50 Christmas Trivia Questions and Answers for Teens

1. In Japan, a hugely popular Christmas meal for many families is a bucket of what?

2. A holiday tamalada is best described as what?

3. NORAD's famous Santa tracking began in 1955 because of what accident?

4. Canada Post gives Santa his own postal code. What is it?

5. What best distinguishes a snow squall from a long snowstorm?

6. In the snowy mountains of Japan, wild snow monkeys are famous for warming up in winter how?

7. Christmas tree worms, tiny animals with spiral plumes, live where?

8. Santa Claus Village in Rovaniemi, Finland, sits right on which famous line of latitude?

9. When the first commercial Christmas card appeared in 1843, what did one card cost?

10. In Icelandic folklore, the Yule Cat is said to prowl at Christmas looking for anyone who didn't get what?

11. Ukrainian families hang a decoration on the tree that would make most people grab a broom at home. What is it shaped like?

12. The Philippines is known for one of the world's longest Christmas seasons. In which month does it usually start?

13. The parol, a glowing lantern shaped like a star, is the signature Christmas decoration of which country?

14. In Serbian Christmas tradition, the badnjak branch or young tree is usually cut from which kind of tree?

15. In Greece, the gift-bringer Agios Vasilis (Saint Basil) traditionally delivers presents on which day?

16. Which English queen is credited with having the first gingerbread men baked to look like her guests?

17. How old was Edmond Albius when he developed the hand-pollination method that transformed vanilla growing?

18. Snow is made of clear ice crystals. So why does a snowy field look white?

19. At Sinterklaas time in the Netherlands, kids often get a chocolate shaped like what?

20. Compared with old-style incandescent strings, LED holiday lights do what?

21. The fresh-forest smell of a real Christmas tree comes mostly from natural chemicals called what?

22. Why do you get more static shocks from doorknobs and sweaters in winter?

23. Which college donated the balsam fir used for the first National Christmas Tree ceremony in 1923?

24. Peppermint feels icy in your mouth because menthol switches on what?

25. By Christmas 1990, Tim Berners-Lee at CERN had the first version of what up and running?

26. The 1491 'Butter Letter' changed Dresden stollen by permitting which ingredient?

27. Which meteor shower peaks in mid-December, one of the best of the year for stargazers?

28. Which huge space telescope blasted off on Christmas Day 2021?

29. Astronomers call the star cluster NGC 2264 the Christmas Tree Cluster. Why?

30. Pavlova, a meringue dessert piled with fruit at many summer Christmases in Australia and New Zealand, is named after what kind of performer?

31. Every December 23 in Oaxaca, Mexico, artists carve detailed scenes out of which giant vegetable?

32. What plant material is traditionally used to build Finnish himmeli Christmas mobiles?

33. The word tinsel comes from an Old French word meaning what?

34. The English word sleigh was borrowed from which language?

35. Which two tiny instruments did the Gemini 6 astronauts use for a holiday prank from space in December 1965?

36. Older strings of Christmas lights went totally dark when one bulb failed. How were they wired?

37. Why does the world sound so quiet right after a fresh snowfall?

38. Lake-effect snow, which can bury towns near the Great Lakes, forms when cold air passes over what?

39. Stonehenge's main stones line up with the sunset on which day of the year?

40. On the evening of January 5, towns across Spain hold big parades for which visitors?

41. The northern lights, best seen on long winter nights, happen when particles from the Sun hit what?

42. Whether a snow crystal grows into a flat star or a thin needle depends mostly on what?

43. The Arctic Circle runs around Earth at roughly which latitude?

44. When is the Christmas tree traditionally put up and decorated in many German homes?

45. On Christmas Eve, many Finnish families relax with a traditional trip to where?

46. A stoat that turns white for winter is known by which name?

47. Alaska's wood frogs survive winter in an extreme way. What do they do?

48. The world's first text message, sent in December 1992, said what?

49. What do weather experts call a rare storm with thunder and lightning during heavy snowfall?

50. Some wild caribou herds in Alaska and Canada are famous for making one of the longest what of any land mammal?