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Seasonal Quizzes: Christmas, Summer, Olympics, Elections

Published on — SAPIRO

Themed seasonal quizzes liven up parties, trips, big events. Here are question ideas for each major period of the year.

Christmas quiz

For end-of-year parties.

  1. In which country was Santa Claus (legendarily) born? (Finland / Rovaniemi)

  2. Which biblical figure fled to Egypt with his family? (Joseph and Mary with Jesus)

  3. Origin of turkey at Christmas? (Imported from America in the 16th century, popularized in England then France)

  4. Which country has the oldest Christmas market tradition? (Germany, first market in Dresden in 1434)

  5. Composer of The Nutcracker? (Tchaikovsky for the music, Hoffmann for the original tale)

  6. Origin of Santa’s red color? (According to legend, Coca-Cola in the 1930s)

  7. Which country celebrates New Year’s Eve by eating 12 grapes? (Spain, one per midnight stroke)

  8. What year was “White Christmas” composed? (1942, by Irving Berlin)

Summer quiz

For travel and beach drinks.

  1. Most visited country in the world in summer? (France, about 100 million tourists a year)

  2. Origin of the word “vacation”? (Latin “vacans,” being free / empty)

  3. Longest beach in the world? (Praia do Cassino, Brazil, 254 km)

  4. Summer capital of a known country? (Saint Petersburg for tsarist Russia, Simla for British India)

  5. Origin of the parasol? (Ancient Egypt, around -2400 BC)

  6. Highest temperature ever recorded? (56.7°C in Death Valley, California, 1913)

  7. Largest lagoon in the world? (Lagoa dos Patos, Brazil)

Olympics quiz

For Olympic years.

  1. Year and city of the first modern Olympics? (Athens, 1896)

  2. Who revived the modern Olympics? (Pierre de Coubertin)

  3. Host country of the 2024 Olympics? (France, Paris)

  4. Host country of the 2028 Olympics? (USA, Los Angeles)

  5. Maximum number of gold medals for an athlete? (Michael Phelps, 23 gold medals)

  6. Which team won the most Olympic team golds in gymnastics? (USSR then Russia / Romania / USA)

  7. Symbol of the five Olympic rings? (Five continents: Europe, Africa, America, Asia, Oceania)

Elections quiz

For presidential or legislative years.

  1. Which country invented universal male suffrage? (France in 1848)

  2. When did women get the right to vote in the US? (1920)

  3. First elected US President? (George Washington in 1789)

  4. What is the two-round majority electoral system? (France, Iran)

  5. What is the full proportional system? (Israel, Netherlands)

  6. How many members in the European Parliament? (705 MEPs)

  7. Year of the first direct European Parliament elections? (1979)

Method to host a quiz

Three principles.

Mix levels. A very easy question at the start to loosen up, harder ones later, a very hard one to close.

Give context after each answer. Not just yes/no, but explain why. That makes the quiz educational and fun.

Limit to 15-20 questions. Beyond that, attention drops. Better a short quiz repeated than a long draining one.

SAPIRO offers 2,000+ general knowledge questions, perfect to pick by theme. Worth reading: family cultural activities and general knowledge quiz by level.

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