Who doesn’t love giving and getting gifts, eating delicious treats, and spreading cheer? Holidays are so special, and there are so many of them in a year. Way more than you could ever imagine! How much do you think you know about holidays, and how many of them are you familiar with? It’s not all about the classics—Christmas, Thanksgiving, Labor Day. And they’re not all American, too! Complete this fun holiday quiz filled with original clues from the game show Jeopardy! and test your knowledge. The best part is—it’s just in time for whatever holiday you’re celebrating today!
1. Just before a big U.S. holiday, our northern neighbors celebrate Canada Day on this date.
2. Kurt Russell’s Santa is the gift that keeps on giving! He even speaks a fake language called “Elvish” in this holiday romp.
3. In 2021, it became a U.S. federal holiday; in Spanish, it falls on 19 de Junio.
4. This portmanteau word describes a holiday you take at home.
5. According to three of the Gospels, this Jewish holiday was being celebrated during the Last Supper.
6. This holiday that commemorates the victory of Mexico at the Battle of Puebla is also a day to celebrate Mexican culture.
7. In 2014 Decatur, Texas rescheduled this holiday back to the 30th, as it conflicted with Friday night high school football.
8. The bestselling holiday song recorded by a female artist is this 1994 hit by Mariah Carey.
9. The Boston Marathon has often been held on this, a state holiday in Massachusetts.
10. This holiday gets its name because it falls on the 50th day—nowadays the 50th day of the Easter season.
11. Vive la France, which has a national heroine: this saint who gets a French national holiday on the second Sunday in May.
12. In Finnish, this celebration of the longest day of the year is called Juhannus & is a national holiday.
13. According to Billboard, the top holiday artist of 2022 was this a cappella group who have been singing together since 2011.
14. In 2022 Christmas night was the eighth & last night of this Jewish holiday.
15. One and a half billion Muslims mark the end of the fasting month of Ramadan with this holiday; fittingly it rhymes with “feed.”
16. The temperature during Finland’s Midsummer festival is around 210 degrees—OK, inside these, a traditional part of the holiday.
17. Good Housekeeping’s “75 Best” affordable these alliterative holiday gifts for 2022 included gear ties & lightsaber chopsticks.
18. In 1891 the ancient order of Hibernians marched up Fifth Avenue for the first time in their parade celebrating this holiday.
19. On this holiday generally in March, Jews traditionally eat triangular pastries called Hamantaschen.
20. “What, to the American slave, is” this U.S. holiday? asked Frederick Douglass in an 1852 speech.
21. This U.S. federal holiday is observed on the last Monday in May.
22. This holiday is a symbol of summer’s end in the U.S. but in Europe, its equivalent is celebrated on May 1.
23. “Five golden rings” is a line from this holiday song.
24. This holiday drink, whose name derives from an Old Norse toast to health is traditionally served in a large bowl of the same name.
25. In 2021, the U.S. Postal Service issued new stamps celebrating this holiday.
26. Martin Luther spooked the Catholic church when he chose this fall day in 1517 to proclaim his 95 Theses.
27. This English explorer got stabbed in Hawaii on Valentine’s Day 1779.
28. In a holiday favorite, “The fire is so delightful and since we’ve no place to go,” this title, this title.
29. The national holiday of Anzac Day originally honored the Australian & New Zealand soldiers who fought in this war.
30. The modern version of this holiday item in England was popularized by German transplant Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s husband.
31. A February holiday commemorates the Buddha reaching the final state of this goal of the Buddhist path.
32. A highlight of the holiday season each year is the lighting of the mayor’s 100-foot Christmas tree at Crown Center, opened in 1971 by the same Kansas City businessman who founded this card company.
33. The last Friday in April is this tree-planting holiday that predates Earth Day by almost a century.
34. A general term for seawater, it’s also a way to prep your holiday turkey.
35. Honey glazed carrots & cranberry sauce are in Hannie Scott’s “25 Easy… Recipes” for this holiday.
36. Celebrating unattached people, China’s biggest shopping holiday is singles day, on this fall date with lots of 1s.
37. We’re used to the Sunday holiday but in the British Commonwealth, this “Monday” is a holiday.
38. In the anniversary year 1892, Benjamin Harrison urged observance of a holiday honoring this “pioneer of progress.”
39. In Christianity, this holiday comes the day before Lent.
40. Coptic Christmas on January 7 is an official holiday in this country.
41. In a holiday song, this title precedes “the angels did say, was to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay.”
42. Bank robber Marat Mikhaylich was dubbed the “Holiday Bandit” because he began his crime spree during this month.
43. This spring holiday was once called Decoration Day.
44. In Israel, jelly donuts are the traditional food during this winter holiday.
45. “Seinfeld” popularized this Dec. 23 holiday “for the rest of us.”
46. March 26 is make up your own holiday day, so in 2017, Matt McCarthy created this Vulcan blessing day.
47. A Christian holiday, or any sudden insight.
48. In 2000 California declared the March 31 birthday of this Latino labor leader a state holiday.
49. On January 12 have a cuppa on National Hot this Day.
50. In Japan, November the 11th is a holiday celebrating this art form.
51. National Thank You Note Day is on this date, the day after opening lots of gifts.
52. August 13 is a special day for these folks, including Barack Obama, Paul McCartney & Clayton Kershaw.
53. Held in October at the end of the week, this alliterative day celebrates Mary Shelley & her famous creation.
54. Commemorating an event from 1777, June 14 is this holiday.
55. This holiday has its origins in the Celtic festival of Samhain, during which people wore masks to avoid being recognized by ghosts.
Final Words
With these 55 questions, you’ll be set for any holiday party and holiday-related trivia thrown at you! For even more fun Jeopardy! questions, check out these articles: 55 Really Fun Christmas Jeopardy! Questions, 57 Surprising Animal Jeopardy! Questions, 55 Fascinating Jeopardy! Science Questions, 55 Really Cool Jeopardy! Movie Questions, 55 Really Fun Pop Culture Jeopardy! Questions, 55 Rockin’ Music Jeopardy! Questions, 55 Jeopardy! Questions Perfect for Kids, 55 Jeopardy! Questions and Answers Perfect for Families, 55 Jeopardy! Questions Perfect for Couples, 55 Fun and Challenging Random Jeopardy! Questions, and more!
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