1. In which decade did Coca-Cola start using Santa in their advertisements?
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2. In the song Twelve Days of Christmas what is given on the 7th day?
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3. How tall, plus or minus 25 feet, was the tallest cut Christmas tree?
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4. How many Kings/wise-men does the bible say visited the baby Jesus?
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5. What is the most popular meal for Christmas in Japan?
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6. In which European country might you receive gifts from a different ‘Yule Lad’ each night if you leave your shoes on the window-sill on each of the 13 days before Christmas?
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7. “Christmas won’t be Christmas without any presents” is the opening line in which classic British novel?
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8. Christmas won’t be Christmas in most Swedish households if the family don’t drop everything they are doing and gather around the TV at 2pm to watch who?
Answer = Donald Duck at 3pm?
9. What does the acronym LED mean on ‘fairy lights’?
Answer = Light Emitting Diode – but what makes me think this has to be a joke J
10. For almost 70 years, which British city has received a gift of a Christmas tree from the Norwegian city of Bergen to show gratitude for its friendship during WW2?
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11. What Christmas gift did Harry Potter receive from the Dursleys in ‘Harry Potter and the Philosopher’s Stone’?
Answer = 50p piece
12. Which famous scientist was born 25 December 1642?
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13. Under which sign of the Zodiac was he born?
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14. In which ocean can you find Christmas island?
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15. Good King Wenceslas looked out on the feast of Stephen. On what date did he look out?
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16. In 2020 Prime Minister Boris Johnson described Christmas as a season to be jolly and ….. what else?
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17. In the Christmas song ‘Away in a Manger’, the cattle are lowing. Does this mean that they are:
a) lying down? b) chewing the cud? Or c) making a noise?
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18. In the film ‘Home Alone’, where did Kevin’s family travel to for Christmas?
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19. In the song ‘Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer’, what is the name of Rudolph’s dad?
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20. Studies show that the average American gains 3 lbs in weight between December 24 and January 6. True or false?
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I’ll bet you didn’t know ….
The origins of the word ‘mistletoe’ are two Anglo-Saxon words: mistel meaning dung and tan meaning stick or branch. So, mistletoe literally means dung on a stick.
Answer = I didn’t - but if I had of waited 24 hours before starting on the quiz I would have. I watched QI serie 19 episode 8 and it was on there and Sally Phillips 9comedian) gave the answer