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Xmas Xcitement

Total questions: 15

Worksheet time: 8mins

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Class
Date
1.

One of the Bond girls has a peculiar name as Dr. ___________ Jones. In a scene, where James Bond quips, “I thought _________ comes once a year”, what was he referring to?

a)

New Year

b)

Christmas

c)

Thanksgiving

d)

Boxing Day

2.

Legendary Russian Composer Peter Tchaikovsky used a new instrument called Celesta to compose this suite of music. One particular score is immensely popular with several adaptations. Which score is this which is also has part name with one of the famous Christmas delicacies?

a)

Dance of the Sugar Plum Fairy

b)

Dance of the Reeds

c)

Valley of Plum Forest

d)

When the Chocolate Forest Comes by

3.

One of the companions of Santa is actually modeled after a tyrant court official in charge of taxes and thus found a place in myth which means that truant children would be taken away to an undisclosed place.


Do you know this character?

a)

Fuehrer

b)

Von Trapp

c)

Hans Trapp

d)

Himmler

4.

Which tradition was introduced in England after Queen Charlotte, wife George III, which she learnt from her origin in Germany?


Clue: It was Introduced at a party she gave for children in 1800

a)

Christmas Cakes

b)

Christmas gifts

c)

Christmas tree

d)

Christmas carols

5.

Which of Santa’s reindeer is supposed to be the headlamp of his sleigh?

a)

Dancer

b)

Prancer

c)

Vixen

d)

Rudolph

6.

The Christmas plum pudding is rather a misnomer. Why is the plum pudding a misnomer?

a)

Raisins were called plums earlier

b)

Plums earlier meant puddings

c)

Pudding were created without any sweets

d)

Cherries were called plums earlier

7.

Father Joseph Mohr composed a carol which has been popular throughout the world and even has a chapel called by its name at the original site where it was first performed.


Which one?

a)

Silent night

b)

Ode to the Father

c)

Heavens descend

d)

Holy Father

8.

According to popular but unverified history, which English monarch was the first to eat turkey for the Christmas dinner?

a)

James I

b)

Henry VI

c)

Henry VIII

d)

Edward I

9.

Which popular word is often perceived to be seen by media giants such as BBC and NY Times as something out of the context for Christmas ?

a)

Christmas

b)

Xmas

c)

Feast

d)

Thanksgiving

10.

The earliest recorded performance of this play was on February 2nd, 1602 on the Candlemas night. However it was written for a specific night by the playwright. Which one?

a)

Mid Summer’s Night

b)

Night of Venice

c)

Boxing Day Night

d)

Twelfth Night

11.

A monk whose relics can be found in Venice and Bari is celebrated as the patron saint of sailors and pawnbrokers.


How else do we remember him during this season?

a)

St. Thomas

b)

St. Nicholas

c)

St. Xavier

d)

St. Ignatius

12.

Analogous to St. Nicholas, which similar angel was promulgated by the Protestant Church as the bearer of Christmas gifts to children?

a)

Gods Child

b)

Christ Kind

c)

Children of Christ

d)

St. Halloween

13.

Which actor started the Santa Claus school operational since 1937, training actors for the role of Santa?

a)

James Schooner

b)

Charles Howard

c)

Jack Black

d)

Will Ferrell

14.

Astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra aboard Gemini VI spacecraft pranked their control center about sighting a UFO from space when they said "I see a command module and eight smaller modules in front. The pilot of the command module is wearing a red suit."


Which song did they play then to become the first to broadcast live music from space?

a)

Silent night

b)

Jingle Bells

c)

Its Christmas

d)

White Christmas

15.

There were several dates that were attributed to the birth of Christ. Why was 25th December believed to have been chosen?

a)

Equinox

b)

360th Day of a Leap Year

c)

Winter Solstice

d)

Summer Solstice