Nicholas, he wears a mask and dresses in all furs and is said to visit alone and quiz children before deciding to either reward them with a gift or to punish them with a wooden rod. Bell's nickel may have originated around the Middle Ages and is now well known across Pennsylvania, thanks to the German immigrants who moved to that area known as the Quiz, Quiz, quiz. PeNnsylVaniA Dutch immigrants Stranger Truths I'm Bob Dennis