V2: Holiday quiz

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vwo
• Leerjaar 2

Welcome

Phones in bags, bags on the rack, please :)

Get into groups of 4 & put your tables together!

Per group you need:

1x pen, paper, laptop

Holiday quiz

Come up with a nice Holiday Team Name!

1 person logs into this LessonUp

with this Holiday Team Name :)

Holiday quiz

Round one: Holiday Facts

Round two: Christmas Hits

Round one: Holiday Facts

Rules of this round

One person from your group answers in this LessonUp.

The teacher will read the question out loud.

You will have 10 seconds to discuss (whisper) and fill in your answers in LessonUp. 

Norway sends a Christmas tree to Britain every year.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

It's a thank you for the help they got during WW2.

Christmas is celebrated on January 7 in Russia & Serbia.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

Followers of the Orthodox Christian Church

use the Julian calendar instead of the Gregorian one.

Black Friday, day after Thanksgiving, is the busiest shopping day of the year.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

False.

It's actually the Friday and Saturday before Christmas.

Chinese New Year will be celebrated on January 22, 2023.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

China uses a different calendar so their new year starts later than ours.

= the Chinese Lunar Calendar, which is based on the cycles of the moon and sun and is generally 21–51 days behind the Gregorian (our) calendar.

Around New Year time, the Dutch eat 136 million ''oliebollen''

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

Roughly 8 per person.

Leaving milk and cookies for Santa was an idea created by the Dutch.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

It comes from the 

Sinterklass tradition.

The first fireworks in the Netherlands were lit in 1950.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

True.

Since then we've lit fireworks every year except in 2020.

Hanukkah is often described as the festival of love.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

False.

It's actually called the 

festival of lights.

December used to be the 11th month of the year in the Roman calendar.

1. True
2. False

Explanation

False.

It actually used to be the 10th. The word December comes from the Latin word decem, meaning “ten''

Round two: Guess That Song

Rules of this round

We will listen to the first 10 seconds of a Christmas hit.

You will have ten seconds to discuss (whisper) and write down your answer.

We will check the answers at the end of the round.

Song one

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song two

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song three

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song four

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song five

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song six

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song seven

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song eight

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song nine

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Song ten

Write down the name of the artist (1 point)

Write down the title of the song (1 point)

Guess that song

Answers round two

1: Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas is you

2: Justin Bieber - Mistletoe

3: Andy Williams - It's the most wonderful time of the year

4: Ariana Grande - Santa tell me 

5: Wham! - Last Christmas

6: Jose Feliciano - Feliz Navidad

7: Chris Rea - Driving home for Christmas

8: Paul McCartney - Wonderful Christmas time

9: Sam Smith - Have yourself a merry little Christmas

10: Pentatonix - Santa Claus is coming to town

How many points does your team have? Be honest ;)

Have a lovely break

Enjoy your free time.

Stay safe. 

See you in 2023!