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Quiz about A Caroling With Rosy
Quiz about A Caroling With Rosy

A Caroling With Rosy Trivia Quiz


This special group of carolers accompanying Rosy like to sing Christmas hymns and songs that are lesser known. Would you like to join us? I think you will be surprised and delighted to learn some of our choices.

A multiple-choice quiz by Irishrosy. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Irishrosy
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
364,856
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Question 1 of 10
1. This Christmas hymn/carol focuses on direction and hope. Its first line is
"Star of the East O Bethlehem's star". Which is the second line of this hymn?
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Question 2 of 10
2. Germany, the country of origin of this Christmas song, has a lot of joy to its melody. Its title in German is "Kling Glockchen". What is its English title? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. From France, this Christmas hymn/carol focuses on the spirit of community that Christmas brings. Its first line is, "Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella". Which is the second line of this hymn? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Behold That Star! A Christmas hymn which focuses on the innocence at birth and the happiness it brings does so by creating a paean to the birth of Christ. What does the composer say this star is?

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Question 5 of 10
5. From this Bible passage, "There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious."( Isaiah 11:10), came the development of the lyrics to this Christmas carol. The title of this hymn comes later in this biblical passage. What is the title of this hymn?
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Question 6 of 10
6. The hymn, "Sleep Holy Babe", focuses on the comfort of a mother's touch that hopefully gives us strength for events in life yet to come. The first two lines are, "Sleep holy Babe, upon thy mother's breast". What are the last two lines of this first stanza? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. This Italian Christmas carol is known as "Gesu Bambino". In English, it is sometimes known as "When Blossoms Flowered Amid the Snow". However the chorus/refrain to "Gesu Bambino", has the same melody and words as another very famous Christmas hymn whose title is familiar in both English and Latin. What is this familiar Christmas hymn with the same musical refrain as Gesu Bambino?
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Question 8 of 10
8. This hymn/carol, it seems, is seldom sung or published in hymnals now. One of the reasons may be that the geographic area in its title is now confusing for Christ's birthplace. Which ancient Roman province area, that contained the town of Bethlehem, is in the title of this hymn?

"In old _______, amid the plains afar"
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Question 9 of 10
9. A Christmas carol celebrating the birth of Christ has as its title "The Birthday of a ______". What is the last word of this hymn's title? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Travel to Italy with we carolers for a happy Christmas song, "Buon Natale". This song title translates in English to "Merry Christmas". In a portion of "Buon Natale" the lyrics inform us of a little town in Italy where Christmas lasts more than one day. How long do the lyrics tell us Christmas lasts in this town?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. This Christmas hymn/carol focuses on direction and hope. Its first line is "Star of the East O Bethlehem's star". Which is the second line of this hymn?

Answer: Guiding us on to heaven afar

The lyrics of the carol, "Star of the East", were written by George Cooper. The second line of the hymn is "guiding us on to heaven afar". Cooper was a poet of the late 1800s and a friend to Stephen Foster with whom he collaborated during Foster's declining years. Other "guide word lines" occur throughout remaining stanzas, such as: "Help us to follow where Thou still dost guide", and "Guide us still onward to that blessed shore".
2. Germany, the country of origin of this Christmas song, has a lot of joy to its melody. Its title in German is "Kling Glockchen". What is its English title?

Answer: Ring Bells

The English title of this Christmas song is "Ring Bells". Written by Karl Elsin, the song has the bells ringing for the Christmas Child to come in from the cold to bring His warmth and happiness to all. The refrain's last two lines are: "Ring bells go ting-a-ling-a-ling, ring little bells" In German, the last lines are, "Kling Glöckchen, Klingeling".
3. From France, this Christmas hymn/carol focuses on the spirit of community that Christmas brings. Its first line is, "Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella". Which is the second line of this hymn?

Answer: Bring a torch, to Bethlehem come!

"Bring a Torch Jeanette, Isabella! Bring a torch, to Bethlehem come!" This carol originated in the Provence area of France in 1553. The continuing lyrics, "Christ is born, Tell the folk of the village", bring together all of the town for this Christmas birth. Today in the Provence area of France, from December 4th to January 6th, (the Feast of the Magi), the people of Provence participate in tableaux, parades, and midnight Masses. On January 6, in this area, they celebrate the Magi with a procession of the Three Kings, who wear traditional Provencal costumes.
4. Behold That Star! A Christmas hymn which focuses on the innocence at birth and the happiness it brings does so by creating a paean to the birth of Christ. What does the composer say this star is?

Answer: The Star of Bethlehem

Unfortunately the music to this hymn," Behold That Star", cannot be heard here. The music does seems to create a kind of heart thumping joy. The last line of the refrain is, "It is the star of Bethlehem". The composer of "Behold That Star" was Thomas W. Talley, son of an ex-slave and also the director of the Mozart Society at Fisk University in Nashville.
5. From this Bible passage, "There shall be a root of Jesse, which shall stand for an ensign of the people; to it shall the Gentiles seek: and His rest shall be glorious."( Isaiah 11:10), came the development of the lyrics to this Christmas carol. The title of this hymn comes later in this biblical passage. What is the title of this hymn?

Answer: Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming

"Es ist ein Ros ent­ sprung­ en" was translated from German to the English by Theodore Baker in 1894. The translated English title is, "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming". The first two lines of "Lo How a Rose E'er Blooming" paraphrase the biblical verse from Isaiah 11:10: "Lo, how a Rose e'er blooming from tender stem hath sprung!, Of Jesse's lineage coming, as men of old have sung"... '
The second verse starts with, " Isaiah 'twas foretold it, the Rose I have in mind; ...'
6. The hymn, "Sleep Holy Babe", focuses on the comfort of a mother's touch that hopefully gives us strength for events in life yet to come. The first two lines are, "Sleep holy Babe, upon thy mother's breast". What are the last two lines of this first stanza?

Answer: In such a place of rest !

Composer John Bacchus Dykes,a mid-eighteenth century English clergyman and hymnist composed the hymn, "Sleep Holy Babe". The first line is "Sleep, Holy Babe! upon thy mother's breast!. The last two lines of each stanza are repetitive. The first stanza's ending lines are, "In such a place of rest, In such a place of rest!". John Dykes takes us through the holiness, happiness and joy of the birth of Christ with the comfort of His Mother for three stanzas.

The fourth and last stanza forecasts the Crucifixion and death of this Infant with the last two lines: "That Death alone shall close. That Death alone shall close."
7. This Italian Christmas carol is known as "Gesu Bambino". In English, it is sometimes known as "When Blossoms Flowered Amid the Snow". However the chorus/refrain to "Gesu Bambino", has the same melody and words as another very famous Christmas hymn whose title is familiar in both English and Latin. What is this familiar Christmas hymn with the same musical refrain as Gesu Bambino?

Answer: Adeste Fideles

In 1917, Pietro A. Yon composed the hymn, "Gesu Bambino", also known as "When Blossoms Flowered Amid the Snow". The lyrics of "Gesu Bambino" were translated into English by Frederick H. Martens. Long before 1740, when John Francis Wade was credited for composing "Adeste Fideles" it was said to be a very popular hymn which had no credited composer.

The refrain to "Adeste Fideles" and "Gesu Bambino" is the same in melody and lyrics. "O come let us adore Him....".
8. This hymn/carol, it seems, is seldom sung or published in hymnals now. One of the reasons may be that the geographic area in its title is now confusing for Christ's birthplace. Which ancient Roman province area, that contained the town of Bethlehem, is in the title of this hymn? "In old _______, amid the plains afar"

Answer: Judea

This lovely old hymn is entitled, "In Old Judea". The first two lines describe the area of this province, "In old Judea, amid the plains afar...." bathed in the splendor that floods the eastern sky....". The first two lines of the second verse pinpoint the location of where Christ was born: " In old Judea, where Christ, the Lord, was born, In Bethlehem, that blessed Christmas morn;....". Bethlehem today is controlled by the Palestinian Authority and is about five miles south of Jerusalem.
9. A Christmas carol celebrating the birth of Christ has as its title "The Birthday of a ______". What is the last word of this hymn's title?

Answer: King

The words and music of the hymn "The Birthday of a King" were composed by William Harold Neidlinger in the late 1890s. The refrain to "Birthday of a King" is "Alleluia, Alleluia" O how the angels sang...." In many churches, particularly at children's Christmas services, as the children approach the Creche, they sing "Happy Birthday" to the Baby.
10. Travel to Italy with we carolers for a happy Christmas song, "Buon Natale". This song title translates in English to "Merry Christmas". In a portion of "Buon Natale" the lyrics inform us of a little town in Italy where Christmas lasts more than one day. How long do the lyrics tell us Christmas lasts in this town?

Answer: A year

"Buon Natale"'s verse explains why Christmas last all year in this quaint little town. The verse is:
"They don't know the time or year
And no one seems to care
And this is the reason the Christmas season
Is celebrated all year"

It is reported that the first Christmas hymn was written by St.Francis of Assisi who composed the Latin hymn, "Psalmus in Nativitae". It has also been noted that the celebration of Christmas originated in Italy and that Italy is the birthplace of the first Christmas carol.
Source: Author Irishrosy

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