Big Christmas Quiz – The Southern Cross

Big Christmas Quiz! How much do you know about Christmas? Take our Quiz and see.

1. Which Gospel has the shepherds saying: “Let us go to Bethlehem to see this thing that has taken place, which the Lord has made known to us”? a) Matthew b) Luke c) John
2. Who pulled out a plum from the Christmas pie? a) Daisy Bell b) Good King Wenceslas c) Little Jack Horner
3. In which sitcom did a character invent the “Christmas Armadillo”? a) Friends b) Mr Bean c) Seinfeld
4. Which of these South African dioceses is not dedicated to Our Lady of the Flight Into Egypt? a) Cape Town b) Kimberley c) Port Elizabeth
5. Bethlehem means the House of what? a) Bread b) Flesh c) Wine
6. The 1962 Christmas song “Do You Hear What I Hear” was written in the USA as a protest against what? a) Commercialisation of Christmas b) Communism c) Nuclear weapons
7. Which animal brings gifts to Christian children in Syria? a) Camel b) Donkey c) Lamb
8. Who is a ghost in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? a) Bob Cratchit b) Mr Fezziwig c) Jacob Marley
9. According to US scientists, how many homes per second would Santa Claus have to visit to deliver all the world’s presents on Christmas Eve? a) 266 b) 588 c) 822
10. In which country is a village called Siggiewi, dedicated to St Nicholas? a) Malta b) Moldova c) Montenegro
11. Which Christmas carol includes the lines, “Come to Bethlehem and see Him whose birth the angels sing; Come, adore on bended knee, Christ the Lord, the newborn King”? a) Angels We Have Heard On High b) Come All Ye Faithful c) O Little Town Of Bethlehem
12. The cathedral of which German city houses the reputed relics of the Three Kings? a) Dresden b) Cologne c) Munich
13. In which language would one say “Ukresimusi omnandi” to wish you a Merry Christmas? a) isiNdebele b) SeSotho c) isiXhosa
14. What angel gets its wings on Christmas Eve in the 1946 film It’s A Wonderful Life? a) Clarence b) Lawrence c) Terence
15. Which dictator put in place a policy to replace the celebration of Christmas with that of the Winter Solstice? a) Hitler b) Mussolini c) Stalin
16. Which ex-Beatle had a hit in 1979 with “Wonderful Christmastime”? a) George Harrison b) Paul McCartney c) Ringo Starr
17. Where would you eat a traditional Christmas savoury pastry called “Farofa”? a) Brazil b) Bulgaria c) Burkina Faso
18. What did my true love give to me on the 3rd day of Christmas? a) Calling Birds b) French hens c) Geese a-laying
19. Which novel stated: “And when they went away, leaving comfort behind, I think there were not in all the city four merrier people than the hungry little girls who gave away their breakfasts and contented themselves with bread and milk on Christmas morning”? a) Little Women b) Northanger Abbey c) Sense And Sensibility
20. Which jazz musician composed and arranged the score of A Charlie Brown Christmas? a) Dave Brubeck b) Herbie Hancock c) Vince Guaraldi
21. Which country declared Christmas a public holiday following a visit by a pope? a) Cuba b) Poland c) Vietnam
22. Roughly when was the date of the feast of the Nativity officially set? a) 340 b) 740 c) 1040
23. Which of these is not one of the three wise men? a) Balthasar b) Caspar c) Dagobert
24. What animated Christmas movie was produced by Tom Hanks? a) Frozen b) The Grinch c) The Polar Express
25. On which date do Greek Orthodox Christians celebrate Christmas? a) December 24 b) January 7 c) January 19

Christmas Trivia Quiz: 1. b) Luke (2:15), 2. c) Little Jack Horner, 3. a) Friends, 4. b) Kimberley, 5. a) Bread, 6. c) Nuclear weapons, 7. a) Camel, 8. c) Jacob Marley, 9. c) 822, 10. a) Malta, 11. a) Angels We Have Heard On High, 12. b) Cologne, 13. a) isiNdebele, 14. a) Clarence, 15. a) Hitler, 16. b) Paul McCartney, 17. a) Brazil, 18. b) French hens, 19. a) Little Women, 20. c) Vince Guaraldi, 21. a) Cuba, 22. a) 340, 23. c) Dagobert, 24. c) The Polar Express, 25. b) January 7

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