Christmas Quiz 5

Pantomime Quiz – How well do your contestants know their pantos?

1. In ‘Jack and the Beanstalk’ what does Jack trade for magic beans?

A cow

2. In which pantomime does the character of Buttons feature?

Cinderella

3. Richard Whittington, the real-life Lord Mayor of London and inspiration for Dick Whittington, was born in which century?

14th (1354)

4. ‘Aladdin’ was originally one of the tales in a book of Middle Eastern folk tales – what is the name of the book?

One Thousand and One Nights (Arabian Nights also acceptable)

5. Which pantomime was also the name of a character voiced by Antonio Banderas in the ‘Shrek’ films?

Puss in Boots

6. Name all of Snow White’s seven dwarfs.

Doc, Grumpy, Sleepy, Bashful, Happy, Sneezy and Dopey

7. How many years should Sleeping Beauty sleep for unless her spell is broken?

One Hundred

8. JM Barrie famously wrote ‘Peter Pan’, but what does the ‘JM’ in his name stand for?

James Matthew

9. When Mother Goose is down on her luck and has no money, what creature arrives which could be the answer to all of her problems?

A Golden Goose/Goose that lays golden eggs

10. Which Downton Abbey star played the Beast in the 2017 film musical version of Beauty and the Beast?

Dan Stevens (Matthew Crawley in Downton Abbey)

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Snow Quiz – The following questions are all things to do with snow.

1. Who is the author of the 1978 children’s picture book ‘The Snowman’?

Raymond Briggs

2. The ‘Abominable Snowman’ is another term for which creature of folklore?

Yeti

3. Which song was written by Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne and was first recorded by Vaugh Monroe in 1945?

Let It Snow! Let It Snow! Let It Snow!

4. Which cartoon character had a canine companion called Snowy?

Tintin (Snowy’s name was Milou in the original French)

5. Which American singer provided the voice of Snow White in the 1937 Disney film?

Adriana Caselotti

6. Who wrote the fairy tale of the ‘Snow Queen’?

Hans Christian Andersen

7. What is the French word for snow?

Neige

8. In which year was the deepest snow in the UK recorded?

1981 (47cm in Kindrogan, Scotland: https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/snow/snow-at-christmas)

9. According to the Met Office a ‘White Christmas’ occurs when one snowflake is observed falling somewhere in the UK (no longer just on the Met Office building). In which year was the last White Christmas, with ten percent of weather stations reporting snow but none however being reported on the ground?

2015 (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/snow/white-christmas)

10. How many ‘sides’ or ‘points’ does a snowflake have?

Six (https://www.metoffice.gov.uk/learning/snow/snowflake)

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Christmas Pub Quiz Questions

1. Charlie Chaplin died on Christmas Day in which year?

1977

2. Which two books of the Bible describe the birth of Jesus?

Luke and Matthew

3. Which star of ‘The Maltese Falcon’ and ‘Casablanca’ was born on Christmas Day in 1899?

Humphrey Bogart

4. Which family has a pet dog called ‘Santa’s Little Helper’?

The Simpsons

5. Who has the Christmas number one hit in the UK in 1952 with ‘Here in My Heart’?

Al Martino

6. In which year did a re-run of ‘Thunderbirds’ cause Tracey Island to become the elusive Christmas toy of the year and led to Blue Peter showing us how to make a home-made version?

1992

7. Which actress played the young heroine ‘Cindy Lou Who’ in the 2000 Jim Carrey version of ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’?

Taylor Momsen

8. ‘Misa del Gallo’ is observed by many Roman Catholic Spanish-speaking countries. What is it?

Midnight mass (Literally ‘rooster’s mass’ it is a mass celebrated at midnight on Christmas Eve)

9. When is Saint Stephen’s Day in the UK?

26th December 

10. “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house…” What are the next nine words?

Not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse

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