- What does Père Noël ride on Christmas Eve?
Your answer:
a broomstick
a sleigh
a donkey
- What is the luckiest number of bells you can have on a the lily-of-the-valley?
Your answer:
four
seven
thirteen
- In the Legend of St. Nicolas, how many children did the butcher cut up and put into the brine bucket?
Your answer:
seven
twelve
three
- Who did the Celts believe to be the God of the dead?
Your answer:
Hades
St. Nicolas
Samhain
- Which of the following did the early Celts carry home the sacred flame in?
Your answer:
turnip
the carcass of a small rodent
carrot
- How many prisoners were in the Bastille when the prison was stormed in 1789?
Your answer:
three hundred
seven
thirteen
- What date is Bastille Day celebrated?
Your answer:
July 4
July 14
July 31
- What kind of tree did the Druids burn on the festival of Samhain?
Your answer:
Oak tree
Chestnut tree
Christmas tree
- Who turned the pagan festival of Samhain into La Toussaint?
Your answer:
Phillipe XI
St. Nicolas
Gregoire IV
- This city's labor riots inspired the Labor Day to be adopted in France?
Your answer:
Paris
New York
Chicago
- What flower was the lily-of-the-valley's predecessor for the first day of May?
Your answer:
wild rose
tulip
buttercup
- In Japan, the lily-of-the-valley symbolizes _________?
Your answer:
freedom
rebirth
love
- If you behave badly, who will punish you at Christmas?
Your answer:
Père Fouettard
Père Noël
Madame Arbushites
- When do French families eat Reveillon?
Your answer:
after midnight mass on Christmas Eve
at noon Christmas Day
December 6th
- Which of the following would a French family NOT do on La Toussaint?
Your answer:
Cower in fear from the evil spirits of the dead coming to their home because they failed to get the sacred flame from the Druids!
Have a picnic in the cemetary
Clean up the tombstones in the cemetary