The Editors Christmas Quiz
Here are a few Christmas related questions you can try over your Christmas dinner:
1. What date is St Stephen's Day?
2. In Charles Dickens' novel A Christmas Carol, who was Scrooge's dead business partner?
3. The song White Christmas was first performed in which 1942 film?
4. London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?
5. In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, '...my true love brought to me nine...' what?
6. Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics '...To save us all from Satan's power, when we were gone astray..'?
7. The character Jack Skellington appears in which 1993 Tim Burton film?
8. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
9. In the inspirational 1946 film, It's a Wonderful Life, what's the name of George Bailey's guardian angel?
10. What were the names of the biblical three wise men?
11. What is New Year's Eve called in Scotland?
12. What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?
13. In what year was Band-Aid's Do They Know It's Christmas the UK Christmas chart-topping record?
14. Which country did St Nicholas come from?
15. Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
16. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?
17. Who wrote Auld Lange Syne?
18. How many points does a snowflake have?19. What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?
20. How many gifts would you receive if you received all of the gifts in the song "Twelve Days of Christmas”?True or false:
21. There are no records of Joseph speaking in the Christmas story.
To be fair I did make some of these up to make an even number of 30.
22. The wise men were three kings from the orient.
23. Mary’s middle name was Vera.
24. The little drummer boy came to the manger after the other shepherds.
25. The star did not appear above the manger.
26. The Christmas carol “Hark the herald angels” was written by Bob Dylan.
27. Mary rode a donkey from Nazareth to Bethlehem.
28. The wise men found Jesus lying in a manger in the town of Bethlehem.
29. Cliff Richards real age is over 100 years.
30. Joseph married Mary immediately after the angel appeared to him.