1. In which century was Christmas first celebrated, 1st, 2nd, 3rd or 4th?
Fourth
2. Which bird with a thickly speckled yellow breast feeds on mistletoe (viscum album) berries as well as snails and worms?
Mistle Thrush
3. True or False - Reindeer are the only species of deer where both males and females have antlers?
True
4. When was the first Christmas Church service televised, 1949, 1952 or 1956?
1949
5. Which Christmas decoration was originally designed for French Soldiers uniforms?
Tinsel
6. Which Christmas evergreen symbolises everlasting life?
Holly
7. In which European country does Santa Claus have a female counterpart known as Befana, Holland, Austria or Italy?
Italy
8. Is an icicle a stalagmite or a stalactite?
Stalactite
9. Which Canadian province is the world's largest exporter of Christmas trees?
Nova Scotia
10. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer required - Name a Walt Disney character?
Mickey Mouse / Donald Duck / Snow White / Dumbo / Bugs Bunny
11. Which four letter word for the Christmas season is taken from the name of a pagan festival held during the winter season?
Yule
12. Which monarch broadcast the first Christmas speech to the nation from Sandringham in 1932?
George V
13. Good King Wenceslas was king of which country between 1378 and 1419?
Bohemia - Czech Republic
14. Which seasonal dish originates from an old Celtic recipe known as frumenty?
Christmas Pudding
15. In 1647, which monarch banned Christmas in England saying that feasting and revelry on a holy day were immoral?
Oliver Cromwell
16. Which Pantomime features the character Maid Marion?
Babes in the Wood
17. In which commonwealth country would you find Christmas Creek?
Australia
18. Which 1942 film features the song White Christmas?
Holiday Inn
19. In the classic Raymond Briggs short film The Snowman, what is the name of the little boy?
James
20. Mathematical Puzzle - In the song 12 Days of Christmas - Add up all the legs and take away all the beaks, what number do you have left?
123 - 146 legs less 23 beaks of the 23 birds (if you take into account the maids are a-milking, they must be milking cows so that is another 8x4 = 32 therefore it would be 178 less 23 = 155)
21. Eight Points available - What are the names of Santa's eight Reindeers?
Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner & Blitzen
22. Which Mexican plant is called the Flower of the Holy Night?
Poinsettia
23. Which game, once popular on Christmas Eve, is where Brandy is poured over raisins and set alight whilst people take turns to take a raisin out of the flames?
Snapdragon
24. In A Christmas Carol, who was the first ghost to visit Scrooge?
Jacob Marley - his dead partner
25. What is the more common name of the plant Helleborus Niger?
The Christmas Rose - or - Potter's Wheel
26. In which year did the Queen make her first Royal Christmas Tv broadcast to the nation, 1953, 1955 or 1957?
1957
27. Which winter sport comprises Cross Country Skiing with small-bore rifle shooting?
Biathlon
28. Which modern day country is Bethlehem now part of?
Jordan
29. Holly has both male and female varieties, which one produces the berries?
Female
30. Family Fortunes Question - Top Answer required - Real or Fictional, name a famous bearded man?
Santa Claus / Richard Branson / Noel Edmonds / Rolf Harris / David Bellamy
31. Which 1947 film starring Edmund Gwenn and Natalie Wood was remade in 1984 starring Richard Attenborough as Santa Claus?
Miracle on 34th Street
32. Which country refers to Christmas as Nadolig?
Wales
33. Which actor played an Elf called Patch in Santa Claus the Movie?
Dudley Moore
34. Which animals pull Santa's Sleigh in Sweden, Reindeer, Huskies or Mountain Goats?
Mountain Goats
35. Classical Music, Who composed The Christmas Oratorio, was it Bach, Wagner or Liszt?
Bach
36. Which Christmas classic assured Cinemagoers that 'Every time a bell rings, an Angel gets wings'?
It's a Wonderful Life
37. Also the name of a dance, what name do Laplanders give to a sledge drawn by a Reindeer?
Polka
38. What did Santa Claus win in 1964?
The Derby
39. In the film Muppet Christmas Movie, which English actor played the part of Scrooge?
Michael Caine
40. How many times has Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody been in the top ten at Christmas since it was first released in 1973?
Once in 1973! - it had charted 8 times but not Top Ten
TIE-BREAKERS -
The World Record for writing & sending Christmas Cards is held by Werner Erhard of San Francisco in 1975, how many did he write & send?
62,824
In 1980, Vince Pilkington of Ireland set the World Record time for plucking a turkey in how many seconds?
90
The largest Christmas Party ever staged was in Seattle, 1979. how many people attended?
103,152
In feet, how tall was the largest Christmas Tree ever erected?
221ft - Erected in Seattle in 1950, it was a Douglas Fir - the UK record is 86ft 5ins
Approximately, how many miles is Bethlehem west of Jerusalem?
5 miles South West
Spares -
a) True or False - it has only snowed once in England on Christmas Day in the last twenty five years?
True - 1981 and 1976 before that
b) Which Norman King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
William the Conquerer
c) Which male singer and dancer co-starred with Bing Crosby in the film White Christmas?
Danny Kaye
d) Who had Christmas top ten hits in two consecutive years with Christmas Alphabet in 1955 & Christmas Island in 1956?
Dickie Valentine
e) How many children did Bob Crachett have in A Christmas Carol?
Seven
f) Which classical composer wrote his Christmas Symphony in 1765?
Haydn
g) Father Frost or an old woman called Nabushka are which countries equivalents of Santa Claus?
Russia
h) In which European country would Kris Kringle climb down your chimney?
Germany
i) There are two Christmas Islands, both discovered by British explorers, one is the largest atoll of the Pacific Ocean, where is the other?
Indian Ocean
j) Who played the title role in the 1951 film Scrooge?
Alistair Sim (the best!)
k) Where did Mr Pickwick and his friends go on Christmas Day in Charles Dickens' Pickwick Papers?
Dingley Dell
l) Who wrote the original story of Snow White in which there were no dwarfs?
Brothers Grimm
m) In which German Cathedral is there a shrine to the Three Wise Men or Magi?
Cologne
Santa trivia - Santa Cruz is the capital of Tenerife / Santa Barbara is in California / Santa Fe is the capital of New Mexico / There are two towns in USA called Santa Claus, one in Indiana
