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Christmas General Knowledge 1. Which country started the tradition of putting up a tree? Germany 2. How many of Rudolph's fellow reindeers' names start with 'D'? Three – Dancer, Dasher, Donner 3. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding? A coin 4. Which city has been donating ’s Christmas tree to every year since 1947? Oslo, Norway 5. If you’re born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign? Capricorn 6. What colour are mistletoe berries? White 7. What colour suit did Santa wear until Coca Cola rebranded him in red? Green 8. What decoration do elves traditionally have on their shoes? Bells 9. Which country did eggnog originate? Britain 10. What year did Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ come out? 1994 11. In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner? Japan 12. Christmas Couronne is a rich sweet bread and a speciality of Lyon. What does Couronne mean in English? Crown 13. What happened on Christmas Day 1066? William the Conquerer was crowned King of England in Westminster Abbey 14. Bethlehem is a tiny village in which UK country? Wales 15. How does Santa Claus go back up the chimney to continue his journey of delivering gifts? By placing his finger on the side of his nose, then giving a smile and a nod 16. In which pantomime does Robin Hood and Maid Marion appear? Babes in the Wood 17. The cinnamon bread known as Kanellängd comes from which country? Sweden 18. Traditionally with what do you stud onions in a bread sauce? Cloves 19. What are the gifts that the Three Wise Men gave baby Jesus, according to Christmas history? Gold, Frankincense (an aromatic gum resin used in incense and perfumes), and Myrrh 20. What is a Buche de Noel better known as in the UK? Yule log

General knowledge 1. Annie Potts voiced which Toy Story 4 character who appears as a love interest for Sheriff Woody? Bo Peep 2. Chris Moyles presented which BBC Radio One show for eight years between 2004 and 2012? The Breakfast Show 3. How many Dalmatian dogs featured in the 1961 animated film? 101 4. In the children’s fairytale, what type of animal accompanies Dick Whittington? A cat 5. In which European city would you find Dam Square? Amsterdam 6. Ippon, Dojo and Nage are common terms in which Olympic martial art? Judo 7. Sacramento is the capital of which US state? 8. The cartoon character Bart Simpson is usually seen in a t-shirt of which colour? Orange 9. Which actor played Richard ‘Richie’ Richard in the 1990s television series ‘Bottom’? Rik Mayall 10. Which British politician is known as ‘BoJo’? Boris Johnson 11. Which city overtook London as the world city with the highest population in 1957? Tokyo 12. Which is the largest country which is entirely in the Earth’s southern hemisphere? Brazil 13. Which Scottish cities would be first in a list alphabetically? Aberdeen 14. Which world first was erected outside the House of Commons in 1868? First traffic light 15. With which English county would you associate Cheddar cheese? Somerset

Christmas music 1. What is the opening line to Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone? ‘Snow is falling, all around me’ 2. How many gifts were given in total in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' song? 364 3. Cliff Richard had his 12th number one hit with his sing-along Christmas classic Mistletoe and what? Wine 4. What comes next in Wham's Last Christmas: ‘Once bitten and twice shy, I keep my distance...’ ‘But you still catch my eye’ 5. In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', what were there eight of? Maids-a-milking 6. What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time? White Christmas by Bing Crosby 7. Which band beat 2009's X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one following a successful campaign that started on social media? Rage Against the Machine 8. Which Christmas hit originally released in 1984 has been number one in the UK charts three times? Do They Know it's Christmas? 9. Which group sang ‘Don't leave me alone like this, don't say it's kiss’ in their bell-tolling Christmas number one? East 17 10. Which record was a Christmas number one in 1975 and 1991? Bohemian Rhapsody

Name that Christmas tune (by its initials)

1. LISLISLIS 2. THATI Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow The Holly and the Ivy 3. LC 4. GKW Last Christmas Good King Wenceslas 5. HTHAS 6. MAW Hark, the Herald Angels Sing Mistletoe and Wine 7. JB 8. SN Jingle Bells 9. CAYF 10. RTRNR Come All Ye Faithful Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer 11. DTH 12. OCTOCT Deck the Halls Oh, Christmas Tree, Oh Christmas Tree 13. AIAM 14. IBTLALLC Away in a Manger It’s Beginning to Look a Lot Like Christmas 15. AWT 16. BICO A Winter’s Tale Baby, It’s Cold Outside 17. OLTOB 18. FTS Oh, Little Town of Bethlehem Frosty the Snowman 19. WSGSUTC 20. WTK When Santa Got Stuck Up the We Three Kings Chimney

Christmas TV and Film 1. UK sitcom Gavin and Stacey returned to TV for a Christmas special in 2019. How many years has it been off-air before the reunion? Nine years – the last episode aired on 1 January 2010 2. What time is the Queen’s speech traditionally broadcast on Christmas Day? 3pm 3. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol? Four: former business partner Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future 4. Miracle On 34th Street centres on what real-life department store? Macy's 5. On Christmas Day 1986, 30 million viewers tuned in to watch what on TV? Dirty Den serving Angie with divorce papers in EastEnders 6. In which Christmas movie does Tom Hanks play six of the characters? The Polar Express. He plays Hero Boy, Father, Conductor, Hobo, Scrooge and Santa Claus 7. Which classic Christmas movie was filmed during sweltering summer heat? It’s a Wonderful Life 8. Die Hard takes place on Christmas Eve in which city? 9. Dr Seuss's The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas from which unsuspecting town? Whoville 10. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, what do the Dursleys give Harry for Christmas? A fifty-pence piece 11. In Home Alone, what festive song does Kevin impressively mime along to in front of the mirror? Rocking Around the Christmas Tree 12. In Love Actually, name the British boy band Billy Mack is competing against for Christmas Number One? Blue 13. In Will Ferrell's Elf, what's the first rule in the Code of The Elves? Treat every day like Christmas 14. The Snowman was shown on TV for the first time on Boxing Day of which year? 1982 15. What does Harry receive from Dumbledore during his first Christmas at Hogwarts? Cloak of Invisibility 16. What’s the name of the giant snow monster that guards Elsa's palace in Frozen? Marshmallow 17. When Ross can't find a Santa outfit in time for Christmas in Friends, what does he dress up as instead to impress his son Ben? Holiday Armadillo 18. Which celebrity won the first ever Strictly Come Dancing in December 2004? Natasha Kaplinsky with Brendan Cole 19. Who was killed off in 2012's Downton Abbey's Christmas special cliff hanger? Dan Stevens' Matthew Crawley 20. Which character declares, ‘Merry Christmas, one and all!’ in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? Tiny Tim

Goodbye 2020! 1. The year 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the year of which animal? Year of the Rat 2. How old was Peter when he won The Great British Bake Off 2020? 20 3. In which film released earlier in 2020 does Anna Kendrick voice the part of Queen Poppy? Trolls World Tour 4. On 20 June, the highest ever temperature was recorded in the Artic Circle. How warm was it? 38C 5. A new James Bond film was due to be released in the UK in April but is rescheduled for a year later. What is the name of the film? No Time to Die 6. Which fitness guru and known as ‘The Body Coach’ became very popular during the lockdown of 2020? Joe Wicks 7. What won best film at the 2020 Oscars? Parasite 8. Which was the first Covid-19 vaccine to be declared successful in trials in November? Pfizer/BioNTech 9. How many electoral votes did Joe Biden win in the US general election? 306 10. First aired in March on BBC One, which drama was based on the Malorie Blackman books by charting an alternative history whereby African people had colonised Europe instead of the other way round? Noughts + Crosses