So how well do you think you know all things Christmas?
***PLEASE READ****
Rules:
1. Please be honest, do not cheat by looking at others answers. This is just for fun.
2. The AP system tells me what order the entries come in, first with the most correct answers wins gold.
3. NO RESERVING SPOTS
4. Title your entry - "Trivia...and your screen name" or something like that so I can keep track better.
Ok, below I have 30 trivia question s about Christmas/the holiday season. Let's see who it the Christmas knowledge guru.
Good luck and HAVE FUN
This is an easy trophy
and Happy Holidays!
QUESTIONS:
1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?
2. What is the shape of the candy cane molded after?
3. What was the name of the dog that belonged to the Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?
4. What star led the Three Kings to Jesus?
5. What was the name os Scrooges' dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol"?
6. Where did the real St Nicholas live?
7. When you go Wassailing, what is it that you are doing?
8. In the movie "It's A Wonderful Life", how do you know that an angel has received his wings?
9. What was the picture on the first stamp printed for the Christmas season?
10. The poem commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" was originally titled what?
11. What year were the first electric Christmas tree lights used in?
12. Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?
13. When was Christmas first celebrated?
14. Why was December 25th chosen as Christmas Day?
15. What country did poinsettias originally come from?
16. How did Xmas originate as an abbreviation for Christmas?
17. What comes after '8 maids a-milking' in the song "The 12 days of Christmas"?
18. When are the 12 days of Christmas?
19. Of Santa's reindeer, how many are female and who?
20. How many sides does a snowflake have?
21. Which emperor is credited with standardizing December 25th as Christmas day?
22. In Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" what identical gift was bestowed upon the bootlegger, the busdriver, the knife grinder, 2 Baptist missionaries in Borneo and the President of the US?
23. What is holly's symbolic meaning to Christians?
24. What does the bible mention as the date of Christ's birth?
25. What was the original reason for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (as a song) to be written, by who in what year, and who first officially performed it?
26. What year did "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debut on CBS and has aired every Christmas since?
27. What auspicious television event occurred on December 24, 1968?
28. Where is Christmas Island?
29. Where is America's official Christmas tree located?
30. In what year did Toys for Tots begin?
This will be open for 2 days only.
***PLEASE READ****
Rules:
1. Please be honest, do not cheat by looking at others answers. This is just for fun.
2. The AP system tells me what order the entries come in, first with the most correct answers wins gold.
3. NO RESERVING SPOTS
4. Title your entry - "Trivia...and your screen name" or something like that so I can keep track better.
Ok, below I have 30 trivia question s about Christmas/the holiday season. Let's see who it the Christmas knowledge guru.
Good luck and HAVE FUN
This is an easy trophy
and Happy Holidays!
QUESTIONS:
1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?
2. What is the shape of the candy cane molded after?
3. What was the name of the dog that belonged to the Grinch in "How the Grinch Stole Christmas"?
4. What star led the Three Kings to Jesus?
5. What was the name os Scrooges' dead business partner in "A Christmas Carol"?
6. Where did the real St Nicholas live?
7. When you go Wassailing, what is it that you are doing?
8. In the movie "It's A Wonderful Life", how do you know that an angel has received his wings?
9. What was the picture on the first stamp printed for the Christmas season?
10. The poem commonly known as "The Night Before Christmas" was originally titled what?
11. What year were the first electric Christmas tree lights used in?
12. Good King Wenceslas was king of which country?
13. When was Christmas first celebrated?
14. Why was December 25th chosen as Christmas Day?
15. What country did poinsettias originally come from?
16. How did Xmas originate as an abbreviation for Christmas?
17. What comes after '8 maids a-milking' in the song "The 12 days of Christmas"?
18. When are the 12 days of Christmas?
19. Of Santa's reindeer, how many are female and who?
20. How many sides does a snowflake have?
21. Which emperor is credited with standardizing December 25th as Christmas day?
22. In Truman Capote's "A Christmas Memory" what identical gift was bestowed upon the bootlegger, the busdriver, the knife grinder, 2 Baptist missionaries in Borneo and the President of the US?
23. What is holly's symbolic meaning to Christians?
24. What does the bible mention as the date of Christ's birth?
25. What was the original reason for Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer (as a song) to be written, by who in what year, and who first officially performed it?
26. What year did "A Charlie Brown Christmas" debut on CBS and has aired every Christmas since?
27. What auspicious television event occurred on December 24, 1968?
28. Where is Christmas Island?
29. Where is America's official Christmas tree located?
30. In what year did Toys for Tots begin?
This will be open for 2 days only.
Contest is Over
- Contest was judged on December 14, 2007
- Rewards: Gold: 300, Silver: 30, Bronze: 30, Honorable mention: 1 people
- Final notes: Here are the correct answers (or at least the ones I have, which were taken from one site) The question regarding the stamp, after seeing multiple explanations, I did research it a little and I accepted both answers. Also, I accepted Czek for number 12, as I also found that answer in some sites.
Answers
1 Alabama
2 A shephard's crook
3 Max
4 Star of Bethlehem
5 Jacob Marley
6 Turkey
7 Going to visit neighbors and receive goodies
8 A bell rings
9 A rose
10 A Visit From Saint Nicholas
11 1895
12 Bohemia
13 In the 4th century
14 To compete with a pagan celebration
15 Mexico
16 The Greek word for Christ is Xristos
17 Nine ladies dancing
18 the 12 days after Christmas (Dec26-Jan6)
19 One - Vixen
20 Six
21 Constantine in 325 AD
22 A fruitcake
23 the berries are symbolic of Christ's blood and the thorny leaves suggest the thorns in His crown
24 it doesn't mention a specific date
25 As a Montgomery Ward promotional give away written by Robert May in 1939 and performed by Gene Autrey in 1947.
26 1965
27 After achieving the first manned lunar orbit, the crew of Apollo 8 celebrated Christmas Eve by reading from the first chapter of the Book of Genesis. The event was broadcast around the world.
28 Formally called Kiritimati, Christmas Island is in the Indian Ocean.
29 America's official national Christmas tree is located in King's Canyon National Park in California. The tree, a giant sequoia called the "General Grant Tree," is over 300 feet high. It was made the official Christmas tree in 1925.
30 In 1947, Toys for Tots started making the holidays a little happier for children by organizing its first Christmas toy drive for needy youngsters.
Hope you enjoyed. Thanks for entering and happy holidays.
Storm
Contest Winners
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1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday? Alabama in 1836 2. What is the shape of the candy cane molded after? shepards staff/crook• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday? Alabama• Commented on by judge. [remove]
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Eternallycurious 1: Alabamaby Eternallycurious 60 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 12 11:18 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday?Alabama 2. What is the shape of the candy cane molded after? The J in jesusby consumedbythenight 58 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 12 11:25 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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1. uhm. washington? 2. that thing the sheppards carried...by JessTheMess 61 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 12 11:29 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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some of these are hard ...lol..very hard.by Sunkissedrose 58 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 12 11:45 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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1) Massachuesetts 2) the letter jby Lady Altheia 29 lines, 3 comments, on Dec 12 2:41 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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1. Maryland 2. a shepherd's hookby pixxiepoetess 29 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 13 6:04 PM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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QUESTIONS: 1. What American state was the first to make Christmas an official holiday? Pennsylvania?by Tamera 65 lines, 1 comment, on Dec 14 9:21 AM 2007• Commented on by judge.
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Good questions, I could only answer a few of them!
Hope you get some more knowledgable people than me to enter
take care x
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Too hard for me I'm afraid
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I did this Trivia contest instead of finishing
up on the laundry I hope it pays off.. if not
oh well!
laurie
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Great contest!
I'm not even going to try...But I will be back to read the answers! Great questions...
Have fun!
Mele Kalikimaka!
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I would love to know these answers.
I will follow your contest....I am now intrigued. I think maybe you are a relative of Santa...(just kidding) This is a very interesting contest. I know a few answers....but not enough to compete. Cool! Great Idea! -
Different and Delightful
This is a wonderful idea for a contest..
Will have to come back later to read all the entries. Thank you for posting this Delight.
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Yikes! Can no do.
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Inaccuracy
A point on question 16.
The Greek word for christ isn't Xristos, it's Christos, but the greek letter chi, which is the first letter of the word, resembles an 'x', but it isn't an actual x. -
You see it does pay not to have a life... I can
spend way to much time researching trivia
thanks for the gold, I really learned a lot about Christmas. laurie
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