Slide 1

The Christmas Quiz

Which of these is not one of Santa's reindeer?

A)

Dasher

B)

Prancer

C)

Klaxon

D)

Blitzen

Question 1 (35)

Which of this is not one of Santa's reindeer?

C)

Klaxon

What should people who meet under mistletoe do, according to the Christmas tradition?

A)

Shake hands

B)

Kiss

C)

Say 'Merry Christmas'

D)

Bow

Question 2 (35)

What should people who meet under mistletoe do, according to the Christmas tradition?

B)

Kiss

Question 2 (35)

What is it deemed lucky to find inside your Christmas pudding?

A)

Sixpence

B)

Fruit

C)

A cherry

D)

A stone

Question 3 (35)

What is it deemed lucky to find inside your Christmas pudding?

A)

Sixpence

Question 3 (35)

What is the name of the main character in 'A Christmas Carol'?

A)

Scrooge McDuck

B)

Ebeneezer Scrooge

C)

Nicholas Nickleby

D)

Charles Dickens

Question 4 (35)

What is the name of the main character in 'A Christmas Carol'?

B)

Ebenezer Scrooge

Question 4 (35)

Name the Christmas Movie:

A)

A Nightmare beforeChristmas

B)

Santa Claus the movie

C)

The Santa Clause

D)

Polar Express

Question 5 (35)

Name the Christmas Movie:

C)

The Santa Clause

Question 5 (35)

Who wrote 'A Christmas Carol'?

A)

C.S. Lewis

B)

Charles Dickens

C)

Mark Twain

D)

Lewis Carroll

Question 6 (35)

Who wrote 'A Christmas Carol'?

B)

Charles Dickens

Question 6 (35)

Name the Christmas Movie:

A)

The Santa Clause

B)

Nightmare beforeChristmas

C)

Home Alone

D)

The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Question 7 (35)

Name the Christmas Movie:

B)

Nightmare beforeChristmas

Question 7 (35)

Name this Christmas tune:

A)

White Christmas

B)

Rudolph the red-nosedreindeer

C)

Little Donkey

D)

O little town of Bethlehem

Question 8 (35)

Name this Christmas tune:

B)

Rudolph the red-nosedreindeer

Question 8 (35)

What was offered on the 10th day of Christmas?

A)

10 Gold Rings

B)

10 Ladies Dancing

C)

10 Lords-a-leaping

D)

10 Drummers Drumming?

Question 9 (35)

What was offered on the 10th day of Christmas?

C)

10 Lords-a-leaping

Question 9 (35)

Who sang this Christmas 'classic'?

A)

Take That

B)

Boney M

C)

Slade

D)

Cliff Richard

Question 10 (35)

Who sang this Christmas 'classic'?

D)

Cliff Richard

Question 10 (35)

Which of these was the Christmas Number 1 in 2005?

A)

The Darkness

B)

Cliff Richard

C)

Will Young

D)

Shayne Ward

Question 11 (35)

Which of these was the Christmas Number 1 in 2005?

D)

Shayne Ward

Question 11 (35)

This tune featured on which Christmas movie?

A)

The Nightmare beforeChristmas

B)

Father Christmas

C)

The Santa Clause

D)

The Snowman

Question 12 (35)

This tune featured on which Christmas movie?

D)

The Snowman

Question 12 (35)

Who was the star voiceover artist of thisChristmas movie?

A)

Tom Selleck

B)

Tom Cruise

C)

Tom Hanks

D)

Sean Connery

Question 13 (35)

Who was the star voiceover artist of thisChristmas movie?

C)

Tom Hanks

Question 13 (35)

Name this movie featuring a young Macaulay Culkin

A)

Home Alone

B)

Ghostbusters

C)

The Nightmare beforeChristmas

D)

A Christmas Carol

Question 14 (35)

Name this movie featuring a young MacaulayCulkin

A)

Home Alone

Question 14 (35)

What is the name of this creepy Christmascharacter?

A)

The Green Guzzler

B)

The Elf

C)

The Grump

D)

The Grinch

Question 15 (35)

What is the name of this creepy Christmascharacter?

D)

The Grinch

Question 15 (35)

Which of these Pop Stars has her birthday on Christmas Day?

A)

Britney Spears

B)

Dido

C)

Beyonc

D)

Lily Allen

Question 16 (35)

Which of these Pop Stars has her birthday on Christmas Day?

B)

Dido

Question 16 (35)

What saint's day is celebrated on Boxing Day?

A)

St Stephen

B)

St Francis

C)

St Joseph

D)

St Nicholas

Question 17 (35)

What saint's day is celebrated on Boxing Day?

A)

St Stephen

Question 17 (35)

From what country is Saint Nicholas thoughtto have come?

A)

Israel

B)

Turkey

C)

Russia

D)

America

Question 18 (35)

From what country is Saint Nicholas thoughtto have come?

B)

Turkey

Question 18 (35)

What is the French phrase for 'Merry Christmas'?

A)

Bien Xmas

B)

Joyeux Nol

C)

Bonne Anne

D)

Bonne Pques

Question 19 (35)

What is the French phrase for 'Merry Christmas'?

B)

Joyeux Nol

Question 19 (35)

What is the name of the land where it is 'always winter, but never Christmas'?

A)

Spare Oom

B)

War Drobe

C)

Narnia

D)

Etruria

Question 20 (35)

What is the name of the land where it is 'always winter, but never Christmas'?

C)

Narnia

Question 20 (35)

What is the title of this Slade Christmas classic?

A)

Merry Xmas Everybody

B)

I wish it could be Christmaseveryday

C)

Here it is Merry Christmas

D)

Christmastime

Question 21 (35)

What is the title of this Slade Christmas classic?

A)

Merry Xmas Everybody

Question 21 (35)

What was the name of the hit song in the movie 'Love Actually'?

A)

Christmas Actually

B)

Christmas is all around

C)

Christmas is here

D)

Merry Christmas

Question 22 (35)

What was the name of the hit song in the movie 'Love Actually'?

B)

Christmas is all around

Question 22 (35)

Christmas was banned in the 17th Century by Oliver Cromwell

A)

True

B)

False

Question 23 (35)

Christmas was banned in the 17th Century by Oliver Cromwell

A)

True

Question 23 (35)

At what time is the televised Queen's Speech on Christmas Day?

A)

9.00am

B)

12.00 noon

C)

3.00pm

D)

6.00pm

Question 24 (35)

At what time is the televised Queen's Speech on Christmas Day?

C)

3.00pm

Question 24 (35)

Who was the first person in Britain to have a Christmas Tree?

A)

William the Conquerer

B)

Prince Albert

C)

Queen Elizabeth II

D)

King Alfred

Question 25 (35)

Who was the first person in Britain to have a Christmas Tree?

B)

Prince Albert

Question 25 (35)

A Christmas tree is displayed every year in Trafalgar Square. Which country offers it toBritain as a gift?

A)

America

B)

Norway

C)

Germany

D)

France

Question 26 (35)

A Christmas tree is displayed every year in Trafalgar Square. Which country offers it toBritain as a gift?

B)

Norway

Question 26 (35)

Which artist has had the most Christmasnumber ones?

A)

Elvis Presley

B)

Spice Girls

C)

Cliff Richard

D)

Beatles

Question 27 (35)

Which artist has had the most Christmasnumber ones?

D)

Beatles

Question 27 (35)

When was the first Christmas Card ever made?

A)

Medieval Times

B)

Tudor Times

C)

Victorian Times

D)

Twentieth Century

Question 28 (35)

When was the first Christmas Card ever made?

C)

Victorian Times

Question 28 (35)

During World War I, some soldiers stoppedfighting on Christmas Day, and played footballagainst the enemy.

A)

True

B)

False

Question 29 (35)

During World War I, some soldiers stoppedfighting on Christmas Day, and played footballagainst the enemy.

A)

True

Question 29 (35)

"In the meadow we can build a snowmanAnd pretend that he's a...

A)

policeman

B)

circus clown

C)

target

D)

melting down

Question 30 (35)

"In the meadow we can build a snowmanAnd pretend that he's a...

B)

circus clown

Question 30 (35)

All I want for Christmas is...

A)

My two front teeth

B)

You

C)

a PS2

D)

Mariah Carey

Question 31 (35)

All I want for Christmas is...

B)

You

Question 31 (35)

What year was this song first released?

A)

1974

B)

1984

C)

1994

D)

2004

Question 32 (35)

What year was this song first released?

B)

1984

Question 32 (35)

How many White Christmases have there beenin London since 1900?

A)

2

B)

5

C)

10

D)

20

Question 33 (35)

How many White Christmases have there beenin London since 1900?

C)

10

Question 33 (35)

What year was Bob the builder theChristmas No. 1?

A)

1999

B)

2000

C)

2001

D)

2002

Question 34 (35)

What year was Bob the builder theChristmas No. 1?

B)

2000

Question 34 (35)

What is the best-selling Christmas single ever?

A)

I wish it could be ChristmasEveryday

B)

Bob the Builder

C)

Merry Xmas Everybody

D)

White Christmas

Question 35 (35)

What is the best-selling Christmas single ever?

D)

White Christmas

Question 35 (35)