Winter & Nature
Banana and butternut are two of the most popular winter varietals of this food.
What is squash?
On the Feast of the Epiphany, the three kings brought these three gifts to the baby Jesus.
What is gold, frankincense, and myrrh?
During Diwali, participants throw this item in celebration.
What is a firecracker?
This potato pancake is a traditional food eaten during Hanukkah.
What is latkes?
This holiday is celebrated over seven days.
This chloride commonly sprinkled on icy roads corrodes car bodies.
What is sodium chloride or rock salt?
The story of Hanukkah appears in the Torah. (True/False)
What is false?
This New Year's tradition involves eating twelve of what food at the stroke of midnight.
What are grapes?
This sweet French dessert has the shape of a log.
What is a buche de Noel?
In the Southern Hemisphere, this day typically falls on the 20th and 21st of June.
Many of this type of aquatic mammal migrate to Hawaii for the winter.
What is the humpback whale?
Festivus is celebrated each year on this date.
What is December 23rd?
This color is considered to symbolize luck for the upcoming year during Chinese New Year.
What is red?
This New Year's dish is made of black-eyed peas, pork, and rice, and commonly eaten alongside collard greens.
What is Hoppin' John?
On this day in the Middle Ages, lords and ladies filled Christmas boxes with small gifts, money, and leftovers for their servants.
What is Boxing Day?
Around the Great Lakes, lake effect blizzards may produce _______ six feet high.
What are snow drifts?
What is 1907?
What is Auld Lang Syne?
These jam-filled donuts are served alongside latkes.
What are sufganiyot?
During this day, young girls dress in white with lighted wreaths on their head to honor a martyred Catholic saint.
What is St. Lucia Day?
Preda, Switzerland has an over 3-mile run for this sled.
What is a toboggan?
This group of people began the tradition of the Yule log.
Who are the Druids?
What is if they will get married in the next year?
These seven foods are said to bring you good luck for the Chinese New Year. (Name four or more.)
What is fish, dumplings, spring rolls, sweet rice balls (tangyuan), fruit, rice cakes (niangao), and noodles?
This holidays occurs on the last day of the year in Japan.
What is Omisoka?