Christmas

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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1. Who first released a recording of the song ‘Jingle Bell Rock’ in 1957?

Bobby Helms

2. A toy of which ‘Sesame Street’ character became a popular but elusive Christmas toy in 1996?

Elmo (Tickle Me Elmo)

3. Who played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1935 film version of ‘A Christmas Carol’ entitled ‘Scrooge’?

Sir Seymour Hicks

4. ‘Myrrh is mine, its bitter perfume breathes of life, of gathering gloom…’ These are words taken from which Christmas carol?

We Three Kings

5. How many ‘Home Alone’ films were made in total, including those only produced for television?

5 (Home Alone, Home Alone 2: Lost in New York, Home Alone 3, Home Alone 4 and Home Alone: The Holiday Heist – the last two were TV movies only)

6. Although the first windows of Advent calendars are opened on the 1st December, this is not when Advent actually starts and its exact date moves each year. How is the start of Advent decided?

It is the fourth Sunday before Christmas (27th November in 2016 and 3rd December in 2017)

7. Which storm caused intensive flooding with homes being evacuated in Lancashire and Yorkshire just before Christmas in 2015?

Storm Eva

8. Which hugely influential English physicist and mathematician was born on Christmas day in the year 1642?

Sir Isaac Newton

9. Which of the puppets plays the author and narrator Charles Dickens in the 1992 film ‘The Muppet Christmas Carol’?

The Great Gonzo

10. In which year was the Christmas John Lewis advert entitled ‘Monty the Penguin’?

2014

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1. In which year was the Buzz Lightyear doll the popular Christmas toy, with stocks running out due to the popularity of the ‘Toy Story’ film?

1996

2. On the third day of Christmas, what did my true love give to me?

Three French hens

3. According to the Bible, the three wise men brought gold, frankincense… and how do you spell the third gift?

Myrrh

4. What was the name of the first handheld gaming console produced by Sega, which was released in the UK in 1991 as a rival to the Nintendo Game Boy?

Sega Game Gear

5. In which year was the Rubik’s Cube first released worldwide?

1980

6. In 2005 a robot dinosaur was one of the biggest-selling Christmas toys for the first time  – what are they called?

Roboraptor

7. What Christmas gift does Carrie give her personal assistant Louise in the first ‘Sex in the City’ movie?

Louis Vutton Bag

8. According to Spike Jones & his City Slickers in 1948, ‘All I Want for Christmas…’ is what?

My Two Front Teeth

9. In ‘Love Actually’, Emma Thompson’s character, Karen, believed she was to receive a gold necklace from her husband at Christmas, but was instead disappointed to get an album by which singer?

Joni Mitchell

10. Xavier Roberts, a 21-year-old art student, created soft, stitched dolls which were ‘adopted’ instead of sold, with their own individual name and birth certificate. They began mass production of the dolls in 1982 – what were they called?

Cabbage Patch Kids

1. Which song was Christmas number one in the UK in 2014?

Something I Need – Ben Haenow

2. Which King of England was the first to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?

George V (in 1932)

3. In ‘A Christmas Carol’ by Charles Dickens, which of the ghosts does not speak to Ebenezer Scrooge?

The Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come

4. In which fictional land was it ‘always winter but never Christmas’?

Narnia

5. The names of how many reindeer are listed in ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ by Clement Clarke Moore?

8 (Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner/Donder and Blitzen)

6. The first what was commissioned by Sir Henry Cole and designed by John Callcott Horsley in 1843?

Christmas card

7. In which country was the carol ‘Silent Night’ written?

Austria

8. Which actress played the young ‘Cindy Lou Who’ in the year 2000 film ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’?

Taylor Momsen

9. What is Father Christmas called in France?

Père Noël

10. What is the full name of the character played by Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone?

Kevin McCallister

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