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Question 27 - the typo in the answer's supporting detail was
corrected to show 1823, not 1923, being the year that the poem 'Twas the night
Before Christmas was first published - thanks D Froats - 15 Dec 2008. Question
22 was changed (In which body of water is Christmas Island?) because there is
more than one island of this name - thanks W Armstrong - 19 Dec 2008.
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Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas
message to the nation? George the Fifth (in 1932)
Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's
Christmas song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston
because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas? I saw Mommy kissing Santa
Claus
Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
Oliver Cromwell
On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the traditional
Western calendar? 6th January
Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas
Carol? Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, and Jacob
Marley (one point for each correctly named ghost, and a bonus point for all
four)
What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail?
Advocaat (or advokatt, pronounced 'advocar' - normally a blend of
brandy, egg yolks, vanilla and sometimes other ingredients - award yourself a
bonus point if you dare order one next time you go to the bar.)
What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by
Austrian priest Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht? Silent Night
The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend
to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date? 24th December
Which US state in 1907 was the last to declare Christmas a
legal holiday? Oklahoma
Presepe in Italy refers to what Christmas tradition?
Nativity scene (literally meaning crib)
Christmas Crackers is cockney rhyming slang for which part
of the male anatomy? Testicles (see
knacker
origins - related to the very old word for a horse slaughterer.)
What is the popular name for little baked sausages wrapped
in rashers of streaky bacon? Pigs in blankets
Which of the Wise Men was said to have brought the gift of
gold for the baby Jesus? Melchior
The 1954 movie White Christmas was the first to be made
using what new Paramount film format? VistaVision
Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night
in 1776 in the American Revolutionary War? Delaware
What changed in 1752 which caused Britain to have a White
Christmas less frequently thereafter? The calendar (the adoption of the
Gregorian calendar, replacing the Julian calendar, shifted Christmas day back
12 days - and all the other days too of course - 11 days were skipped in 1752
and a further day in 1800.)
Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what sort of food is
stollen? Cake
According to the UK National Meteorological Office what
year (prior to 2007) was the last White Christmas in Britain? 2004
The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in
London? Christmas Fair on a frozen River Thames (known as a Frost
Fair)
How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve
Days of Christmas? 364
The words "Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of
life, of gathering gloom..." come from which Christmas carol? We Three Kings
of Orient Are (composed by Rev John Henry Hopkins, 1857)
Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean is a territory of
which country? Australia
Which diarist noted on 25th December 1662, "(Christmas
Day). Had a pleasant walk to White Hall, where I intended to have received the
communion with the family, but I have come too late..." Samuel Pepys
(pronounced 'peeps')
The USA's official National Christmas Tree is in which
National Park? King's Canyon National Park, California (a giant sequoia
called The General Grant)
John Callcott Horsley designed what first commercial
Christmas item in 1843? Christmas card
In Victorian England what people were popularly called
robins because of their red uniforms? Postmen
Which popular poem was alternatively known as A Visit from
St Nicholas? 'Twas The Night before Christmas ('Twas the night Before
Christmas' is also the first line. The poem was first published anonymously in
1823 and is commonly attributed to Clement Clarke Moore, although some believe
Henry Livingston was the true author. This different to the song Rudolph the
Red-Nosed Reindeer. Rudolph was created in 1939 by copywriter Robert May for
the Montgomery Ward department store chain in a free Christmas promotional
story. This extended the 1823 poem and was later still developed into the
Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer song.)
Which token vegetable is often included in the ingredients
of a Christmas pudding? Carrot (vegetables were in earlier times used in
making Christmas puddings)
What animal is Snowball in George Orwell's book Animal
Farm? A pig
Yorkshireman William Strickland is believed to have brought
the first what to Britain from North America in 1526? Turkey
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