Traditions
Christmas Trivia
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Movies
Suprise Trivia
100
What does the Australian christmas dinner look like?
Extra 100 points - Where is it usually held?
A barbie by the sea!
100
(only USA)
How many people visit the hospital emergency rooms thanks to holiday-related decorating in November and December annually?
A) ~10.000
B) ~15.000
C) ~21.000
Extra 200 points - How many Christmas trees spark more flames than joy annually?
Guess between 75 and 100 (as long as you're -10/+10 from the actual answer, you win).
B - 15.000!
100 fires! (answer must be in between 90-110)
100
Christmas
extra 100 points : both "Christmas" AND "home" in one verse
Coming home for Christmas~
100
Tim Burton favorite "The Nightmare Before Christmas" features many strange characters. From protagonist Jack Skellington, a, as the name says, skelleton, to sawn tatters of skin filled with bugs, every possible way of dying is represented.
According to a fan-made theory, how did Sally die?
Extra 100 points - What's the bug filled man's name?
She was dismembered.
The skinbag's name is Oogie Boogie.
100
Hypothetically speaking, how many cookies are left in houses for Santa to eat each Christmas?
A) more than 300 million
B) more than 400 million
C) more than 500 million
A - more than 300 million
200
This laborious cake is part of the Christmas dinner tradition in Italy. This usually very tall, wide and fluffy dough has raisins, candied fruit and nuts in it and when served gets sprinkled with powdered sugar.
Extra 200 points - What kind animal (a WHOLE animal each) is prepared in seven different ways for the so called "Feast of seven [...]", which is held in some parts of Italy?
Panettone
The Feast of Seven Fishes
200
The origin of the Christmas tree goes back to which ancient civilisation(s)?
Extra 100 points for guessing BOTH
Extra 100 points - What did these civillisations celebrate with the trees?
Extra 100 points - In which country did the modern use of Christmas trees start?
Ancient Egypt and the Romam Empire
The return of spring
Germany
200
fun
oh, what fun it is to ride in a one-horse open sleigh~
200
This actor played a crucial role in both "Jingle all the way" and all movies of the Terminator-franchise.
Extra 100 points - Whats the name of the Superhero, whose costume Arnold is wearing (look at the picture properly!) It ends on [...]-man.
200
The Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree became national tradition in the US. The tree is 22,86m (75 feet) tall and 45 feet wide at its stem. Approximately how many ten thousands of lights are wrapped around it each year?
Extra 200 points - How big is the Swarovski-crystal star on top of the tree? Guess between 8 and 13 feet.
50.000 lights
10 feet (3 metres)
300
This flora was considered an aphrodisiac by druids and has become a very popular holiday tradition all over the world!
(hint: NAMI'S Among Us character had this flora combined with a pun as her name until just recently!)
The mistletoe!
300
What is the actual cause of Rudolphs red nose?
(Hint: a thriller movie with the cause's name got an oscar in 2019)
According to Roger Highfield's book: "The pysics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of [x] to the Thermodynamics of [y]"
Extra 200 points - What's the title of the above quoted book (fill x and y)?
A parasite!
Their relationship is symbiotic!
"The pysics of Christmas: From the Aerodynamics of [Reindeer] to the Thermodynamics of [Turkey]"
300
everywhere
Extra 100 points - both "lot" and "everywhere"
It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas, everywhere you go~
300
The lead actor of this Christmas favorite pranked outsiders during production in the year 2000. In full costume and make-up and with a huge knife, he ran out Universal Studios, hid and jumped whoever walked by whitout being recognized even a single time.
What character was he dressed up as?
Extra 100 points - Whats the actors name?
The Grinch, played by Jim Carrey
300
This country made a postal code specially for Christmas letters that were sent to Santa.
Extra 100 points - the postal code features Santa's most famous 6-letter-quote, what's the postal code?
Canada
HOH OHO - Ho Ho Ho
400
In Japan, people traditionally eat this FASTFOOD RESTAURANTS FOOD for Christmas dinner! Kids and grown-ups; all head to the closest store to enjoy some of their trademark food – a hint: it's the closest food to turkey that you can get in Japan.
Extra 200 points - This tradition developed out of an advert in which year?
KFC!
It came up in the 1970ies!
400
During WWII the "BICYCLE" joined forces with the American and British intelligence agencies and created very special Christmas gifts. It was destined to help allied war prisoners escape. It could also be used to play games and kill time when deployed.
Nowadays, many magicians buy this type of item from BICYCLE.
400 points EACH
How did it help the soldiers?
What was the item hidden/disguised as?
A deck of cards that you could peel apart when moisturized to reveal maps of escape routes, individual for different cards.
It helped at least 32 people ESCAPE.
400
delightful
the weather outside is frightful, but the fire is so delightful, and since we've no place to go
Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow!
400
Which Christmas movie's poster resembles this painting?
Extra 100 points - During which artistic movment was this painting made?
Expressionism
400
This by many people feared animal is a symbol of good luck in Ukraine.
Some believe this animal is an alien since they can't explain why nature would develope this kind of bodily features.
The Spider
500
These mischivous lads roam Iceland over the 13 nights leading up to Christmas and cause all sorts of trouble.
What's their name?
A) The Yule Lads
B) The Jöllum Lads
C) The Fjular Lads
Extra 200 - Which of these names ownes to one of them?
A) Stúfjor B) Glüggagægjir C) Bjúgnakrækir
A - The Yule Lads
C - Bjúgnakrækir aka. Sausage-Swiper
Extra 100 points each for pronouncing the Icelandic name for Yule Lads or the the answer of C even remotely right (everyone gets a turn)
jólasveinar - Bjúgnakrækir
500
Nine days before Christmas 1965, the two astronauts aboard Gemini 6 decided to prank Mission Control. What did they report?
Extra 300 points -What instruments did they use to play famous Christmas carol "Jingle Bells" so Mission Control would notice it's a joke?
An UFO is about to enter Earth's atmosphere heading toward the North Pole!
At some point during the report they started playing "Jingle Bells" on a harmonica and a handfull of sleigh bells they had smuggled aboard.
500
time
Extra 100 points - "time" AND "season"
It's the most wonderful time of the year
[...]
It's the hap-happiest season of all
500
This screenshot of a boy with blone hair, thicc glasses and a "kow-it-all" expression became a popular meme.
(depiction by me; PTS - 1min - mouse)
What year is the movie from?
Extra 100 points - What movie is it from?
The Polar Express (2004)
500
While many people head to Disney World in the summer, others like to visit the most magical place on Earth during the most magical time of year. According to Trip Savvy, preparing for the holidays Disney-style involves unloading 150 semi-trailer truckloads of decorations, stringing 15 miles of garland and how many million lights?
Extra 300 points - When was the first Chritmas-themed Mickey Mouse cartoon released? If it helps, Mickey was first created in 1928.
8.5 million lights!
Mickey's Orphans (1931), a movie about finding a box of abandoned kittens destroying Mickey and Minnie's Christmas tree and causing all kinds of different troubles.