FESTIVE QUIZ QUIZ ROUND 1 Northern Ireland

1. Name the longest river in Northern Ireland? ______

2. Which famous area of interlocking basalt columns was the result of an ancient volcanic eruption? ______

3. Which famous ballad is usually set to the tune of ‘Londonderry Air’? ______

4. Which poet received the 1995 Nobel Prize in Literature? ______

5. The last surviving ship of the Battle of Jutland still afloat can be visited in Belfast; what is her name? ______

6. Three Northern Irish sports people have won the BBC Sports Personality of the Year Award - name all three! ______

7. What is CS Lewis’ first name? ______

8. If something is described as ‘banjaxed’ what has happened to it? ______

9. Which town is the largest in county Fermanagh and also home to the Clinton Centre? ______

10. Harry Ferguson is famous for inventing which mode of transport? ______QUIZ ROUND 2 Christmas Movies

1. Which famous actor is the voice of The Conductor in the 2004 adaptation of The Polar Express? ______

2. What is the name of the town where the 1946 movie, It’s a Wonderful Life, is set? ______

3. Which Judy Garland film features the song ëHave Yourself A Merry Little Christmas? ______

4. In Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, which destination are the family headed to when Kevin gets on the wrong plane at the airport? ______

5. Bill Murray plays†successful TV executive†Frank Cross in which modern take on Charles Dickens’ “A Christmas Carol”? ______

6. Which 1983 film sees the paths of Dan Aykroyd and Eddie Murphy cross when they become part of an elaborate bet? ______

7. Richard Attenborough plays Kris Kringle in which 1994 Christmas movie? ______

8. ‘The best way to spread Christmas Cheer is singing loud for all to hear’ is a line from which Christmas favourite? ______

9. In Die Hard what is the name of the building where John McClane finds himself taking on terrorists? ______

10. In Christmas Vacation what is the first name of the cousin who comes to visit the Griswalds in his RV? ______QUIZ ROUND 3 Christmas Number 1’s

1. Cliff Richard had the first of his Christmas No.1s with which song? ______

2. In 2009 which band stopped X Factor winners from being number one for the first time in 5 years? ______

3. Who had the Christmas Number one in1983, with ‘Only You’? ______

4. Whitney Houston was number 1 with ‘I will always love you’ in 1992 for how many weeks? ______

5. Which record was a Christmas No.1 in 1975 and again in 1991? ______

6. In a Christmas number 1, who WAS the fastest milkman in the west? ______

7. Save Your Love was a Christmas chart-topper in 1982 for which duo? ______

8. The Beatles had three consecutive Christmas number ones in the 60s, who repeated this feat in the 90s? ______

9. Who duetted with Robbie Williams on his 2001 Christmas number 1, “Something Stupid”? ______

10. Who beat Take That to the Christmas number one spot in 1993? ______QUIZ ROUND 4 Miscellaneous

1. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol? ______

2. How many gifts were given in total in ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’ song? ______

3. How many of Rudolph’s fellow reindeers’ names start with ‘D’? ______

4. What colour are mistletoe berries? ______

5. In which children’s classic is it ‘always winter but never Christmas’ ______

6. What date is epiphany? ______

7. Name the Christmas-themed ballet that premiered in Russia in 1892? ______

8. What is Scrooge’s first name? ______

9. Which country does Stollen come from? ______

10. In the Christmas song by Nat King Cole what was ‘Roasting on an Open Fire’? ______QUIZ ROUND 5 Pictures

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