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 1. ___________________ 2. ___________________ 3. ___________________ 4. ___________________ 5. ___________________ 6. ___________________ 7. ______________ 8. ______________ 9. ______________ 10. ______________.