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Christmas Quiz Answers Christmas Quiz Answers 1. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree? ANSWER: Germany 2. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol? ANSWER: Four (Former business partner Jacob Marley, and the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future.) 3. In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on holiday when they leave Kevin behind? ANSWER: Paris/ France 4. Which country did the drink eggnog originate? ANSWER: Britain 5. How many gifts were given in total in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song? ANSWER: 364 Christmas Quiz Answers 6. What year did Mariah Carey’s “All I Want For Christmas Is You” come out? ANSWER: 1994 7. In which Christmas movie does Tom Hanks play 6 of the characters? ANSWER: ANSWER: The Polar Express. (He plays Hero Boy, Father, Conductor, Hobo, Scrooge and Santa Claus) 8. In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner? ANSWER: Japan 9. Name 6 actors from the film “Love Actually” ANSWER: Hugh Grant, Keira Knightly, Liam Neeson, Thomas Brodie, Bill Nighy, Colin Firth, Sienna Guillory, Emma Thompson, Martin Freeman, Joanna Page, Andrew Lincoln, Martine McCutcheon, Rowan Atkinson, Alan Rickman, Declan Donnelly, Billy Bob Thornton, Jo Whiley, Claudia Schiffer (and many more). 10. How many of Rudolph's fellow reindeer’s names start with the letter 'D'? ANSWER: Three - (Dancer, Dasher, Donner) Christmas Quiz Answers 11. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding? ANSWER: silver coin (sixpence) 12. Which city has been donating Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree to London every year since 1947? ANSWER: Oslo, Norway 13. If you’re born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign? ANSWER: Capricorn 14. What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time? ANSWER: Bing Crosby - 'White Christmas', according to the Guinness Book of World Records. 15. In the episode of Friends ‘The One with the Holiday Armadillo’, who dresses up as an armadillo? ANSWER: Ross Christmas Quiz Answers 16. What time is the Queen’s speech traditionally broadcast on Christmas Day? ANSWER: 3pm 17. What colour are mistletoe berries? ANSWER: White 18. In “Home Alone 2”, who does Kevin run into in the hotel lobby? ANSWER: Donald Trump 19. What colour suit did Santa wear until what popular drink rebranded him in red? (2 points - one for suit colour, one for name of popular drink) ANSWER: Green (1 point) and Coca Cola (1 point) 20. The film “Miracle On 34th Street” centres on what real-life department store? ANSWER: Macys Christmas Quiz Answers 21. Which Christmas song plays at the end of the 1988 film Die Hard? ANSWER: Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne - “Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!” 22. What is the opening line to Shakin' Stevens' 'Merry Christmas Everyone'? ANSWER: “Snow is falling, all around me” 23. What are the names of the three Kings? ANSWER: Caspar, Balthasar, Melchior 24. In what classic novel does the protagonist set sail for a sea voyage on a cold Christmas day? ANSWER: Moby Dick 25. Which character declares "Merry Christmas, one and all!" in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol? ANSWER: Tiny Tim.

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