Dec. 17, 2025
Christmas Traditions
Christmas traditions, classic holiday movies, and festive music around the world.
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Calarogu Shark Media. Hi, I'm Mark Ellison with today's five
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daily trivia questions. Today we are celebrating Christmas traditions, classic
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holiday movies, and festive music around the world. Question one
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held every December twenty third in the city of Wahaka,
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The Night of the Radishes features giant root vegetables carved
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into nativity scenes and holiday tableau. This whimsical festival takes
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place in which country. Question two, in the nineteen forty
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six Frank Capra classic that has become a Holiday staple?
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Which film follows George Bailey as an angel shows him
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how the world would look if he'd never been born.
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Question three first performed on Christmas Eve in eighteen eighteen
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and accompanied by guitar at Saint Nicholas Church, in which
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Austrian town did the carol Silent Night. Still enocht debut.
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Question four thanks to a wildly successful nineteen seventies advertising campaign,
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in which country has eating Kentucky fried Chicken become a
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beloved Christmas tradition with families pre ordering festive buckets weeks
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in advance. Question five, According to Guinness World Records, what
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Irving Berlin penned song, popularized by Bing Crosby in the
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nineteen forty two film Holiday Inn is the best selling
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single of all time. Welcome Back. Question one, Which country
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hosts the Night of the Radishes festival? Answer Mexico. Wajaca City,
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Mexico has celebrated the Night of the Radishes noch de
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los Robinos officially since eighteen ninety seven. Artisans carve oversized
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radishes into intricate Christmas scenes, drawing crowds just before Christmas Eve.
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Question two, which nineteen forty six film features George Bailey
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and an angel's guidance. Answer It's a Wonderful Life, starring
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James Stewart as George Bailey. The film's message about community
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and personal impact has made it a perennial Christmas favorite.
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The Guardian Angel Clarence helps George rediscover the value of
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his life. Question three, in which Austrian town was Silent Night,
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first performed in eighteen eighteen Answer Oberndorf Bay, Salzburg, Austria.
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Silent Knight was written by Joseph Moore with music by
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Franz Zavr Gruber and premiered in Oberndorf, near Salzburg. Its
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gentle melody and message have helped it spread to hundreds
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of languages worldwide. Question four, where is KFC a popular
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Christmas meal tradition? Answer Japan. KFC's Kurisumasu Niwa Kentucky Kentucky
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for Christmas promotion launched in nineteen seventy four and became
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a seasonal phenomenon. Today, Christmas buckets and long lines are
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a hallmark of the holiday in Japan. Question five What
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is the best selling single of all time by Bing Crosby?
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Answer White Christmas. Bing Crosby's recording of White Christmas is
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estimated to have sold over fifty million copies. Its nostalgic
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imagery and annual radio play helped cement it as a
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definitive holiday standard. That concludes today's five daily trivia questions.
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I'm Mark Ellison, and today's questions were crafted with the
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help of AI technology. See you tomorrow.
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