CHRISTMAS TRIVIA
1. Which word, associated with Christmas, comes from a Greek word meaning "we can act anything"?
2. Which book starts with the line: "All children, except one, grow up?
3. In which fictional land is it always winter but never Christmas?
4. In the film " It's a wonderful life", what did the angel Clarence receive for completing his mission?
5. Which pantomime character shares its name with a brand of children's chocolate?
6. "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" is the first line from which literary classic by Louisa May Alcott?
7. Whose is the first voice to be heard on the original recording of Band Aid's 'Do they Know It's Christmas?
8. What were Frosty the Snowman's last words? a) Help I'm melting b) Good morning Mr Sun c) What's happening? or d) I'll be back someday
9. In which year did the Queen make her infamous Annus Horriblis speech?
10. A German tradition is to hide a certain food in a Christmas tree, and the first one to find it gets a special gift. What is the certain food they hide?
11. Christmas Island is in which ocean?
12. Which type of fish was a prisoner in the Ogre's castle in Puss in Boots?
13. Which of Santa's reindeer shares it's name with a high street shop?
14. Which long running West End play, set at Christmas time, originally starred Richard Attenborough?
15. On what did Marley's ghostly face first appear to Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
16. In the Black Forest area in Germany, religious families lay an extra place at the Christmas table. Who is it for?
17. Which line follows 'I'm dreaming of a White Christmas'?
18. In what year was the last official White Christmas in Britain?
19. What did Karen, Richard and Joseph have in common?
20. In pantomime, what is Aladdin's surname?
ANSWERS
1. Pantomime
2. Peter Pan
3. Narnia
4. His Wings
5. Buttons
6. Little Women
7. Paul Young
8. D - I'll be back someday
9. 1992
10. A Pickle
11. Indian or Pacific
12. Halibut
13. Comet
14. The Mousetrap
15. A Door Knocker
16. The Virgin Mary
17. Just Like The Ones I Used To know
18. 1970
19. All Carpenters
20. Twankey
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