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Pub quiz question 453 by pjh2

Question: Q: In the Twelve days of Christmas song, what was given on the first day?
Answer: A: A partridge in a pear tree
Notes: *: Representing Jesus
Categories: Christmas (1) Music (1) General Knowledge (1)

Pub quiz question 4071 by pjh2

Question: Q: What did Addis create the first artificial example of in the 1930s using the same machine they used to manufacture toilet brushes?
Answer: A: Christmas tree
Categories: Christmas (2) Science (5) 1930s (6)

Pub quiz question 7577 by pjh

Pub quiz question 3865 by pjh2

Pub quiz question 4464 by pjh2

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?
Answer: A: South Park's
Categories: Christmas (5) Cartoons (4) Television (4) Entertainment (4) 2000s (4)
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Pub quiz question 7575 by pjh

Question: Q: As in the Twelve Days of Christmas originally, what is a “colly” bird?
Answer: A: Black as coal dust
Notes: *: Or Blackbirds
Categories: Christmas (6) Language (6) Music (6)

Pub quiz question 5934 by pjh2

Question: Q: Who sang Walking In The Air in the original version of The Snowman?
Answer: A: Pete Auty
Notes: *: 1982. Aled Jones covered it in 1985 as a separate single.
Categories: Christmas (7) Entertainment (7) Film/Movies (7) Television (7) 1980s (7)

Pub quiz question 7573 by pjh

Question: Q: What festive feature was denounced as a “social evil” in an 1877 letter to the Times?
Answer: A: Christmas Cards
Categories: Christmas (4) 1800s (6)

Pub quiz question 542 by pjh2

Question: Q: List the names of the (original) Christmas Reindeer.
Answer: A: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or Donder or Dunder,) Blitzen (or Bliksem or Blixem)
Notes: *: Rudolf was not one of them.
Categories: Christmas (6) MultiAnswer8 (5)

Pub quiz question 474 by pjh2