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Christmas Quiz 2009 - Answers

Thank you all for entering this years quiz…

The answers were:

Question	Answer - please mark A, B, C or D in the box at the end…		?
In what year were the first electric Christmas lights used?	A) 1802	B) 1882	B
	C) 1902	D) 1982
Which of Santa’s other 8 reindeer was the father of Rudolph the red-nosed one?	A) Donner	B) Blitzen	A
	C) Prancer	D) Comet
Which city is believed to be the birthplace of Jesus of Nazareth?	A) Jerusalem	B) Nazareth	C
	C) Bethlehem	D) Be’er Sheva
In what year did Coca Cola begin featuring Santa in their advertising at Christmas?	A) 1931	B) 1941	A
	C) 1951	D) 1961
In the 1930’s, the Addis Brush Company produced the first artificial-brush trees, using the same machinery that made their?	A) toilet brushes	B)hair brushes	A
	C) tooth brushes	D) paint brushes
The music to ‘Silent Night’ was originally written for a?	A) guitar	B) piano	A
	C) harpsichord	D) pipe organ
In Dickens ‘”Christmas Carol”, how many children does Bob Cratchit have?	A) 2	B) 4	C
	C) 6	D) 8
In order to make their geese happier, fatter & tastier for the coming Christmas season, farmers in Cheshire have begun to?	A) dress them in woolly hats & scarves	B) feed them mulled wine	A
	C) put up heaters in the coops	D) let them live in their houses
Four of the top five teams at the 2006 ClauWau, the Santa Claus World Championships, came from the host country, Switzerland. The other team was from?	A) Japan	B) Holland	C
	C) Jamaica	D) Kenya
The mistletoe grows	A) only on conifers	B) on deciduous trees	D
	C) on neither	D) on both
Which country does the The Christmas Star plant (Poinsettia) originated from?	A) Cuba	B) China	C
	C) Mexico	D) Brazil
In which century was St. Nicholas first mentioned?	A) 14^th Century	B) 12^th Century	D
	C) 9^th Century	D) 4^th Century
What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose?	A) cherry	B) carrot	D
	C) coal	D) button
Macauley Culkin’s parents left him “Home Alone” in the original 1990 movie. Where did they go?	A) Paris	B) London	A
	C) Madrid	D Rome
Which Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?	A) Christmas lights	B) Christmas crackers	B
	C) Christmas baubles	D) Mince Pies
Who played Scrooge in ‘A Muppet Christmas Carol’?	A) Kermit	B) Michael Caine	B
	C) Fozzie Bear	D) Bob Hoskins
According to the Bible, how did Mary get to Bethlehem?	A) on a donkey	B) by taxi	D
	C) on foot	D) it is never revealed
Which US state has a city named “Santa Claus”?	A) Kansas	B) Nevada	C
	C) Georgia	D) Minnesota

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