1. Frosty the snowman has "two eyes made of coal". What kind of nose does he have?
2. Which record by Slade has re-entered the charts virtually every year since its release in 1973?
3. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?
4. The Hallelujah Chorus comes from which work, often performed at Christmas?
5. In 'The Christmas Song' (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire...), what are the "folks dressed up like"?
6. Where does snow have to fall for there to be an official declaration of a white Christmas?
7. What was given on the seventh day of Christmas?
8. So legend has it, whilst poking at a fire, the London-based sweet shop owner Tom Smith got the inspiration to make what Christmas dinner accessory?
9. What song was the Christmas number one in the UK in both 1975 and 1991?
10. Bing Crosby told us that he would be where for Christmas?
11. Which sticky sweet Christmas treat was first used to keep noisy German children quiet during the church service ?
12. Born on Christmas Day 1918, which ex President of Egypt?
13. Sandra and carol, played by Nerys Hughes and Elizabeth Estensen, were the main characters in which TV series?
14. Which year did Bing Crosby have a hit with white Christmas?
15. Who did the Carpenters wish a Merry Christmas to in 1970?
16. Who said "My left leg is Christmas, my right leg is Easter, why dont you come up and visit me between the holidays" ?
17. How did the tradition of kissing under the mistletoe develop?
18. An estimated 100,000 mourners, many of them hysterical, lined the streets of New York for which silent film star's funeral in 1926?
19. In which celebrated film does James Stewart attempt suicide one Christmas?
20. Which city is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth?
ANSWERS
1. "A button nose"
2. Merry Christmas Everybody
3. George the Fifth (in 1932)
4. The Messiah
5. Eskimos.
6. The roof of the Meteorological Office in London
7. 7 swans a singing.
8. Christmas crackers.
9. Bohemian Rhapsody (by Queen)
10. Home ("I'll be home for Christmas")
11. Candy cane. (In the Colonge cathedral) Just one colour then, stripes were introduced later in the US
12. Anwar Sadat
13. Liver Birds
14. 1977
15. Darling ("Merry Christmas Darling")
16. Mae West
17. It was associated with the Scandinavian love goddess
18. Rudolph Valentino
19. Its a wonderful life
20. Bethlehem
Where these questions come from
- Pauls Quiz 296
- Music Quiz 12
- Pot Luck Quiz 20
- Classical Music Quiz 1
- Christmas Quiz 7
- Snow, Ice and Frost Quiz 1
- Mammoth General Knowledge Quiz 1
- Music Quiz 1
- Christmas Quiz 6
- Pauls Christmas Quiz 4
- Christmas Quiz 1
- Birds Quiz 1
- Music from Beyond the Grave Quiz 1
- Pauls Film Quiz 2
- Christmas Quiz 2
- Pauls Silent Film Quiz 1
- Christmas Quiz 4
- Christmas Quiz
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