Halloween
Which Halloween candy was originally referred to as chicken feed?
candy corn
Approximately how many turkeys are eaten on Thanksgiving Day in the United States?
46 million
Which country was the first to use the tradition of the Christmas tree?
Germany
Which city drops a giant chocolate kiss at midnight on New Year’s Eve?
Hershey, PA
According to Roman mythology, who is the son of Mercury and Venus?
Cupid
What do you call a man who practices witchcraft?
warlock
Which southern state was the first to adopt a Thanksgiving Day in 1855?
Virginia
Which is the first company which used Santa Claus for their advertisement?
Coca-Cola
In Spain, what fruit do people eat 12 of when midnight strikes?
Grapes
What element are diamonds made of?
Carbon
Before pumpkins, which vegetable was used to carve on by the Irish and Scottish?
Turnips
What is a baby turkey called?
poult
What color are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
White
In what two years did the Times Square ball not drop?
1942 & 1943 (WWII)
Relative to perfume, this phrase roughly translates into “grooming water.”
Eau de toilette
Which U.S. president told a group of schoolkids that the White House was haunted by the ghost of Abraham Lincoln?
George H.W. Bush (1989)
Which state raises the highest number of turkeys?
Minnesota
Which two of Santa’s reindeer share names with meteorological terms?
Donner & Blitzen (lightning & thunder)
In Italy, what color underwear do people wear on New Year’s Eve to bring good luck and love?
Red
Romance is linked to Valentine's Day due to the medieval belief that the mating season of what animal begins on Feb. 14?
the bird
Where does the quote “Double, double toil and trouble” come from?
William Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Which Native American tribe taught the Pilgrims how to cultivate the land and were invited to the Thanksgiving meal?
A: Wampanoag
B: Cherokee
C: Blackfoot
A: Wampanoag
The poinsettia plant originates from which country?
Mexico
After Russians write down their New Year’s wish on a piece of paper, what do they do with it?
burn it
According to the National Confectioners Association, how many cocoa beans does it take to make a pound of chocolate?
400