Christmas Jeopardy questions and answers: 3 free boards to play
Easy and secular: gifts, sweets, decorations and wordplay. One tile hides a Daily Double.
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These Christmas Jeopardy questions come ready to play: 3 free Jeopardy-style boards with 93 clues and answers, each one checked. Office Party is easy and secular, Christmas Classics covers movies, songs and food, and Holiday Season is the hard one, with Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year in the mix.
How to host Christmas Jeopardy in 30 minutes
One host, two or more teams and a shared screen. A board of 30 clues takes about 25 minutes, and the final round about 5.
- Pick a board. Office Party suits any mixed group. Christmas Classics is for movie and music fans. Holiday Season is the hardest and covers Hanukkah, Kwanzaa and New Year too.
- Make 2 to 6 teams. Three to six people each. Type the team names into the scoreboard under the board.
- Put the board on a big screen. Open this page on the host's laptop and press Full screen. On Zoom or Teams, share the browser tab.
- Teams pick, the host reads. The picking team calls a category and a value. Tap the tile, read the clue aloud, then show the response and tap plus or minus for each team.
- Watch for the Daily Double. One tile per board hides it. The team that finds it bets up to its score, or up to 500 if it has less, and answers alone.
- Finish with the Final. When the board is clear or 25 minutes are up, press Final round. Teams write a secret wager, hear the clue, and get 30 seconds to answer.
On Zoom, Teams or a hybrid call
- Buzz in the chat: each team types its name, and the first name to appear answers.
- Give each team a private chat, or breakout rooms between rounds for groups over 20.
- Hybrid: put the board on the meeting room TV and share the same tab to the call.
- Split across time zones? Play the same board twice and compare the two winners.
All 93 Christmas Jeopardy questions and answers
Every holiday Jeopardy question and answer on the three boards, by category. The asterisk marks the Daily Double. Playing on paper or slides? Print the host sheet: it has all 3 boards and the 3 spare Finals.
Office Party board
Easy and secular: gifts, sweets, decorations and wordplay.
Wrap It Up5 clues
- 100Leaving the price off, this slip lets someone swap or return a present.What is a gift receipt?
- 2003M's clear sticky tape, sold under this brand name since 1930, holds most wrapped gifts together.What is Scotch tape?
- 300Boxing Day, a holiday in the UK and Canada, falls on this date.What is December 26?
- 400In 1917 two Kansas City brothers ran out of tissue paper and sold fancy envelope liners as gift wrap. Their card company is this.What is Hallmark?
- 500This square of cloth from Japan wraps a gift and gets used again.What is a furoshiki?
Sweet Treats5 clues
- 100Striped peppermint sticks bent into a hook at one end.What are candy canes?
- 200This cookie with a funny name gets rolled in cinnamon sugar before baking.What is a snickerdoodle?
- 300Buttery shortbread is a classic bake from this country.What is Scotland?
- 400This Italian almond cookie's name means "twice cooked."What are biscotti?
- 500Jam-filled Linzer cookies are named after Linz, a city in this country.What is Austria?
Deck the Desk5 clues
- 100A ring of evergreen branches hung on a front door.What is a wreath?
- 200These shiny strands draped on trees get their name from an old French word for "spark."What is tinsel?
- 300Its red "petals" are really leaves, and it is named after the first US minister to Mexico.What is a poinsettia?
- 400In 1882 a longtime associate of this inventor lit the first known electric Christmas tree lights in his New York home.Who is Thomas Edison?
- 500Construction workers put up the first Christmas tree at this New York complex in 1931.What is Rockefeller Center?
Gift Swap5 clues
- 100Everyone draws a name and buys a present for that person in secret.What is Secret Santa?
- 200Named after a pale and very costly animal, this swap of funny gifts lets players steal.What is a white elephant?
- 300In Iceland's Jólabókaflóð, people give these on Christmas Eve and stay up late with them.What are books?
- 400*A 1995 episode of this sitcom made "regifter" a household word.What is Seinfeld?
- 500New Englanders often call a white elephant gift game by this name.What is a Yankee swap?
Rhyme Time5 clues
- 100A cheerful sprig of red-berried greenery.What is a jolly holly?
- 200Where a North Pole helper keeps its books.What is an elf shelf?
- 300A pair of frozen little rodents.What are ice mice?
- 400A short pause in a snowstorm.What is a flake break?
- 500Cold-weather outfits for Rudolph and friends.What is deer gear?
Warm Drinks5 clues
- 100Hot apple cider is often simmered with sticks of this spice.What is cinnamon?
- 200Chai is simply the word for this drink in Hindi.What is tea?
- 300The first marshmallows were made by boiling the root of this wetland plant with honey.What is the marsh mallow?
- 400Earl Grey tea, steamed milk and vanilla make this misty-named latte.What is a London Fog?
- 500The cacao tree's scientific name, Theobroma, means this in Greek.What is "food of the gods"?
Final: Famous Reindeer. In 1939 this department store chain handed shoppers a free booklet that introduced Rudolph.
What is Montgomery Ward?
Christmas Classics board
Medium: movies, song titles, food and the old stories.
Holiday Movies5 clues
- 100Will Ferrell plays a human raised by Santa's helpers at the North Pole in this 2003 comedy.What is Elf?
- 200Tom Hanks plays six roles, the conductor among them, in this 2004 film about a train to the North Pole.What is The Polar Express?
- 300A leg-shaped lamp wins a "major award" in this 1983 film.What is A Christmas Story?
- 400Clark Griswold's over-the-top house lights star in this 1989 comedy.What is National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
- 500George Bailey lives in the town of Bedford Falls in this 1946 film.What is It's a Wonderful Life?
Song Titles5 clues
- 100Gene Autry's 1949 recording of this song about a glowing-nosed reindeer became a No. 1 hit.What is "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
- 200Bing Crosby introduced this Irving Berlin song in the 1942 film Holiday Inn.What is "White Christmas"?
- 300In German it is "Stille Nacht." In English it is this.What is "Silent Night"?
- 400*Nat King Cole's 1946 hit about chestnuts roasting has this plain official title.What is "The Christmas Song"?
- 500James Lord Pierpont copyrighted this song in 1857 under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh."What is "Jingle Bells"?
Christmas Kitchen5 clues
- 100Bakers build these with cookie walls, icing "glue" and candy on the roof.What is a gingerbread house?
- 200Masa dough steamed in corn husks, made by the dozen at Christmas in Mexico.What are tamales?
- 300This fruit-topped meringue dessert is named after a Russian ballerina.What is a pavlova?
- 400Stollen, a fruit bread dusted with powdered sugar, is a Christmas classic from this country.What is Germany?
- 500Turrón, a nougat of almonds and honey, is a Christmas sweet from this country.What is Spain?
A Christmas Carol5 clues
- 100Scrooge's late business partner, the first ghost to visit him, wrapped in chains.Who is Jacob Marley?
- 200Scrooge's underpaid clerk and Tiny Tim's father.Who is Bob Cratchit?
- 300Scrooge's famous two-word verdict on Christmas.What is "Bah! Humbug!"?
- 400Charles Dickens published A Christmas Carol in this year.What is 1843?
- 500Scrooge's cheerful nephew, who invites him to Christmas dinner every year.Who is Fred?
TV Specials5 clues
- 100Dr. Seuss's green grump whose heart grows three sizes in one day.Who is the Grinch?
- 200In this 1965 TV special, a boy picks the smallest, saddest tree on the lot.What is A Charlie Brown Christmas?
- 300In the 1964 Rudolph TV special, unwanted toys live on this island.What is the Island of Misfit Toys?
- 400In the 1969 TV special, Frosty comes to life when this, thrown away by a magician, lands on his head.What is a magic top hat?
- 500Raymond Briggs's wordless picture book about a boy and his snow friend became this 1982 short film.What is The Snowman?
Reindeer5 clues
- 100In the 1823 poem "A Visit from St. Nicholas," this reindeer is the first one named.Who is Dasher?
- 200In North America, wild reindeer are called this.What is a caribou?
- 300Unlike most deer, both male and female reindeer grow these.What are antlers?
- 400The poem first named two reindeer Dunder and Blixem, Dutch for these two stormy things.What are thunder and lightning?
- 500A 2013 study found reindeer eyes shift from gold in summer to this color in winter.What is blue?
Final: Classic Films. Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for playing Kris Kringle in this 1947 film.
What is Miracle on 34th Street?
Holiday Season board
Harder and inclusive: winter, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa, New Year and traditions worldwide.
Winter Science5 clues
- 100Pointed spikes of ice that form when dripping water freezes.What are icicles?
- 200The snowshoe hare's coat turns from brown to this color for winter.What is white?
- 300Cold air picks up moisture over the open Great Lakes and buries towns like Buffalo in this kind of snow.What is lake-effect snow?
- 400In 1885 Vermont farmer Wilson Bentley took the first known photograph of one of these.What is a snowflake?
- 500This North American frog survives winter with much of its body frozen and its heart stopped.What is the wood frog?
Festivals of Light5 clues
- 100Hanukkah is often called the Festival of these.What are Lights?
- 200Sweden honors this saint on December 13 with candlelit processions.Who is St. Lucia?
- 300The nine-branched menorah lit at Hanukkah has this Hebrew name.What is a hanukkiah?
- 400The National Menorah, first lit in 1979, now stands on the Ellipse beside this famous house.What is the White House?
- 500When the first full day of Hanukkah fell on Thanksgiving in 2013, people coined this name for it.What is Thanksgivukkah?
Kwanzaa5 clues
- 100Kwanzaa begins on December 26 and ends on this date.What is January 1?
- 200The holder for Kwanzaa's seven candles: one black, three red and three green.What is a kinara?
- 300Kwanzaa's name comes from a Swahili phrase meaning this.What is "first fruits"?
- 400Unity, the first of Kwanzaa's seven principles, is this Swahili word.What is Umoja?
- 500Kwanzaa's community feast, traditionally held on December 31.What is the Karamu?
Around the World5 clues
- 100Christmas falls in this season in Australia.What is summer?
- 200Since a 1974 ad campaign, many families in Japan order Christmas dinner from this fried chicken chain.What is KFC?
- 300Every year since 1947, Oslo has sent a Christmas tree to stand in this London square.What is Trafalgar Square?
- 400Star-shaped lanterns called these light up homes in the Philippines at Christmas.What are parols?
- 500In Iceland, these 13 mischief-makers arrive one a night in the days before Christmas.Who are the Yule Lads?
New Year's Eve5 clues
- 100Robert Burns wrote down this old Scots song that many people sing at midnight.What is "Auld Lang Syne"?
- 200Scotland's name for New Year's Eve.What is Hogmanay?
- 300Pasadena's New Year's Day parade of flower-covered floats.What is the Rose Parade?
- 400*Since 1903, members of this Coney Island club have plunged into the ocean on New Year's Day.What is the Polar Bear Club?
- 500In Scotland, being the first visitor to cross a home's threshold after midnight is called this.What is first-footing?
Winter Traditions5 clues
- 100In Mexico, these nine nights of processions run from December 16 to 24.What is Las Posadas?
- 200Rosca de reyes, a ring-shaped bread with a tiny figure baked inside, is eaten on this January 6 holiday.What is Three Kings Day?
- 300On the winter solstice, many people in Japan float this citrus fruit in a hot bath.What is yuzu?
- 400On Yalda Night, Iranian families stay up late eating watermelon and this red-seeded fruit.What is pomegranate?
- 500At Dongzhi, China's winter solstice festival, many families eat these sweet rice balls.What are tangyuan?
Final: US History. In 1870 this president signed the law that made Christmas a federal holiday.
Who is Ulysses S. Grant?
3 spare Finals
For a tiebreak, a second game, or a group that already knows a board's Final.
Spare 1: Saints. The real Saint Nicholas was a bishop in Myra, a city in this modern country.
What is Turkey?
Spare 2: Greeting Cards. In 1843 this London civil servant commissioned the first commercial Christmas card.
Who is Henry Cole?
Spare 3: Islands. Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean, named by a ship's captain on Christmas Day 1643, is a territory of this country.
What is Australia?
Keep a work Christmas Jeopardy game inclusive
A game at work should be fun for the whole room, not only the people who grew up with the same holiday.
- Start with the Office Party board: it has no religious-only clues and nothing about drinking.
- Play in teams, never solo, so nobody gets put on the spot.
- Let people sit out the buzzing and still help their team answer.
- Mix in one company category of your own, but keep it learnable for new hires.
More ideas for a mixed group are in our inclusive holiday party ideas. Want a round of survey-style guessing next? Try the Christmas Family Feud-style board, or pick from the holiday party games for work.
Run it with a host
Rather not run the game yourself? Our hosts run an hour of holiday game show rounds on your usual video call, with Zoom by default and Teams, Meet or Webex on request. Christmas Trivia Party has rounds on holiday movies, music and traditions. Festive Family Feud is a Family Feud-style show that needs no trivia knowledge. Winter Showdown! is a fast five-round quiz, and Are You Smarter Than a 5th Grader: Winter Edition! plays school subjects voted on by the whole group.
Book about 2 weeks ahead, and earlier for December, because December dates fill first. Teams split across time zones can book a hosted game as two sessions. For a hybrid party, run an in-person game at the office plus a virtual session for remote staff, or one virtual holiday party for everyone. Our in-person games run at your office in 17 US cities: see the New York City holiday party page or the full city list.
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