Christmas Quiz 2010

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1. The song “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas” debuted in what movie?

Mame

Meet Me in St. Louis

Camelot

Oklahoma!

It was a big Judy Garland hit.

Explanation

It was a big Judy Garland hit.

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2. In the Doctor Seuss classic, what is the name of the Grinch’s dog?

Fido

Roscoe

Max

Tinker

Max has to pull the sleigh.

Explanation

Max has to pull the sleigh.

3. Many modern Christmas songs date way back, but the words are changed. The song Adeste Fidelis is better known now as

Silent Night

Joy to the World

What Child is This?

O Come All Ye Faithful

Although the tune for c comes from Greensleeves.

Explanation

Although the tune for c comes from Greensleeves.

4. Franklin Pierce is credited with having the first Christmas tree in the White House. Who had the first Christmas tree with electric lights?

Grover Cleveland, who tried out a new invention by Thomas Edison.

William McKinley, who got them as a gift from Vice President Roosevelt.

Warren Harding, who thought lights would help Return to Normalcy.

The White House had only recently been wired.

Explanation

The White House had only recently been wired.

5. Which of the following Christmas movies does NOT feature a law enforcement officer in a speaking role?

"White Christmas"

"Home Alone"

"It’s A Wonderful Life"

"Holiday Inn"

Most are bit parts, except for Bert in "It’s A Wonderful Life."

Explanation

Most are bit parts, except for Bert in "It’s A Wonderful Life."

6. Christmas was once outlawed in England by ...

King John, to get back at the nobles who forced him to sign the Magna Carta.

King Henry VIII, to get back at the pope who excommunicated him for divorcing his first wife.

Oliver Cromwell, to stop drunken revelry and papist overtones.

Winston Churchill, to keep everyone working through “the Blitz.”

Cromwell was a hard core Puritan

Explanation

Cromwell was a hard core Puritan

7. Unlike today’s crèches, Medieval Nativity scenes usually had two women in the stable, the Virgin Mary and …

The inn keeper’s wife, to show contrition for not having room in the inn.

A shepherd’s wife, as a sign that the shepherds had spread the good news.

One of the magis was presented as a woman, the Queen of Sheba.

A midwife, because someone had to deliver the baby.

From legends, her name was Salome, but she disappeared over the centuries.

Explanation

From legends, her name was Salome, but she disappeared over the centuries.

8. Fruitcake is a traditional fare at Christmas because…

British law once limited eating it to certain holidays.

Puritans in Boston were only allowed to eat foods soaked in alcohol in December.

American “doughboys” were served fruit cake in London after World War I ended.

Talk about intrusive government.

Explanation

Talk about intrusive government.

9. George Washington was well-known in his day for what holiday tradition?

He always had the biggest Christmas tree in Virginia.

He made a mean eggnog.

He had a great singing voice for carols.

He planted mistletoe all over Mount Vernon.

According to some accounts it was very potent.

Explanation

According to some accounts it was very potent.

10. If you were to give your true love the gifts in the 12 Days of Christmas for the entire period, what would you need the most?

Calling birds

Gold rings

Geese a-laying

Pipers piping

By day 12, your true love has 22 pipers piping, 36 calling birds, 40 gold rings and 42 geese, and about 100 complaints from neighbors.

Explanation

By day 12, your true love has 22 pipers piping, 36 calling birds, 40 gold rings and 42 geese, and about 100 complaints from neighbors.

11. Since 1962, when the U.S. Postal Service issued its first Christmas stamp, it has had a new Christmas stamp every year except…

1963, when it issued a Hanukah stamp instead.

1975, when it issued a stamp for the upcoming bicentennial instead.

2000, when it was changing the postal rate and had too many stamps leftover from 1999.

2001, when was still honoring victims of 9/11.

One or more holiday stamps every other year.

Explanation

One or more holiday stamps every other year.

12. Why does Santa wear red and white?

Because those were the colors available to cartoonist Thomas Nast in Harper’s Weekly.

Because that’s what Clement Moore said in “Twas the Night Before Christmas”

Because Coca-Cola used its logo color in using him in ads in the 1930s.

Because that’s the color he wore for his day job, way back when.

As a bishop in Turkey in the 4th Century, he would have worn red and white.

Explanation

As a bishop in Turkey in the 4th Century, he would have worn red and white.

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