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Christmas Quiz
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Round 1
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Round 1
Question 1
Apart from Rudolph,
how many other
reindeer pull Santa’s
sleigh?
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Question 2
If Christmas Day is on
a Tuesday, on what
day will New Year’s
Day be?
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Question 3
Unscramble these
letters to get a filling
for Christmas pies:
TEAMCEMIN?
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Question 4
What kind of sweet
completes the phrase
often used by
Scrooge: “Bah _____”
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Round 1
Question 5
Which of these gifts
did the Wise Men give
to baby Jesus: Gold,
Silver or Bronze?
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Round 1
Question 6
What is the more
common name of the
Christmas carol
“Adeste Fideles”?
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Christmas Joke No. 1
Who hides in a bakery
at Christmas?
A mince spy!
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Round 2
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Round 2
Question 1
Cad is brí le
“maróg na
Nollag”?
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Round 2
Question 2
Red and what other
colour is associated
with Christmas?
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Round 2
Question 3
“Rosh Hashanah” is
the name of what
Jewish festival?
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Round 2
Question 4
What boy’s name is
also the name for a
male turkey: Tom,
Dick or Harry?
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Round 2
Question 5
A star or what other
item is usually placed
on top of a Christmas
tree?
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Round 2
Question 6
In the Philippines, people
decorate their homes at
Christmas with “parols”.
Are they plants, lanterns
or crackers?
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Christmas Joke No. 2
What kind of Christmas
candle burns longer, a
red or a green candle?
Neither, a candle always
burns shorter!
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Round 1
Answers
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Round 1 Answers
Question 1
Apart from Rudolph,
how many other
reindeer pull Santa’s
sleigh?
8
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Question 2
If Christmas Day is on
a Tuesday, on what
day will New Year’s
Day be?
Tuesday
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Question 3
Unscramble these
letters to get a filling
for Christmas pies:
TEAMCEMIN?
Mincemeat
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Question 4
What kind of sweet
completes the phrase
often used by
Scrooge: “Bah _____”
Humbug
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Question 5
Which of these gifts
did the Wise Men give
to baby Jesus: Gold,
Silver or Bronze?
Gold
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Question 6
What is the more
common name of the
Christmas carol
“Adeste Fideles”?
O Come All Ye Faithful
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Christmas Joke No. 3
What happened to the
man who stole a
calendar at Christmas?
He got 12 months!
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Round 3
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Round 3
Question 1
What is the
scientific formula
for melted snow?
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Round 3
Question 2
Cén dath atá ar
shrón Rudolph?
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Round 3
Question 3
What plant, which
originated in Mexico,
is associated with
Christmas?
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Round 3
Question 4
If you received all the gifts
in the song “12 days of
Christmas”, how many
gifts would you get: 12, 78
or 364?
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Round 3
Question 5
In what year were the
first Christmas Cards
sent in the UK: 1930,
1843 or 1906?
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Round 3
Question 6
In which Christmas
song is the line: “Tis
the season to be
jolly”?
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Christmas Joke No. 4
Why are Christmas
trees like bad knitters?
They both drop
needles!
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Round 2
Answers
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Round 2 Answers
Question 1
Cad is brí le
“maróg na
Nollag”?
Christmas Pudding
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Round 2
Question 2
Red and what other
colour is associated
with Christmas?
Green
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Round 2
Question 3
“Rosh Hashanah” is
the name of what
Jewish festival?
Jewish New Year
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Round 2
Question 4
What boy’s name is
also the name for a
male turkey: Tom,
Dick or Harry?
Tom
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Round 2
Question 5
A star or what other
item is usually placed
on top of a Christmas
tree?
Angel
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Round 2
Question 6
In the Philippines, people
decorate their homes at
Christmas with “parols”.
Are they plants, lanterns
or crackers?
Lanterns
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Christmas Joke No. 5
What is the best
Christmas present in
the world?
A broken drum – you
can’t beat it!
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Round 4
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Round 4
Question 1
What French word,
meaning “to eat”, is the
name of the place where
the baby Jesus was placed
in the stable?
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Question 2
Round 4
What did my True
Love give to me on
the 8th day of
Christmas?
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Round 4
Question 3
Under what plant
should you kiss
someone at
Christmas?
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Question 4
Round 4
Unscramble the letters
(TUNCKREARC) to find
the name of the famous
ballet often performed
at Christmas?
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Question 5
Round 4
In what country does
“Snowflake Girl” help to
deliver Christmas
presents: Russia,
Bulgaria or Ukraine?
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Round 4
Question 6
After leaving Bethlehem,
to which country did
Mary, Joseph and Jesus
travel?
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Christmas Joke No. 6
Why do mummies like
Christmas so much?
Because of all the
wrapping!
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Round 3
Answers
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Round 3 Answers
Question 1
What is the
scientific formula
for melted snow?
H2O
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Question 2
Cén dath atá ar
shrón Rudolph?
Dearg
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Question 3
What plant, which
originated in Mexico,
is associated with
Christmas?
Poinsettia
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Round 3 Answers
Question 4
If you received all the gifts
in the song “12 days of
Christmas”, how many
gifts would you get: 12, 78
or 364?
364
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Round 3 Answers
Question 5
In what year were the
first Christmas Cards
sent in the UK: 1930,
1843 or 1906?
1843
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Question 6
In which Christmas
song is the line: “Tis
the season to be
jolly”?
Deck the Halls
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Christmas Joke No. 7
What did Mrs. Claus
say to Santa when she
looked in the sky?
Looks like rain, dear!
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Round 5
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Question 1
Round 5
What saint’s day is
celebrated on
December 26th?
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Question 2
Round 5
What was the name
given to the group of
singers brought together
to record “Do They
Know It’s Christmas”?
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Question 3
Round 5
Cén Ghaeilge atá
ar “present”?
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Question 4
Round 5
Unscramble the letters
(RARYANCEB) to get the
name of a fruit sauce
that accompanies
turkey?
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Question 5
Round 5
How many times is
“Santa” mentioned
in “Jingle Bells”?
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Round 5
Question 6
Which of these characters did
not appear in a children’s
version of “A Christmas Carol”:
Kermit the Frog, Bugs Bunny
or Mickey Mouse?
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Christmas Joke No. 8
How do you know
when Santa is in the
room?
You can sense his
presents!
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Round 4
Answers
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Round 4 Answers
Question 1
What French word,
meaning “to eat”, is the
name of the place where
the baby Jesus was placed
in the stable?
Manger
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Round 4 Answers
Question 2
What did my True
Love give to me on
the 8th day of
Christmas?
8 Maids-A-Milking
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Round 4 Answers
Question 3
Under what plant
should you kiss
someone at
Christmas?
Mistletoe
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Round 4 Answers
Question 4
Unscramble the letters
(TUNCKREARC) to find
the name of the famous
ballet often performed
at Christmas?
Nutcracker
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Round 4 Answers
Question 5
In what country does
“Snowflake Girl” help to
deliver Christmas
presents: Russia,
Bulgaria or Ukraine?
Ukraine
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Round 4 Answers
Question 6
After leaving Bethlehem,
to which country did
Mary, Joseph and Jesus
travel?
Egypt
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Christmas Joke No. 9
What comes at the
end of Christmas Day?
The letter Y!
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Round 6
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Question 1
Round 6
What famous Christmas
story did Raymond
Briggs write which was
later made into an
animated movie?
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Round 6
Question 2
De ghnáth, cén dath
atá ar bhuataisí San
Nioclás?
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Question 3
Round 6
What girl’s name
is also a song sung
at Christmas?
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Question 4
Round 6
What is the name of the
fleshy growth that hangs
down over a turkey’s
beak: a snood, a snoop
or a snook?
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Question 5
Round 6
What item
brought Frosty the
Snowman to life?
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Question 6
Round 6
Which of the following is
not a real US town/city:
Snowflake, Texas; Noel,
Missouri; or Santa Claus,
Georgia?
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Christmas Joke No. 10
What do Santa’s elves
learn at school?
The Elf-abet!
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Round 5
Answers
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Round 5 Answers
Question 1
What saint’s day is
celebrated on
December 26th?
St. Stephen’s Day
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Round 5 Answers
Question 2
What was the name
given to the group of
singers brought together
to record “Do They
Know It’s Christmas”?
Band Aid
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Round 5
Question 3
Cén Ghaeilge atá
ar “present”?
Bronntanas
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Question 4
Round 5
Unscramble the letters
(RARYANCEB) to get the
name of a fruit sauce
that accompanies
turkey?
Cranberry
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Round 5
Question 5
How many times is
“Santa” mentioned
in “Jingle Bells”?
None
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Round 5
Question 6
Which of these characters did
not appear in a children’s
version of “A Christmas Carol”:
Kermit the Frog, Bugs Bunny
or Mickey Mouse?
Bugs Bunny
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Christmas Joke No. 11
What do you call Santa
when he stops moving?
Santa Pause!
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Round 7
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Question 1
Round 7
The ruddock is
another name for
which bird associated
with Christmas?
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Question 2
Round 7
What kind of boy
said, “Come they
told me” in the
Christmas Carol?
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Question 3
Round 7
Name the seasonal film
about a magical train
taking children to the
North Pole to meet
Santa Claus?
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Question 4
Round 7
What was the name
of the Grinch’s dog:
Mike, Max or Rex?
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Question 5
Round 7
What king ordered
baby boys to be put
to death at the time
of Jesus’ birth?
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Round 7
Question 6
Which of Santa’s
reindeer shares the same
name as a mythological
god of love?
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Christmas Joke No. 12
What do you call
Frosty the Snowman in
May?
A Puddle!
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Round 6
Answers
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Round 6 Answers
Question 1
What famous Christmas
story did Raymond
Briggs write which was
later made into an
animated movie?
The Snowman
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Round 6 Answers
Question 2
De ghnáth, cén dath
atá ar bhuataisí San
Nioclás?
Dubh
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Round 6 Answers
Question 3
What girl’s name
is also a song sung
at Christmas?
Carol
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Round 6 Answers
Question 4
What is the name of the
fleshy growth that hangs
down over a turkey’s
beak: a snood, a snoop
or a snook?
Snood
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Round 6 Answers
Question 5
What item
brought Frosty the
Snowman to life?
A Silk Hat
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Round 6 Answers
Question 6
Which of the following is
not a real US town/city:
Snowflake, Texas; Noel,
Missouri; or Santa Claus,
Georgia?
Snowflake, Texas
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Christmas Joke No. 13
What Christmas song is
hidden in the alphabet:
ABCDEFGHIJKMN
OPQRSTUVWXYZ
Noel (No L)!
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Round 8
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Question 1
Round 8
Which author wrote
“A Christmas Carol”
featuring Ebeneezer
Scrooge?
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Question 2
Round 8
“The cattle are lowing,
the baby awakes” is a
line from which
Christmas Carol?
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Question 3
Round 8
What currency was
introduced into
Ireland on New Year’s
Day 2002?
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Question 4
Round 8
What is the name of a
promise made for the
New Year: Revolution,
Resolution or Rebellion?
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Question 5
Round 8
Unscramble the
letters (LUBBAE) to
find something hung
on a Christmas tree?
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Question 6
Round 8
What might a naughty
child find in his stocking
on Christmas morning:
Turf, Coal or Briquettes?
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Christmas Joke No. 14
What do reindeer have
that no other animals
have?
Baby Reindeer !
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Round 7
Answers
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Round 7 Answers
Question 1
The ruddock is
another name for
which bird associated
with Christmas?
Robin
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Round 7 Answers
Question 2
What kind of boy
said, “Come they
told me” in the
Christmas Carol?
Drummer Boy
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Round 7 Answers
Question 3
Name the seasonal film
about a magical train
taking children to the
North Pole to meet
Santa Claus?
The Polar Express
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Round 7 Answers
Question 4
What was the name
of the Grinch’s dog:
Mike, Max or Rex?
Max
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Round 7 Answers
Question 5
What king ordered
baby boys to be put
to death at the time
of Jesus’ birth?
Herod
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Round 7 Answers
Question 6
Which of Santa’s
reindeer shares the same
name as a mythological
god of love?
Cupid
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Christmas Joke No. 15
What’s an Ig?
An Eskimo’s house
without a loo!
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Round 8
Answers
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Round 8 Answers
Question 1
Which author wrote
“A Christmas Carol”
featuring Ebeneezer
Scrooge?
Charles Dickens
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Round 8 Answers
Question 2
“The cattle are lowing,
the baby awakes” is a
line from which
Christmas Carol?
Away in a Manger
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Round 8 Answers
Question 3
What currency was
introduced into
Ireland on New Year’s
Day 2002?
Euro(€)
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Round 8 Answers
Question 4
What is the name of a
promise made for the
New Year: Revolution,
Resolution or Rebellion?
Resolution
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Round 8 Answers
Question 5
Unscramble the
letters (LUBBAE) to
find something hung
on a Christmas tree?
Bauble
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Round 8 Answers
Question 6
What might a naughty
child find in his stocking
on Christmas morning:
Turf, Coal or Briquettes?
Coal
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Christmas Joke No. 16
What did Adam say on
the day before
Christmas?
It’s Christmas, Eve!
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Tie-Break
Round
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Tie-Break Round
Question 1
What Irishman wrote
the lyrics for the
Christmas No. 1 song
“Do They Know It’s
Christmas?
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Tie-Break Round
Question 2
Which religious leader
fled Tibet when Chinese
forces invaded on
Christmas Day 1950?
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Tie-Break Round
Question 3
Ankara is the capital
of what country
which is also a
Christmas bird?
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Tie-Break Round
Question 4
On what date is
Nollaig na mBan
celebrated?
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Tie-Break Round
Question 5
Which Oliver _____ (Plunkett,
Twist or Cromwell) was a
British ruler who cancelled
Christmas when he came to
power?
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Tie-Break Round
Question 6
Which of these Gospels
does not tell the story of
the birth of Jesus:
Matthew, Mark or Luke?
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Christmas Joke No. 17
Why did Santa’s elf
push his bed into the
fireplace?
Because he wanted to
sleep like a log!
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Tie-Break
Round
Answers
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 1
What Irishman wrote
the lyrics for the
Christmas No. 1 song
“Do They Know It’s
Christmas?
Bob Geldof
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 2
Which religious leader
fled Tibet when Chinese
forces invaded on
Christmas Day 1950?
Dalai Lama
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 3
Ankara is the capital
of what country
which is also a
Christmas bird?
Turkey
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 4
On what date is
Nollaig na mBan
celebrated?
January 6th
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 5
Which Oliver _____ (Plunkett,
Twist or Cromwell) was a
British ruler who cancelled
Christmas when he came to
power?
Cromwell
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Tie-Break Answers
Question 6
Which of these Gospels
does not tell the story of
the birth of Jesus:
Matthew, Mark or Luke?
Mark
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A Final Christmas Joke
T'was the night before Christmas
and all through the house, not a
creature was stirring, not even a
mouse. The stockings were hung
by the chimney with care. They'd
been worn all week and needed
the air!
Happy Christmas!
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