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Christmas 35 questions.
25th December
Pub quiz question 7577 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What should have been prepared on 23 November 2014?
  2. Answer: A: Christmas pudding
  3. Notes: *: 'Stir-up Sunday’ - The last Sunday before the season of Advent.
  4. Categories: Food (5) Christmas (5)
Pub quiz question 3865 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: If Boxing Day is a Friday, what day is December 1st?
  2. Answer: A: Monday
  3. Categories: Christmas (1)
Pub quiz question 4464 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which TV show's 2003 'It's Christmas in Canada' episode included the capture of Saddam Hussein just three days after the actual event?
  2. Answer: A: South Park's
  3. Categories: Christmas (5) Cartoons (4) Television (4) Entertainment (4) 2000s (4)
  4. Times used:
Pub quiz question 7575 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: As in the Twelve Days of Christmas originally, what is a “colly” bird?
  2. Answer: A: Black as coal dust
  3. Notes: *: Or Blackbirds
  4. Categories: Christmas (6) Language (6) Music (6)
Pub quiz question 5934 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who sang Walking In The Air in the original version of The Snowman?
  2. Answer: A: Pete Auty
  3. Notes: *: 1982. Aled Jones covered it in 1985 as a separate single.
  4. Categories: Christmas (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) Television (7) 1980s (7)
Pub quiz question 7573 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What festive feature was denounced as a “social evil” in an 1877 letter to the Times?
  2. Answer: A: Christmas Cards
  3. Categories: Christmas (4) 1800s (6)
Pub quiz question 542 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: List the names of the (original) Christmas Reindeer.
  2. Answer: A: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or Donder or Dunder,) Blitzen (or Bliksem or Blixem)
  3. Notes: *: Rudolf was not one of them.
  4. Categories: Christmas (6) MultiAnswer8 (5)
Pub quiz question 474 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who designed the first ever Christmas Card?
  2. Answer: A: John Callcott Horsley
  3. Categories: History (8) Christmas (8)
Pub quiz question 80 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Who won the X-Factor in 2008, beating boy band JLS in the final?
  2. Answer: A: Alexandra Burke
  3. Categories: Entertainment (5) Music (5) Christmas (5)
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Pub quiz question 5000 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What does Norway provide for Trafalgar Square every Christmas
  2. Answer: A: A Christmas Tree
  3. Categories: Geography (2) London, UK (2) Christmas (2)