Christmas

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1. What is the capital of Christmas Island? The Settlement Paro Murray Hill Smith Point

2. Saint Nicholas was the bishop of Myra in Lycia. True False

3. Who wrote the song "White Christmas" for the film "Holiday Inn"? Irving Berlin Rodgers & Hammerstein Cole Porter Jacobs & Casey

4. In what year did the British government abolish Christmas? 1647 1747 1547 1847

5. What is the name of the department store that created "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"? Macy's Nordstrom Saks Fifth Avenue Montgomery-Ward

6. "Nadelik looan na looan blethen noweth" is Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year in what language? Welsh Cornish Manx Gaelic Scottish Gaelic

7. The Beatles have had four Christmas number one singles in the UK, but which was their first? I Want To Hold Your Hand Day Tripper I Feel Fine Hello Goodbye

8. Xmas is a common abbreviation of Christmas but from what alphabet does this originate? Cyrillic Greek Arabic Phoenician

9. To which capital city does the city of Oslo give a Christmas Tree every year? Answer: (One word - Home of Trafalgar Square)

10. Who chose December 25th as the day of celebration for Christ's birth? Pope Celestine I Pope Marcellus I Pope Julius I Pope Damascus I

11. In traditional Ukrainian houses a Christmas tree will often be decorated with a spider and web for good luck. True False

12. Two Polish boys wrote a letter to Santa that now hangs on his Post Office wall, what was the letter written on? A soda tin Birch Bark The hide from a Polish Red cow An ammunition shell casing

13. In what year was the first printed Christmas card made? 1923 1813 1843 1893

14. "Viscum album" is the Latin name for what? Answer: (One word - Kissing!)

15. To the nearest ton, how heavy was the world's largest Christmas pudding? 10 1 3 7

16. According to a collaboration between Moët & Chandon and Heineken, how many bubbles are there in a bottle of champagne? 25 Million .25 Million 250 Million 2.5 Million

17. Who invented the Christmas cracker? Tom Smith Martin Cooper James Gosling Rudolph Diesel

18. How many reindeer are there in Clement Moore's 1822 poem "A visit from Saint Nicholas"? 7 10 9 8

19. What country was "Good King Wenceslas" duke of? Moravia Bohemia Silesia Hungary

20. What was the name of Scrooge's deceased business partner in Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol"? Answer: (Two Words)