Christmas General knowledge - Helen Arkell

Christmas General knowledge
1. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
2. How many of Rudolph's fellow reindeers' names start with 'D'?
3. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
4. Which city has been donating Trafalgar Square’s Christmas tree to London every year
   since 1947?
5. If you’re born on Christmas day, what’s your star sign?
6. What colour are mistletoe berries?
7. What colour suit did Santa wear until Coca Cola rebranded him in red?
8. What decoration do elves traditionally have on their shoes?
9. Which country did eggnog originate?
10. What year did Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want for Christmas Is You’ come out?
11. In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner?
12. Christmas Couronne is a rich sweet bread and a speciality of Lyon. What does
   Couronne mean in English?
13. What happened on Christmas Day 1066?
14. Bethlehem is a tiny village in which UK country?
15. How does Santa Claus go back up the chimney to continue his journey of delivering
   gifts?
16. In which pantomime does Robin Hood and Maid Marion appear?
17. The cinnamon bread known as Kanellängd comes from which country?

18. Traditionally with what do you stud onions in a bread sauce?
19. What are the gifts that the Three Wise Men gave baby Jesus, according to Christmas
   history?
20. What is a Buche de Noel better known as in the UK?

                               General Knowledge
1. Annie Potts voiced which Toy Story 4 character who appears as a love interest for
   Sheriff Woody?
2. Chris Moyles presented which BBC Radio One show for eight years between 2004
   and 2012?
3. How many Dalmatian dogs featured in the 1961 animated film?
4. In the children’s fairytale, what type of animal accompanies Dick Whittington?
5. In which European city would you find Dam Square?
6. Ippon, Dojo and Nage are common terms in which Olympic martial art?
7. Sacramento is the capital of which US state?
8. The cartoon character Bart Simpson is usually seen in a t-shirt of which colour?
9. Which actor played Richard ‘Richie’ Richard in the 1990s television series ‘Bottom’?
10. Which British politician is known as ‘BoJo’?
11. Which city overtook London as the world city with the highest population in 1957?
12. Which is the largest country which is entirely in the Earth’s southern hemisphere?
13. Which Scottish cities would be first in a list alphabetically?
14. Which world first was erected outside the House of Commons in 1868?
15. With which English county would you associate Cheddar cheese?

Christmas music
1. What is the opening line to Shakin' Stevens' Merry Christmas Everyone?
2. How many gifts were given in total in 'The Twelve Days of Christmas' song?
3. Cliff Richard had his 12th number one hit with his sing-along Christmas classic
   Mistletoe and what?
4. What's next in Wham's Last Christmas: ‘Once bitten and twice shy, I keep my
   distance...’
5. In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', what were there eight of?
6. What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
7. Which band beat 2009's X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one
   following a successful campaign that started on social media?
8. Which Christmas hit originally released in 1984 has been number one in the UK
   charts three times?
9. Which group sang ‘Don't leave me alone like this, don't say it's the final kiss’ in their
   bell-tolling Christmas number one?
10. Which record was a Christmas number one in 1975 and 1991?

                  Name that Christmas tune (by its initials)
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        3. LC                                        4. GKW

        5. HTHAS                                     6. MAW

        7. JB                                        8. SN

        9. CAYF                                      10. RTRNR

        11. DTH                                      12. OCTOCT

        13. AIAM                                     14. IBTLALLC

        15. AWT                                      16. BICO

        17. OLTOB                                    18. FTS

        19. WSGSUTC                                  20. WTK

Christmas TV and Film
1. UK sitcom Gavin and Stacey returned to TV for a Christmas special in 2019. How many
    years has it been off-air before the reunion?
2. What time is the Queen’s speech traditionally broadcast on Christmas Day?
3. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
4. Miracle On 34th Street centres on what real-life department store?
5. On Christmas Day 1986, 30 million viewers tuned in to watch what on TV?
6. In which Christmas movie does Tom Hanks play six of the characters?
7. Which classic Christmas movie was filmed during sweltering summer heat?
8. Die Hard takes place on Christmas Eve in which city?
9. Dr Seuss's The Grinch attempts to steal Christmas from which unsuspecting town?
10. In Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone, what do the Dursleys give Harry for
    Christmas?
11. In Home Alone, what festive song does Kevin impressively mime along to in front of
    the mirror?
12. In Love Actually, name the British boy band Billy Mack is competing against for
    Christmas Number One?
13. In Will Ferrell's Elf, what's the first rule in the Code of The Elves?
14. The Snowman was shown on TV for the first time on Boxing Day of which year?
15. What does Harry receive from Dumbledore during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?
16. What’s the name of the giant snow monster that guards Elsa's palace in Frozen?
17. When Ross can't find a Santa outfit in time for Christmas in Friends, what does he
    dress up as instead to impress his son Ben?
18. Which celebrity won the first ever Strictly Come Dancing in December 2004?
19. Who was killed off in 2012's Downton Abbey's Christmas special cliff hanger?
20. Which character declares, ‘Merry Christmas, one and all!’ in Charles Dickens' A
    Christmas Carol?

Goodbye 2020!
1. The year 2020, according to the Chinese zodiac, was the year of which animal?
2. How old was Peter when he won The Great British Bake Off 2020?
3. In which film released earlier in 2020 does Anna Kendrick voice the part of Queen
   Poppy?
4. On 20 June, the highest ever temperature was recorded in the Artic Circle. How
   warm was it?
5. A new James Bond film was due to be released in the UK in April but is rescheduled
   for a year later. What is the name of the film?
6. Which fitness guru and known as ‘The Body Coach’ became very popular during the
   lockdown of 2020?
7. What won best film at the 2020 Oscars?
8. Which was the first Covid-19 vaccine to be declared successful in trials in November?
9. How many electoral votes did Joe Biden win in the US general election?
10. First aired in March on BBC One, which drama was based on the Malorie Blackman
   books by charting an alternative history whereby African people had colonised
   Europe instead of the other way round?

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