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- 1. Multiple Choice
What do Greek families offer to children who sing carols?
Money usually
Only sweets and figs
Nothing
Many kisses
- 2. Multiple Choice
In which square of Thessaloniki is there a big Christmas tree decorated every year?
Aristotelous Square
Magic Square
Christmas Square
Courts Square
- 3. Multiple Choice
What did they decorate in Greece during Christmas until 1883?
Only boats or ships
Bottles
Both boats and trees
Trees
- 4. Multiple Choice
What does a Greek Christmas meal include?
Lamb
Pork
Stuffed turkey
All the above
- 5. Multiple Choice
What is the most popular sweet that is prepared for the new year?
Baklavas
Kataifi
Melomakarono
Theeples
- 6. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the dessert made with dough wool and walnuts dipped in honey and syrup?
Baklavas, kataifi, melomakarono, Theeples
Baklavas
Kataifi
melomakarono
Theeples
- 7. Multiple Choice
What is “Xristopsomo”
Sweet bread
Orange covered with chocolate
A kind of pie
- 8. Multiple Choice
How do we say Mary Christmas in Greek?
Kali Protoxhronia
Kala Christmas
Kala Christougenna
- 9. Multiple Choice
On New Year’s Day, according to the tradition of “BOUNAMADES” :
Grandparents give money to the children
Parents give gifts
The elderly of the family give money and gifts to the children
Aghios Vassilis bring presents to children
- 10. Multiple Choice
Αccording to the custom of “Podariko” the household will have luck the whole year if:
A child enters the house first on the 1st of January taking a step first with his right foot
A child enters the house first on the 1st of January taking a step first with his left foot
A pregnant woman enters the house first on the 1st of January
A pomegranade will be broken at the front door scattering the seeds, the more seeds, the better
- 11. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the big cake made on New Year's Eve?
Vasilopita
Pancake
Potatopie
- 12. Multiple Choice
What do housewives put in the dough of the previous big cake?
a coin
a candy
a big almond
- 13. Multiple Choice
After eating the New Year's meal, who do you think will be the lucky one in the family for the coming Year?
The person that finds the hidden coin inside the Vasilopita
Τhe person who ate the most pieces than anyone else
Τhe person who ate the fewest pieces than anyone else keeping himself in shape
- 14. Multiple Choice
Οn what date is Epiphany celebrated?
On the 6th of January
On the 1st of January
On the 6th of February
- 15. Multiple Choice
What divine mystery is celebrated on Epiphany day?
The baptism of the Virgin Mary
The blessing of the Waters
Jesus’s baptism
- 16. Multiple Choice
Why do young people dive into the water (lake, river, sea) on Epiphany day?
to swim
to prove that he can withstand the cold water
to get the thrown by a priest cross
- 17. Multiple Choice
What does the young man who finds the cross gain on Epiphany day?
Cold
Blessing
A lot of money
- 18. Multiple Choice
What is the name of the greek Santa Claus?
Aghios Vasilis
Aghios Petros
Aghios Christoforos
- 19. Multiple Choice
On what day does the orthodox Santa Claus celebrate?
On the 3rd of January
On the 1st of December
On the 1st of January
- 20. Multiple Choice
What design do housewifes make with dough on the surface of “Xristopsomo”?
a triangle
a square
a cross
a rectangle
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