A CHRISTMAS CRACKER
Christmas Quiz 2021
A CHRISTMAS CRACKER
1 COORDINATES (Christmas anagram) - Decorations
2 Which British film set at Christmas stars Billy Bob Thornton as the President of the United States - Love Actually
3 In which 1988 film remake of A Christmas Carol, does Bill Murray play a cynically selfish TV executive - Scrooged
4 Gold chocolate coins are sold at Christmastime in honour of which famous person who once gave gold coins to the poor - St Nicholas
5 In The Christmas Song (Chestnuts roasting on an open fire), what are the folks dressed up like - Eskimos
6 Which duo dressed up as Batman and Robin to go to a fancy dress ball on their 1996 Christmas Day Special - Del and Rodney Trotter, (Only Fools and Horses)
7 Why is the robin often depicted on Christmas cards - Legend has it that a robin tried to ease the crown of thorns from Christ's forehead
8 Which reindeer is never mentioned in The Night Before Christmas - Rudolph
9 Who played the drums in Band Aid's 1984 Christmas hit, Do They Know It's Christmas - Phil Collins
10 Which TV show, featuring Glenda Jackson, was the most popular Christmas TV show in 1974 - Morecambe and Wise
11 In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas what ten things did my true love give to me on the tenth day - Ten lords a leaping
12 According to a poll carried out by the Telegraph newspaper what is top Christmas carol in the UK - Hark The Heralds Angels Sing
13 How would a French person wish you a Merry Christmas - Joyeux Noël
14 In what year was the Queen's Christmas message first televised - Nineteen fifty seven
15 Which famous English scientist was born on Christmas day 1642 - Sir Isaac Newton
16 Which country began the tradition of exchanging Xmas gifts - Italy
17 Which crime writer wrote the novel The Adventure of the Christmas Pudding - Agatha Christie
18 In 17th century if you got Christmas clap what have you been given - A kiss under mistletoe
19 Christmas with the Parkinsons was a 1970s episode of which TV series - Butterflies
20 Because of a clever marketing campaign in the 1970s, fried chicken is the number one Christmas dish and a reservation is required at KFC in what country - Japan