1. Holiday Trivia

2. Name a food item people often string together to make garland?
Pasta
Popcorn
Beans

3. Name a food item people often string together to make garland?
B) Popcorn

4. True or False
Kwanzaa came from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza,” which means first fruits.

5. True
Kwanzaa came from the Swahili phrase, “matunda ya kwanza,” which means first fruits.

6. _________ is known as the Festival of Lights.

7. Hanukkah is known as the Festival of Lights.

8. When does winter solstice take place?
December 15 or 16
December 30 or 31
December 21 or 22
December 7 or 8

9. When does winter solstice take place?
C) December 21 or 22

10. This band tied the Beatles with 3 years of Christmas #1’s on the Billboard Charts.
Queen
Alison Krauss & Union Station
Spice Girls
Band Aid

11. This band tied the Beatles with 3 years of Christmas #1’s on the Billboard Charts.
D) Band Aid

12. Which month does Ramadan begin?
November
December
January
None of the Above

13. Which month does Ramadan begin?
D) None of the Above
Since the Islamic lunar calendar is days shorter than the solar year and contains no intercalation, Ramadan migrates throughout the seasons.

14. Kwanzaa was first celebrated
True or False
Kwanzaa was first celebrated
in 1966.

15. Kwanzaa was first celebrated
True
Kwanzaa was first celebrated
in 1966.

16. Enter the year in which the first New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square?

17. Enter the year in which the first New Year’s Eve ball dropped in Times Square?
1903

18. What is the Jewish New Year called?
Hanukkah
Rosh Hashanah
New Year
Yom Kippur

19. What is the Jewish New Year called?
B) Rosh Hashanah

20. Which state drops a pine cone instead of a ball on New Year’s Eve?
Oregon
North Dakota
South Carolina
Arizona

21. Which state drops a pine cone instead of a ball on New Year’s Eve?
D) Arizona

22. Ramadan begins when the first crescent of the new moon is sighted.
True or False
Ramadan begins when the first crescent of the new moon is sighted.

23. Ramadan begins when the first crescent of the new moon is sighted.
True
Ramadan begins when the first crescent of the new moon is sighted.