16 December 2024

Quiztime

Up at "The Hammer" last night it was rather chaotic. First of all, there were quite a lot of people in and secondly the pub was understaffed. Some customers were finishing meals and others had turned up specially for the regular Sunday night quiz. There were also three pet dogs sniffing about and getting under people's feet.

The special Christmas quiz had been devised by Rebecca, the twenty-something assistant manager and I had the strong impression that she had never created a pub quiz before. On the whole, her questions were too damned hard and all the time she was posing her questions over the temperamental sound system, she was also serving at the bar. This meant that there were long, frustrating pauses in the process.

Then at around eighty thirty something happened that nobody was expecting. The vicar from nearby All Saints Church appeared with about twelve members of his congregation. They had carol sheets for pubgoers to follow and in the middle of the quiz a few of us joined in but most didn't. There was no musical accompaniment and it all seemed rather pointless.

In spite of this ropy experience, I feel inspired to create a  Christmas-themed  quiz for  "Yorkshire Pudding" visitors so let's go. Answers will be given in the "Comments" section.

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1) After The Virgin Mary had given birth to Baby Jesus, she placed him in a "manger" but what is a "manger"?
(a) a kind of Palestinian water trough 
(b) a wooden  trough from which animals feed 
(c) a crude box with legs for storing vegetables 
(d) a simply made baby's crib

2) Name the actor shown below. He starred in the successful 2003 Christmas film "Elf".

3) Which Scandinavian capital city sends a large Christmas tree to London every year? It is then put up in Trafalgar Square.
(a) Copenhagen (b) Stockholm (c) Helsinki (d) Oslo

4)  Here comes the chorus of Mariah Carey's "All I Want for Christmas Is You"....but what is the missing line?
Oh, I just want you for my own
More than you could ever know
Make  my .....................................................
Oh, baby, all I want for Christmas is you
You, baby
5) This is a scene from a popular British Christmas pantomime but what is the title of the panto?

6) Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer  pulls Santa's sleigh with several other reindeer but only one of them has a name beginning with the letter "V". Name that reindeer.

7) In the carol,  "Once in Royal David's City" what is referred to in the second line?
(a) a holy citadel (b) an inn without a vacant room     
(c) a lowly cattle shed  (d) the road to Bethlehem

8) In which European country did the tradition of decorating Christmas trees begin?

9) In America, Spike Jones and His City Slickers  had a big Christmas hit in 1948 with  "All I Want For Christmas Is My Two ___  ____". Complete the title.

10) Charlie Chaplin died at his home in Switzerland on Christmas Day, 1977 but how old was he?
(a) 77  (b) 80  (c)  88 (d) 95


How did you do?

30 comments:

  1. ANSWERS
    1. (b) a wooden trough from which animals feed
    2. Will Ferrell
    3. (d) Oslo
    4. wish come true
    5. "Cinderella"
    6. Vixen
    7. (c) a lowly cattle shed
    8. Germany
    9. front teeth
    10. (c) 88

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  2. Nine correct here. Your experience at the pub last night would have had me very frustrated. You're nicer than I am.

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    1. Nice? I like to think of myself as a mean son of a bitch Deb - like Clint Eastwood in "Pale Rider".

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  3. 7 of 10, but one of my correct answers was a guess (CC's age).

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  4. I missed three (3, 4, and 10). I'll admit I took a wild guess (based on the photo) for the name of the panto and was surprised I was correct!

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    1. Prince Charming was putting the shoe on Cinderella's foot. Has that ever happened to you Kelly?

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  5. 5/10. Not my best showing.

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    1. Lay off the Christmas wine and fizz before tackling quizzes Margaret!

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  6. Only six for me this time, which has a lot to do with me not being overly familiar with the lyrics of English language Christmas carols, songs from the 1940s and actors in general. Of course I got #8 right.
    The evening at the pub sounds rather un-organised, but as they were understaffed and still wanted the quiz to go on, it was probably the best they could do.

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    1. The problem at the pub is the disinterested landlady who isn't really up to the job and is often absent.

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  7. 9/10 for me this time, I thought maybe the London Christmas tree came from Copenhagen, a very poor guess on my part.

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    1. It has been an annual gift from the people of Norway since World War II - in gratitude.

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  8. 8 out of ten this week. The Charlie Chaplin age question was an hard one. I have stood next to his statue in Waterville in County Kerry where he went for his holidays.

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    1. Someone could make an educated guess about Charlie Chaplin's age - thinking about his Hollywood career. He was born in south London in 1889.

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  9. I wasn't going to participate but I've noted I know a couple of answers.

    1/ Manger, the boss. The person in charge of staff and organises a business.
    2/ No idea.
    3/ One of those Scanda countries. The tree is always looks like it is dying from some horrible tree disease.
    4/ All I want for Christmas is two front teeth, isn't it?
    5/ Is that a glass slipper? It must be Cinderella.
    6/ Vixen.
    7/ c, the cattle shed
    8/ Germany
    9/ See answer to /4
    10/ If in doubt, go for the middle answer and I didn't, and so I'm wrong.

    4.5/10 If Bob can do it, so can I take half a point for question 3.

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    1. A great effort laddie! Here's a gold star to put on your chart.

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  10. 8/10. No idea who no, 2 is, and thought CC was 95 when he died. No 9 is actually two front teeth!

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    1. Yup! Two front teeth is the answer I provided Carol.

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  11. 70% a couple of lucky guesses, one near miss.

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    1. Oh dear. Didn't you cover such things at Law School?

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  12. 7 out of 10 for me. Missed 5, 7 & 10.

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    1. Never heard of Cinderella and the glass slipper Ed?

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  13. 8 /10! That's a really good score for me!

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    1. Yes it is Ellen. Please make sure you check out the next blogpost.

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  14. I knew Cinderella and Germany, and that's about it. (I was also pretty sure the London tree does not come from Stockholm, or I'd most likely have heard more about it at some point...) As for No 1, I have read or heard from various sources that the manger in which Jesus was laid is more likely to have been a stone trough than a wooden one. Personally, I don't have a strong opinion about it - but in this quiz it makes the choice between 1a and 1b difficult... ;-)

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    1. Sorry there were no questions about Sweden. I applaud you for trying your best.

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  15. Holy cow! 8 out of 10. I only missed #4 (I hate that song) and #7 (not familiar with that song). Guess I'll have to give up my Scrooge mask.

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    1. As parrot owners often say, "Who's a clever boy?" Well done young man!

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  16. 7/10 for me. I thought Charlie Chaplin was older and couldn't remember Will Ferrell's name, though 'Elf' always makes me giggle. I was listening to a radio programme about carols in a pub. I'm sure the participants all enjoyed themselves, but I gave up after yet another carol with an obscure tune came up. The singing wasn't wonderful, either. Miaou, miaou.

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