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Christmas Jeopardy

1.

The presentation is made
by teacher Julia Apt,
gymnasium 74,
St. Petersburg, Russia
http://JuliAapt.blogspot.ru
Юлия Ефимовна Апт,
гимназия №74, С-Петербург

2.

Symbols
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50
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Traditions
10
20
30
40
50
60
Santa Claus
10
20
30
40
50
60
Reindeer
10
20
30
40
50
60

3.

Christmas
tree
20
40
60
80
100
120
Christmas
around
the world
20
40
60
80
100
120
Christmas
music
20
40
60
80
100
120
Christmas
history
20
40
60
80
100
120

4.

SYMBOLS

5.

10
points
How many points does a snowflake have?
1
2
10
8
3
4
5
6
Show
the
answer

6.

20
points
Which one is a holly?
1
2
3
44
Show
the
answer

7.

30
points
What kind of origin does the Christmas
tree have?
1
2
Christian
Pagan
3
4
Buddhist
Egyptian
Show
the
answer

8.

40
points
Which one cannot be eaten?
1
2
Christmas
Christmas
Cracker
Cracker
Christmas
Pudding
3
4
Gingerbread
Man
Candy Cane
Show
the
answer

9.

50
points
What colour are the berries
of the mistletoe plant?
1
2
Red
White
3
4
Green
Yellow
Show
the
answer

10.

60
points
Which country did the gingerbread house
come from?
1
2
Great Britain
Switzerland
3
4
The USA
Germany
Show
the
answer

11.

TRADITIONS

12.

10
points
What should you do under a mistletoe?
1
2
Give a hug
Give a kiss
3
4
Spin around
one time
Empty your
pockets
Show
the
answer

13.

20
points
What isyou
traditionally
in
What should
do under hidden
a mistletoe?
the Christmas pudding?
A small
present
A coin
A cracker
A star
Show
the
answer

14.

30
points
Who is supposed to open
the first Christmas Gift?
1
2
The oldest
person in the
family
The oldest
child
3
The most
important
guest
The
Theyoungest
youngest
child
child
Show
the
answer
4

15.

40
points
In which year did Queen Elizabeth II
make her first Christmas speech?
1
2
1962
1942
2012
3
4
1952
1972
Show
the
answer

16.

50
points
The Christmas tree in London's
Trafalgar Square is traditionally given
to Britain by …….. .
1
2
Norway
Norway
Denmark
Great
Britain
3
4
Sweden
Austria
Show
the
answer

17.

60
points
The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw
the last ……… in London.
1
2
Christmas tree
on Trafalgar
Square
Christmas
shopping
3
4
Christmas Fair
on a frozen
River Thames
Christmas
food market
Show
the
answer

18.

SANTA

19.

10
points
Which of these companies was the first
to use Santa Clause in an advertisement?
1
2
Pepsi
7-Up
3
4
Coca-Cola
Fanta
Show
the
answer

20.

20
points
Where does Santa land his sleigh?
1
2
On the
chimney
On
Onthe
theroof
roof
3
4
On the North
Pole
In the garden
Show
the
answer

21.

30
points
According to the legend, where is
Santa’s workshop?
1
2
In the North
of Canada
In the North
of USA
3
4
On the North
Pole
In Greenland
Show
the
answer

22.

50
points
How does Santa Claus get into the
house?
1
He comes
through
the door.
He
He goes
goes down
down
the
the chimney.
chimney.
He comes
through the
window.
3
He goes
through
the wall.
Show
the
answer
2
4

23.

50
points
What should little children leave out
for Santa on Christmas Eve?
1
2
Cookies
Cookies and
and
milk
milk
Roast turkey
3
4
Christmas
pudding
Chocolate
Show
the
answer

24.

60
points
Where did the real St. Nicholas live?
1
2
Great Britain
Russia
3
4
Germany
Turkey
Show
the
answer

25.

Reindeer
Dasher
Dancer
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
Donner (variously spelled Dunder and Donder)
Blitzen (variously spelled Blixem and Blixen)
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
The names of Donner and Blitzen derive from Germanic words for thunder and lightning.

26.

10
points
Which one is a reindeer?
1
1
2
3
4
Show
the
answer

27.

20
points
Which reindeer appeared after
all the others?
1
2
Blitzen
Vixen
3
4
Rudolph
Donner
Show
the
answer

28.

30
points
Which reindeer does not belong below?
1
2
Dancer
Comet
3"On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen
4
Roger
Roger
On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall
Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!"
Dasher
Show
the
answer

29.

40
points
What was so good about the red nose
that Rudolph had?
1
2
It helped Santa
not to fall off
the sleigh.
It was really
beautiful.
3
It warmed everybody during the
snowstorm.
It helped Santa
to see through
the fog.
Show
the
answer
4

30.

50
points
How many reindeer originally pull
Santa's sleigh?
1
2
8
10
3
9
4
"On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer and Vixen
On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Blitzen!
To the top of the porch, to the top of the wall
Now, dash away, dash away, dash away all!"
12
Show
the
answer

31.

60
points
Which of the following statements
about reindeer is NOT true?
1
2
Caribou and reindeer
are the same species
of deer.
There are reindeer
in Mongolia and
Northern China.
3
4
Reindeer milk is
used to make
cheese.
Reindeercan
canlive
Reindeer
live
as as
long
as
long
30as
years.
30 years.
Show
the
answer

32.

Christmas
tree

33.

20
points
Where are most Christmas trees grown?
1
2
Wild forests
Tree
Tree farms
farms
3
4
Northern
taiga
Lapland
Show
the
answer

34.

40
points
What was used as the first Christmas
tree ornaments?
1
2
Apples and
other fruit
Sweets
3
4
Green leaves
Chocolates
Show
the
answer

35.

60
points
Which
one
CANNOT
be used
It is
a larch
(лиственница)
. as
a Christmas
tree?
It is not
evergreen.
1
2
3
4
Show
the
answer
3

36.

80
points
In which country did the tradition
of Christmas Tree start?
1
2
Scotland
Germany
3
4
England
Denmark
Show
the
answer

37.

100
points
Christmas Tree remains unchanged
through the harshness of winter.
What does it symbolize?
1
2
Presents
Beauty
3
4
Life
Life
Happiness
Show
the
answer

38.

120
points
What were the first artificial Christmas
trees made of?
1
2
Chicken
feathers
Goose
feathers
3
4
Plastic
Cotton
Show
the
answer

39.

Christmas
around the
world

40.

20
points
Which one is the Christmas tree
near the White House?
1
2
3
4
Show
the
answer
4

41.

40
points
Which one is the Christmas tree
in Trafalgar Square?
1
3
2
3
Show
the
answer
4

42.

60
points
In Israel, special celebrations are held at
the site of Jesus's birth. In which town or
city do these celebrations take place?
1
2
Tel Aviv
Nazareth
3
4
Bethlehem
Jerusalem
Show
the
answer

43.

80
The name “Santa Claus” is mostly
popular in America. What is the name of
the Christmas character of British origin?
1
2
Father
Christmas
Saint
Nicholas
3
4
Father
Frost
First
Foot
Show
the
answer
points

44.

100
points
The poinsettia, the most beautiful
Christmas plant, is the native plant of ….. .
1
2
Mexico
Mexico
Great Britain
3
4
An a r t i f i c i a l
Canada
tree made of
USA
poinsettias.
Show
the
answer

45.

120
points
In the Netherlands Santa Claus is known
as Sinterklaas. How does he deliver
presents to children?
1
2
On
On
horseback
horseback
On foot
In a sleigh
pulled by a
horse
3
In a sleigh
pulled by
reindeer
Show
the
answer
4

46.

SONGS

47.

20
points
What is the name
of the Christmas snowman?
1
2
Santa
Frosty
Frosty
3
4
Jolly Elf
Snowy
Show
the
answer

48.

40
points
Which ones are “Jingle bells”
1
2
2
3
4
Show
the
answer

49.

60
What do the underlined words mean?
“All of the other reindeer
Used to laugh and call him names”
1
They
They spoke
spoke rude
rude
words
words
about
about
Rudolph.
Rudolph.
They spoke
nice words
about Rudolph.
3
2
4
They wanted
Rudolph to remember his name.
They wanted
Rudolph to choose
a new name.
Show
the
answer
points

50.

80
points
What Christmas Ballet is
the most famous of all?
Rudolph the
Red-nosed
Reindeer
1
2
Mr. and Mrs.
Claus
3
4
The
The
Nutcracker
Nutcracker
Swan Lake
Show
the
answer

51.

100
points
“Now the ground is white,
Go it while you are young,
Take the girls tonight
And sing this …… song.”
1
2
sleighing
sleighing
Christmas
3
4
winter
merry
Show
the
answer

52.

120
points
WhichItsong
NOT originally
was was
originally
written forwritten
for
Christmas?
Thanksgiving.
Rudolph the
Red-Nosed
Reindeer
1
We Wish
You a Merry
Christmas
3
2
4
Jingle
JingleBells
Bells
Silent Night
Show
the
answer

53.

40
points
What brought Frosty the Snowman to life?
1
2
A carrot
A scarf
3
4
A
A hat
hat
A magic wand
Show
the
answer

54.

What is Frosty the Snowman's nose made
of?
1
2
A carrot
A button
3
4
A potato
A stick
Show
the
answer

55.

History

56.

20
points
Which king was crowned
on Christmas day in 1066?
1
2
William the
Conqueror
Richard the
Lionheart
3
4
Alfred the
Great
Edward the
Confessor
Show
the
answer

57.

40
points
Which monarch started off the fashion
for Christmas trees in Great Britain?
1
2
King Henry
VIII
William the
Conqueror
3
4
Queen
Elizabeth I
Queen
Victoria
Show
the
answer

58.

60
points
Who banned Christmas in England
between 1647 and 1660?
1
2
Queen
The English Revolution
Elizabeth I
King Henry
VIII
3
4
Oliver
Cromwell
Mary Stuart
Show
the
answer

59.

80
points
Which of Scandinavian gods was the
main character of midwinter celebrations
in Scandinavian countries ?
1
2
Saturn
Odin
Odin
3
4
Sleipnir
Tor
Show
the
answer

60.

100
points
On Christmas Eve in 1968, three
Americans became the first men to … .
break the “most 1
Christmas pudding
eaten in 24 hours"
world record
buy their wives
exactly what they
wanted for
Christmas
3
2
4
orbit orbit
the Moon
reach the North
Pole on a sleigh
the Moon
Show
the
answer

61.

120
points
When did the first Christians begin
celebrating Christmas?
1
2
In the 1st
century
In the 3rd
century
3
4
In the 2nd
century
th
In the 4th
century
Show
the
answer

62.

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