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Christmas Music Quiz

1.  Yes, I know have asked it before but who sings the opening line of the original Band Aid single “Do They Know It’s Christmas” in 1984?

2.  Which boy band had the UK Christmas Number one spot in 1994 with ‘Stay Another Day’?

3.  Which Christmas song begins ‘It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank…’?

3.  Who recorded the original – and still the most famous – version of ‘White Christmas’ in 1942?

4.  Which famous Christmas song begins with the lyrics: ‘the mood is right, the spirit’s up, we’re here tonight and that’s enough’?

5.  Which band scored an unlikely Christmas No. 1 in 2009 thanks to a public revolt against winners of ‘The X Factor’?

6.  Which music legend had a 1964 hit with ‘Blue Christmas’?

7.  Which Chris Rea song includes the lyrics ‘Top to toe in tailbacks, oh I got red lights all around?

8.  Who had a hit in 1985 with the theme tune to ‘The Snowman’ Walking in the Air?

9.  Which movie star turned to singing during Christmas 2001 scoring a number one hit single across the world in a duet with pop star Robbie Williams?

10.  What is the only band in the history of the UK singles charts to have achieved Christmas number one twice with the same song? Point each for band and song. (Hint - NOT including Do They Know It’s Christmas by various incarnations of Band Aid)

11.  "Mary's Boy Child" is the only song to be Christmas number one for two artists, who are they for two points?

12.  What was the Christmas Number one last Christmas (2023)?  (Hint – Would have been in 1984 if it hadn’t been for Band Aid)

13.  Complete the lyric: ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, another year over …’

14.  In which year did Mariah Carey first release ‘All I want for Christmas’, was it 1994, 2004 or 2014?

15.  What is the name of Michael Bublé’s Christmas album from 2011?

16.  Who was the original singer of ‘Rockin around the Christmas tree’ in 1958?

17.  "Lonely This Christmas" is a Christmas song by which English glam rock band back in 1974?

18. In 1973 “I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday" by Wizzard. reached no higher than number four in the UK Singles Chart.  For two points which band and song was the Christmas number one that year?

19.  Which single topped the Christmas charts for 10 weeks in the UK and 14 weeks in the USA back in 1992? (Hint – song was from the second highest-grossing film of 1992)

20. In 2022, LadBaby became the first act to achieve five consecutive Christmas number ones. (I’d never heard of him either!) Before that two groups had managed three consecutive Christmas number ones in the UK charts.  For two points name the them?


 

13 for me thanks Zico.

Although it was a sixpence that went in Christmas Pudding I think it is worth noting that traditionally it should have been a "silver sixpence" " so that would need it to be one minted before 1947. Sixpences up to 1946 had more than 50% silver after that date the base metal content was greater than the silver content.  As time went by and the silver content in pre-1947 sixpences became worth more than sixpence they disappeared from circulation (Gresham's Law - Bad money drives out good) so maybe why it doesn't happen these days - that and decimalisation I guess. But as a kid it was a Christmas tradition in my house.

13. Thanks Zico.

14 today thanks zico - Bah humbug!
 

Christmas Food & Drink Quiz

1.  Mistletoe berries are Edible – True or False?
False

2.  What are Bacon Wrapped Sausages better known as?
Pigs in Blankets

3.  What is a bûche de Noël known as in the UK?
Yule log

4.  Which drink is a descendant of the medieval British drink Posset?
Eggnog

5.  What Christmas treat allegedly became popular due to a Brothers Grimm Story?
Gingerbread houses – will accept Gingerbread on its own

6.  According to the old English tradition, which coin was placed in the Christmas pudding mixture?
A sixpence

7.  True or false? The first mince pies actually contained meat.
True

8.  What fruit can be stored in a container alongside Christmas cake to keep it moist?
Apple

9. Stollen is a Christmas confection that comes from which country?
Germany

10.  Eating Kentucky fried chicken at a fast-food restaurant is a Christmas tradition in which country?
Japan 

11.  Bounceberry is another name for which Christmas berry?
Cranberry

12.  According to legend which ruler allegedly banned mince pies in Britain in the 1600s?
Oliver Cromwell

13.  In which tin of chocolates would you find ‘The Hazelnut Swirl’?
Cadbury Roses

14. What drink, invented by Francis Showering, has a fawn mascot?
Babycham 

15. Which alcoholic ingredient is used in a Snowball cocktail?
Advocaat

16. How many bottles 
are in a Nebuchadnezzar 
of champagne? 
20 standard bottles

17.  Imperator, Chantenay and Danvers are all types of which food that you might eat on Christmas Day?
Carrot

18.  Marzipan contains which ground nuts?
Almonds

19.  Victorian writer Mrs Beeton published a number of dedicated recipes for enjoyment at Christmas, what was her first name?
Isabella

20.  The Bellini cocktail was invented at Harry’s Bar in which city?
Venice




 

Christmas Food & Drink Quiz

1.  Mistletoe berries are Edible – True or False?

2.  What are Bacon Wrapped Sausages better known as?

3.  What is a bûche de Noël known as in the UK?

4.  Which drink is a descendant of the medieval British drink Posset?

5.  What Christmas treat allegedly became popular due to a Brothers Grimm Story?

6.  According to the old English tradition, which coin was placed in the Christmas pudding mixture?

7.  True or false? The first mince pies actually contained meat.

8.  What fruit can be stored in a container alongside Christmas cake to keep it moist?

9. Stollen is a Christmas confection that comes from which country?

10.  Eating Kentucky fried chicken at a fast-food restaurant is a Christmas tradition in which country?

11.  Bounceberry is another name for which Christmas berry?

12.  According to legend which ruler allegedly banned mince pies in Britain in the 1600s?

13.  In which tin of chocolates would you find ‘The Hazelnut Swirl’?

14. What drink, invented by Francis Showering, has a fawn mascot?

15. Which alcoholic ingredient is used in a Snowball cocktail?

16. How many bottles 
are in a Nebuchadnezzar 
of champagne? 

17.  Imperator, Chantenay and Danvers are all types of which food that you might eat on Christmas Day?

18.  Marzipan contains which ground nuts?

19.  Victorian writer Mrs Beeton published a number of dedicated recipes for enjoyment at Christmas, what was her first name?

20.  The Bellini cocktail was invented at Harry’s Bar in which city?



 

14 thanks Zico 

16, including the bonus question. Thanks Zico.

Christmas Quiz

1.  At what time on Christmas Day does the UK monarch broadcast to the nation?
3pm

2. Which two of Santa's reindeers share names with meteorological terms? Point for each.  
Donner and Blitzen - Donner and Blitzen were originally written (1823) as “Dunder and Blixem” These names are close to the old Dutch “Donder en Blixem”, which means “Thunder and Lightning.” The names were changed to Donner and Blitzen in a 1900 reprint.

3.  Name the fictional character created by Dr. Seuss that stole Christmas?
The Grinch (from How the Grinch Stole Christmas!, a children's book by Dr. Seuss)

4.  This year how many different flavours are there in a standard tub of Quality Street, is it nine, ten or eleven?
11 different flavours

5.  Which pantomime character marries Alice Fitzwarren?
Dick Whittington

6.  In the poem 'The Night Before Christmas', visions of what danced in children's heads?
Sugar-plums
.
7.  The American states of Georgia, Arizona, and Indiana all have towns that share which same Christmassy name?
Santa Claus

8.  Popular in Victorian England at Christmas, what is a 'Smoking Bishop'?
Mulled wine, punch, or wassail (accept any of those)

9. In the 1947 Christmas comedy-drama Miracle on 34th Street, which actress plays the little girl brought up not to believe in Santa Claus? 
Natalie Wood

10.  The original version of the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid was released' in which year?
1984 (40-year anniversary)

11.  Christmas Island, a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, is located in which ocean?
Indian Ocean

12.  Which country is credited with being the first to use the tradition of the Christmas tree?
Germany

13.  Who played the character Lee Christmas in The Expendables series of action films?
Jason Statham

14.  Which famous writer wrote the first ever King's Christmas message? It was for George V in 1932.
Rudyard Kipling

15. According to (UK) tradition, Christmas decorations should come down on which date in January?
5th January

16.  How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol?
The Ghost of Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come.

17.  Which song became the first Christmas number one, and the first ever UK number one in 1952?  Bonus point if you can name the singer.
Here In My Heart by Al Martino

18.  The first Christmas cards, the first crackers and the publishing of A Christmas Carol all happened in the same decade of the 1800s - which decade, was it 1840’s, 1860’s or 1880’s?
1840s

19.  Which popular Christmas decoration do the Royal Family apparently NOT have on their trees?
Tinsel

20.  If you were to receive ALL the gifts listed in the 12 Days of Christmas”, how many presents would you have?
364

21.  And a Christmas bonus question 5 points if you can guess the answer. – Which famous child actress made the famous quote? "I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." 
Shirley Temple



 

Christmas Quiz

1.  At what time on Christmas Day does the UK monarch broadcast to the nation?

2. Which two of Santa's reindeers share names with meteorological terms? Point for each.  

3.  Name the fictional character created by Dr. Seuss that stole Christmas?

4.  This year how many different flavours are there in a standard tub of Quality Street, is it nine, ten or eleven?

5.  Which pantomime character marries Alice Fitzwarren?

6.  In the poem 'The Night Before Christmas', visions of what danced in children's heads?
.
7.  The American states of Georgia, Arizona, and Indiana all have towns that share which same Christmassy name?

8.  Popular in Victorian England at Christmas, what is a 'Smoking Bishop'?

9. In the 1947 Christmas comedy-drama Miracle on 34th Street, which actress plays the little girl brought up not to believe in Santa Claus? 

10.  The original version of the song 'Do They Know It's Christmas? by Band Aid was released' in which year?

11.  Christmas Island, a territory of the Commonwealth of Australia, is located in which ocean?

12.  Which country is credited with being the first to use the tradition of the Christmas tree?

13.  Who played the character Lee Christmas in The Expendables series of action films?

14.  Which famous writer wrote the first ever King's Christmas message? It was for George V in 1932.

15. According to (UK) tradition, Christmas decorations should come down on which date in January?

16.  How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol?

17.  Which song became the first Christmas number one, and the first ever UK number one in 1952?  Bonus point if you can name the singer.

18.  The first Christmas cards, the first crackers and the publishing of A Christmas Carol all happened in the same decade of the 1800s - which decade, was it 1840’s, 1860’s or 1880’s?

19.  Which popular Christmas decoration do the Royal Family apparently NOT have on their trees?

20.  If you were to receive ALL the gifts listed in the 12 Days of Christmas”, how many presents would you have?

21.  And a Christmas bonus question 5 points if you can guess the answer. – Which famous child actress made the famous quote? "I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph." 



 

I managed to guess 13 of them, Thanks Zico.

I will also use them for the family quiz this Christmas - the grandchildren will love them - even the ones at Uni although they might not admit it! I am sure they only fain their disdain of my Granddad jokes.  The younger ones will of course use them at school. Although thinking about it the reason I got 13 was probably because they had previously told some of them to me.

4. Thanks Zico.

This amused me greatly, so I copied it to my daughters.

They ROASTED me - never mind the chestnuts. They elevated it to the ultimate of "Dad Jokes".

So, thank you for the early spreading of gladings and deep joy.

Christmas Riddles Quiz – Guess the answer to the Christmas Riddle. Might be tough but a bit of fun hopefully.  

Example - What comes before Christmas Eve? - Christmas Adam!


1. What do you call a young child’s toy train loaded with toffee? 
A CHEW CHEW TRAIN

2. What sort of wave only comes along each Christmas? 
A YULE-TIDE

3. What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? 
RUDE-OLPH

4. What do you call Santa when he stops moving? 
SANTA PAUSE

5. Where do you find Christmas before Thanksgiving?
 IN THE DICTIONARY

6. What is Tarzan’s favourite Christmas song? 
JUNGLE BELLS

7. What does Santa do in his three gardens? 
HO! HO! HO!

8. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? 
FROSTBITE

9. What do you get if your cross the festive season with a duck? 
A CHRISTMAS QUACKER

10. What type of photos do elves take? 
ELFIES

11. What has 13 hearts but no other organs? 
A PACK OF CARDS

12. What do you get if you cross an apple and a Christmas tree? 
A PINEAPPLE

13. What do you call a reindeer that likes to frighten people? 
A CARIBOO

14. What athlete is the warmest in winter? 
A LONG JUMPER

15. What driver does not have to wear a seatbelt? 
A SCREWDRIVER

16. What do you get if you cross a boiled sweet with a sheep? 
A BAH HUMBUG

17. What do you lift a frozen car with to change a tyre? 
A JACK FROST

18. What do Santa's little helpers learn at school? 
THE ELF-ABET

19. What can travel around the world without leaving its corner? 
A STAMP

20. What does a reindeer hang on its Christmas tree?
HORN-AMENTS












 

Christmas Riddles Quiz – Guess the answer to the Christmas Riddle. Might be tough but a bit of fun hopefully.  

Example - What comes before Christmas Eve? - Christmas Adam!


1. What do you call a young child’s toy train loaded with toffee? 

2. What sort of wave only comes along each Christmas? 

3. What do you call an obnoxious reindeer? 

4. What do you call Santa when he stops moving? 

5. Where do you find Christmas before Thanksgiving?

6. What is Tarzan’s favourite Christmas song? 

7. What does Santa do in his three gardens? 

8. What do you get when you cross a snowman with a vampire? 

9. What do you get if your cross the festive season with a duck? 

10. What type of photos do elves take? 

11. What has 13 hearts but no other organs? 

12. What do you get if you cross an apple and a Christmas tree? 

13. What do you call a reindeer that likes to frighten people? 

14. What athlete is the warmest in winter? 

15. What driver does not have to wear a seatbelt? 

16. What do you get if you cross a boiled sweet with a sheep? 

17. What do you lift a frozen car with to change a tyre? 

18. What do Santa's little helpers learn at school? 

19. What can travel around the world without leaving its corner? 

20. What does a reindeer hang on its Christmas tree?





 

16 for me today thanks Zico 

13. Thanks Zico.

December Quiz

1.  The General Theory of Relativity was published on the 16th of December 1915. Who was it from? 
Albert Einstein

2.  Which author, best known for Pride and Prejudice, was born on the 16th of December 1775? 
Jane Austen

3.  Which Mary Poppins actor or actress was born on the 13th of December 1925? 
Dick Van Dyke

4. In Roman calendar of Romulus, December was which number month of the year? 
Tenth (10th)

5.  On what date in December is St. Stephen's Day in the UK?
26th December (or Boxing Day)

6.  Released as a single in the UK in 1980, who sang the song "December will be magic again"?
Kate Bush

7.  What was the occupation of Alec Callender (played by Anton Rodgers) in the early 1990s British sitcom, May to December?
Solicitor

8.  On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved?
1991

9.  Which saint has a feast day on 6 December?
St. Nicholas

10. The “Great” what lasted in London from Friday 5 December to Tuesday 9 December 1952?
The Great Smog

11. The Feast of the Holy Innocents, celebrated on December 28, commemorates which king's attempt to kill the baby Jesus?
King Herod the Great

12.  What board game was created in December 1979, in Montreal, Canada, by Scott Abott and Chris Haney after finding pieces of their Scrabble game missing?
Trivial Pursuit

13.  Which famous scientist, known for his three laws of motion, was born on December 25, 1642?
Sir Isaac Newton

14.  The Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, are awarded annually on December 10th in which country?
Sweden

15.  Which famous ballet set during the Christmas season features characters such as Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy?
The Nutcracker

16.  Who said December 7th would be a "date which will live in infamy"?
President Roosevelt – re the attack on Pearl Harbor

17.  Which country's monarch usually gives a New Year's message from the Amalienborg Palace at 6pm, every December 31st?
Denmark

18.  Born on Christmas Day 1954 the one-time singer with the Eurythmics, who?
Annie Lennox

19.  On Christmas Day in 1864 The traditional swim in the ice-cold Serpentine in which London Park was initiated?
Hyde Park

20.  Which famous “party” happened on 16 December 1773?
The Boston Tea Party

 

December Quiz

1.  The General Theory of Relativity was published on the 16th of December 1915. Who was it from? 

2.  Which author, best known for Pride and Prejudice, was born on the 16th of December 1775? 

3.  Which Mary Poppins actor or actress was born on the 13th of December 1925? 

4. In Roman calendar of Romulus, December was which number month of the year? 

5.  On what date in December is St. Stephen's Day in the UK?

6.  Released as a single in the UK in 1980, who sang the song "December will be magic again"?

7.  What was the occupation of Alec Callender (played by Anton Rodgers) in the early 1990s British sitcom, May to December?

8.  On 26th December of what year was the USSR officially dissolved?

9.  Which saint has a feast day on 6 December?

10. The “Great” what lasted in London from Friday 5 December to Tuesday 9 December 1952?

11. The Feast of the Holy Innocents, celebrated on December 28, commemorates which king's attempt to kill the baby Jesus?

12.  What board game was created in December 1979, in Montreal, Canada, by Scott Abott and Chris Haney after finding pieces of their Scrabble game missing?

13.  Which famous scientist, known for his three laws of motion, was born on December 25, 1642?

14.  The Nobel Prizes, including the Nobel Peace Prize, are awarded annually on December 10th in which country?

15.  Which famous ballet set during the Christmas season features characters such as Clara and the Sugar Plum Fairy?

16.  Who said December 7th would be a "date which will live in infamy"?

17.  Which country's monarch usually gives a New Year's message from the Amalienborg Palace at 6pm, every December 31st?

18.  Born on Christmas Day 1954 the one-time singer with the Eurythmics, who?

19.  On Christmas Day in 1864 The traditional swim in the ice-cold Serpentine in which London Park was initiated?

20.  Which famous “party” happened on 16 December 1773?





 

14 Thanks Zico

8. Thanks Zico.

I was take a look at these Zico , I don’t bother with my score as it averages four. With the exception of the Channel Island quiz .

Literary Characters

1.  Miss Havisham is an embittered jilted bride in which Charles Dickens’s novel?
Great Expectations

2.  Mina Harker is the wife of Jonathan, the one who travels and meets creatures of the night in which classic novel?
Dracula

3.  Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character in which novel published in 1811?
Sense and Sensibility (by Jane Austen)

4.  Tiny Tim is a fictional character from which 1843 novella?
A Christmas Carol (by Charles Dickens)

5.  Which character is the centre of attention of the writer's memoirs in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?
Holly Golightly

6.  In which novel is Santiago an elderly Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish?
The Old Man and the Sea (Ernest Hemingway)

7.  Bathsheba Everdene is the beautiful young woman at the centre of which novel written in 1874 by Thomas Hardy?
Far from the Madding Crowd

8.  What's the name of the family that adopt Paddington Bear?
Brown

9.  Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy is a character in which Ken Kesey novel?
One Flew Over the Cuckoo’s Nest

10.  Who is the central character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?
George Smiley

11.  What's the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day?
Stephens

12. Veruca Salt is the second winner of what? 
A Golden Ticket (in Willy Wonka and the Chocolate Factory)

13.  Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of which trilogy?
The Hunger Games (by Suzanne Collins)

14.  Elizabeth Bennett is the main character in which novel by Jane Austen?
Pride and Prejudice

15. Who created the private detective, Philip Marlowe? 
Raymond Chandler

16.  Jay is the party-hardy billionaire character from which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?
The Great Gatsby

17.  While roaming around New York, teenager Holden Caulfield likes to think and swear a lot. Which novel did he come from?
The Catcher in the Rye

18.  It's the Queen of Hearts who gives this novel's protagonist some royal pain and punishment. What novel is this?
Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland or Alice in Wonderland.

19. A con man by trade, the anti-hero Tom makes a living by imitating people and pretending to be them. What novel details his illegal exploits? 
The Talented Mr. Ripley

20.  The characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee appear in which book?
Through the Looking-Glass (by Lewis Caroll)


 

Don't I know it East!!  

Literary Characters

1.  Miss Havisham is an embittered jilted bride in which Charles Dickens’s novel?

2.  Mina Harker is the wife of Jonathan, the one who travels and meets creatures of the night in which classic novel?

3.  Elinor Dashwood is a fictional character in which novel published in 1811?

4.  Tiny Tim is a fictional character from which 1843 novella?

5.  Which character is the centre of attention of the writer's memoirs in Breakfast at Tiffany’s?

6.  In which novel is Santiago an elderly Cuban fisherman who has gone eighty-four days without catching a fish?

7.  Bathsheba Everdene is the beautiful young woman at the centre of which novel written in 1874 by Thomas Hardy?

8.  What's the name of the family that adopt Paddington Bear?

9.  Randle Patrick "Mac" McMurphy is a character in which Ken Kesey novel?

10.  Who is the central character in Tinker Tailor Soldier Spy?

11.  What's the name of the butler in The Remains of the Day?

12. Veruca Salt is the second winner of what? 

13.  Katniss Everdeen is a fictional character and the protagonist of which trilogy?

14.  Elizabeth Bennett is the main character in which novel by Jane Austen?

15. Who created the private detective, Philip Marlowe? 

16.  Jay is the party-hardy billionaire character from which F. Scott Fitzgerald novel?

17.  While roaming around New York, teenager Holden Caulfield likes to think and swear a lot. Which novel did he come from?

18.  It's the Queen of Hearts who gives this novel's protagonist some royal pain and punishment. What novel is this?

19. A con man by trade, the anti-hero Tom makes a living by imitating people and pretending to be them. What novel details his illegal exploits? 

20.  The characters Tweedledum and Tweedledee appear in which book?


 

Just 7 today thanks Zico, I think time is catching me up