Wigan Peers Cracking Christmas Quiz 2023

Very well quizzed you Wigan Peers, I hope you’ve all had a nice Christmas.

Wigan Peers Cracking Christmas Quiz Answers 2023

CHRISTMAS GENERAL KNOWLEDGE QUESTIONS

1) The Latin word meaning "coming" gave us what term which still refers to the coming Christmas period?
Advent from Adventus

2) In Charles Dicken's "A Christmas Carol", who was Scrooge's overworked and underpaid clerk?
Bob Cratchit

3) Panto, what is Aladdin's mother called ?
Widow Twankey

4) In which 1946 classic Christmas film starring James Stewart is it said that "Every time a bell rings, an angel gets his wings" ?
"It's A Wonderful Life”

5) Who wrote the song "White Christmas" ?
Irving Berlin

6) Which Royal is said to have introduced the Christmas tree into the UK?
Prince Albert, Queen Victoria’s consort, is credited with having introduced the Christmas tree into England in 1840

7) Which sitcom duo characters dressed as Batman and Robin in their 1996 TV Christmas special?
Del and Rodney Trotter in "Only Fools and Horses"

8) The French call it "Buche de Noel", by what name do we know this Christmas dessert ?
A Yule Log

9) Which old English coin was put in a Christmas Pudding to bring good luck to the finder? Silver Sixpence

10) Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
In 1647, The English Parliament passed a law that made Christmas illegal.
Christmas festivities were banned by Puritan leader Oliver Cromwell

11) Who composed the music for the 1892 Christmas ballet ‘The Nutcracker’?
Petre Ilych Tchaikovsky

12) What is the name given to Father Christmas in France ?
Pere Noel

13) In the song `The Twelve Days Of Christmas`, what did my true love give to me on the 12th day?
Twelve Drummers drumming

14) Which company changed Father Christmas’s traditional green suit to the familiar red suit we see today?
Coca Cola.
The modern image of Santa Claus in a red suit is largely attributed to a 1930s advertising campaign by Coca-Cola

15) How many of Santa’s reindeer have names beginning with the letter ’D’ and what are their names?
Three, Dasher, Dancer and Donner


CHRISTMAS POP MUSIC QUESTIONS

16) Currently this year’s Christmas number one hit, who sang "Last Christmas I Gave You My Heart" in 1984?
Wham

17) Who had a 1973 Christmas number one hit with "Merry Christmas Everybody"?
Slade

18) Who had a 1974 Christmas number one hit with "Lonely This Christmas"?
Mud

19) Who had a 1978 Christmas number one hit with "Mary's Boy Child / Oh My Lord"?
Boney M

20) ♪♫So this is Xmas
And what have you done
Another year over
And a new one just begun
And so this is Xmas
I hope you have fun
The near and the dear one
The old and the young♪♫

What Christmas pop song opens with those lines and who sang it?
"Happy Xmas (War Is Over)" John Lennon


CHRISTMAS MUSIC LYRICS QUESTIONS


21) ♪♫Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay.
Lully, lullay, thou little tiny child,
Bye bye, lully, lullay. ♪♫

From what Christmas Carol are the above lyrics?
"Coventry Carol"


22) ♪♫Stille Nacht, heilige Nacht,
Alles schläft; einsam wacht
Nur das traute hochheilige Paar.
Holder Knabe im lockigen Haar,
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh!
Schlaf in himmlischer Ruh! ♪♫

What is the English version of this traditional carol called?
"Silent Night"


23) ♪♫Come they told me
Pa rum pum pum pum
A new born King to see
Pa rum pum pum pum♪♫

What Christmas song opens with those lines?
"The Little Drummer Boy"


24) ♪♫What can I give Him,
Poor as I am?
If I were a shepherd
I would bring a lamb,
If I were a wise man
I would do my part,
Yet what I can I give Him,
Give my heart♪♫

What Christmas Carol has the above as its last verse?
"In the Bleak Midwinter"


25) In which Christmas carol does this line feature: "Bring me flesh, and bring me wine, bring me pine logs hither"?
"Good King Wenceslas"

Many thanks Ray for all the hard work you put in with the quizzes etc to keep us entertained
It doesn't go unnoticed. All the very best for the new year 2024.

Thank you very much for your kind words Lolly, it’s so nice to be appreciated.
This is to wish you and your family Best New Year Wishes for 2024.

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