Christmas Trivia Quiz

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1. Who is most famous for singing “Blue Christmas”? ____________________________

2. What well-know actor starred in the 1946 movie “It's a Wonderful Life”? _____________________

3. Which U.S. President was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House?
a. Franklin Pierce
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Teddy Roosevelt
d. Abraham Lincoln

4. What popular composer wrote the holiday song “White Christmas”? _________________________

5. The poinsettia is a native plant in which country? _______________________________

6. In the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, sugarplums are mentioned. According to Wikipedia, what are sugarplums?
a. gingerbread cookies
b. sugar-coated dried fruit
c. hard (boiled) candies
d. chocolate drops

7. True or false: Americans eat more turkey on Christmas than Thanksgiving? _____________

8. In which carol is this the last line of the first verse: “Christ is born in Bethlehem”?

9. In the song “Frosty the Snowman”, to what civic figure did he lead the children?

10. In some European countries, wassailing is an old tradition. What would you be doing if you were wassailing?
a. caroling
b. drinking a special beverage
c. blessing fruit trees
d. any of these
 

1. Who is most famous for singing “Blue Christmas”? ____Elvis________________________

2. What well-know actor starred in the 1946 movie “It's a Wonderful Life”? _____James Stewart________________

3. Which U.S. President was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House?
a. Franklin Pierce
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Teddy Roosevelt
d. Abraham Lincoln

4. What popular composer wrote the holiday song “White Christmas”? ____?_____________________

5. The poinsettia is a native plant in which country? ________Australia_______________________

6. In the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, sugarplums are mentioned. According to Wikipedia, what are sugarplums?
a. gingerbread cookies
b. sugar-coated dried fruit
c. hard (boiled) candies
d. chocolate drops

7. True or false: Americans eat more turkey on Christmas than Thanksgiving? ____False_________

8. In which carol is this the last line of the first verse: “Christ is born in Bethlehem”? ?

9. In the song “Frosty the Snowman”, to what civic figure did he lead the children? ?

10. In some European countries, wassailing is an old tradition. What would you be doing if you were wassailing?
a. caroling
b. drinking a special beverage
c. blessing fruit trees
d. any of these

No cheating for me, what you see is of my own, Deb.

Shame on me for missing a few answers...
 
No. 1 - Bing Crosby. Maybe a generational thing although Elvis did a great job.
 

8. In which carol is this the last line of the first verse: “Christ is born in Bethlehem”? ?
Hark the herald angels sing

9. In the song “Frosty the Snowman”, to what civic figure did he lead the children?
The traffic cop
 
1. Who is most famous for singing “Blue Christmas”? ________Elvis____________________

2. What well-know actor starred in the 1946 movie “It's a Wonderful Life”? _____James Stewart ________________



3. Which U.S. President was the first to have a Christmas tree in the White House?
a. Franklin Pierce
b. Franklin Roosevelt
c. Teddy Roosevelt
d. Abraham Lincoln..... (Don't know but I'll guess Franklin Pierce)

4. What popular composer wrote the holiday song “White Christmas”? ____Irvine Berlin_____________________

5. The poinsettia is a native plant in which country? ______Mexico_________________________

6. In the poem “A Visit from St. Nicholas”, sugarplums are mentioned. According to Wikipedia, what are sugarplums?
a. gingerbread cookies
b. sugar-coated dried fruit
c. hard (boiled) candies...( this )
d. chocolate drops

7. True or false: Americans eat more turkey on Christmas than Thanksgiving? ____False ( I'm guessing) _________

8. In which carol is this the last line of the first verse: “Christ is born in Bethlehem”?...(hark the herald angels sing )

9. In the song “Frosty the Snowman”, to what civic figure did he lead the children? ... ( Mayor ?)

10. In some European countries, wassailing is an old tradition. What would you be doing if you were wassailing?
a. caroling
b. drinking a special beverage
c. blessing fruit trees
d. any of these...(this )
 
debodun said:
hollydolly got the most correct so far. Missed #6 and #9. Misspelled Irving Berlin, but I'll consider that good enough - probably just a typo.

Marg got #6 and RadishRose got #9, so between responders, you got them all.
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That was fun, Deb!

Thank you for posting it.
 

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