153 Holiday Trivia Questions (Ranked from Easiest to Hardest)

Holidays are special days or periods of time that commemorate or celebrate an event, person or culture. They are a part of every culture, and often come with their own set of traditions, customs, and rituals. There is a wide range of holiday trivia questions that can be asked, whether you're a history buff or someone who is curious about the different celebrations around the world.

Here are some examples of holiday trivia questions you might come across: What is the origin of Christmas? When is Hanukkah celebrated? What is the significance of Diwali? What is the meaning of Mardi Gras? These questions cover a wide range of holidays, including both religious and secular celebrations, and events that are celebrated in different parts of the world.

In addition to the history and significance of holidays, there are also many fun and interesting facts to learn about. For example, did you know that Christmas is celebrated on December 25th to commemorate the birth of Jesus Christ, but it has its origins in ancient Roman and pagan celebrations? Or that Hanukkah is an eight-day Jewish holiday that commemorates the miracle of the oil that burned for eight days in the Temple after the Maccabees reclaimed it from the Greeks? These trivia questions will not only test your knowledge, but also give you a glimpse into the many fascinating aspects of holidays, the cultures and the traditions that surround it.

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153 Holiday Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated for 2025)

1. “May the Fourth be with you” is the official tagline of the galaxy-wide holiday celebrated the first week of May in honor of what sci-fi franchise?

Answer: Star Wars

2. The "Tickle Me" version of what Sesame Street character was the "it" toy of the 1996 holiday season, causing some shoppers to resort to violence to obtain the coveted toy?

Answer: Elmo

3. The semi-mythical Punxsutawney Phil comes out of its burrow to predict the arrival of spring in what annual holiday?

Answer: Groundhog Day

4. On some calendars, December 8 is observed as Bodhi Day, the religious holiday that honors Siddhartha Gautama, who achieved enlightenment to become what well-known “B” religious figure?

Answer: Buddha

5. According to the song, when Peter Cottontail comes hoppin’ down the bunny trail, hippity-hoppity, what springtime holiday is on its way?

Answer: Easter

6. Holidays like China’s Dongzhi Festival or the Hopi people’s Soyal are scheduled around December 21 every year in celebration of the winter version of what “S” term that signifies the shortest day of the year in the Northern Hemisphere?

Answer: Solstice

7. 1990- "Vision of Love" ruled the summer for Mariah Carey, who's become the signature fixture at the top of the Billboard charts each holiday season. According to her famous Christmas song, she only wants one thing. What is it?

Answer: You

8. Hopefully you didn’t forget! Behind Christmas and Valentine’s Day, the third-most greeting card sales annually in the U.S. are for what May Sunday holiday?

Answer: Mother's Day

9. Now used annually as holiday decorations symbolizing the absence of evil to begin a new year, firecrackers and what primary color were mainly used to ward off the mythological monster Nian from causing mayhem in villages, according to the ancient legend of the origins of Lunar New Year?

Answer: Red

10. While some households enjoy eating a roasted ham during the holidays, it's become a unique tradition in Japan since the 1970s for surges of families to buy their Christmas dinners from what fast-food restaurant chain founded by Harland David Sanders?

Answer: KFC

11. Although the most popular song on the film's soundtrack is "This Is Halloween" and the main character's name is Jack Skellington, the 1993 cult-classic Tim Burton film that was nominated for a visual effects Oscar includes what other holiday in the film's title?

Answer: Christmas (The Nightmare Before Christmas)

12. According to a survey by Dance magazine, what Christmas-themed Tchaikovsky ballet accounts for nearly half the annual revenue of many dance companies?

Answer: The Nutcracker

13. What holiday single, originally titled “The One Horse Open Sleigh” by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, was the first song played in space in 1965 by Gemini 6A astronauts Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford?

Answer: Jingle Bells

14. For over 30 years, in a Corona holiday ad, a single cabana sits alongside the ocean at night. Ten seconds of silence are broken by a whistling rendition of “O Christmas Tree.” Suddenly, the darkness is broken when what type of tree is suddenly illuminated?

Answer: Palm

15. A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?

Answer: The Polar Express

16. Featuring Grandma Minka telling her grandson Tommy Pickles and his friends about the meaning of the celebrated Jewish holiday, which Nickelodeon animated series made history by becoming one of the first American children’s television shows to air a Hanukkah special in December 1996?

Answer: Rugrats

17. He was canonized in the 800s CE and ultimately given his own namesake December holiday four centuries after that. Don't overthink it and name this saint, known for giving gifts to children and the less fortunate.

Answer: Saint Nicholas

18. It originated as a holiday to give gifts to poor people, but these days, what is the pugilistic name of the December 26 Commonwealth holiday that has become known for its retail sales?

Answer: Boxing Day

19. In the aftermath of 1965’s Watts Riots, what holiday was created by Maulana Karenga specifically to "give Black people an alternative to the existing holiday of Christmas and give Black people an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society?”

Answer: Kwanzaa

20. Celebrated on the 19th day of the sixth month of the year, what is the newest addition to the U.S. federal holiday calendar, as signed into law by Joe Biden in 2021?

Answer: Juneteenth

21. To promote the diversity and significant cultural contributions of its Asian American Pacific Islander residents, City Council President Ed Flynn announced in February 2023 that Lunar New Year was designated as an official holiday for what New England “Beantown” city?

Answer: Boston

22. In South Africa, the Day of Goodwill is officially observed as a public holiday every December 26th. However, in other countries, including the UK, Australia, and Canada, this shopful holiday is commonly known by what name?

Answer: Boxing Day

23. Marking the celebration of the winter solstice, what four-letter holiday is one of the world’s oldest winter celebrations that is also a type of burning log that had its own on-demand channel on Roku in December 2023?

Answer: Yule

24. Euphorbia pulcherrima, a flower native to Mexico, originally made it to the U.S. in the early 1800s. But it was florist Paul Ecke Sr. in the early 1920s who popularized which plant as the consummate holiday flower?

Answer: Poinsettia

25. Celebrated with tequila and sombreros by many Americans, Cinco De Mayo actually commemorates the not-so-boozy defeat of the French by what nation at the 1862 Battle of Puebla?

Answer: Mexico

26. Alaska celebrates the last Monday in March as a state holiday honoring what "foolish" 19th-century Secretary of State?

Answer: William Seward

27. What Food Network reality competition, that started in 2011, features teams designing displays based on a fall holiday? Appropriately, celebrities such as Elvira, Mistress Of The Dark, serve as guest judges.

Answer: Halloween Wars

28. In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?

Answer: Narnia

29. What Mexican beer brand has run the same holiday commercial, in which a palm tree is wrapped with Christmas lights, every year since 1990?

Answer: Corona

30. In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what article of clothing made Frosty come to life?

Answer: Old silk hat

31. The festive holiday phrase “‘tis the season” comes from the lyrics of what Christmas carol, where you’d also find “boughs of holly,” “blazing yule,” and 52 “fa la, la, la, las,” give or take a couple?

Answer: Deck the Halls

32. Celebrated on December 12, Our Lady of Guadalupe Day draws Catholics from around the world to pay homage to an image of the Virgin Mary located in what country?

Answer: Mexico

33. The holiday now known as Presidents' Day originated as a day of remembrance for what U.S. president, who died in 1799 and was born on February 22, 1732?

Answer: George Washington

34. In 2004, a winter snowstorm put a damper on many North Texas couples’ plans when it moved in on which holiday?

Answer: Valentine's Day

35. Long before Earth Day, what holiday was first proposed by J. Sterling Morton, a newspaper editor in Nebraska City, resulting in the planting of one million trees in Nebraska on April 10, 1872?

Answer: Arbor Day

36. Known as Fright Fest at all U.S. locations, but known as Festival de Terror in Mexico, the Halloween-oriented haunt event with attractions and themed "Scare Zones" is an annual staple at what chain of theme parks?

Answer: Six Flags

37. It wouldn’t be the holiday season without hearing Fairytale of what city by the Pogues on the radio and feeling nostalgic, even if you’ve never been to what East Coast locale?

Answer: New York

38. What rhyming made-up word completes the following Seinfeld-created holiday phrase? "Festivus for the” …what?

Answer: The Rest of Us

39. The Halloween classic "Hocus Pocus" is set in what guessable Massachusetts city?

Answer: Salem

40. "Hubie…" "...H20: 20 Years Later," and "Boo! A Madea…" are movie titles missing what holiday?

Answer: Halloween

41. "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me" are both lyrics in what popular Christmas song that was first recorded in 1951 and details a poor young boy being summoned by the Magi to Jesus's birth?

Answer: The Little Drummer Boy

42. Hari Raya Puasa is the more common name in Singapore for what Islamic holiday with an original name meaning "Feast of Breaking the Fast"?

Answer: Eid al-Fitr

43. Accompanied by a ghost, Ebenezer Scrooge looks in on the Cratchit family having a goose for dinner as a special holiday treat in what Charles Dickens novel?

Answer: A Christmas Carol

44. Halloween is derived from "Hallow E'en" or All Hallows Eve, which denoted the evening before what Christian holiday honoring saints celebrated on November 1st in Western Christianity?

Answer: All Saints' Day

45. What war’s armistice, which famously went into effect on the 11th hour of the 11th day of the 11th month of the year it was signed, was the origin of the Veterans Day holiday that Americans now observe?

Answer: World War One

46. New Year’s Day is probably the most celebrated holiday around the globe. Its presence on January 1 has been consistent since ~1582 AD when the Pope, for whom the calendar is named, instituted what calendar as a replacement for the flawed Julian calendar?

Answer: Gregorian

47. In France, the July 14 national holiday is called Fête nationale française. What’s it called in English? The observance marks the fall of a French prison at the start of the Revolution.

Answer: Bastille Day

48. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is a holiday novel, not nearly as well known as "A Christmas Carol," by what British author?

Answer: Charles Dickens

49. Since it was first announced in 1988 at the San Francisco Exploratorium, March 14 is the annual celebration of what 'tasty' mathematical constant?

Answer: Pi

50. Celebrated three days before Easter, what Christian holiday commemorates Jesus Christ's Last Supper with his disciples?

Answer: Holy Thursday

51. According to the classic holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," how many "geese a-laying" are given on each day by the narrator's true love?

Answer: Six

52. In the movie's opening, Thackery Binx sees his little sister being taken to the cottage of three witches on October 31, 1693. The remainder of the movie takes place 300 years later, in 1993. What is his popular Halloween-themed film?

Answer: Hocus Pocus

53. Called “Yuánxiao Jié” in Chinese, the luminous Lantern Festival marks the 15th and final day of the Lunar New Year. This year, the holiday falls on February 12, the same day when what moon phase is set to appear for the lunar year?

Answer: Full Moon

54. It's also Justin Trudeau's birthday! In a tradition started by her grandfather in 1932, Elizabeth would annually broadcast a message to all the United Kingdom around 3 PM GMT on what holiday?

Answer: Christmas

55. What Alaska state holiday, observed on the last day of March, is named for the United States Secretary of State who negotiated the United States' purchase of Alaska from Russia?

Answer: Seward's Day

56. In Spain, a tradition in the first seconds of the New Year is to quickly eat 12 uvas for good luck. In English, what fruit are uvas?

Answer: Grapes

57. A collection of islands off the coast of Queensland is named for what holiday, a British name for the day of Pentecost, after the day that the explorer Captain Cook sailed by them?

Answer: Whitsunday

58. Conceived by author Daniel O’Keefe and seen in a 1997 episode of “Seinfeld,” the non-commercialized holiday Festivus is commemorated with rituals including the Feats of Strength, the Airing of Grievances, and the hoisting of an undecorated Festivus pole that is made out of what metal?

Answer: Aluminum

59. The holiday song that begins "Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat," requests that you place what copper coin in the old man's hat?

Answer: penny

60. Called "Tag der Deutschen Einheit" in the native language, what country commemorates October 3, the anniversary of the day its eastern and western parts reunited, with a national Unity Day holiday?

Answer: Germany

61. In 1870, which president, who was a commanding general during the Civil War, signed legislation to make Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day federal holidays?

Answer: Ulysses S. Grant

62. Selling more than 5 million units in its first year, what company’s Model A Scooter was named the “Toy of the Year” by the Toy Industry Association in 2000?

Answer: Razor

63. A central item in Kwanzaa traditions, the kinara holds one black, three red, and three green of what item?

Answer: Candles

64. In her 1983 hit "Holiday," what one-named singer declares that "if we took a holiday, took some time to celebrate just one day out of life, it would be so nice?"

Answer: Madonna

65. Whamageddon is a challenge with competitors trying to make it through the holiday season without hearing what Wham Christmas song?

Answer: Last Christmas

66. Signifying the spiritual victory of light over darkness, good over evil, and knowledge over ignorance, what is the name of the Hindu light festival that usually falls at the end of October/beginning of November?

Answer: Diwali

67. The annual hot air balloon festival that takes place in Colorado Springs near Memorial Park occurs during what holiday?

Answer: Labor Day

68. Sung by greats like Mel Tormé and Nat King Cole, “The Christmas Song” opens with a line about what roasted holiday treat?

Answer: chestnut

69. What Pittsburgh restaurant chain, known for its "Smiley Cookies", is behind what, according to CBS-Pittsburgh, is believed to be the longest-running holiday-season commercial in America featuring an animated Christmas tree bending down to help a Christmas star reach the top of the tree?

Answer: Eat 'N Park

70. What national holiday, inspired by the similar success of a holiday invented by Anna Jarvis, was first celebrated at a Spokane YMCA in 1909?

Answer: Father's Day

71. The new old-fashioned way, for sure! Even though she recorded it in 1958 (when she was just 13 years old), what festive holiday hit helped Brenda Lee top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023 (just before her 79th birthday)?

Answer: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree

72. Chametz are foods with leavening agents that are forbidden on which Jewish holiday celebrating the exodus of the Israelites from slavery in Egypt?

Answer: Passover

73. What 1998 agreement between the British government, Irish government, and political parties of Northern Ireland was named after a religious holiday and is often considered the basis for the present devolved system of government in Northern Ireland?

Answer: Good Friday Agreement

74. Celebrated by many on November 13th, what holiday on which women ask men out originated from the Al Capp comic strip, "Li'l Abner?"

Answer: Sadie Hawkins Day

75. Red, white, and blue are the classic colors for what explosive popsicle that’s probably even more popular over the 4th of July and other patriotic holidays in the U.S.?

Answer: Bomb pop

76. As its name says, "Weihnachtsgans" is a roast goose dish traditionally served in Germany on what end-of-year holiday?

Answer: Christmas

77. Eating a bucket of KFC will make you just as sleepy as a big ol' helping of Thanksgiving turkey, since most poultry contains about the same amount of what T-word amino acid?

Answer: Tryptophan

78. After remixing his "Si Se Puede" call-to-action as a campaign slogan, what U.S. president declared March 31 a federal commemorative holiday honoring César Chávez?

Answer: Barack Obama

79. In 1887, Oregon became the first state in the U.S. to make it an official public holiday. Seven years later, there were 29 additional states with official celebrations. What is it?

Answer: Labor Day

80. Literally meaning “new day,” Nowruz is the new year in the Solar Hijri calendar. The Solar Hijri calendar is the official calendar of which country, the second largest in the Middle East after Saudi Arabia?

Answer: Iran

81. Each year, October 3rd is celebrated as a holiday by the fans of what 2004 film, since it's the day that Jonathan Bennett's character Aaron Samuels asks the protagonist what day it is?

Answer: Mean Girls

82. Don't say turkey: Vaccinium macrocarpon is the scientific name of what Thanksgiving staple?

Answer: Cranberry

83. Which public holiday in South Africa that’s observed on December 16th was first meant to commemorate the Battle of Blood River, but was renamed in 1995 to mark the end of apartheid and promote national unity?

Answer: Day of Reconciliation

84. What holiest day of the Jewish year focuses on atonement with a fast, confession, and prayer? It lent its name to an armed conflict between Israel and a coalition of Egypt and Syria in 1973.

Answer: Yom Kippur

85. Although a staple of the holiday, candy corn is also often considered a polarizing sweet and is even considered "Halloween's most contentious sweet" by Vox. In the vast majority of tri-colored pieces of candy corn, what color is the middle section of the sweet?

Answer: Orange

86. During holiday's LDB Challenge, participants try to avoid hearing what seasonal tune that anagrams to THE BEDTIME RUM TROLLY?

Answer: The Little Drummer Boy

87. Rory and Lorelai work to squeeze in four holiday dinners in "A Deep-Fried Korean Thanksgiving," an episode from what TV series?

Answer: Gilmore Girls

88. Literally meaning “head of the year”, what three-day holiday celebrates the Jewish New Year? In English, it is sometimes referred to as the Feast of Trumpets.

Answer: Rosh Hashanah

89. In November 2020, Cadillac Fairview announced that they were transitioning what holiday tradition to a digital format? This event, aimed at children, was previously operating under a scheduled reservation format in-person at 19 shopping centers.

Answer: Santa visits

90. Observed for eight days and nights, Hanukkah starts on the 25th day of what month on the Hebrew calendar?

Answer: Kislev

91. National Indigenous Peoples Day has been celebrated as a national holiday in Canada on June 21 since a 1996 proclamation by the nation's Governor General. In part, this date was chosen because it is the date of what annual celestial event?

Answer: Summer Solstice

92. Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky?

Answer: Japan

93. Although celebrated widely in many dozens of countries around the world as a celebration of love, Saint Valentine's Day is only a public holiday in how many countries?

Answer: Zero

94. Also known as the Feast of Tabernacles, what week-long Jewish holiday starts five days after Yom Kippur and involves dwelling in a foliage-covered booth?

Answer: Sukkot

95. What is the five-letter name of the cannabis-based drink, popular in India, which of traditionally served during the holidays of Maha Shivaratri and Holi?

Answer: Bhang

96. In Greek celebrations of Easter, the holiday is referred to by what “P” word? It is a Greek word, derived from an Aramaic cognate for the Hebrew word Pesach, which refers to Passover.

Answer: Pascha

97. What British charity supergroup with a name that sounds like they’d be good with a scraped knee had a holiday hit with “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in 1984?

Answer: Band Aid

98. Accompanied by David Seville, the 1958 single “The Chipmunk Song” became the first holiday hit to reach No. 1 on Billboard’s Hot 100 chart, thanks to what cartoon trio?

Answer: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore

99. During the 2020 lockdowns, the Knightsbridge, London location of Harvey Nichols department store displayed what two-word Ebenezer Scrooge-y message in lights in its windows?

Answer: Bah Humbug

100. What December holiday, which honors various African harvest festival traditions, was invented in 1966 by Professor Maulana Karenga?

Answer: Kwanzaa

101. In Germany, New Year's Eve is known by what name that makes it sound like the star of the "Rocky" film franchise?

Answer: Silvester

102. If you’re visiting Dover in late November or early December, which holiday festival can you attend that’s held by the Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village?

Answer: A Farmer's Christmas

103. What tongue-in-cheek holiday is celebrated in Dublin on June 16th, the date on which the events of James Joyce's Ulysses take place?

Answer: Bloomsday

104. Which popular holiday beverage is a rich blend of dairy, sugar, and the yolks and whites of a certain chicken product?

Answer: Egg Nog

105. Which type of novelty calendar inspired by Christian tradition is popular around the holidays and involves opening a little present each day in December leading up to Christmas Day on the 25th? They’re often chocolate or toys, but you can also find them with cheese.

Answer: Advent

106. In 1979, Paul McCartney sang that the mood was right, the spirit was up, and he was “simply having” what kind of Christmastime?

Answer: Wonderful

107. Wanting to capitalize on the success of the “Peanuts” comic strip, which soda company commissioned “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as a holiday special in the mid-1960s?

Answer: Coca-Cola

108. On June 24, 2022, which stellar Maori New Year’s celebration was observed as a public holiday in New Zealand for the first time?

Answer: Matariki

109. When they launched in 2016, which robotic creature that “unboxed itself” by Spin Master got so popular that no one could find one in time for the holidays, and people were selling them online for hundreds of dollars?

Answer: Hatchimals

110. St. Patrick's Day is a public holiday in the Republic of Ireland, Northern Ireland, the Canadian province of Newfoundland and Labrador (for provincial government employees), and what British Overseas Territory? "The Emerald Isle of the Caribbean," this island nation experienced devastating volcanic eruptions from 1995 to 1997.

Answer: Montserrat

111. The opening scene in “Iron Man 3” shows Tony Stark schmoozing with guests at one of the last parties in 1999, celebrating what December holiday?

Answer: New Year's Eve

112. One is the loneliest number…But in China, it’s four times more profitable than Black Friday! 11/11 marks which unique Chinese shopping holiday that celebrates people who aren’t in relationships by encouraging them to buy presents for themselves?

Answer: Singles Day

113. Democracy Day, celebrated on June 12 and formerly known as Abiola Day, is a holiday celebrating the return of democracy to which nation, the most populous in Africa?

Answer: Nigeria

114. On the TV show "Parks and Recreation," Leslie Knope invented which February 13th holiday, a day all about "ladies celebrating ladies" that has been gaining traction in the real world?

Answer: Galentine's Day

115. What Tatooine holiday and festival gives its name to the annual podrace won by Anakin Skywalker in Episode I?

Answer: Boonta Eve

116. What holiday, a celebration of the 1862 act that ended slavery in the District of Columbia, is celebrated in D.C. each year on April 16?

Answer: Emancipation Day

117. What holiday is celebrated each year in Boston on March 17, commemorating the day that British forces abandoned Boston in 1776?

Answer: Evacuation Day

118. Thanks to schoolteacher Mary Towles Sasseen Wilson from Henderson County, who wanted to honor her matriarch in a special way, what holiday was first celebrated in Kentucky in 1887 and is now officially nationally observed annually every second Monday in May?

Answer: Mother's Day

119. The Great Gulf Coast Snowstorm of 1895 dumped double-digit snow totals across southeastern Texas, in some places burying cattle up to their horns. On what lovely holiday did the storm take place?

Answer: Valentine's Day

120. Held in the U.S. on the last Friday of every April and not Earth Day, what eco-holiday celebrates the answers to questions 1-9?

Answer: Arbor Day

121. Emma Thompson's character discovers that the necklace she sees her husband purchasing for Christmas is for another woman, in one of the sadder plotlines of what 2003 holiday movie?

Answer: Love Actually

122. It has been tradition for the Irish taoiseach to give the U.S. president shamrocks on St. Patrick's Day since ambassador John Hearne gave them to which US president in 1952?

Answer: Harry Truman

123. What Christian holiday, typically celebrated in early January, celebrates the revelation of God incarnate as Jesus Christ, usually the moment when the Magi visited the Christ Child? This “E” holiday is known as ‘Theophany’ in the East.

Answer: Epiphany

124. The massive 1964 earthquake that killed 133 people and destroyed several villages in coastal Alaska occurred on what religious holiday? The quake's moment magnitude of 9.2 was more than a thousand times as powerful as the famous 1989 San Francisco earthquake.

Answer: Good Friday

125. Blitzen gets namedropped but never does the Blitzkrieg Bop in "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)," a holiday tune by what old-school New York punk rock group?

Answer: Ramones

126. The bittersweet song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is originally from what Judy Garland movie musical with a U.S. city in its name?

Answer: Meet Me in St. Louis

127. Under which president did Thanksgiving become an annual holiday?

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

128. What president officially made Thanksgiving a U.S. national holiday, marking the last Thursday in November on everybody’s calendar? This president had particular pressure to bring the country together for a friendly dinner.

Answer: Abraham Lincoln

129. In what Fox teen drama series did character Seth Cohen claim to have invented the holiday of Chrismukkah?

Answer: The O.C.

130. The Mexican holiday of Día de Muertos on November 1st is often marked with ornately planned and decorated ofrendas (altars) in which loved ones are remembered and celebrated. One popular decoration is the bright orange Flor de Muerto (Flower of Death), which is more often known by what name in English?

Answer: Mexican marigolds

131. Dressed in sequins and feathers, musicians known as Mummers parade down Broad Street in a New Year's Day tradition in what East Coast city?

Answer: Philadelphia

132. Including not using any sharp objects during the holiday, among the many taboos to avoid during the Lunar New Year celebration is splitting what traditionally green fruit in half because it sounds like a homophone of a word meaning to divide or separate?

Answer: Pear

133. Leavenworth, Washington's Arlene Wagner was inspired by her time as a ballet instructor, and a specific Tchaikovsky ballet, to found a museum with over 7,000 of what type of holiday items?

Answer: Nutcrackers

134. Also known as the October War or the Ramadan War, what armed conflict in October of 1973 between Israel and Arab states (led by Egypt and Syria) began with a surprise attack on a Jewish holiday?

Answer: Yom Kippur War

135. Like a pilaf that's spent too much time at barbeque joints, Hoppin' John is a Southern rice dish considered lucky eatin' on what holiday?

Answer: New Year's

136. What's the name, in Spanish, of the elaborate display placed on a home altar during the traditional Mexican holiday known as "Día de los Muertos" or "Day of the Dead?"

Answer: Ofrenda

137. Referring to the inn from the Nativity story, Las Posadas is a pre-Christmas celebratory novena that lasts for how many days?

Answer: Nine

138. In many ways, you can think of Christmas itself as a tradition. As an annual winter holiday, it can trace its roots back to what planetish-named celebration the Romans started celebrating around 300 BCE?

Answer: Saturnalia

139. Moving Day, July 1st, in what Canadian province results in over 7% of the population moving in that province's largest city?

Answer: Quebec

140. In 2011, El Paso was one of the cities hit by a blizzard which affected much of the Northeast and Midwest, Oklahoma, and parts of Texas, and that happened around what annual holiday?

Answer: Groundhog Day

141. The ball that drops to commemorate New Year's Eve in Times Square, NYC, is covered in nearly 2,700 crystal triangles from what company named for a city in Ireland?

Answer: Waterford

142. On August 14th of every year, what country celebrates its independence following the end of the British Raj? India's is one day later.

Answer: Pakistan

143. What ancient Roman festival, held from December 17th on the Julian calendar until December 23rd, was used to honor a Roman God? Nowadays, its name is reminiscent of the sixth planet from our sun.

Answer: Saturnalia

144. In Central Europe, particularly Czechia and Slovakia, what part of the traditional Christmas dinner is often kept in the bathtub for a few days before the holiday?

Answer: Carp

145. What U.S. president signed the bill into law that made the first Monday in January a national holiday in honor of Dr. Martin Luther King Jr.’s birthday?

Answer: Ronald Reagan

146. The Jewish holiday Purim commemorates the Jewish people being saved from what Achaemenid Persian Empire official who had planned to kill all Jews?

Answer: Haman

147. What American author wrote the sweetly ironic Christmas-themed short story, "The Gift of the Magi"?

Answer: O. Henry

148. In this infamous 1978 “Star Wars Holiday Special,” Han Solo joins Chewbacca on the Wookiee’s home planet Kashyyyk to celebrate what holiday?

Answer: Life Day

149. Before he played young Anakin Skywalker in “Star Wars Episode I: The Phantom Menace” (1999), which actor got his big break playing Arnold Schwarzenegger’s son in the holiday comedy, “Jingle All the Way” (1996)?

Answer: Jake Lloyd

150. Recognized predominantly in Latin America, what Nativity holiday is celebrated each year between December 16 and December 24 and translates in English to “the lodging?”

Answer: Las Posadas

151. In what month is the International Day of Peace, a United Nations-sanctioned holiday, celebrated each year?

Answer: September

152. A 2022 holiday episode of "The Great British Bake-Off" features Nathaniel Curtis, Lydia West, and two other castmates from what naughty-sounding British drama miniseries?

Answer: It's a Sin

153. January 13th is a Federal Observance Day to commemorate the life of what 19th-century songwriter of minstrel showtunes like “Oh! Susanna,” “My Old Kentucky Home,” and “Camptown Races?”

Answer: Stephen Foster

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