christmas Trivia Quiz # 18
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Christmas in Poetry - The Irish poet William Butler Yeats, the American poet Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, and the English poet T.S. Eliot each wrote a poem concerning the Magi. Eliot's poem, "The Journey of the Magi", is distinguished from the others by which of these factors?
The correct answer is 'It is told as a first-person narrative by one of the wise men.'
Eliot's 1927 poem is told from the point of view of one of the Eastern sages who came to honor the Christ child. The poem vividly describes the difficulty of the journey and the paradox of its conclusion; the discovery of the Child is at once wondrous and unsettling. At the end, the sage describes his and his companions' return to their kingdoms in these haunting lines:
"We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death."
Longfellow's "The Three Kings" is the longest (fourteen stanzas) and most conventional of the three; it covers the events of the story up to the Magi's return to their country by another route, to avoid King Herod.
Yeats' "The Magi" is a rather stark reflection upon the poet's childhood memory of the figures of the Magi "...In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones". He remembers them as standing in perpetual frozen expectancy, eternally hoping to enccounter again "... The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor".
"We returned to our places, these Kingdoms,
But no longer at ease here, in the old dispensation,
With an alien people clutching their gods.
I should be glad of another death."
Longfellow's "The Three Kings" is the longest (fourteen stanzas) and most conventional of the three; it covers the events of the story up to the Magi's return to their country by another route, to avoid King Herod.
Yeats' "The Magi" is a rather stark reflection upon the poet's childhood memory of the figures of the Magi "...In their stiff, painted clothes, the pale unsatisfied ones". He remembers them as standing in perpetual frozen expectancy, eternally hoping to enccounter again "... The uncontrollable mystery on the bestial floor".
Christmas Question 2
Keystone State - Which PA county is the "Christmas Tree Capital of the World"?
The correct answer is 'Indiana County'
PA has 67 counties.
Christmas Question 3
"Christmas Party" - Who is seen outside in the snow tossing ornaments in anger?
The correct answer is 'Angela'
She is mad because Michael messed up secret Santa, he brought liquor into the party without permission of the party-planning committee, and she saw Kelly kiss Dwight.
Christmas Question 4
A Christmas Story - How many minutes does it take the dad to change the flat tire?
The correct answer is '8'
The mom tells him the time when he first steps into the car.
Christmas Question 5
Christmas Vacation - What animal does Aunt Bethany wrap up, and give as a present?
The correct answer is 'cat'
The Griswold's notice this when they hear one of the presents meowing under the Christmas tree.
Christmas Question 6
Which Christmas Cookies Began Where? - What Christmas specialty from the Rhineland is also a favorite in Holland?
The correct answer is 'Spekulatius'
They are given to children on December 6th, the feast of St. Nicholas.
Christmas Question 7
What's In Your Wallet? - As you drive away and enter the mall, you remember that there was that one book you really wanted to read. You enter the bookstore and pull out the gift card your aunt had gotten you for Christmas last year, but never used. You notice that you can use the card at four places. What store are you in?
The correct answer is 'Waldenbooks'
It has to be Waldenbooks, because they had combined to become practically a single bookstore. McKays I just threw in there for fun. It's actually just a used bookstore in my town. The four places are: Waldenbooks, Borders Express (or Borders), Bretanos and Amazon.
Christmas Question 8
Seasonal Weather in the USA - Winter provides spectacular scenery for this Rocky Mountain city, flanked to the north, east, and southwest by mountains that are covered with snow for several months. A northwest flow occasionally brings lake-effect snow showers in the winter, although a prolonged event contributed to a record-breaking 18-inch snowfall that paralyzed the city during Christmas of 2003. Otherwise, the weather is fairly dry, broken during the summer months only by the occasional "pop-up" thunderstorms and rare severe weather events, such as the tornado that tore through the downtown area in 1999.
The correct answer is 'Salt Lake City, Utah'
Only Salt Lake City and Denver are located in the Rocky Mountains, and only Salt Lake City is flanked by mountains on both sides. Salt Lake City also does not see the level of thunderstorm activity that Denver does.
Christmas Question 9
Origins of Christmas Traditions - In the East, St. Nicholas was regarded as the patron saint of whom?
The correct answer is 'Sailors'
Traditionally, the feast day of Saint Nicholas was observed on December 6th and gifts were given. German Protestants encouraged people to honor instead the Christ child on December 25th. The Christ Child was also depicted as brining gifts. The German "Christkindl," or Christ child, became Kriss Kringle, a popular nickname for Santa Claus. In the West, St. Nicholas has been regarded as the patron saint of children, among other things.
Christmas Question 10
General Christmas Entertainment Trivia (American) - Who brought 'Frosty the Snowman' back to life?
The correct answer is 'Santa Claus'
Santa Claus worked his magic!