JINGLE BELL JEOPARDY

St Nicholas

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What was St. Nicholas's Job?

a. a King

b. a Carpenter

c. a Bishop

C. a Bishop

1

What country was Myra (where Nicholas lived) located?

a. Italy

b. Turkey

c. Greece

B. Turkey

1

What time period was Nicholas born in?

a. 1700s

b. 200s

c. 1950s

B. 200s

1

In what way did St. Nicholas give his gifts?

a. At a party

b. Only to the wealthy

c. In Secret

C. In Secret

1

What day was St. Nicholas's Feast Day?

a. December 25th

b. December 6th

c. January 1st

B. December 6th

St. Nicholas

1

What did Nicholas secretly toss into the poor family's house?

a. bags of candy

b. bags of gold

c. new clothes

B. Bags of Gold

1

What did the gifts St. Nicholas gave often land in?

a. the cooking pot

b. stockings or shoes

c. the breadbasket

B. Stockings or Shoes

1

St. Nicholas's story is one of the main reasons we hang what?

a. wreaths

b. pictures

c. stockings

C. Stockings

1

What was St. Nicholas called in the Netherlands?

a. Saint Nick

b. Sinterklaas

c. Jollyman

B. Sinterklaas

1

In the Netherlands St. Nicholas first arrived on a steamboat and road a what?

a. White Horse

b. Reindeer

c. Bicycle

A. White Horse

Nativity

1

What does the word Nativity mean?

a. journey

b. gift

c. birth

C. Birth

1

What was the Roman Emperor's name who ordered the census?

a. King Herod

b. Caesar Augustus

c. Emperor Claudius

B. Caesar Augustus

1

Mary and Joseph traveled from Nazareth to what town for the Census?

a. Jerusalem

b. Bethlehem

c. Jericho

B. Bethlehem

1

Why couldn't Mary and Joseph find a room?

a. The town was full for the census

b. They were too late

c. They got lost

A. The town was full for the census

1

Where did Jesus end up being born?

a. in a stable

b. in a large inn

c. in a palace

A. In a Stable

Nativity

1

What is a Manger?

a. a type of small cradle

b. a feeding trough for animals

c. a special cloth to wrap babies

B. A feeding trough for animals

1

Which people did the angel first appear?

a. Roman Soldiers

b. townspeople

c. shepherds

C. Shepherds

1

Who were the special travelers that followed a start to find Jesus?

a. the Prophets

b. the Magi (Wise Men)

c. the Innkeepers

B. The Magi (Wise Men)

1

How far was the journey from Nazareth to Bethlehem?

a. ~ 10 miles

b. ~ 90 miles

c. ~ 500 miles

B. ~ 90 miles

1

Which famous king was Joseph a descendant of, making Bethlehem his ancestral home?

a. King Solomon

b. King David

c. King Saul

B. King David

Christmas

1

What sweet, hooked candy is often flavored with peppermint?

a. Candy Cane

b. Gingerbread

c. Gumdrop

A. Candy Cane

1

What green, fuzzy character tries to steal Christmas?

a. Oscar the Grouch

b. Mike Wazowski 

c. The Grinch

C. The Grinch

1

What is the traditional name for the day after Christmas?

a. Silver Friday

b. Boxing Day

c. Hanukkah 

B. Boxing Day

A day for shopping sales and various sports, such as soccer, horse racing, and rugby. The holiday's origins are tied to the tradition of giving gifts to servants and collecting money for the poor on the day after Christmas.

1

Before electricity, what did people decorate Christmas trees with for flickering lights?

a. candles

b. mirrors

c. bio luminescence

A. Candles

1

How many reindeer pull the sleigh? (Counting Rudolph)

a. 9

b. 6

c. 7

A. 9

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