Transcript Christmas Quiz 2010

Christmas Quiz
Crazy Christmas Traditions
In the Ukraine, a particularly odd form of
decoration is often added to Christmas
trees. Which is it?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A spider’s web
A mouldy orange
An owl pellet
A dead sunflower
Crazy Christmas Traditions
In Italy, an unusual character is said to be
the bringer of gifts. Which is it?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A Turkish horse-rider
A witch on a broomstick
A young sheep
A small camel
Crazy Christmas Traditions
Dutch children don’t hang up stockings for
presents. What do they do instead?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Leave hats outside the door
Put shoes in front of the fire
Leave presents all up the stairs
Hide presents around the kitchen
Crazy Christmas Traditions
In Sweden, what is a common form of
Christmas decoration?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A donkey made of chairs and coats
A small wooden camel
A 4-foot star made of holly branches
A straw goat
Crazy Christmas Traditions
What would an Icelandic child have
expected for Christmas 100 years ago?
A)
B)
C)
D)
A boot-jack
A black sheepskin
A figurine shaped from volcanic rock
Nothing at all
True or False
1. Christmas has only been celebrated on the
25th December for the last 500 years.
2. Christmas was once illegal in England.
3. There are exactly 3 ghosts in Charles
Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’
4. A law was once passed which has made
snow less likely on Christmas Day.
5. The word Mistletoe means ‘dung on a twig’
in Anglo-Saxon.
6. The elephant is the traditional animal of
Christmas in the south of India.
Number-crunching
1. How many Christmas trees are sold in
the USA every year?
2. During the Christmas season, how
many cards are delivered by the Royal
Mail every day?
3. What proportion of dogs in Britain get
Christmas presents?
4. In the run up to Christmas, how many
times a minute is a Visa card (credit
card) used in America?
Unlikely
Which name did Charles Dickens
consider before finally choosing ‘Tiny
Tim’ as his character in ‘A Christmas
Carol’?
A)
B)
C)
D)
Little Larry
Puny Pete
Small Sam
Mini Mike
Why?
For many years the robin has
been a traditional Christmas
bird in Britain, appearing
most commonly on Christmas
cards. It’s not really a winter
bird – it only appears at the
start of spring, so why do we
associate it with Christmas?
Unusual
Robert Louis Stevenson (author of
Treasure Island) left a most unusual
Christmas related gift in his will. It
belonged to him, it cost him nothing, it
could not be taken from him. You
could argue that it could not be given
away, but it was accepted most
gratefully by the recipient.
What was it?
America
Our North American cousins generally go a bit OTT
at Christmas time. Which of these is true?
1) Our traditional image of Santa Claus comes
from Coca-Cola artwork.
2) Canadians have given Santa Claus an official
address, with the postcode HO H O HO.
3) On Christmas Eve restaurants traditionally
charge nothing for their meals (but a
suitably festive tip is expected).
4) The North American Aerospace Defense
Command (NORAD) provides radar tracking
of Santa’s sleigh every year.
The Truth
Many years before Christmas was
celebrated, a young Jewish boy grew
up in Egypt, one of the few survivors of
a government massacre of under-2year-olds.
What was his name?
Picture Round
Which of the snowflakes are genuine,
and which are artificially created?