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QUIZ 205 - 20.12.06 THE CHRISTMAS SPECIAL
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CHRISTMAS 1
1.
Which novel features a Christmas party at Dingley Dell?
THE PICKWICK PAPERS (CHARLES DICKENS)
2.
In Pantomime, what is the name of Prince Charming's friend?
DANDINI
3.
Who was Driving Home For Christmas?
CHRIS REA
4.
What did the Grinch use to pull his sleigh?
HIS DOG MAX
5.
Which famous 88 year-old died on Xmas day 1987?
CHARLIE CHAPLIN
6.
Where does snow have to fall for there to be an official declaration of a white
Christmas?
THE METROLOGICAL OFFICE ROOF IN LONDON
7.
What did Elvis Presley receive in his Christmas mail in December 1957?
HIS (DRAFT) CALL-UP PAPERS
8.
Westlife, a sheep and a dog are currently starring in which high-street store's
£25 million Christmas advertising campaign?
WOOLWORTHS
9.
Which boy's name means 'born on Christmas Day'?
NOEL
10.
What is the name of the cake (a traditional Christmas bread from Milan) eaten
in Italy at Christmas?
PANETTONE
CHRISTMAS 2
1.
What festive item is known as an albero di Natale in Italy?
A CHRISTMAS TREE
2.
Which TV chef's recipe for gammon and cola as an alternative Christmas dinner
caused a surge on gammon sales at supermarkets?
NIGELLA LAWSON
3.
What now traditional festive job was first taken by James Edgar in 1890?
DEPARTMENT STORE SANTA CLAUS
4.
With which Bobby Day song did Michael Jackson top the charts in 1972?
ROCKIN' ROBIN
5.
How many gold rings in total did my true love give to me?
40
6.
Who composed The Christmas Oratorio?
BACH
7.
Who has released the perfume Sush, just in time for Xmas?
JADE GOODY
8.
What is the most common item found in a Christmas Cracker?
A PAPER HAT
9.
In Scrabble, what is the face value number of points of the word CHRISTMAS?
16
10.
Who celebrated Christmas in St Martin at Cape Receiver in 1832, in Port Desire,
Patagonia in 1833, at Tres Montes, Chile in 1834 and Pahia, New Zealand in 1835?
CHARLES DARWIN
CHRISTMAS 3
1.
What was the name of the angel who came to tell Mary about her baby Jesus?
GABRIEL
2.
Christmas Day births fall under which sign of the Zodiac?
CAPRICORN
3.
In Tchaikovsky's ballet The Nutcracker, who is the nutcracker's main enemy?
THE KING OF THE MICE
4.
Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power,
when we were gone astray'?
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
5.
Which collection of stories has produced at least three pantomimes?
THE ARABIAN NIGHTS
6.
Who joined The Pogues on Fairytale Of New York?
KIRSTY McCOLL
7.
Who charted in 2003 with Christmas Time (Don't let the Bell's End)?
THE DARKNESS
8.
Which author penned The Father Christmas Letters?
J.R.R. TOLKIEN
9.
What is the last day of Christmas called?
EPIPHANY
10.
What percentage of Americans celebrate Xmas - +/- 10%?
96% (86 - 100)
CHRISTMAS 4
1.
Which comedy outfit made a Daft Noise for Xmas in 1975?
THE GOODIES
2.
In which classic 1983 comedy did Dan Akroyd played a drunken, fake Santa, hiding
a piece of meat under his dirty beard?
TRADING PLACES
3.
In Raymond Briggs' story The Snowman, what is the name of the little boy whom
the Snowman takes to Santa Claus's party?
JAMES
4.
On Christmas Day 1912, Italy landed troops in which country?
ALBANIA
5.
In what year did the Queen make her first Christmas broadcast?
1952 (1957 1st TV broadcast)
6.
Who voiced Santa Claus in the 2004 animated film The Polar Express?
TOM HANKS
7.
In the pantomime, Jack and the Beanstalk, Jack receives beans in exchange for
what?
A COW (maybe he was a vegetarian)
8.
Will Young is providing the voiceover for which company's Christmas TV ads?
ARGOS
9.
What does the Nutcracker become after killing the Mouse King?
A (HANDSOME) PRINCE
10.
Who banned Christmas in 1647?
OLIVER CROMWELL
CHRISTMAS 5
1.
Who was born on Christmas Day 1642, and is buried in Westminster Abbey?
SIR ISAAC NEWTON
2.
What was Mr. Scrooge's first name?
EBENEZER
3.
Montgomery Ward department store changed Christmas forever by giving away 2.4
million copies of what book?
RUDOLPH THE RED NOSED REINDEER
4.
Which Pacific Island did Capt. James Cook discover on Christmas Eve, 1777?
CHRISTMAS ISLAND
5.
Which space craft went missing on Christmas Day 2003?
BEAGLE 2
6.
In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, what kind of animal do the Griswolds
find living in the Christmas tree?
A SQUIRREL
7.
Which Christmas pantomime were the cast members asked to perform for the very
first Big Brother panto in 2005?
CINDERELLA
8.
Which Christmas carol do you associate with Ilex Aquifolium and Hedera Helix?
THE HOLLY & THE IVY
9.
Which song by Jona Louie contains the line 'I wish I was at home, for Christmas'?
STOP THE CALVARY
10.
What was Frosty The Snowman's nose made of?
A BUTTON
CHRISTMAS 6
1.
How is the seasonal plant Helleborus Niger more commonly known?
THE CHRISTMAS ROSE
2.
What was the name of the Roman festival replaced by Christmas?
SATURNALIA
3.
Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
WILLIAM THE CONQUEROR
4.
The world's largest Christmas cracker was made (and pulled) in 1991, in which
country - The United States, Australia or England?
AUSTRALIA
(The cracker, 150 feet long and 10 feet in diameter, was made by Ray Price)
5.
On which date do the Russians celebrate Christmas?
JAN 4/5
6.
What is the first line of the poem A Visit From Saint Nicholas by Professor
Clement C Moore?
'TWAS THE NIGHT BEFORE CHRISTMAS, WHEN ALL THROUGH THE
HOUSE
7.
Which novel begins "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?
LITTLE WOMEN
8.
Which New York store that also sponsors the Thanksgiving Day Parade is famous
for its elaborately decorated Christmas windows?
MACY'S
9.
Poinsettia, a traditional Christmas flower, originally grew in which country?
MEXICO
10.
Who found Father Christmas near the town of Prjmnestwe?
BARBAR THE ELEPHANT
CHRISTMAS 7
1.
Who is playing the part of Captain Hook in Peter Pan in Wimbledon this year?
HENRY WINKLER (THE FONZ)
2.
What is the title of the 2006 remake of a 1974 film in which a young boy kills
his mother who has killed his father and then breaks out of an asylum and kills
a load of teenage girls?
BLACK CHRISTMAS
3.
Whose Theme Time Radio Hour is coming to the BBC for Christmas?
BOB DYLAN
4.
What were Frosty-the-Snowman's last words?
I'LL BE BACK AGAIN SOMEDAY
5.
What Carol contains the line Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation?
O COME ALL YE FAITHFUL
6.
Their 1st TV outing was on BBC2, then they moved to Ch 4 and this year, presented
by Professor Marcus du Sautoy they are on Ch 5, what are they?
THE ROYAL INSTITUTION CHRISTMAS LECTURES
7.
In the Ukraine, what does it mean if you find a spider web in the house on Christmas
morning?
GOOD LUCK
8.
In which Country did the Christmas tree tradition originate?
GERMANY
9.
In which Century was 25th December set as Christmas Day?
4th (320 AD)
10.
How many geese a-laying did my true love give to me?
6
CHRISTMAS 8
1.
St. Nicholas was born in what Country?
TURKEY
2.
What is a tomte - A Ukrainian Xmas cake, A reindeer in Greenland or A Swedish
Christmas gnome?
A SWEDISH CHRISTMAS GNOME
3.
Sir Henry Cole invented what Christmas item in 1843?
CHRISTMAS CARDS
4.
Why does Rudolph get to lead Santa's sleigh?
HIS NOSE IS SO BRIGHT
5.
Which pantomime is also a song on Jethro Tull's album Aqualung?
MOTHER GOOSE
6.
In A Charlie Brown Christmas, who builds a gray snowman?
PIGPEN
7.
In Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what song does the caroler sing outside Scrooge's
office?
GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN
8.
In A Charlie Brown Christmas which musical instrument does Snoopy play?
GUITAR
9.
Buon Natale means Merry Christmas in which language?
ITALIAN
10.
In the song The Twelve Days Of Christmas, what did my true love give to me on
the 12th day?
12 DRUMMERS DRUMMING
Tie break - Name Santa's Reindeer
BLITZEN - COMET - CUPID - DANCER - DASHER - DONNER - PRANCER - VIXEN & RUDOLPH
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