HSLA-BK Winter Jeopardy

Holidays in Winter

100

This holiday usually includes decorating trees, exchanging gifts, singing carols, and leaving out cookies with milk for a Jolly old man!

Christmas

200

This holiday is a cultural holiday starting from December 26th to January 1st. It honors African heritage, family, and community through shared values, traditions, music, food, and storytelling! Stories center around seven core principles (Nguzo Saba). 

Kwanzaa

300

The Jewish holiday named Hanukkah also known as the "Festival of Lights" involves the lighting of a nine-branched candle with each individual candle being lit once a night. What is the name of this candle?

Menorah

400

The day of the 2025 winter solstice

December 21st

500

This is the day ground hog day is on, and this is by how many weeks winter is extended by if the ground hog sees its shadow

February 2nd, and six more weeks of winter

Winter Characters

100

This character is known for jumping down chimneys, delivering presents, and riding a magical sleigh!

Santa Claus

200

This character is a magical snowman who loves summer, "warm hugs", and is the embodiment of sisterly love!

Olaf

300

This character is the personification of winter itself. He is a mischievous, kind-hearted, and playful "Guardian". He also carries a staff to control his powers.

Jack Frost

400

This character is known for understanding the true meaning of Christmas. She also melted the icy heart of a rotten, mean, and green man. 

Cindy Lou Who

500

Name all nine of Santa's reindeer! (if not all 9 the closest number wins the points)

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

Winter Music

100

Finish the in the blank:

You're a mean one ___

Mr. Grinch

200

Fill in the blank:

I want a ___ for Christmas! Only a ___ will do!

"hippopotamus" for both blanks

300

This famous singer is also known as "The Queen of Christmas"

Mariah Carey

400

This acapella group is known for their popular winter tour. They started in 2011 and featured in the movie "Meet Me Next Christmas"

Pentatonix 

500

In the song "The Twelve Days of Christmas", what did my true love give to me on the eleventh day? 

Eleven pipers piping

Winter Movies

100

This iconic Christmas movie is about a young boy who defends his home from two dumb robbers after his family accidentally left him while going on vacation

Home Alone

200

The name of the main character in ELF

Buddy

300

This is the name of the Grinch's loyal dog

Max

400

Tom Hanks voice acted this many characters in polar express

6 or 7 (Google AI overview genuinely told me this, so the correct answer can be either or)

500

This popular Disney princess made a secret cameo in the movie Frozen

Rapunzel

HSLA-BK Facts

100

This was the first house to ever win a house-cup

House Tu

200

This Scholar Led Club has been the longest standing club, and one of the most popular clubs in all of HSLA-BK History

Light Nation

300

Instead of Brooklyn Bears we were almost called the...

a) Locomotives

b) Beavers

c) Barracudas

d) Bats

Locomotives

400

These are the names of the two elves that have been hiding around HSLA-BK

Elfred & Elfina

500

Mr. Yonda really loves

Trees