61 Trivia Questions for Your Virtual Holiday Party
Many people associate December with the winter holiday season (Christmas, New Year’s Day, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, and others!). It’s the perfect season to celebrate and spend time with each other.
The holiday season is a time for optimism, hope, and generosity. It's important to take the time to reflect on all that you and your team have accomplished during the year and use this as motivation for what you want to accomplish next year.
We often get so caught up with work that we forget to celebrate the holidays. And in spite of the busy schedules, employees should be able to celebrate the holidays with their colleagues.
A trivia session is a great way to celebrate and build team spirit. Here are holiday trivia questions you can use when you celebrate virtually.
What are some ideas for a virtual party?
Trivia questions are a great way to engage your team in a game of knowledge and fun. They can be used as a holiday party activity or just for fun during the holiday season. Trivia is also a great way to get people engaged in conversations with each other and break any awkward silences.
Here are trivia questions and themes that you can use to create fun and exciting moments with your team during this festive season.
Holiday trivia questions
It is important to remember that even with remote or hybrid teams, you can still get together and celebrate virtually! Here are fun holiday trivia questions to try with your team.
1. Who is credited with creating the celebration of Kwanzaa?
Answer: Dr. Maulana Karenga
2. Which popular Christmas beverage is also called "milk punch?"
Answer: Eggnog
3. Which oil is traditionally used to light the Hanukkah menorah?
Answer: Olive oil
4. What is the phrase used to greet someone properly during Kwanzaa?
Answer: Habari Gani
5. What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose?
Answer: Join in any reindeer games
6. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
Answer: Four
7. Which city hosts dreidel tournaments during Hanukkah?
Answer: New York City
8. Elvis isn't going to have a white Christmas, he's going to have a....
Answer: “Blue Christmas”
9. When was the first Hanukkah celebrated by Canadians?
Answer: 1760
10. In what year did the U.S. Postal Service issue the first Kwanzaa postage stamp?
Answer: 1997
11. In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what is the first name of Scrooge?
Answer: Ebenezer
12. Which country did eggnog come from?
Answer: England
13. Where is the world’s largest Hanukkah menorah situated?
Answer: Grand Army Plaza in New York
14. What is the name of the candelabra used during Kwanzaa celebrations?
Answer: Kinara
15. In which century was the Christmas tree first used?
Answer: 16th century
16. What did Frosty The Snowman do when a magic hat was placed on his head?
Answer: He began to dance around
17. Which US city hosts the “Spirit of Kwanzaa” festival each year?
Answer: Washington DC
18. What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?
Answer: Kiss
19. Which one of Santa's reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
Answer: Cupid
20. Kwanzaa was established as a holiday in what year?
Answer: 1966
21. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
Answer: Germany
22. In the song "Winter Wonderland," what do they call the snowman?
Answer: Parson Brown
23. The word “Kwanzaa” means what?
Answer: First fruits
Santa-inspired trivia questions
Santa has become a popular character in movies, books, and more. These trivia questions are inspired by the North Pole and the man himself. How many can you get correct?
1. What country owns the record for the largest gathering of Santas?
Answer: Thrissur, Kerala, India: on December 27, 2014, 18,112 Santas gathered together
2. What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus?
Answer: Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
3. What agency officially tracks Santa Claus as he travels across the globe on December 24th?
Answer: NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command).
4. What does Santa give the naughty children for Christmas?
Answer: A lump of coal
5. Many countries celebrate St. Nicholas Day on what day of the year?
Answer: December 6th.
6. What Norse god do some historians believe the Santa Claus legend evolved from?
Answer: Odin
7. Frank Baum not only wrote the book The Wizard of Oz, but he also wrote a book about Santa Claus. What is the name of that book?
Answer: The Life and Adventures of Santa Claus
8. Who had the biggest hit of her career with the song “Santa Baby” in 1953?
Answer: Eartha Kitt
9. Where are two U.S. states that have a town named Santa Claus?
Answer: Indiana and Georgia.
10. Who sang the original song “Santa Claus is Coming to Town” in 1947?
Answer: Gene Autry
11. What was the first name of the little girl who wrote to The New York Sun newspaper asking if there really is a Santa Claus?
Answer: Virginia
12. When scientists created a facial reconstruction of St. Nicholas, what did they discover?
Answer: A broken nose
13. In early illustrations of Santa Claus, what is he often holding?
Answer: A birch rod
14. How many reindeer does Santa have?
Answer: 9
15. Who wrote the poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas?”
Answer: Clement Moore
16. What is the original name of the 1822 poem “‘Twas the Night Before Christmas?”
Answer: “A Visit from St. Nicholas”
17. What are the names of the original eight reindeer that pull Santa’s sleigh?
Answer: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, and Blitzen
18. What do Swedish children leave for Santa Claus?
Answer: Coffee
Holiday movie trivia questions
We all wait for the time of year when we can finally start watching our favorite holiday movies on repeat! Here are some holiday trivia questions inspired by the popular holiday movies that we love.
1. The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it?
Answer: Macy's
2. In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
Answer: Paris
3. In the classic Christmas movie How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described as smelly with three words. What are they?
Answer: Stink, stank, stunk
4. Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
Answer: Tom Hanks
5. In the movie It's A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?
Answer: An angel got his wings
6. What is Ralphie’s little brother’s name in the movie A Christmas Story?
Answer: Randy
7. In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of “The Code of Elves”?
Answer: Treat every day like Christmas
8. What is the special gift that Santa Claus leaves under the tree for the main character in Chris Van Allsburg’s The Polar Express?
Answer: The bell that had fallen out of the boy’s pocket
9. In the 2003 Christmas film Elf, where does Santa’s sleigh crash?
Answer: Central Park
10. What was the name of the popular holiday movie starring Tim Allen?
Answer: The Santa Clause
11. What does Santa tell Ralphie when he asks for a Red Ryder BB Gun in A Christmas Story?
Answer: “You’ll shoot your eye out.”
12. What is the name of the mountain that the Grinch lives on in How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Answer: Mount Crumpit
13. In the 2006 movie The Holiday, which paper does Iris write for in London?
Answer: The Daily Telegraph
14. In 2003’s Love Actually, what is the name of Billy Mack’s manager?
Answer: Joe
15. True or False: Jack Skellington in Tim Burton’s The Nightmare Before Christmas is voiced by two people.
Answer: True – Chris Sarandon provides Jack’s regular voice, while his singing voice was done by Danny Elfman.
16. In the 1996 Christmas comedy Jingle All the Way, what is the name of the action figure that the father in the film is desperately trying to obtain?
Answer: Turbo Man
17. In what month was the 1947 Christmas film Miracle on 34th Street released?
Answer: June
18. In 1989's National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, how long has Cousin Eddie been unemployed?
Answer: 7 years
19. As the Griswold's are putting up their Christmas tree, what Christmas classic can be seen in the background?
Answer: It’s a Wonderful Life
20. In the 1954 film White Christmas, what is the name of the inn that Bing Crosby's and Danny Kaye's characters are trying to save?
Answer: The Columbia Inn
Host a virtual Winter Holidays party at work
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