christmas Trivia Quiz # 53
This is Christmas Quiz # 53, GOOD LUCK! You can head back to the main Christmas Quiz index, or try your luck at a random quiz.Christmas Question 1
Super TV Trivia VI - In the made-for-TV movie "The Homecoming: A Christmas Story", there were actually eight children in the Walton family.
The correct answer is 'False'
There was a character named Claudie Dooley in 'The Homecoming'. He was the son of Hawthorne Dooley, who was played by the late Cleavon Little. Actor David Livingston played Claudie.
Christmas Question 2
Murder for Christmas - How does Poirot determine that Pilar Estravados could not have been Simeon Lee’s granddaughter?
The correct answer is 'Her parents were both blue-eyed'
While Poirot is studying photographs of the young Simeon Lee, Stephen and Pilar discover photographs of Juan and Jennifer Estravados. Poirot observes that both of them had blue eyes (Juan's mother was Irish). He asks Pilar for her passport; she pretends to drop it from her open window and, while retrieving it, smudges the photo. However, Poirot has observed that she has brown eyes, highly unlikely if both her parents were blue-eyed.
Christmas Question 3
"Friends": Quoted Quotables 3! - "Halloween is the worst! Except for Christmas... and their birthdays. Kinda get a little crazy during the summer too. And anytime they're hungry, or sleepy. Y'know, kids are tough. Good luck with that!"
The correct answer is 'Joey'
This is said by Joey to Rachel after she claims that she is horrible around kids, but Joey tries to assure her that it is only the rush of Halloween that is causing their attitude towards her. Obviously, he goes a bit overboard. This all occurs in the season eight episode "The One With The Halloween Party".
Christmas Question 4
The World of Dr. Seuss - How long had the Grinch put up with this 'whole Christmas thing' before deciding to steal it?
The correct answer is '53 Years'
'Why for 53 years, I've put up with it now. I must stop Christmas from coming...but how?' This is inferred in both the book and the cartoon, but no mention is made in the movie.
Christmas Question 5
How The Grinch Stole Christmas! - What time did the Grinch finally pack up his sled with all the Whos' stuff?
The correct answer is 'a quarter to dawn'
Christmas Question 6
Emmet Otter's Jug-Band Christmas - Jerry Nelson performed the character Emmet Otter.
The correct answer is 'True'
Jerry Nelson, a long time performer with the Jim Henson company, gave Emmet Otter a voice, and more importantly a personality that evokes the spirit.
Christmas Question 7
A Christmas Story - What was the name of the place where the Parkers ate their Christmas dinner?
The correct answer is 'Chop Suey Palace'
It was right beside a bowling alley.
Christmas Question 8
"Blitz" on London, 1940-41 - December 1940 saw the Luftwaffe bomb London alone yet again. The House of Commons was badly hit on the 8th, with continued bombing carried out up to the Christmas period in which their was a lull. On December 29th the City of London (the financial centre) came under intense bombing and very little left intact. Fire raged till 1st January 1941. But at night one lone building stood silhouetted against the red and orange skyline. Which historic landmark was it?
The correct answer is 'St Paul's Cathedral'
Over 75% of the City had been flattened, but Sir Christopher Wren's architectural masterpiece survived almost entirely intact.
Christmas Question 9
World War I: How and Why It Happened - For a few hours during the trench warfare there was peace between the Allies and the Germans at Christmas, 1914.
The correct answer is 'True'
The Germans began singing and lighting candles and then the French and British began to sing along because it was a special moment in time when there was peace during war but it didn't last long.
Christmas Question 10
Christmas Movie Quotes - (1951) "Mortal, we spirits of Christmas do not live only one day of the year, we live the whole 365. So it is true of the child born in Bethlehem."
The correct answer is 'A Christmas Carol'
Many versions of Charles Dickens’ classic, "A Christmas Carol" have been made, but this 1951 version, by director Brian Desmond Hurst, has long been my favourite. Alistair Sim delivers an absolutely wonderful Ebenezer Scrooge, the mean-spirited man who is taught the true meaning of Christmas by the visitation of a number of ghosts. This line was delivered by the Spirit of Christmas Past, before he takes Scrooge on a trip through his past, showing him how life had been before his heart became so hardened.