Saturday, December 10, 2011

On the Tenth Day of Christmas....Alinar brings to you...An Blog Post from Candy Nicks/Alexandra Marell

For my blog post today I’m bringing you a Christmas quiz. Just a bit of fun, the answers are at the bottom of the post.


1. How many of Santa’s Reindeer can you name?

2. On the tenth day of Christmas my true love sent to me...?

3. The three wise men’s names are...?

4. Who was Roman emperor at the time of Jesus’ birth?



5. Where was mommy seen kissing Santa Clause?

6. Name one ingredient in a traditional British mince pie.

7. Whose angel was Clarence in the 1946 film, It’s A Wonderful Life?

8. When is St. Stephen’s day?

9. Which country did St. Nicholas come from?

10. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?

11. How many ghosts visited Scrooge in Dicken’s a Christmas Carol?

12. In what film do we hear the song, I’m Walking in the Air?

13. What is new year’s eve in Scotland called?

14. What is the name of the toy action figure hunted down by Arnold Schwarzenegger's desperate dad in the family comedy Jingle all the Way?

15. Finish this line and name the Christmas carol. While mortals sleep the angels keep…?

16. What is Wassail?

17. Who wrote the fairy tale, The Fir Tree?

18. For the tradition of ‘First Footing’ what should be the sex and hair colour of the first footer?

19. Viscum Album is the latin name for which common Christmas decoration?

20. On what date does La Befana (Italian Mrs Christmas) deliver her presents?



Answers

1. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen, Rudolph
2. 10 lords a leaping
3. Melchior Caspar and Balthazar
4. Caesar Augustus
5. Under the mistletoe
6. Pastry, dried fruit, suet, sometimes brandy
7. George Bailey's
8. 26th December
9. Turkey
10. Mexico
11. Four – Christmas past, present and future and Jacob Marley his business partner.
12. The snowman
13. Hogmanay
14. Turbo-Man
15. Their watch of wondering love - from O Little Town of Bethlehem
16. A hot spicy drink, often alcoholic
17. Hans Christian Andersen
18. Dark haired male
19. Mistletoe
20. Epiphany eve, or 5th January




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8 comments:

Midnight Marie's Room said...

I didn't get them all right, but I did get about 1/2 right. Great blog!!

Joanne said...

I did about as good as Midnight Marie's Room. It was a fun quiz. Thanks for the chance to win.

Carol said...

I knew about half. There were a couple that I had never heard about at all - like Mrs Claus delivering gifts.

Shereifa said...

I got nine answers right and i had no idea what were the answers for 16-20, i was really lost there. Its a cool quiz tho. Thanks for the brain buster. rshereifa at yahoo dot com

Anonymous said...

Well, I would've flunked this pop quiz if I had to be graded so I'll just leave it at that. :D But it was cool to learn some new facts. Gracias, thanks.

Ode T.

Eva S said...

About half too, thanks for the interesting quiz!

Denise Golden said...

Let's just say I knew some, I knew that I should know others and I had no clue on the rest. :) Fun, quiz, though.

Melody said...

I did not get them all correct. :(
Well I want to say THANK YOU to all the Alinar Authors for bring Christmas Cheer to your readers ( FANS)!!

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