Round 1
Where it comes from
Match a festive drink to its country or its ingredients.
- Pick answer
Christmas Drinks Quiz: Can you name them?
Five questions on festive drinks from around the world: mulled wine in Germany, coquito, salabat, ponche navideño and hot buttered rum. Some drinks contain alcohol, so check it suits your group.
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The rounds
Round 2
Ingredients and origins
Fill in the missing ingredient or decide where a drink began.
- Short answer
- True or false
All questions and answers
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Round 1: Where it comes from2 questions
Question 1 · Pick answer
Which country is known for drinking Glühwein during Christmas?
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Answer:
Germany
Fun fact: In the Alsace region of France, Glühwein is traditionally the only alcoholic drink served at the Christmas markets.
Question 2 · Pick answer
What is coquito, a Christmas drink from Puerto Rico, made with?
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Answer:
Coconut milk and rum
Fun fact: Some families start making coquito at Thanksgiving and keep going until Three Kings' Day on 6 January. It is usually served after dinner in a shot glass.
Round 2: Ingredients and origins3 questions
Question 3 · Short answer
The Philippines’ festive drink salabat is made from ______.
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Answer:
ginger
Also accepted: fresh ginger, raw ginger
Fun fact: In the Philippines, vendors outside the dawn Masses of Simbang Gabi sell salabat, often alongside rice cakes such as bibingka and puto bumbong.
Question 4 · Short answer
In Mexico, the traditional warm punch ponche navideño includes fruits like apples, guavas, and ______.
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Answer:
tejocotes
Also accepted: tejocote
Fun fact: Besides the fruit, the punch is traditionally made with sugar cane, cinnamon and piloncillo, an unrefined cane sugar, and is served hot.
Question 5 · True or false
Hot buttered rum originated in tropical regions.
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Answer:
False
Fun fact: The drink dates back to colonial days in the United States. Rum was cheap there thanks to molasses shipped from the Caribbean, and early Americans thought it nourishing.
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