As we celebrate the holiday season, DailyNews is pleased to remind readers of the varied forms winter solstice celebrations can take.

Today’s quiz offers a $25 UwinCARD credit, courtesy of Food Services, and draws on a number of traditions. To enter the contest, just send your answers to the following trivia questions. The winner will be selected at random from all correct responses received by noon Tuesday, December 18.

1. Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, is traditionally celebrated with what fried food?
   a) dreidels
   b) latkes
   c) matzos
   d) menorahs
    
2. Which pagan winter festival has given its name to a log-shaped cake?
   a) Samhain
   b) Saturnalia
   c) Mōdraniht
   d) Yule
    
3. In 1996, the European Union named Nurnberg as the protected designation of origin of which German holiday specialty?
   a) Apfelstrudel
   b) Christstollen
   c) Lebkuchen
   d) Pfeffernüsse
    
4. Who rules the Land of Sweets until the return of the prince in Tchaikovsky’s Nutcracker ballet?
   a) the Candy Cane King
   b) the Chocolate Frog
   c) the Marzipan Monarch
   d) the Sugar Plum Fairy
    
5. In the Americanized movie version of A Christmas Carol, Scrooge buys a turkey for the Cratchit family. What does he buy in Charles Dickens’ original text?
   a) a duck
   b) a goose
   c) a ham
   d) a turkey
    
6. Soup made of peanuts or yams is associated with which celebration of African culture?
   a) Kwanzaa
   b) Pancha Ganapati
   c) Soyal
   d) Yalda
    
7. In Japan, the new year—Ōmisoka—is celebrated by eating toshikoshi, a form of which starchy staple?
   a) cornmeal mush
   b) noodles
   c) rice cake
   d) steamed bread
    
8. Gifts of shortbread, fruitcake and whisky are associated with Hogmanay, end-of-year celebrations in which British country?
   a) Cornwall
   b) Ireland
   c) Scotland
   d) Wales
    
9. Which of these cakes is traditionally served on the feast of the Epiphany?
   a) fruitcake
   b) panettone
   c) plum pudding
   d) Three Kings Cake
    
10. In a Shmenge Christmas, brothers Yosh and Stan marvel at the size of which Leutonian main dish?
    a) a broiled carp
    b) a cabbage roll
    c) a mince pie
    d) a perogy

Contest is open to all readers of the DailyNews. Send an e-mail with your responses to uofwnews@uwindsor.ca. One entry per contestant, please. Note: the decision of the judge in determining the most correct response is inviolable.