NAB Year 1 Pub quiz Christmas & New Year

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• havo, vwo
• Leerjaar 1-3

Make a team of 4-6 people

Think of a name for your team

Rules:

- 4 rounds with 3-5 questions per round 

- Write your answers on paper

- No cheating

- Discuss quietly, so the other teams can't hear your answers

- After each round, there's one minute to check/discuss the answers 

Ronde 1. Christmas in the bible

1. To which city did Joseph and Mary travel before Christmas and the birth of Jesus?

2. On which animal did Mary travel there?

3. What are the names of the three wise men?

4. On which date do we celebrate the birth of Jezus?

5. How did the 3 wise men know where to go?

Ronde 2. Around the Christmas tree 

1. "Van een witte Kerst is sprake als er op beide kerstdagen in De Bilt een gesloten sneeuwdek is gemeten." ​

How often have we had a white Christmas in The Netherlands?

​2. What do British people traditionally eat at Christmas?

​3. How many reindeer does Santa have?

​4. What is the most popular main dish in The Netherlands on "eerste Kerstdag"?

​5. Estimation question

How many Christmas trees are sold in The Netherlands each year?

Ronde 3. New Year's Eve

1. In which year was the first "nieuwjaarsduik" in The Netherlands?

2. Put these cities in order of when they celebrate the New Year, starting with where New Year starts first . 

Moscow, Tokyo, Jeruzalem, Perth, Bangkok​

3. Estimation question

How many "oliebollen" are eaten in The Netherlands every year?

4. Estimation question 

How many Euros do the Dutch people spend on fireworks (answer should be per person?

5. Which 'goede voornemen' or New Year's resolution is most popular??

Ronde 4. Popular around Christmas

1 Put the Spotify Christmas top 5 of 2021 in the correct order.​

Wham, Last Christmas​

Andy Williams, It's the most wonderful time of the year.​

Michael Bublé, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.​

Mariah Carey, All I want for Christmas

Ariana Grande, Santa Tell Me​

1 Put the Spotify Christmas top 5 of 2021 in the correct order.​

Wham, Last Christmas​

Andy Williams, It's the most wonderful time of the year.​

Michael Bublé, It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas.​

Mariah Carey, All I want for Christmas

Ariana Grande, Santa Tell Me​

2 Put the top 5 of most watched Christmas films in the correct order: 

Polar express

A Christmas Carol (scrooge)

Die hard

Home alone

Love actually

2 Put the top 5 of most watched Christmas films in the correct order: 

Polar express

A Christmas Carol (scrooge)

Die hard

Home alone

Love actually

3 Who are these people?

Round 1: Christmas in the bible

1. Bethlehem

2. Donkey

3. Balthasar, Melchior, Caspar

    (1 punt per goede naam)

4. On Christmas Eve, the 24th of December

5. They followed a bright star

Round 2: Around the Christmas tree

1. Twee keer in 2009 en 2010

2. Turkey / pigs in blankets

3. Negen rendieren

4. Rollade

5. 2,4 miljoen

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Round 3: New Year's Eve

1. 1960

2. Tokyo, Perth, Bangkok, Moscow, Jeruzalem 

(1 punt per goede positionering)

3. 8 ollibollen per person / so in total a 100 million

4. 90 Euros for fireworks per person

5. Losing weight

Round 4: Popular around Christmas

1. Songs

1. All I want for Christmas

2. Last Christmas

3. Santa tell me

4. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas

5. It's the most wonderful time of the year.

2. Films

1. Home alone

2. Polar express

3. A Christmas Carol (scrooge)

4. Love actually

5. Die hard

3. Joe Biden, Nicky de Jager, Danny Vera