QUIZTIME QUIZZES

1. How many horses pull the sleigh in the Christmas song ‘Jingle Bells’?
One
2. Marks and Spencer have placed specially trained male staff on which department to advise puzzled-looking Christmas present-buying men?
Lingerie
3. In cockney rhyming slang what is a “Christmas log”?
Dog
4. Which U.N. children’s organisation produced the first charity Christmas card in 1949?
UNICEF
5. Which Christmas figure was created in 1939 by Robert May as a Christmas promotion for a department store in Chicago?
Rudolph the red nosed reindeer
6. Which carol mentions a 19th Century Duke of Bohemia?
Good King Wenceslas
7. Which Mexican plant is called the Flower of the Holy Night?
Poinsettia
8. In the film ‘Die Hard 2′, which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?
Dulles International Airport
9. What colour are the flowers of the Xmas rose?
White - Helleborus Niger
10. What do you fill in the morning and then empty at night, except for one night in the year when it is filled at night and emptied in the morning?
A stocking or sock hung up on Christmas Eve   
11. What was the name of the horse in the song ‘Jingle Bells’?
Bobtail - "bells on ‘Bobtail’ ring…."
12. In the song ‘The 12 Days of Christmas’, how many different kinds of bird did “my true love send to me”?
Six (Partridge, Turtle Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Geese, Swans) - 184 in total!
13. In 1647, which monarch banned Christmas in England saying that feasting and revelry on a holy day were immoral?
Oliver Cromwell
14. In which city can the world’s biggest Christmas tree be seen each year?
New York
15. True or false - the inventor of Christmas crackers called them Cossacks at first, because the noise they made reminded him of the sound of a Cossack whip?
True - invented by Tom Smith in 1847 - first went on sale as a ‘Smith’s Bon-Bon’
16. With which seasonal product did J. C. Hall make his first million?
Christmas cards (JC Hall of ‘Hallmark’)
17. How many children did Bob Crachett have in A Christmas Carol?
Seven
18. What was the name of Scrooges dead partner in Dickens A Christmas Carol?
Jacob Marley
19. There are two Christmas Islands, both discovered by British explorers, one is the largest atoll of the Pacific Ocean, where is the other?
Indian Ocean
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Top Answer required - Real or Fictional, name a famous bearded man?
Santa Claus / Noel Edmonds / Richard Branson / Rolf Harris / David Bellamy

21. According to hospital figures, a lot of men end up in the casualty department at this time of year, because they’ve decorated their dangley bits with what?
Sprigs of Holly
22. Father Frost or an old woman called Nabushka are which countries equivalents of Santa Claus?
Russia
23. What kind of Merry Christmas did a common group of environmentalists want us to have in 1974?
Wombling
24. What one word can mean a gatekeeper or a traditional Christmas drink?
Porter
25. What are these lyrics from - "Doorbells ring - are you listnin’? In the lane, snow is glistnin"?
Winter Wonderland
26. According to the song White Christmas, in what city is the song set in a ) New York b) Chicago c) Los Angeles
c) Los Angeles
27. What do they use for a Christmas tree in India - banana trees, fig trees or palm trees?
Banana Trees
28. The name of which festive plant comes from an Anglo-Saxon word meaning dung-on-a-twig?
Mistletoe
29. According to the song "Frosty The Snowman", what were Frosty’s eyes made out of?
Coal
30. What are all farmyard animals said to be able to do on Christmas Eve?
Talk
31. What is the name of Santa’s only female reindeer?
Vixen
32. In the film ‘Babe’, what Christmas song did Babe sing?
Jingle Bells
33. True or false - The Holy Days & Fasting Days Act of 1551 (not yet been repealed) sets out that every citizen must attend a Christian church service on Christmas Day?
True
34. What is the next line - ‘Christmas is coming, the goose is getting fat …’?
Please put a penny in the old man’s hat
35. Chevy Chase played Clark Griswold in which seasonal film?
National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation
36. If you didn’t want Turkey for Christmas, what is the biggest bird you can buy for the festive lunch?
Ostrich!
37. Which Christmas song includes the line "It seems so long since I could say ’sister Susie sitting on a thistle’"?
All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth
38. According to Syrian tradition which animal delivers Christmas presents?
Camel
39. In December 1897, what did over a million women ask Queen Victoria to shut on Sundays, over the festive season?
Pubs
40. What did Karen, Richard and Joseph have in common?
All carpenters

Tiebreaker - In which year was the first department store Santa?
The traditional festive job was first taken by James Edgar in 1890
- In lbs, what was the weight of the world’s heaviest newborn baby?
32lbs
- What is the average life expectancy of a toilet?
50 years

1. Which British rocket was first launched in 1964?
Blue Streak
2. Which sportsman was interviewed by Playboy Magazine under different names in Sept 64 and Nov 75?
Cassius Clay / Muhammad Ali
3. What two vegetables go into a Aloo Sag Bhajee?
Spinach & Potato
4. Which symbol appears on sixty of the world’s flags?
Star
5. What colour is a St Bernard’s nose?
Black
6. Which voluntary organisation has the Maltese Cross as its emblem?
St John’s Ambulance Brigade
7. What was Snow White’s coffin made from?
Glass
8. How many O’s are there in a game of Scrabble?
Eight
9. What does a square with a circle inside it indicate on a clothes label?
Tumble Dry
10. Which cartoon character has the full name of Verwood Frederick of Ticehurst?
Fred Bassett
11. How many stories high is the Pentagon building?
Five
12. What country’s name means ‘Land Of The Pure’ in Urdu?
Pakistan
13. What is the thick end of a snooker cue called?
The Butt
14. Which sport uses the terms, lead, second, third and skip for a team of four players?
Bowls
15. Which city is furthest south on the US mainland?
Miami
16. Who gave up the right to accede to the throne of Denmark when he became a naturalized British Citizen in 1947?
Prince Philip
17. What is the closest bridge to the Houses Of Parliament?
Westminster Bridge
18. Where must a boxer stand when his opponent is knocked down?
In A Neutral Corner
19. What was Swindon Town’s football ground used as in WWII?
Prisoner-of-war camp
20. Quiztime Survey Question - Name something you jump on?
Trampoline / Bus / Bed / Train / Scales

21. Which Year - Bill Gates, aged 19, and his friend found Microsoft, A British scientist produces the first clone of a rabbit, Gillette launches the first disposable razors made of plastic, The film Monty Python and the Holy Grail is released in the UK and The first ‘drive-thru’ McDonald’s hamburger restaurant is opened?
1975
22. What gem represents purity and virginity?
Pearl
23. Which middle eastern city is Giza a suburb of?
Cairo
24. What type of wood do Rolls Royce traditionally put on their dashboards?
Walnut
25. How many rings make up an arm on a Michelin Man?
Four
26. What title character of a best selling novel, first published in 1912, has a name meaning ‘White Skin’?
Tarzan
27. Which cricket ground has the Mound, Grand and Warner Stands?
Lords
28. What kind of baths are recommended to be two and a half inches deep?
Birdbaths
29. What animal could invoke the death penalty for anyone who killed one in Ancient egypt?
Cat
30. Which Beatle was the first to become a grandad?
Ringo
31. What type of grouse has a blackcock?
Black Grouse!
32. Which European country invented the cross-bow, Austria, Italy or Switzerland?
Italy
33. Which city is ‘Little John’ Strong Ale produced in?
Nottingham
34. Which member of Dad’s Army was the voice of the Homepride chief flour grader on TV adverts?
John Le Mesurier
35. How many target arrows are there on a tenpin bowling lane?
Seven
36. Which national daily newspaper holds the record for the most misprints on one page?
The Times
37. Which Olympic event is competed for by contestants who kneel thrioughout the race?
Canoeing
38. What make of green-bottled mixer is advertised as the champagne of ginger ales?
Canada dry
39. Who made his last flight aboard a C64 Norseman?
Glenn Miller
40. Which sport witnessed a Beef Cutlet notch up a British record speed of 39.13mph?
Greyhound Racing
- In which Mexican city did the actor Anthony Quin hear his first dog bark?
Chihuahua

Tiebreaker - How often does a Bamboo plant flower?
Every 120 years