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WorksheetsWorldwide Christmas Quiz
Total questions: 20
Worksheet time: 10mins
Which city claims to have had the first decorated Christmas tree in 1510?
Riga, Latvia
Bonn, Germany
Vienna, Austria
London. England
According to English folk tales who died when Jesus was born?
The little donkey
Tiny Tim
The devil
Herod
King Haakon I of _________ rescheduled the date of Yule to coincide with Christian celebrations held at the time.
Denmark
Finland
Norway
Sweden
In Hawaii, what does Father Christmas wear instead of fur-trimmed suits?
An aloha shirt
A dinner suit
A swim suit
His birthday suit
What do Argentinians put on Christmas trees to simulate snow?
Icing sugar
Flour
Wool
Cotton
In Ethiopia, Christmas is not important. Most people actually call the holiday Ganna or Genna after ____________ played only once a year, on Christmas afternoon.
a football-like ball game
a hockey-like ball game
an Internet game
a rugby-like game
What does the Icelandic Christmas tradition called Jolabokaflod mean?
The Christmas Book Flood
The Christmas Jelly Flood
The Christmas Chocolate Flood
The Christmas Present Flood
On Christmas Day Lebanese children to go up to any adult and say, “Editi ‘aleik!”. What are they saying?
You want a gift from me!
I'll take a gift from you!
You are not welcome!
You have a gift for me!
At Christmas time Syrian children receive gifts from one of the wise men’s ________?
family
friends
camels
goats
Greenland's traditional Christmas dish, kiviak, takes 7 months to prepare. It begins with hollowing out a _________ and stuffing it with 500 auks (feathers and all) to ferment.
polar bear skin
seal skin
walrus skin
whale skin
The candy cane's origins can be traced back to Europe circa 1670, but it didn’t appear in the U.S. until the ____?
1800s
1850s
1900s
1950s
The traditional Ukranian Christmas Eve supper has how many courses?
3
5
7
12
At Christmas time in Ghana, people drink from a cup and then pour some of its contents on the ground as ____________.
an embryonic offering to their ancestors
a symbolic offering to their ancestors
a symbolic offering to their children
a symbolic offering to their neighbours
In Kenya and Uganda, the most common gift is a ____________.
new bike to ride school
new toy to share with friends
new outfit to wear to church
new cow to provide milk
In South Africa, locals feast on a seasonal delicacy of ______________?
deep-fried caterpillars of Emperor Moths
deep-fried Mars bar and ice-cream
deep-fried wildebeast and palm leaves
deep-fried goat and yoghurt
In Japan, Christmas traditions include eating their big holiday meal at which fast food giant?
McDonald's
Subway
KFC
Nandos
The melody of "Deck the Halls" was taken from a 16th century Yuletide drinking song from which culture?
English
Irish
Scottish
Welsh
The tune for Jingle Bells was never intended to be for a Christmas song. For which American festival was it written?
Columbus Day
Independence Day
Martin Luther King Day
Thanksgiving
In Central Europe, where Father Christmas rewards good little girls and boys with gifts at Christmas time, who comes to punish the naughty?
Faustus
Erasmus
Krampus
Icarus
Bolivians celebrate the Mass of the Rooster on Christmas Eve, with people bringing roosters to midnight mass to symbolise the belief _____?
that a rooster was the first animal eaten after the birth of Jesus Christ.
that a rooster was the first animal to announce the birth of Jesus Christ.
that a rooster was the first animal mentioned at the birth of Jesus Christ.
that a rooster was the first animal to announce the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.
