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Holiday Trivia

Total questions: 25

Worksheet time: 13mins

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Class
Date
1.

This holiday event was created in 1924 as an attempt to attract shoppers on Christmas day. Three years later Felix the Cat made his first appearance, and he can still be seen one Thursday a year.  

a)

Black Friday

b)

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

c)

The Rose Bowl

d)

Festivus

2.

This holiday is also known as The Festival of Lights and lasts 8 days.

a)

Kwanzaa

b)

Hanukah

c)

Christmas

d)

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Tết

3.

This holiday flavoring is sold by the can and actually contains very little of the gourd advertised on the label.

a)

Pumpkin

b)

Cinnamon

c)

Egg Nogg

d)

Nut Meg

4.

This fictional character was created in 1939, and today, children look into the night sky looking for his famous identifying trait.

a)

Frosty

b)

Mickey Mouse

c)

Rudolph

d)

Hanukah Harry

5.

Coke began using this character in their advertising as far back as the 1920s.

a)

Krampus

b)

Frosty the Snowman

c)

Santa

d)

Rudolph

6.

This holiday festival culminates on February 12th this year. There’s no ball drop, but you may hear fireworks or receive a red envelope.

a)

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Tết

b)

Valentines Day

c)

Russian New Year

d)

Ramadan

7.

In Germany, children who misbehave don’t get a stocking full of coal, but they may have to worry about this not so jolly visitor.

a)

Nobody

b)

Nietzsche

c)

Krampus

d)

Schadenfreude

8.

This day became a national holiday during Abraham Lincoln’s presidency, but it has since moved from the third Thursday to the fourth Thursday.

a)

Veteran's Day

b)

Thanksgiving

c)

President's Day

d)

Halloween

9.

This movie, released in 1983, has become a classic, and you can now buy a replica leg lamp in a box marked, “Fragile,” and follow Ralphie’s holiday story all day long on December 25th.

a)

A Madea Christmas

b)

A Christmas Story

c)

Home Alone

d)

National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation

10.

Minus war time blackouts in 1942 and 43, this event in New York City has occurred annually since 1907.

a)

The Macy’s Thanksgiving Day Parade

b)

The Lighting of the Rockefeller Christmas Tree

c)

New Year’s Eve Ball Drop/Time Square Ball Drop

d)

The Sacs Christmas Parade

11.

This American holiday, created in 1966, lasts seven days and begins the day after Christmas.

a)

Hanukah

b)

Kwanzaa

c)

Mardi Gras

d)

Chinese New Year, Lunar New Year, Tết

12.

This sporting event was first held January 1, 1902 and was created to help pay for the parade.

a)

The Winter Classic

b)

The Orange Bowl

c)

The Rose Bowl

d)

Heritage Classic

13.

This day, not to be confused with a similarly named day in October of 1929, is said to have received its name because it moves annual retail sales out of the red.

a)

Black Friday

b)

Brown Monday

c)

Stock Day

d)

Boxing Day

14.

This famous ballet is the story of ornaments, decorations, and rats.

a)

The Swan Princess

b)

The Nutcracker

c)

Giselle

d)

The Book of Mormon

15.

The haunted protagonist of this tale is known for the phrase, “Bah humbug!”

a)

A Christmas Story

b)

A Christmas Carrol

c)

Three Ghosts

d)

The Haunting of Jacob Marley

16.

This BBC show has an annual holiday special for the time traveler in the blue police box.

a)

Life on Mars

b)

Dr. Who

c)

Are You Being Served?

d)

Monty Python

17.

Benjamin Franklin wanted this animal to be our national animal.

a)

Canadian Goose

b)

Turkey

c)

Pit Bull

d)

Turtle Dove

18.

Since this president it has been an annual tradition to pardon a turkey.

a)

George H.W. Bush

b)

Bill Clinton

c)

Ronald Reagan

d)

Abraham Lincoln

19.

This type of dinner originated after somebody at Swanson accidently ordered too many turkeys.

a)

A turkey club sandwich

b)

TV Dinner

c)

Left overs

d)

Thanksgiving Dinner

20.

These two teams play every Turkey Day, but they don’t play each other.

a)

Dallas Cowboys and Detroit Lions

b)

Dallas Cowboys and Washington Football Team

c)

Detroit Lions and Green Bay Packers

d)

Green Bay Packers and Washington Football Team

21.

In an episode of this TV show, Les Nessman swears that he thought turkeys could fly.

a)

WKRP in Cincinnati

b)

Martin

c)

Full House

d)

Family Matters

22.

Farmers flood their fields in order to harvest this holiday fruit.

a)

Apples

b)

Pumpkins

c)

Cranberries

d)

Yams

23.

This black and white character first floated down the New York City streets in 1968.

a)

Snoopy

b)

Mickey Mouse

c)

Felix the Cat

d)

Betty Boop

24.

Good grief, this special first aired on CBS in 1965.

a)

Garfield's Christmas Special

b)

A Christmas Story

c)

A Charlie Brown Christmas

d)

A Smothers Brothers Christmas

25.

Thanks to Frank Costanza, this holiday, celebrated on December 23, became popular in 1997.

a)

Festivus

b)

Kwanzaa

c)

Boxing Day

d)

Black Friday