Christmas

Question 1

Who write the Snowman?

Answer 1

Raymond Briggs

Question 2

In what year was the snowman book released?

Answer 2

1978

Question 3

In North America, wild reindeer are referred to by what other name?

Answer 3

Caribou

Question 4

What is the name of the Grinch’s dog?

Answer 4

Max

Question 5

Which Christmas plant has the scientific name viscum album?

Answer 5

Mistletoe

Question 6

Who composed the original music for Hark the Herald Angels Sing?

Answer 6

Felix Mendelssohn

Question 7

What is the name and f the mountain where the Grinch lives?

Answer 7

Mount Crumpit

Question 8

In Die Hard what gift does John MacLean give to his wife?

Answer 8

A stuffed bear

Question 9

What brings Frosty the Snowman to life?

Answer 9

Magical hat

Question 10

Who created Rudolph?

Answer 10

Robert L May

Question 11

Which department store was Rudolph created for?

Answer 11

Montgomery Ward

Question 12

What is a Yule log called in French?

Answer 12

Bûche de Noël

Question 13

What gift did Balthasar bring?

Answer 13

Myrrh

Question 14

What is the name of the guardian angel in Its a wonderful life?

Answer 14

Clarence

Question 15

Who wrote the poem A visit from St Nicholas?

Answer 15

Clement Clarke Moore

Question 16

Which royal figure popularised Christmas trees in UK?

Answer 16

Prince Albert

Question 17

Which holiday toy caussd riots in 1983?

Answer 17

Cabbage patch kids

Question 18

In the nutcracker, who receives the nutcracker doll?

Answer 18

Clara

Question 19

Which Christmas song has the most streams/fownloads?

Answer 19

All I want for christmad

Question 20

Which song is the biggest selling of all time?

Answer 20

White christmsss

Question 21

Which physicist was born on Christmas Day?

Answer 21

Isaac Newton

Question 22

Which inventor developed the string of Christmas lights?

Answer 22

Edward H Johnson

Question 23

Which famous vessel ran aground on Christmas Day 1942 in Haiti?

Answer 23

Santa Maria

Question 24

Which country hides brooms on Christmas Day?

Answer 24

Norway

Question 25

What is the meaning of the silver bell in the polar express

Answer 25

Believe in Santa

Question 26

Which space mission sent a Christmas message in 1968?

Answer 26

Apollo 8

Question 27

In the chronicles of narnia what does Santa give to Lucy

Answer 27

A magic dagger

Question 28

What is the scientific name for reindeer?

Answer 28

Rangifer tarandus

Question 29

Where is the oldest Christmas market?

Answer 29

Dresden

Question 30

How long does it take to decorate Disneyland?

Answer 30

3 weeks

Question 31

Name the three wise men?

Answer 31

Balthazar Caspar Melchior

Question 32

What year was Christmas first celebrated onn25th December?

Answer 32

336 ad

Question 33

What year and what country was silent night performed for the first time?

Answer 33

Austria 1818

Question 34

What sport is traditionally broadcast on American tv on Christmas Day?

Answer 34

Basketball

Question 35

What song was written during the Cuban missile crisis and was a plea for peace?

Answer 35

Do you hear what I hear?

Question 36

What was the original title of the little drummer boy

Answer 36

Carol of the drum

Question 37

Who has tracked santas location since 1955?

Answer 37

Norad

Question 38

What is the name of the villain in nightmare before Christmas

Answer 38

Oogie boogie

Question 39

How many gifts given altogether in 12 days of Christmas

Answer 39

364

Question 40

Who played Santa in the video for All I want for Christmas?

Answer 40

Tommy Motola

Question 41

Which country was the first to issue stamps with a Christmas reference?

Answer 41

Canada

Question 42

Tinsel was originally made from thin strands of what?

Answer 42

Silver

Question 43

Which author wrote it was always winter but never Christmas?

Answer 43

CS lewis

Question 44

What is your star sign if you’re born on Christmas Day?

Answer 44

Capricorn

Question 45

Which two countries light candles at relatives graves on Christmas Eve?

Answer 45

Finland and Estonia

Question 46

What’s the name of the town in it’s a wonderful life?

Answer 46

Bedford falls

Question 47

How many years separate the release of the two miracle on 34th street movies?

Answer 47

47

Question 48

How many versions of A Christmas Carol are there?

Answer 48

227 according to imdb

Question 49

On average how much did each person spend on Christmas presents last year in the Uk?

Answer 49

£416 per person

Question 50

What present did Caspar bring?

Answer 50

Frankincense

Question 51

What present did Melchior bring?

Answer 51

Gold

Question 52

In the chronicles of narnia, what present did Santa give to Peter?

Answer 52

A sword and shield

Question 53

In the chronicles of narnia, what present did Santa give to Susan?

Answer 53

Bow and arrows and a horn

Question 54

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 12th day?

Answer 54

Drummers drumming

Question 55

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 11th day?

Answer 55

Pipers piping

Question 56

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 10th day?

Answer 56

Lords a leaping

Question 57

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 9th day?

Answer 57

Ladies dancing

Question 58

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 8th day?

Answer 58

Maids a milking

Question 59

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 7th day?

Answer 59

Swans a swimming

Question 60

In the twelve days of Christmas, what was given on the 6th day?

Answer 60

Geese a laying

Question 61

How tall was the tallest Christmas tree?

Answer 61

221 ft / 67 m

Question 62

In which city was the tallest Christmas tree?

Answer 62

Chicago

Question 63

In what year was the Christmas cracker invented?

Answer 63

1847

Question 64

Who invented the Christmas cracker?

Answer 64

Tom Smith

Question 65

In what year was the first Christmas stamp in the uk?

Answer 65

1966