Remember December
A dish best served cold
Feast Days Of Christianity
RIDE INTO...
THE MANGER ZONE
Final Jeopardy
100
This song heard often in December was once called "One Horse Open Sleigh" & was written for Thanksgiving
What is Jingle Bells?
100
To make tartare, you can use steak or this fish
What is tuna?
100
October 2 honors these heavenly beings said by St. Jerome to protect us from harm
What are Guardian Angels?
100
this country after crossing its border with Chile, then we'll head directly east & zip into Uruguay
What is Argentina?
100
"Now when Jesus was born in" this town, "there came wise men from the east to Jerusalem"
What is Bethlehem?
100
Final Jeopardy
The total number of ghosts that visit Ebenezer Scrooge in the Dickens novel, “A Christmas Carol” is this.
200
During the winter solstice each December, this spot on the Earth is tilted 23.4 degrees away from the Sun
What is the North Pole?
200
Ceviche & tiradito are both cool fish dishes that originated in this South American country
What is Peru?
200
January 6 is this feast day with a name from Greek that also means a sudden intuitive insight
What is Epiphany?
200
this Arizona town from Dodge City as Wyatt Earp did to join his brothers in 1879
What is Tombstone?
200
"She brought forth her firstborn son... and laid him in a manger; because there was no room for them" at this place
What is the Inn?
300
Not just self-adulation, but beauty & youth are associated with the name of this birth flower for December
What is narcissus?
300
How about this salad of sliced mozzarella, ripe tomatoes & basil that's named for an Italian island
What is Caprese?
300
The nativity of this son of Zechariah & precursor of Jesus gets its own day, June 24
Who is John the Baptist?
300
this province of Spain with a plain where the rain helps grow its famous oranges
What is Valencia?
300
"When they had opened their treasures, they presented unto him gifts": these 3 items
What is Gold, Frankincense, and Myrrh?
400
The shammash, a "servant" candle, is used to light the other 8 on this candle holder seen in Jewish windows
What is a menorah?
400
Pampushky, Ukrainian garlic rolls, are a traditional accompaniment to this beet soup, a national dish
What is Borscht?
400
Depicted here by Nicolas Bernard Lépicié, & told of in Acts 9, "The Conversion of" this man has its own feast day on January 25
Who is Saul?
400
this capital on the Mediterranean whose name in Arabic is Tarabulus
What is Tripoli?
400
"And when they were departed... the angel of the Lord" said take the child & his mom & "flee into" this present-day nation
What is Egypt?
500
The most popular of the Roman festivals, this December celebration of much merrymaking was dedicated to the god of agriculture
What is Saturnalia?
500
Daily Double!!!
he name of this dish, thinly sliced raw beef, honors a Venetian painter whose works used a red the color of raw beef
500
Daily Double!!!
Corpus Christi & Whitsunday are examples of this type of feast that can fall on different dates in different years
500
the Strait of Tiran & on into this gulf at the top of the Red Sea, part of the very Middle-East-centric Q-no-U atlas
What is the Gulf of Aqaba?
500
This king "gathered all the chief priests and scribes of the people" & "demanded of them where Christ should be born"
Who is Herod?