How it works
These 80 holiday trivia questions for work are written so no team needs one upbringing to score. They draw on Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali and New Year customs from Spain to Japan, beside the trees and carols. Host a round keeps a tally for four teams.
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Host a round with a team tally
Host a round sits under the quiz. It shows the question and choices large with nothing to pick, so a projector gives nothing away. Teams write, you press Show the answer, and the right choice is marked with its reason. The tally below holds two to six teams, four to start. Type over a name and press plus for a point.
From dreidels to twelve grapes
Winter festivals around the world runs from dreidels to the straw goat of Gävle. Holiday food asks what goes into latkes, lutefisk and a king cake. Holiday music history asks who wrote a song, where and when. New Year customs runs from Spain's twelve grapes to Chile's suitcases. Trees, trimmings and winter mixes poinsettias, snowflakes and white elephant swaps.
- Mix departments on each team. The hard questions reward whoever grew up with Hogmanay, Yalda Night or Dongzhi.
- Short on time? Pick one round under Start from, below the question, before you host. New Year customs has 20 questions, enough for a lunch break.
- In host view, Skip passes a question without showing its answer. Exit host view, or Escape on a keyboard, returns to the quiz.
Questions and answers
Are these questions fair for a mixed office?
They are written to be. Beside trees and carols, the bank covers Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, Diwali, Dongzhi, Yalda Night, Nowruz, Songkran, Rosh Hashanah and New Year customs from more than a dozen countries. Nothing asks what a faith teaches, and no tradition is joked about.
Will every team get some right?
Yes, by design. New Year customs has the most easy questions, six, and the most hard, seven, by our estimate. Easy ones, like how many nights Hanukkah lasts, get every table scoring. Hard ones, like what Danes jump off at midnight, split the room.
How many times do Japan's temple bells ring at New Year?
108 times. At midnight on New Year's Eve, Buddhist temples across Japan ring their bells once for each of the 108 earthly temptations in Buddhist belief. The custom is called Joya no Kane. It is one of 20 questions in New Year customs.