HROD Christmas Quiz 2021

HROD Christmas Quiz

​2021

​Are you ready for this year's extravaganza?

​Then let's go for round one..

​

​.. how well do you know your Christmas Movies?

Multiple Choice

The line "to me, you are perfect" famously appears in a very well-known Christmas themed film.  Name the film...

• Love Actually

• Serendipity

• The Holiday

• Last Christmas

Multiple Choice

Which American comedy film is loosely based on the Jamaican bobsleigh team debut entry into the 1988 Winter Olympics in Calgary, Canada?

• Groundhog Day

• Big

• Cool Runnings

• Tonya

Multiple Choice

The film Frozen is inspired by which Hans Christian Andersen fairy tale?

• Are you kidding me? I thought it was an original story!

• The Ice Maiden

• The Little Match Girl

• The Snow Queen

Multiple Choice

In the film A Wonderful Life what’s the name of the angel sent to help George Bailey?

• Clarence

• David

• Christian

• Gabriel

Multiple Choice

Name the film... (click on the picture to enhance the image)

• Ghostbusters I

• Ghostbusters Afterlife

• Ghastlybusters

• Ghostbusters II

​Round two and it is time for a song..

​.. or two!

Multiple Choice

The biggest selling band of 1996 was undoubtedly the Spice Girls.  Name the song they hit the Christmas number 1 spot with that year.

• Wannabe

• Too Much

• 2 become 1

• Who are the spice girls?

Multiple Choice

What British band are the only band to hold the Christmas Number 1 spot twice with the same song?

• East 17

• Queen

• The Beatles

• The Spice Girls

Multiple Choice

What year did Wham’s classic "Last Christmas" become the Christmas number 1?

• 1983

• 2020

• 1985

• 1995

Multiple Choice

"When the snow lay round about, deep and crisp and even" are lyrics from which well known Christmas Carol?

• Oh Come All Ye Faithful!

• Away in a Manger

• In the Bleak Midwinter

• Good King Wenceslas

Multiple Choice

How many minutes did it allegedly take Mariah Carey to write the lyrics to "All I want for Christmas is you"?

• 15

• 10

• 25

• 40

​Round three and time for some Christmas TV ..

​...

Multiple Choice

Name the Netflix original series in which these Christmas lights appear (click on the image to enhance)

• Strange Times

• Stranger Things

• Klaus

• You

Multiple Choice

The line "No Smithy, you're not listening. I know it's weird, alright? But I do. I loves you. With all my heart" is from what TV Christmas Special?

• Nessa

• Call the Midwife

• Gavin and Stacey

• Ant and Dec's Saturday Night Takeaway

Multiple Choice

Which actor was introduced as Doctor Who in the 2005 Christmas special?

• Matt Smith

• Peter Capaldi

• Christopher Eccleston

• David Tennant

Multiple Choice

Complete the title of the 1993 One Foot in the Grave Christmas Special. One foot in the...

• Ice

• Snow

• Algarve

• Caribbean

Multiple Choice

In the TV show Friends, what character does Ross invent to entertain his son Ben, when he is unable to get a Santa outfit?

• The Holiday Reindeer

• The Holiday Armadillo

• The Holiday Elf

• The Holiday T-Rex

​And round four...

​Let's test your random Christmas knowledge..

Multiple Choice

In which ocean is Christmas Island?

• Aegean

• Pacific

• Indian

• Baltic

Multiple Choice

Which Christmas chocolate favourite was launched in 1932?

• Chocolate Orange

• Mars Bar

• Maltesers

• Ferrero Rocher

Multiple Choice

Rangifer Tarandus is the Latin name for which animal (associated with Christmas!)

• Camel

• Donkey

• Reindeer

• Turkey

Multiple Choice

In which country was the first ever performance of The Nutcracker?

• France

• Russia

• England

• Poland

Multiple Choice

And finally... what ornaments do elves have on their shoes?

• Tinsel

• Whistles

• Bells

• Stars

​How did you do?

​ Merry Christmas Everybody (or is it Everyone?!)