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Festive Thrill Tree: Christmas Trivia

Started by The Enigmatic Dr X, 10 December, 2020, 07:28:48 PM

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The Enigmatic Dr X

I am helping to organise a quiz in work and have come up with these questions. Posted here for trivia and in case you have a need for small talk with relatives in the next few weeks, or a Zoom quiz...

WHEN WAS IT NUMBER 1? - 20 POINTS

Based on https://www.officialcharts.com

This is a list of Christmas number one singles. One point for the artist, one point for the year it was Christmas  #1. Plus a bonus question for one point.

1.   Bohemian Rhapsody - [spoiler]1975, 1971 (Queen) Sneaky 3 pointer![/spoiler]
2.   Can We Fix It - [spoiler]2000 (Bob the Builder)[/spoiler]
3.   He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother - [spoiler]2012 (Justice Collective) Watch the oldies complain![/spoiler]
4.   Save Your Love - [spoiler]1982 (Renee and Renato)[/spoiler]
5.   Perfect - [spoiler]2017 (Ed Sheeran)[/spoiler]
6.   Killing in the Name - [spoiler]2009 (Rage Against the Machine)[/spoiler]
7.   2 Become 1 - [spoiler]1996 (Spice Girls)[/spoiler]
8.   I will always Love you [spoiler]- 1992 - (Whitney Houston)[/spoiler]
9.   Day Tripper/ We Can work it Out [spoiler]- 1965 (Beatles)[/spoiler]
10.   Any artist, singer or band to have three or more Christmas number ones, not Band Aid: [spoiler]Beatles, Spice Girls, Cliff Richard[/spoiler]


CHRISTMAS TRIVIA - 30 POINTS

1.   Most recent artist to have a second Christmas Number 1?[spoiler] (Ladbaby, 2018 and 2019)[/spoiler]
2.   In what year was the last White Christmas in the UK?  [spoiler](2015. Technically, the last white Christmas was on Christmas Day in 2015, with 10 per cent of weather stations recording snowfall, though no station reported any of snow settling on the ground.)[/spoiler]
3.   Name Santa's nine reindeer. One point each.[spoiler] Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph[/spoiler]
4.   In Central European folklore, what is the name of the half-goat, half-demon who punishes children in the Christmas season if they have misbehaved? [spoiler](Krampus)[/spoiler]
5.   Four ingredients in egg nog? [spoiler](Milk, cream, sugar, egg)[/spoiler]
6.   When did Christmas Day become a public holiday in Scotland?[spoiler] (1958 - Cromwell banned it)[/spoiler]
7.   Highest grossing Christmas movie? [spoiler](Home Alone, $286M which is $528M adjusted for inflation)[/spoiler]
8.   What does Santa give to a naughty child instead of a present?[spoiler] (Lump of coal)[/spoiler]
9.   In the song "Frosty the Snowman", what makes Frosty come to life? [spoiler](An old silk hat)[/spoiler]
10.   What Christmas decoration was first made from strands of silver?[spoiler] (Tinsel)[/spoiler]
11.   In "A Christmas Carol", what is Mr Scrooge's first name?[spoiler] (Ebeneezer)[/spoiler]
12.   And the name of his dead partner?[spoiler] (Marley)[/spoiler]
13.   These were the best selling toys in their year, according to the Independent. Put them in order, oldest to most recent- POGS, Rubik's Cube, Tamagotchi, Robosapien, Stretch Armstrong, Cabbage Patch Doll, High School Musical Dance Mat [spoiler]Stretch Armstrong 1976, Rubik's Cube 1980, Cabbage Patch Doll 1984, POGS 1995, Tamagotchi 1997, Robosapien 2004,  High School Musical Dance Mat 2009[/spoiler] One point for each in its correct place in the list.


STUPID HARD QUESTION ROUND (10 POINTS, 2 EACH)

1.   Most popular meal for Christmas Day in Japan? [spoiler](KFC; people queue from Christmas Eve!)[/spoiler]
2.   How many wise men visited Jesus? [spoiler](Unknown; the assumption is three because there were three gifts, but the weight and volume and number are unknown)[/spoiler]
3.   In which country did the expression "Xmas" originate? [spoiler](Greece)[/spoiler]
4.   What does the X stand for? [spoiler](Xpitoc; Greek Ortodox spelling of Christ)[/spoiler]
5.   Subtract the french hens from the swans a swimming. What animal do you get? [spoiler](Calling birds, (3 from 7))
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Lock up your spoons!

TordelBack

You have brought seasonal discord and disharmony to my home, Dr X. Many thanks!

(Typo in the Bohemian Rhapsody answer: [spoiler]1975 and 1991[/spoiler]


The Enigmatic Dr X

#3
I am also doing the synopsis translation as a round.

On Christmas Day, New York City Sheriff visited his wife. He took her to a Japanese market on the weekends, but a mob attacked her heart. Song stars or something. McCall immediately realized that none of his opponents had been rescued, but he did.

[spoiler]New York City policeman John McClane is visiting his estranged wife on Christmas Eve. He joins her at a holiday party in the headquarters of the Japanese-owned business she works for. But the festivities are interrupted by a group of terrorists who take over the exclusive high-rise, and everyone in it. Very soon McClane realizes that there's no one to save the hostages -- but him.[/spoiler]
Lock up your spoons!