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General Knowledge Questions and Answers (December 2023)

  1. Question: Which popular Christmas beverage is also called "milk punch?"
    Answer: Eggnog
  2. Question: What did the other reindeer not let Rudolph do because of his shiny red nose? Answer: Join in any reindeer games
  3. Question: How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol? Answer: Four
  4. Question: Where was baby Jesus born? Answer: In Bethlehem
  5. Question: The movie Miracle on 34th Street is based on a real-life department store. What is it? Answer: Macy's
  6. Question: What are the two other most popular names for Santa Claus?
    Answer: Kris Kringle and Saint Nick
  7. Question: Elvis isn't going to have a white Christmas he's going to have a....
    Answer: Blue Christmas
  8. Question: What do people traditionally put on top of a Christmas tree?
    Answer: An angel
  9. Question: In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind?
    Answer: Paris
  10. Question: In the classic Christmas movie, How The Grinch Stole Christmas, the Grinch was described with three words. What are they?
    Answer: Stink, stank, stunk
  11. Question: In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in?
    Answer: Turkey (originally Patara, a city in the ancient district of Lycia, in Asia Minor)
  12. Question: In the movie It's A Wonderful Life, what happened every time a bell rang?
    Answer: An angel got his wings
  13. Question: What words follow "Silent Night" in the song?
    Answer: Holy night
  14. Question: Which Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?
    Answer: Tom Hanks
  15. Question: In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what was the first name of Scrooge? 
    Answer: Ebenezer
  16. Question: Which country did eggnog come from?
    Answer: England
  17. Question: Which real-life person is Santa Claus based on?
    Answer: The Christian bishop St. Nicholas
  18. Question: What did Frosty The Snowman do when a magic hat was placed on his head?
    Answer: He began to dance around
  19. Question: What is Ralphie’s little brother’s name in the movie A Christmas Story?
    Answer: Randy
  20. Question: Which Christmas song contains the lyric "Everyone dancing merrily in the new old-fashioned way?"
    Answer: "Rocking Around The Christmas Tree"
  21. Question: What are you supposed to do when you find yourself under the mistletoe?
    Answer: Kiss
  22. Question: Which one of Santa's reindeer has the same name as another holiday mascot?
    Answer: Cupid
  23. Question: Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
    Answer: Germany
  24. Question: In the song "Winter Wonderland," what do we call the snowman?
    Answer: Parson Brown
  25. Question: In the movie Elf, what was the first rule of The Code of Elves?
    Answer: Treat every day like Christmas
  26. Question: What's the name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
    Answer: Oogie Boogie
  27. Question: According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the eighth day of Christmas?
    Answer: Eight maids a milking
  28. Question: What was the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
    Answer: Home Alone
  29. Question: Whose eyes are all aglow in "The Christmas Song?"
    Answer: Tiny tots
  30. Question: What was the real name of the character Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause?
    Answer: Scott Calvin
  31. Question: How many gifts in total were given in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" song?
    Answer: 364
  32. Question: Which fairy tale was the first gingerbread houses inspired by?
    Answer: Hansel and Gretel
  33. Question: In the movie A Christmas Story, what was the name of the neighbors whose dog ate the Christmas turkey?
    Answer: The Bumpuses
  34. Question: How do you say "Merry Christmas" in Spanish?
    Answer: Feliz Navidad
  35. Question: Where did the word and idea "Christmukkah" come from?
    Answer: The O.C.
  36. Question: What is the name of the last ghost that visits Scrooge in A Christmas Carol?
    Answer: The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
  37. Question: Visions of which food danced in children's heads as they slept in the poem "'Twas The Night Before Christmas?"
    Answer: Sugar plums
  38. Question: What gift did the Little Drummer Boy give to the newborn Christ?
    Answer: He played a song for him on his drums
  39. Question: What is the best-selling Christmas song ever?
    Answer: "White Christmas" by Bing Crosby
  40. Question: Who wrote, "Christmas doesn't come from a store, maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more?"
    Answer: Dr. Seuss
  41. Question: Three of Santa's reindeer's names begin with the letter "D." What are those names?
    Answer: Dancer, Dasher, and Donner
  42. Question: What was Frosty the Snowman's nose made out?
    Answer: A button

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Round 2: Solar System Picture Round Answers

  1. Earth
  2. Jupiter
  3. Uranus
  4. Mars
  5. Venus
  6. Neptune
  7. Saturn
  8. Mercury

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Music Quiz Questions and Answers (December 2023)

  1. Who was the first band member to leave One Direction?
  2. Which rock band was founded by Trent Reznor in 1988?
  3. What is the name of the duet recorded by Robbie Williams and Gary Barlow in 2010?
  4. Jimmy, Robert, John and John: can you identify this rock band from the first names of their original line-up?
  5. Who are the three members of the American supergroup Boygenius?
  6. How many members were there in pop group Little Mix before they went on hiatus? (Bonus point for each member you can name).
  7. Which singer-songwriter had studio albums titled Hejira, Ladies of the Canyon and Blue?
  8. Including streaming figures, what was the best-selling UK single of the 2010s?
  9. In what year did Elvis Presley die? (A bonus point for the month.)
  10. In 1975 Bohemian Rhapsody was number one for nine weeks. It was finally knocked off the top slot by a song with a name that appears in the lyrics of Bohemian Rhapsody. Name the song and the band that ended Queen’s number one success.
  11. How many UK number ones did The Beatles have in total?
  12. Reginald Kenneth Dwight is better known by what name?
  13. Rihanna hit Umbrella was originally written with which other popstar in mind?
  14. Which band had a huge international hit album in 2002 with the record "A Rush of Blood to the Head"?
  15. Knights in White Satin was a 1967 hit for which band?
  16. Which legendary musician had film roles in The Prestige and Twin Peaks: Fire Walk with Me?
  17. Girls Aloud were formed on Popstars: The Rivals in 2002 – but can you name the boy band that was formed at the same time?
  18. How many members are there in South Korean mega boyband BTS?
  19. Which talent show judge managed Westlife?
  20. Taylor Swift released two studio albums in 2020: one was titled Folklore, but what was the name of the other one?
  21. Roger Taylor is the drummer in which band?
  22. In which year did the Spice Girls release Wannabe?
  23. Which music legend won the Nobel Prize for literature in 2016?
  24. Which song begins with the line, "I thought love was only true in fairy tales"?
  25. Which comedy double act scored a huge hit with the England football anthem Three Lions in 1996?
  26. Which Bob Dylan song did Adele include on her first album?
  27. Which single has had the longest uninterrupted run ever on the UK Singles Chart?
  28. Which 80s group, featuring Phil Collins, reunited in 2020?
  29. Over the years, how many Sugababes have there been?
  30. Which acclaimed Scottish band takes their name from a French children's TV programme?
  31. What's the name of the 1957 musical prison drama starring Elvis Presley?
  32. Who became the lead singer of the '90s band Cast, after serving as the bassist for the La's?
  33. Who was the music producer commonly referred to as The Fifth Beatle
  34. In what decade was American jazz trumpeter Miles Davis born?
  35. Which artist headlined Friday night on the Pyramid Stage at Glastonbury Festival 2019?
  36. Who originally recorded the classic ballad I Will Always Love You in 1973?
  37. Rockstar David Howell Evans is better known by what name?
  38. Complete the first line of the Bill Withers hit: "Ain't no sunshine..."
  39. What was the name of the band formed by Jack Bruce, Eric Clapton, and Ginger Baker?
  40. What English county do Supergrass and Radiohead have in common?
  41. Which Motown star released the album Innervisions in 1973?
  42. Björn Again is a tribute band for which world-famous pop group?
  43. What is the name of the band who usually serve as the backing band for Bruce Springsteen?
  44. In what year were the hit songs Uptown Funk, Bad Blood, Chandelier, Fancy, Rather Be and Anaconda released?
  45. Which prison did Johnny Cash famously sing about in his 1955 song?
  46. Singer Fergie was previously a member of which hip hop group?
  47. Which former X Factor contestant made their debut in the Marvel Cinematic Universe in 2021?
  48. Rock band AC/DC originates from which country?
  49. What is Irish musician Hozier's real name?
  50. What Kate Bush song was featured in season 4 of Stranger Things?

Music Quiz Answers

  1. Zayn Malik
  2. Nine Inch Nails
  3. Shame
  4. Led Zeppelin
  5. Phoebe Bridgers, Lucy Dacus and Julien Baker
  6. 3 (Jade Thirlwall, Perrie Edwards, Leigh-Anne Pinnock – Jesy Nelson left in December 2020)
  7. Joni Mitchell
  8. Shape of You by Ed Sheeran
  9. 1977 (August)
  10. Mamma Mia by Abba
  11. 17
  12. Elton John
  13. Britney Spears
  14. Coldplay
  15. The Moody Blues
  16. David Bowie
  17. One True Voice
  18. 7
  19. Louis Walsh
  20. Evermore
  21. Queen
  22. 1996
  23. Bob Dylan
  24. I'm A Believer by The Monkees
  25. David Baddiel and Frank Skinner
  26. Make You Feel My Love
  27. (Everything I Do) I Do It for You by Bryan Adams
  28. Genesis
  29. Six: Keisha, Mutya, Siobhan, Heidi, Amelle and Jade
  30. Belle and Sebastian
  31. Jailhouse Rock
  32. John Power
  33. George Martin
  34. 1920s
  35. Stormzy
  36. Dolly Parton
  37. The Edge (the guitarist in U2)
  38. When she's gone
  39. Cream
  40. Oxfordshire (it's where they were both founded)
  41. Stevie Wonder
  42. ABBA
  43. The E Street Band.
  44. 2014
  45. Folson Prison
  46. The Black Eyed Peas
  47. Harry Styles (as Eros in Eternals)
  48. Australia
  49. Andrew Hozier-Byrne
  50. Running Up That Hill

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True and False Quiz (December 2023)

  1. Friends star Lisa Kudrow was originally cast in the sitcom Frasier
  2. If you're born between May 1st and 20th, then you're a Gemini
  3. Emma Roberts is the daughter of Julia Roberts
  4. There are over 2,500 stars on the Hollywood Walk of Fame
  5. Fruit flies were the first living creatures sent into space
  6. Cyclones spin in a clockwise direction in the southern hemisphere
  7. Goldfish only have a memory of three seconds
  8. The capital of Libya is Benghazi
  9. Dolly Parton is the godmother of Miley Cyrus
  10. Roger Federer has won the most Wimbledon titles of any player
  11. An octopus has five hearts
  12. Brazil is the only country in the Americas to have the official language of Portuguese
  13. The Channel Tunnel is the longest rail tunnel in the world
  14. Darth Vader famously says the line "Luke, I am your father" in The Empire Strikes Back
  15. Olivia Newton-John represented the UK in the Eurovision Song Contest in 1974, the year ABBA won with "Waterloo"
  16. Stephen Hawking declined a knighthood from the Queen
  17. The highest mountain in England is Ben Nevis
  18. Nicolas Cage and Michael Jackson both married the same woman
  19. Japan and Russia did not sign a peace treaty after World War Two so are technically still at war
  20. The mathematical name for the shape of a Pringle is hyperbolic paraboloid
  21. Charlie Chaplin came first in a Charlie Chaplin look-alike contest
  22. Michael Keaton's real name is Michael Douglas
  23. Napoleon was of below-average height
  24. Donald Duck's middle name is Fauntelroy
  25. The Statue of Liberty was a gift from France
  26. According to Scottish law, it is illegal to be drunk in charge of a cow
  27. The Great Wall of China is visible from space
  28. The first tea bags were made of silk
  29. Meghan Markle's first name is Rachel
  30. Warsaw is the capital of Bulgaria
  31. A metre is further than a yard
  32. A woman has walked on the moon
  33. Flying in an aeroplane is statistically safer than driving in a car
  1. True – she was cast as Frasier's producer Roz but fired after just one episode and replaced by Peri Gilpin
  2. False – you're actually a Taurus if your birthday falls within those dates
  3. False – Emma Roberts is actually Julia Roberts' niece
  4. True – there are 2,691 stars as of 2020
  5. True – fruit flies were sent into space in a V-2 rocket in 1947
  6. True
  7. False - scientists have found their memories can actually last for months
  8. False - it's Tripoli
  9. True - Dolly is good friends with Miley's dad, country star Billy Ray Cyrus
  10. False - he has won 8, Martina Navratilova won 9
  11. False - it has three
  12. True
  13. False - The Gotthard Base Tunnel in Switzerland is 4 miles longer at 35.5 miles long
  14. False - the line is actually "No, I am your father"
  15. True
  16. True
  17. False - Ben Nevis is in Scotland
  18. True - to Lisa Marie Presley no less
  19. True - the two countries have signed a joint declaration but not a peace treaty
  20. True
  21. False - he came third
  22. True
  23. False - at 5 ft 7 in he was slightly above average height for the time
  24. True
  25. True
  26. True
  27. False
  28. True
  29. True
  30. False
  31. True
  32. False
  33. True

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