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James Watkins
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Test your Christmas trivia smarts
December 1998
Okay, you won't win a million dollars in our Christmas trivia quiz, but you don't have to listen to Regis ask, "Iz zatcha final ansa?"
Which of the following events occurred on December 25.
a) Jesus was born in AD 0.
b) The Pilgrims began building an
American settlement in 1620.
c) George Washington crossed the Delaware River in 1776.
d) None of the above.
e) b and c
f) (a-b) = (c+d)
Answer
2.
True or false. "Hark! The Herald Angels Sing."
Answer
3.
Name the three wisemen who visited the stable where Jesus was born. (Extra
credit for correct spelling.)
Answer
4.
Multiple choice. The oldest Christmas carol is . . .
a) . . . "O Come, All Ye Faithful"
b) . . . "Jesus Light of All
the Nations"
c) . . . "Rockin' Around the
Christmas Tree"
d) . . . none of the above.
Answer
5.
True of false. There really was a St. Nick.
Answer
6.
True or false. The Puritans banned Christmas celebrations in 1644.
Answer
7.
What famous Christmas poem did New York General Theological Seminary professor,
Clement Clarke Moore, write in 1822?
Answer
8.
True or false. "Noel" is French for Christmas.
Answer
9.
Multiple choice: The holiday season is celebrated by . . .
a) . . . children sleeping on beds
of straw in Slavic countries to
commemorate Christ's birth in a stable.
b) . . . filling wooden shoes with straw in Holland.
c) . . . setting out shoes in Italy
to be filled by the female
Santa Claus, La Befena.
d) . . . burning old shoes in
Greece to ward off bad luck.
e) . . . throwing old shoes at
humor columnists in Azerbaijan.
f) . . . shooting off fireworks
in China, France, Italy and Spain.
g) . . . none of the above.
h) . . . all of the above except e.
Answer
10.
What does the X in "Xmas" stand for?
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