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It Came Upon A Midnight Clear Trivia Quiz

I have created this quiz where the questions all have a link to the word 'midnight'. Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by rossian. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
rossian

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
314,718

Updated
Nov 12 23

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. 'Midnight, one more night without sleepin' is the first line in the song 'Green Door'. Who had a UK number one hit with this song in 1981? Hint

Shakin' Stevens

Bucks Fizz

Adam and the Ants

Human League

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Question 2 of 10

2. When you are working late into the night, you are said to be burning the midnight what? Hint

Oil

Candle

Lamp

Lantern

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Question 3 of 10

3. 'Midnight Cowboy' won the Best Picture Oscar in which year? Hint

1970

1961

1985

1959

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Question 4 of 10

4. 'Midnight' is most often used to describe which colour? Hint

Silver

Purple

Grey

Blue

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Question 5 of 10

5. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen had a hit record with 'Midnight' in which of the following places? Hint

Madrid

Macclesfield

Mexico

Moscow

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Question 6 of 10

6. 'Wildfire at Midnight' is a novel by which of the following authors? Hint

Agatha Christie

Barbara Cartland

Winston Graham

Mary Stewart

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Question 7 of 10

7. 'Midnight' is one of the 'Three Night Poems' written by which of the following witty authors? Hint

Dorothy Parker

Mark Twain

Ogden Nash

James Thurber

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Question 8 of 10

8. 'Midnight Train to Georgia' reached number four in the UK charts in 1976 by which of the following female singers? Hint

Donna Summer

Dionne Warwick

Diana Ross

Gladys Knight

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Question 9 of 10

9. 'How, now, you secret, black and midnight hags' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play? Hint

Othello

Macbeth

Hamlet

Julius Caesar

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Question 10 of 10

10. 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' is the first line of a popular Christmas carol. What nationality was the writer of the words? Hint

English

Scottish

German

American

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'Midnight, one more night without sleepin' is the first line in the song 'Green Door'. Who had a UK number one hit with this song in 1981?

Answer: Shakin' Stevens

All these artists hit number one in the UK during 1981. Shakey's real name is Michael Barratt, and he was hugely successful in the UK during the 1980s. 'Green Door' was also a hit in 1956 for Frankie Vaughan.

2. When you are working late into the night, you are said to be burning the midnight what?

Answer: Oil

The expression dates back to the days before electric light, when lamps were lit by burning oil. Henry Cockeram included the verb 'elecubrate' in his dictionary of 1623 with the meaning 'to do a thing by candlelight'.

3. 'Midnight Cowboy' won the Best Picture Oscar in which year?

Answer: 1970

'Midnight Cowboy' starred Jon Voight and Dustin Hoffman, who were nominated for Oscars. It was directed by John Schlesinger, who won the Best Director Oscar. Waldo Salt also won the Oscar for Best Adapted Screenplay--from the novel written by James Leo Herlihy.

4. 'Midnight' is most often used to describe which colour?

Answer: Blue

Midnight is used for a very dark shade of blue, verging on black. 'Midnight Blue' has also been used as a song title by Electric Light Orchestra and Melissa Manchester.

5. Kenny Ball and his Jazzmen had a hit record with 'Midnight' in which of the following places?

Answer: Moscow

'Midnight' was an instrumental version of a Russian song called 'Moscow Nights'. Kenny Ball reached number two in both the UK Singles Chart (verified by the 'Guinness Book of Hit Singles') and on the USA Billboard Hot 100 with his recording, in 1961 and 1962 respectively.

6. 'Wildfire at Midnight' is a novel by which of the following authors?

Answer: Mary Stewart

Set on the island of Skye, the title comes from Tourneur's 'The Revenger's Tragedy' and is one of Mary Stewart's most readable novels. Barbara Cartland wrote numerous romantic novels, Agatha Christie is well known for her crime novels and Winston Graham is the author of the 'Poldark' series of books, among many others.

7. 'Midnight' is one of the 'Three Night Poems' written by which of the following witty authors?

Answer: Dorothy Parker

The other two poems in the trilogy are 'Rainy Night' and 'Sonnet on an Alpine Night'. Dorothy Parker died in 1967 at the age of 73. Her best known saying is probably 'men seldom make passes at girls who wear glasses'.

8. 'Midnight Train to Georgia' reached number four in the UK charts in 1976 by which of the following female singers?

Answer: Gladys Knight

Gladys Knight was backed by her group 'The Pips'. 'The Pips' were made up originally by her brother Merald, sister Brenda, and cousins William and Elenor Guest. They hailed from Atlanta, Georgia.

9. 'How, now, you secret, black and midnight hags' is a quotation from which Shakespeare play?

Answer: Macbeth

These words are Macbeth's greeting to the three witches as they are boiling their cauldron in the cave at the start of Act 4, scene 1. Actors refer to Macbeth as 'The Scottish Play' as it is believed to be unlucky to use the name.

10. 'It Came Upon a Midnight Clear' is the first line of a popular Christmas carol. What nationality was the writer of the words?

Answer: American

The carol was written in 1949 as a poem by Edmund Hamilton Sears, who was a minister in Massachusetts. It was set to music by Richard Storrs Willis, using a melody called 'Carol'. In the UK, it is usually sung to a different tune called 'Noel' and is usually known as 'It Came Upon the Midnight Clear'.

Source: Author rossian

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