Epiphany
The carol "We Three Kings of Orient Are" originates from what country?
The United States. John Henry Hopkins Jr. wrote the carol in 1857 for a Christmas pageant in New York City.
Is Twelfth Night a comedy, tragedy, romance, or history play?
Comedy
What American short story writer penned a famous tale about giving titled "The Gift of the Magi"?
O. Henry
What did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
8 maids a-milking
The pear tree is native to what three continents?
Europe, Africa, Asia
The word epiphany originates from what language?
The Greek word epiphaneia means “appearance” or “manifestation."
Shakespeare wrote his play as part of the Twelfth Night festivities of what English monach?
Elizabeth I
To what king did the Magi pay a courtesy call en route to the Christ Child?
Herod the Great
This carol originated in what country?
England
About 100.
In which century do we find the earliest explicit reference to Epiphany as a Christian feast?
The 4th century (from the writings of Ammianus Marcellinus around 361 AD).
What is the name of the main character of the play?
Viola
Which gospel writer gives the account of the Magi?
Matthew
In the earliest version of the carol, what did my true love send to me on the fourth day of Christmas?
4 colly birds
Eating a pear is a good way to relieve what common ailment?
Constipation
What is myrrh?
The dried sap of an African tree used anciently in embalming ointments and burned at funerals.
To impress and woo Olivia, Malvolio dresses in cross-gartered stockings of what color?
yellow
Church tradition gives the Magi the names of Caspar, Melchior, and what?
Balthasar
The earliest known version of the carol was published in what year [an answer within 10 years will be deemed correct]?
1780
Poire Williams is the name of what kind of pear-based liqueur?
Eau de vie (brandy).
Whose poem "The Journey of the Magi" begins "A cold coming we had of it, just the worst time of the year for a journey, and such a long journey"?
T. S. Eliot
What is the name of the country in which the play is set?
"This is Illyria, lady." (1.2)
Magi is the term for priests of Zoroastrianism and other early religions from what present-day country?
Iran. (Although the Bible tells us only that they came "from the East".)
What American choral group is responsible for changing "five gold rings" to "five golden rings" in 1961?
Mitch Miller and the Gang ("Sing Along with Mitch")
How many varieties of pears are grown worldwide?
About 3000.