1. What number do you get if you multiply the number of maids a milking in the popular Christmas song by the number of ghosts in the Dickens story A Christmas Carol?
2. Which British golfer was the first player to top both the European and American money lists in the same year?
3. Who was the King of Judea at the time of the birth of Jesus?
4. The port of Piraeus is located within the urban area of which city?
5. With a link to Christmas, by what name is the hardened resin of the Boswellia sacra tree better known?
6. What nationality was the author and creator of The Moomins, Tove Jansson?
7. Released in 1988, who wrote and recorded the song Driving Home For Christmas?
8. Kirsch is a brandy made by distilling which fruit?
9. Which 1985 book by author Chris Van Allsburg was made into a 2004 film starring Tom Hanks?
10. Which planet in our solar system takes 84 years to orbit the sun?
11. Which actress, born on Christmas Day 1949, won a Best Actress Oscar for her role in the film A Coalminer’s Daughter?
12. Which sport is played on a field measuring 300 yards long by 160 yards wide?
13. The song Stille Nacht (or Silent Night) originates from which country?
14. What type of creature is an abalone?
15. What word can mean existing or occurring now, a tense in language or a gift?
16. “J’adore” is a perfume from which fashion house?
17. What festive song was released by The Waitresses in 1981?
18. RMS Olympus and HMHS Britannic were sister ships to which ocean liner?
19. Which actor voices the character The Grinch in the 2018 film of the same name?
20. Which American motor company manufactured the Thunderbird model?
21. Anatidae is the scientific name for which bird that features in a Christmas song?
22. What was the flavour depicted on Andy Warhol’s 1968 Campbell’s Soup painting?
23. Who wrote A Charlie Brown Christmas?
24. Macadamia trees are native to which country?
25. Which Russian president resigned on Christmas Day 1991?
26. Glaucoma is a condition that affects which part of the body?
27. The city of Nazareth is located in which modern-day country?
28. The name of which two dances can also be found in NATO’s phonetic alphabet?
29. Who will Australia play in the traditional 2018 Boxing Day cricket Test match?
30. Dr Robotnik is the antagonist in which video game?
31. Born Leslie King, who was the 38th president of the US? He died on Boxing Day 2006.
32. What type of bird do you get if you put together the chemical symbols for Tungsten, Rhenium and Nitrogen?
33. What is the full title of the song released in 1982 by Bing Crosby and David Bowie?
34. What was the capital of the Federal Republic of Germany in the period between its creation on 23 May 1949 and German reunification on 3 October 1990?
35. Who played Ebenezer Scrooge in the 1992 film A Muppet Christmas Carol?
36. Beriberi is a condition caused by the deficiency of which mineral?
37. All snowflakes are formed around a plate of which geometric shape?
38. Which ice hockey team won the 2018 Stanley Cup?
39. Which children’s toy is a licensed copy of Hasbro’s GI Joe?
40. Which of Verdi’s Four Seasons is ‘L’estate’?
41. According to the folklore of Austria (and other countries), what horned figure punishes naughty children at Christmas time?
42. Which Chinese revolutionary was born on Boxing Day 1893?
43. Following the withdrawal of funding by EMI Films, which former member of the Beatles arranged financing for the film Life of Brian?
44. Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas was first sung by Judy Garland in which 1944 film?
45. Which American city is known as ‘The Big Pineapple’?
46. What name is given to the sweet confection made of nuts and caramelised sugar?
47. Which early 20th-century US president banned Christmas trees in the White House during his term of office (1901-1909)?
48. Which two football teams share the Stadio Giuseppe Meazza?
49. In the folklore of which Nordic country do Yule Lads leave presents for children on the thirteen days leading up to Christmas?
50. What are the last two lines of the song We Wish You A Merry Christmas?
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QUIZ ANSWERS
1. 32 (8 x 4)
2. Luke Donald
3. Herod The Great
4. Athens
5. Frankincense
6. Finnish
7. Chris Rea
8. Morello Cherries
9. The Polar Express
10. Uranus
11. Sissy Spacek
12. Polo
13. Austria
14. Shellfish
15. Present
16. Dior
17. Christmas Wrapping
18. Titanic
19. Benedict Cumberbatch
20. Ford
21. Geese
22. Tomato
23. Charles M Schulz
24. Australia
25. Mikhail Gorbachev
26. Eye
27. Israel
28. Foxtrot and Tango
29. India
30. Sonic The Hedgehog
31. Gerald Ford
32. WReN
33. Peace On Earth/Little Drummer Boy
34. Bonn
35. Michael Caine
36. B1
37. Hexagon
38. Washington Capitals
39. Action Man
40. Summer
41. Krampus
42. Mao Zedong
43. George Harrison
44. Meet Me In St Louis
45. Honolulu
46. Praline
47. Theodore Roosevelt
48. Inter Milan and AC Milan (stadium commonly known as the San Siro)
49. Iceland
50. We wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year
Questions set by John Cunnane
