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Worldwide Christmas Quiz

Total questions: 20

Worksheet time: 10mins

Name
Class
Date
1.

Which city claims to have had the first decorated Christmas tree in 1510?

a)

Riga, Latvia

b)

Bonn, Germany

c)

Vienna, Austria

d)

London. England

2.

According to English folk tales who died when Jesus was born?

a)

The little donkey

b)

Tiny Tim

c)

The devil

d)

Herod

3.

King Haakon I of _________ rescheduled the date of Yule to coincide with Christian celebrations held at the time.

a)

Denmark

b)

Finland

c)

Norway

d)

Sweden

4.

In Hawaii, what does Father Christmas wear instead of fur-trimmed suits?

a)

An aloha shirt

b)

A dinner suit

c)

A swim suit

d)

His birthday suit

5.

What do Argentinians put on Christmas trees to simulate snow?

a)

Icing sugar

b)

Flour

c)

Wool

d)

Cotton

6.

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)

a football-like ball game

b)

a hockey-like ball game

c)

an Internet game

d)

a rugby-like game

7.

What does the Icelandic Christmas tradition called Jolabokaflod mean?

a)

The Christmas Book Flood

b)

The Christmas Jelly Flood

c)

The Christmas Chocolate Flood

d)

The Christmas Present Flood

8.

On Christmas Day Lebanese children to go up to any adult and say, “Editi ‘aleik!”. What are they saying?

a)

You want a gift from me!

b)

I'll take a gift from you!

c)

You are not welcome!

d)

You have a gift for me!

9.

At Christmas time Syrian children receive gifts from one of the wise men’s ________?

a)

family

b)

friends

c)

camels

d)

goats

10.

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.

a)

polar bear skin

b)

seal skin

c)

walrus skin

d)

whale skin

11.

The candy cane's origins can be traced back to Europe circa 1670, but it didn’t appear in the U.S. until the ____?

a)

1800s

b)

1850s

c)

1900s

d)

1950s

12.

The traditional Ukranian Christmas Eve supper has how many courses?

a)

3

b)

5

c)

7

d)

12

13.

At Christmas time in Ghana, people drink from a cup and then pour some of its contents on the ground as ____________.

a)

an embryonic offering to their ancestors

b)

a symbolic offering to their ancestors

c)

a symbolic offering to their children

d)

a symbolic offering to their neighbours

14.

In Kenya and Uganda, the most common gift is a ____________.

a)

new bike to ride school

b)

new toy to share with friends

c)

new outfit to wear to church

d)

new cow to provide milk

15.

In South Africa, locals feast on a seasonal delicacy of ______________?

a)

deep-fried caterpillars of Emperor Moths

b)

deep-fried Mars bar and ice-cream

c)

deep-fried wildebeast and palm leaves

d)

deep-fried goat and yoghurt

16.

In Japan, Christmas traditions include eating their big holiday meal at which fast food giant?

a)

McDonald's

b)

Subway

c)

KFC

d)

Nandos

17.

The melody of "Deck the Halls" was taken from a 16th century Yuletide drinking song from which culture?

a)

English

b)

Irish

c)

Scottish

d)

Welsh

18.

The tune for Jingle Bells was never intended to be for a Christmas song. For which American festival was it written?

a)

Columbus Day

b)

Independence Day

c)

Martin Luther King Day

d)

Thanksgiving

19.

In Central Europe, where Father Christmas rewards good little girls and boys with gifts at Christmas time, who comes to punish the naughty?

a)

Faustus

b)

Erasmus

c)

Krampus

d)

Icarus

20.

Bolivians celebrate the Mass of the Rooster on Christmas Eve, with people bringing roosters to midnight mass to symbolise the belief _____?

a)

that a rooster was the first animal eaten after the birth of Jesus Christ.

b)

that a rooster was the first animal to announce the birth of Jesus Christ.

c)

that a rooster was the first animal mentioned at the birth of Jesus Christ.

d)

that a rooster was the first animal to announce the crucifixion of Jesus Christ.