CHRIS'S CHRISTMAS QUIZTIME

Blog EntryChristmas QuizDec 10, '07 7:33 PM
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QUESTIONS

ANSWERS

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

1.       

TRUE OR FALSE-SANTACLAUSTROPHOBIA IS THE FEAR OF CHRISTMAS

TRUE

2.       

SALLY SMITH WAS BORN ON DECEMBER 25TH 1971, YET HER BIRTHDAY IS ALWAYS IN THE SUMMER, HOW IS THIS POSSIBLE?

SHE NOW LIVES IN AUSTRALIA

3.       

WHICH OF SANTAS REINDEER IS FIRST ALPHABETICALLY

BLITZEN

4.       

WHO RELEASED A SONG CALLED “WALKING BACKWARDS FOR CHRISTMAS”?

THE GOONS

5.       

WHO PRESENTED TEAR JERKING CHRISTMAS PRESENTS ON BBC TV ON CHRISTMAS DAY?

NOEL EDMONDS

6.       

WHICH BRITISH ROCK STAR APPEARED IN THE FILM MERRY CHRISTMAS MR. LAWRENCE?

DAVID BOWIE

7.       

ADD TOGETHER FROM THE SONG THE 12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS LADIES DANCING TO PIPERS PIPING & DIVIDE BY THE NUMBER OF TURTLE DOVES-GIVING THE ANSWER IN NUMBERS & CHARACTERS IN THE SONG

9+11¸2=10

LORDS A LEAPING

8.       

WHICH CORONATION STREET CHARACTER MADE HER LAST APPEARANCE ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1987

HILDA OGDEN

9.       

IN A WELL KNOWN CHILDREN'S STORY IN WHERE IS IT ALWAYS WINTER BUT NEVER CHRISTMAS

NARNIA

10.   

TRUE OR FALSE-SANTAPHILIA IS THE SEXUAL PREFERENCE FOR SOMEONE DRESSED AS SANTA CLAUS

FALSE

 

CHRISTMAS SONGS

 

11.   

WHERE WAS I WHEN I SAW MOMMY KISSING SANTA CLAUS?

ON THE STAIRS

12.   

WHAT IS THE NEXT LINE - 'CHRISTMAS IS COMING, THE GOOSE IS GETTING FAT?

PLEASE PUT A PENNY IN THE OLD MAN'S HAT'

13.   

WHICH CAROL CONTAINS THE LINE….THUS SPAKE THE SERAPH AND FORTHWITH APPEARED A SHINING THRONG

WHILE SHEPHERDS WATCHED

14.   

HOW MANY SHIPS CAME SAILING IN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN THE MORNING?

3

15.   

WHICH SONG BEGINS WITH THESE LINES: SLEIGH BELLS RING ARE YOU COMING, DOWN THE LANE SNOW IS GLISTENING?

WINTER WONDERLAND

16.   

IN THE POPULAR CAROL, WHAT LINE FOLLOWS “GOD REST YE MERRY GENTLEMEN?

“LET NOTHING YOU DISMAY”

17.   

WHICH CAROL CONTAINS THE LINE….BE NEAR ME LORD JESUS I ASK THEE TO STAY

AWAY IN A MANGER

18.   

WHICH CAROL CONTAINS THE LINE….HEAVENLY HOSTS SING HALLELUIAH CHRIST THE SAVIOUR IS BORN

SILENT NIGHT

19.   

WHICH CAROL CONTAINS THE LINE….IN HEAVEN THE BELLS ARE RINGING

DING DONG MERRILY ON HIGH

20.   

WHICH CAROL CONTAINS THE LINE….ABOVE THY DEEP AND DREAMLESS SLEEP THE SILENT STARS GO BY

OH LITTLE TOWN OF BETHLEHEM

 

SO SAID THE BIBLE

 

21.   

JOSEPH WAS A DIRECT DESCENDANT OF WHICH KING

DAVID

22.   

IN THE BIBLE, HOW MANY TIMES DOES JOSEPH SPEAK, NONE, ONE OR TWO?

NONE. (HE MUST HAVE SAID SOMETHING BUT THE BIBLE DOESN’T RECOUNT IT)

23.   

WHEN WERE JOSEPH MARY & JESUS TO RETURN TO ISRAEL

WHEN HEROD DIED

24.   

WAS MARY MARRIED WHEN SHE DISCOVERED SHE WAS CARRYING A CHILD

NO

25.   

HEROD GAVE ORDERS TO KILL ALL THE BOYS IN BETHLEHEM AND ITS NEIGHBOURHOOD WHO WERE OF WHAT AGES

TWO YEARS OLD & YOUNGER (MATTHEW 2:7,16)

26.   

TO WHOM DID A HOST OF ANGELS ANNOUNCE THE BIRTH?

SHEPHERDS

27.   

GOD SENT WHICH ANGEL TO NAZARETH, A VILLAGE IN GALILEE TO A VIRGIN NAMED MARY

GABRIEL (LUKE 1;26)

28.   

WHEN JOSEPH, MARY AND JESUS LEFT BETHLEHEM, WHERE DID THEY GO?

EGYPT

29.   

WHAT WAS THE NAME OF MARY’S SISTER WHO GAVE BIRTH TO A CHILD BEFORE JESUS WAS BORN

ELIZABETH

30.   

IN THE BIBLE WAS SHEPHERDING CONSIDERED A VERY NOBLE OR VERY LOW OCCUPATION?

SHEPHERDING WAS CLOSE TO WHAT WE WOULD CONSIDER GARBAGE COLLECTING

 

CHRISTMAS DAY HEADLINES

 

31.   

WHICH SCIENTIST WHO PRODUCED THE LAWS OF MOTION WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1642

ISAAC NEWTON

32.   

WHAT HAPPENED TO POPE GREGORY VII WHILE SAYING MASS ON CHRISTMAS DAY

HE WAS KIDNAPPED

33.   

WHICH COUNTRY’S DICTATOR WAS EXECUTED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1989

ROMANIA

34.   

AMERICA’S FAVOURITE DRUNK DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY 1995 – WHO WAS HE

DEAN MARTIN

35.   

WHICH FAMOUS HOTEL MAGNATE WAS BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1887

CONRAD HILTON

36.   

WHICH SILENT FILM LEGEND DIED ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1977

CHARLIE CHAPLIN

37.   

WHO RESIGNED AS PRESIDENT OF USSR ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1991

MIKHAIL GORBACHEV

38.   

WHICH BRITISH COLONY SURRENDERED TO JAPANESE FORCES ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1941

HONG KONG

39.   

WHO BECAME EMPEROR OF JAPAN ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1926

HIROHITO

40.   

BORN MAURICE JAMES COLE ON CHRISTMAS DAY IN 1944, HE DIED IN 1995 HAVING ENJOYED A SUCCESSFUL CAREER AS A DISC JOCKEY, COMEDIAN AND HAD HIS OWN VERY POPULAR TV SHOW. BY WHAT NAME WAS HE MORE COMMONLY KNOWN

KENNY EVERETT

 

GENERAL KNOWLEDGE

 

41.   

WITH WHICH SEASONAL PRODUCT DID J. C. HALL MAKE HIS FIRST MILLION?

CHRISTMAS CARDS (JC HALL OF 'HALLMARK')

42.   

IN CORONATION STREET’S CHRISTMAS EDITION OF 1978 A CHARACTER CALLED JACK ROWE APPEARED. HE IS STILL IN THE SERIES, BUT AS WHOM

JACK DUCKWORTH

43.   

WHAT DID THE U.S. POSTAL SYSTEM FIRST DO IN 1962

ISSUED CHRISTMAS STAMPS

44.   

OF 365 DAYS IN A YEAR, WHAT NUMBER IS CHRISTMAS DAY

359

45.   

HOW MUCH DID IT COST TO SEND A CHRISTMAS CARD WITHIN THE SAME CITY IN THE EARLY VICTORIAN ERA

NOTHING

46.   

HOW MANY VERSES ARE THERE IN THE “12 DAYS OF CHRISTMAS”

12!!!!!!

47.   

WHAT CITY DO THE STATES KENTUCKY, NEW HAMPSHIRE, INDIANNA, PENNSYLVANIA, MARYLAND CONNECTICUT & GEORGIA HAVE IN COMMON

BETHLEHEM

48.   

WHAT IS THE CAPITAL OF TENERIFE

SANTA CRUZ

49.   

WHAT ZODIAC SIGN ARE YOU IF YOU WERE BORN ON CHRISTMAS DAY

CAPRICORN

50.   

WHICH RELIGIOUS FESTIVAL COINCIDED WITH CHRISTMAS ON 25TH DECEMBER 2005

HANUKKAH-STARTED SUNDOWN ON 25TH


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