Minnesota
Mayo Clinic
Holiday Trivia
Holiday Filmology
100
4 of the 5 states that border Minnesota
What are North Dakota, South Dakota, Iowa, Wisconsin and Michigan?
100
The building designed around the concepts of Dr. Henry Plummer, that was opened in 1914 on the current site of the Siebens building
What is the 1914 Building?
100
The number of ghosts featured in Charles Dicken’s A Christmas Carol
What is 4?
100
The red-headed actor who starred with Bing Crosby in White Christmas in 1954
Who is Danny Kaye?
200
The over-the-rainbow singer/actress born in Grand Rapids, Minnesota
Who is Judy Garland?
200
In 1950, Mayo physicians Kendall and Hench received the Nobel Prize in Physiology and Medicine for their discovery of this drug used to provide relief for patients with rheumatoid arthritis
What is cortisone?
200
A special nine branched candelabrum used to celebrate the Festival of Lights
What is a menorah?
200
The famed director of the 1946 holiday favorite It’s a Wonderful Life
Who is Frank Capra?
300
George Head
Who is the founder of Rochester, MN?
300
The previous chief administrative officer for Mayo Clinic who is now executive director of the Mayo Clinic Health Policy Center
Who is Jeff Korsmo?
300
The first of these was created on December 9th, 1842 in England; today, more than 3 billion of them are used each Christmas season
What is a Christmas Card?
300
The title of the 1988 comedic version of Dickens’ A Christmas Carol starring Bill Murray
What is Scrooged?