman's nose made out of?

a. Carrot

b. Button

c. Coal 

Button nose

300

TRUE or FALSE:

You need dirt to make snowflakes.

TRUE

400

What is it called when we get really heavy snowfall?

a. Thunderstorm

b. Snowstorm

c. Avalanche 

Snowstorm

500

How many pounds did the world's largest snowman weigh?

a. 13 million pounds

b. 1,000 pounds

c. 1 million pounds

The world’s largest snowman was once a snowwoman built in Bethel, Maine, in 2008. Named “Olympia” after Maine Senator Olympia Snowe, this 13-million-pound snow figure stood at 122 feet tall and was visible from 4 miles away.

Finish the song!

100

"You're a mean one, _____________."

Mr. Grinch

200

 "Jingle Bells, Jingle Bells, Jingle ____."

All the way 

300

"Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer had a very _____. "

Shiny nose.

400

"We wish you a ______ _______."

Merry Christmas

500

"Rockin' around the ___________."

Christmas tree

Holiday Movies

100

What is the Grinch's dog's name?

a. Pluto

b. Buddy

c. Max 

Max

200

What Christmas movie involves a train that takes kids to the North Pole on Christmas Eve?

Polar Express

300

In "A Christmas Story," what does Ralphie’s aunt get him for Christmas? 

a. A pink rabbit suit

b. A elf costume

c. A colorful robe

A pink rabbit suit

400

In Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer, what does Hermey the elf wish he could be instead?

a. Dentist

b. Reindeer

c. Teacher

Dentist

500

In the movie "Elf," what is one of Buddy's four main food groups?

a. Fruits

b. Pasta

c. Syrup 

Syrup 

...and candy canes, candy corn and candy