Christmas Trivia Fun!

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1. Elves2. Reindeer3. Candy Canes4. Angels

Elves

Reindeer

Candy Canes

Angels

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10%

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In the United Kingdom, the day after Christmas is known

as: 1. Christmas Eve2. Running Day3. Boxing Day4. Day of Rest

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13%Boxing Day began in England, originally as a way

for the upper class to give gifts of cash, or other goods, to those of the lower classes.

Fastest Responders (in seconds)

1.84 Participant 31.84 Participant 41.84 Participant 81.84 Participant 91.84 Participant 191.84 Participant 22

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Christmas TV Specials

In A Charlie Brown Christmas, who teaches Charlie Brown about the true meaning of Christmas?

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1. Snoopy

2. Lucy

3. Linus

4. Schroeder

Which TV special features the Island of Misfit Toys?

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1. Santa Claus is Coming To Town

2. Frosty the Snowman3. The Year Without a Santa

Claus4. Rudolph the Red-Nosed

Reindeer

What character does Mickey play in Mickey's Christmas Carol?

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1. Bob Cratchit2. Ebeneezer Scrooge3. Charles Dickens4. The Ghost of

Christmas Past

In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, Little Cindy-Lou Who catches the Grinch trying to steal the tree. What excuse does

the Grinch make for stealing the tree?

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25% 25%25%25%1. He wants to make it nicer.2. He runs away and doesn't

give Cindy-Lou an excuse.3. It's old and the Grinch

wants to get her a new one.

4. The lights are broken.

Team Scores

40 Elves40 Reindeer40 Angels

Fastest Responders (in seconds)

9.58 Participant 1013.8 Participant 614.16 Participant 1B2F

Christmas Traditions

In this country, Christmas is celebrated with a twelve-course meal and an extra, empty seat at the table in

case of an unexpected guest.

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27%27%1. France2. Poland3. Russia4. Sweden

In this country, Christmas celebrations start on Dec. 13th, and a young girl wearing white and a

crown wakes up sleeping families at dawn.

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1. Norway

2. Sweden

3. Switzerland

4. Netherlands

In this country, a woman named Lady Befana gives presents to children on Epiphany, twelve days after Christmas, and is said

to come down the chimney just like Santa.

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33%1. France2. Morocco3. Greece4. Italy

1. United States2. Canada3. Iceland4. Ireland

In this country, people hide an ornament pickle in their Christmas tree and play a game to see who can find it.

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Though often believed to be of German origin, this custom

is currently popular in the United States.

Team Scores33.56 Reindeer31.38 Candy Canes28.2 Elves23.67 Angels

Fastest Responders (in seconds)1.92 Participant 41.92 Participant 51.92 Participant 91.92 Participant 151.92 Participant 25

History of Christmas

Christmas was first celebrated around what year?

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23%1. 2000 BC2. 0 BC3. 30 AD4. 300 AD5. 1600 AD

The Roman Catholic church first made Christmas a holiday in

around the year 300 AD. It had been celebrated as a pagan

holiday before that, as the birth of the sun god.

The Christmas tree made it's way to America after what famous person appeared with a tree

in a newspaper article?

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In 1846, Queen Victoria and her family appeared in the London

News around a Christmas Tree. The picture was reproduced and the previously German tradition

quickly spread to America.

1. Abraham Lincoln2. George Washington3. Queen Victoria4. Betsy Ross

In what year did Christmas become a national holiday in America?

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Ulysses S. Grant officially proclaimed Christmas a national holiday in 1870, closing schools and public buildings on that day.

1. 17762. 18003. 18504. 1870

Our current image of Santa Claus stems from a poem written by whom?

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Clement Moore is believed to have written the famous poem

"Twas the Night Before Christmas", published in 1823,

describing the "right jolly old elf."

1. Clement Moore2. Charles Dickens3. A. A. Milne4. Walt Disney

Team Scores42.63 Candy Canes42.44 Reindeer40.2 Elves23.67 Angels

Fastest Responders (in seconds)1.94 Participant 11.94 Participant 51.94 Participant 171.94 Participant 201.94 Participant 211.94 Participant 271.94 Participant 281.94 Participant 29

QUICKFIRE!Christmas Movies

In this round, the longer it takes you to answer, the less points you receive!

In the Movie A Christmas Story, Ralphie wants what toy for Christmas?

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33%1. A truck2. A baseball3. A rabbit pajama suit4. A B-B gun

In the movie, A Muppet's Christmas Carol, Michael Caine plays Scrooge. Who played

Charles Dickens?

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30%1. Gonzo2. Fozzie Bear3. Kermit the Frog4. Rizzo the Rat

What movie starred Will Ferrell looking for his biological family?

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27%1. The Santa Clause2. Elf3. The Polar Express4. Surviving Christmas

What Christmas classic coined the phrase "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings?"

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1. Miracle on 34th St.2. It's a Wonderful Life3. A Christmas Carol4. White Christmas

Team Scores

52.2 Elves51.38 Candy Canes49.11 Reindeer37 Angels

Fastest Responders (in seconds)

1.86 Participant 111.86 Participant 151.86 Participant 161.86 Participant 19

QUICKFIRE!

Christmas Songs

In this round, the longer it takes you to answer, the less points you receive!

1. Silver Bells2. Sleigh Ride3. Over the River4. Jingle Bells

The horse was lean and lank, misfortune seemed his lot, we ran into a drifted bank and then we got upsot...

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1. It's Beginning to Look a lot like Christmas

2. Winter Wonderland3. Sleigh Ride4. Let it Snow

Giddy yap, giddy yap, giddy yap let's go, let's look at the show, we're riding

in a wonderland of snow...

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1. Silver Bells2. It's Beginning to

Look a lot like Christmas

3. Holly Jolly Christmas4. The Christmas Song

City sidewalks, busy sidewalks, dressed in holiday style, in the air

there's a feeling of Christmas...

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1. Rockin' around the Christmas Tree

2. Santa Claus is coming to Town

3. Holly Jolly Christmas4. Up on the HouseTop

The kids in girl and boy-land, will have a jubilee, they're gonna build a toyland town

all around the Christmas tree...

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Team Scores

57.55 Elves55.93 Candy Canes51.47 Reindeer40.54 Angels

Fastest Responders (in seconds)

1.92 Participant 21.92 Participant 121.92 Participant 131.92 Participant 171.92 Participant 221.92 Participant 271.92 Participant 28

Merry Christmas

Final Round!

Team MVPPoints Team Participant85.69 Elves 27 80.06 Candy Canes 17 66.63 Reindeer 9 64.98 Angels 15

Top Participant Scores so far

85.69 Participant 27 60 Participant 185.08 Participant 2 60 Participant 1680.06 Participant 17 60 Participant 1880 Participant 30 60 Participant 2566.63 Participant 9 56.63 Participant 465.08 Participant 12 54.98 Participant 2365.08 Participant 13 50.61 Participant 2164.98 Participant 15 50 Participant 2461 Participant 8 45.63 Participant 561 Participant 19 45.63 Participant 14

What percentage of your current points would you like to wager on the next

question?

Category: Classic Christmas

1. 0%2. 25%3. 50%4. 75%5. 100%

Finish this famous line:"Yes, Virginia..."

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37%1. I do believe in Santa

Claus.2. Santa is in your heart.3. Only you can save

Santa Claus.4. Santa is with you

always.5. There is a Santa

Claus.

"Yes, Virginia, There is a Santa Claus." -1897

• Eight-year-old Virginia O'Hanlon wrote a letter to the editor of New York's Sun, and the quick response was printed as an unsigned editorial Sept. 21, 1897. The work of veteran newsman Francis Pharcellus Church has since become history's most reprinted newspaper editorial, appearing in part or whole in dozens of languages in books, movies, and other editorials, and on posters and stamps. (http://www.newseum.org/yesvirginia/)

• "DEAR EDITOR: I am 8 years old. "Some of my little friends say there is no Santa Claus. "Papa says, 'If you see it in THE SUN it's so.' "Please tell me the truth; is there a Santa Claus?

...Yes, VIRGINIA, there is a Santa Claus. He exists as certainly as love and generosity and devotion exist, and you know that they abound and give to your life its highest beauty and joy. Alas! how dreary would be the world if there were no Santa Claus. It would be as dreary as if there were no VIRGINIAS. There would be no childlike faith then, no poetry, no romance to make tolerable this existence. We should have no enjoyment, except in sense and sight. The eternal light with which childhood fills the world would be extinguished...

Participant Scores81.24 Participant 28 40 Participant 2665.08 Participant 12 37.96 Participant 2165.08 Participant 13 36.08 Participant 2264.27 Participant 27 33.32 Participant 960 Participant 1 30.46 Participant 2960 Participant 25 30 Participant 1845.75 Participant 8 27.49 Participant 2345.75 Participant 19 22.82 Participant 1445.63 Participant 20 20.02 Participant 1742.47 Participant 4 20 Participant 10

Merry Christmas!