A Christmas Quiz Thread

[VickiA]

BIng Crosby and David Bowie

 

[Merab]

It’s a lovely rendition of the song.

Your turn to ask a question @VickiA

 

[VickiA]

How many birds are there in the 12 days of Christmas

 

[Betsy]

11?

 

[Roselina]

Bing Crosby and the amazing David Bowie

 

[VickiA]

11?

Nope think cumulatively!

 

[Roselina]

28

 

[Merab]

Nope think cumulatively!

184 ?

 

[VickiA]

184 ?

Yes. At least by my calculation it is. Your turn again @Merab

 

[Merab]

Which saint is remembered on 26th December

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

St. Stephen

How do you say Christmas in another European language?

 

[Betsy]

Feliz Navidad is Happy Christmas in Spanish.

Who sang I wish it could be Christmas every day?

 

[Merab]

Wizzard

 

[Merab]

Which traditional Carol includes the words:
Venite adoramus, venite adoramus, venite adoramus Dominum

Clue - I was singing along to this in the car today

 

[Ramia]

Oh come all ye faithful?

Looks like come let us adore thee

 

[Merab]

Your turn @Ramia

 

[Ramia]

Christmas comes from the words Cristes Maesse which means what?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Christ's Mass

Unfortunately I can't think of a question so I'll say anybody can add a question here for me! First come, first served.

 

[Ramia]

Your turn

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Unfortunately I can't think of a question so I'll say anybody can add a question here for me! First come, first served.

Sorry I edited my post, you didn't see in time @Ramia

 

[Ramia]

How long do Christmas trees usually grow before they are sold?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

7 years, on average.

Especially interesting for the boars: In what Christmas poem does the line "while visions of sugar plums danced in their heads" occur?

 

[Betsy]

Twas the night before Christmas?

 

[Betsy]

Ow wow! I got it right. The dusty old filing cabinet in my brain marked "useless information you may need one day" has proved useful again!

Which actor played 6 different roles in the Polar Express?

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Ow wow! I got it right. The dusty old filing cabinet in my brain marked "useless information you may need one day" has proved useful again!

Which actor played 6 different roles in the Polar Express?

YES! I re-read Twas the night before Christmas when all through the house not a creature was stirring not even a mouse (or even a guinea) every year, so not useless for me.
The answer to your question isn't in any filing cabinet, dusty or not, in my brain.

 

[Merab]

Ow wow! I got it right. The dusty old filing cabinet in my brain marked "useless information you may need one day" has proved useful again!

Which actor played 6 different roles in the Polar Express?

Tom Hanks ?

 

[Merab]

Forgot to ask a question

Where would you be if people wished you “ Kala Christouyenna”

 

[Mrs Tiggy Winkle]

Greece?
Oh dear, have to think up a new question.

Why was the song "Do They Know It's Christmas?" written?

 

[Merab]

Wasn’t that Bob Geldof’s charity song for the Ethiopian famine ?

 

[Betsy]

You forgot to ask another question @Merab! (again)