Quiz on the origin of Santa Claus

The area of which current country did Nikolaos of Myra originally live in?

• Greece

• Turkey

• Bulgaria

• Denmark

When did he live?

• In the 5th-6th century

• In the 11th-12th century

• In the 3rd-4th century

• In the 13th-14th century

What was his position at the Christian church?

• He was a priest

• He was a bishop

• He was an archbishop

• He was a vicar

How did he earn his reputation?

• By helping the poor and secretly giving gifts to whoever needed them.

• By reforming the Christian church.

• By giving away all his valuables for charity to the poor.

• By converting a lot a pagan people to Christianity.

According to the legend they mention in the video, he left bags of money in a poor man's ...

• window

• boots

• window and fireplace

• coat

Legend has it that Nikolaos helped this poor man because...

• he and his daughters did not have anything to eat.

• he was so poor that he could not marry off his daughters.

• he was a very religious man, and his daughters too.

• he had lost all his furtune before and begged him to help.

To honour his memory, in the Middle Ages people gave gifts to children...

• on the night before Christmas.

• on 6th December, because that was the day Saint Nikolaos had died.

• on the night before 6th December.

• on the 2nd Day of Christmas.

Later on, the figure of St. Nikolaos (or St. Nicholas) became associated with Christmas. Several nations adopted his character into their Christmas iconography. For example, his figure has been named Sinterklaas in...

• Austria

• Germany

• Denmark

• Switzerland

From the 16th century onwards, new settlers in America...

• brought the Christmas traditions with them and kept them alive the same way the Church did in Europe.

• brought the Christmas traditions with them and also mixed them with other pre-Christian myths and customs.

• created totally new Christmas habits and mythology for themselves with the help of some poets and writers of the era.

• decided to live a puritan way of life, according to the Bible, and did not adopt childish Christmas myths and legends.

The legend of Santa Claus driving a sleigh pulled by reindeer comes from...

• the Netherlands.

• Finland.

• a 19th-century poem.

• American fairy tales from the 18th century.