Do You Really Know December?
Here’s a super way to get the guests at your Holiday party having fun while keeping the conversation going!
Print this quiz and make enough copies for all your guests. Have plenty of pens and pencils on hand for everyone.
Set a time limit for guests to complete the quiz (no using cellphone website searches). When time is up, provide the answers. Whoever has the most correct is the winner!
You might want to split the up the questions into shorter quizes and start up a new contest every hour or so.
Be sure to have plenty of fun prizes on hand such as Christmas goodies and ornaments, pocket toys and key chains, stocking stuffers and other neat little gifts.
Here we go:
What ballet was first performed on December 18, 1892?
Swan Lake_____ Romeo and Juliet_____ The Nutcracker____
Charles Dickens’ book A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19 of what year?
2004_____ 1947_____ 1843_____ 1755_____
Who sang the song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer which was released on Dec 2, 1949?
Irving Berlin____ Gene Autry____ Tex Ritter____ Hoagy Carmichael ____
The first string of Christmas lights were hung up by wealthy Easterners in what year?
1852____ 1882____ 1902____ 1932____
Released on December 3, 1984 the song “Last Christmas” is a song by what pop duo?
Simon & Garfunkel_____
Brewer & Shipley_____
Wham!_____
OutKast_____
What game was invented by Edwin S. Lowe on December 1, 1929?
Monopoly_____ Bingo_____ Candyland_____ Scrabble_____
What European country celebrates Lucia Day?
England_____ Germany_____ Netherlands_____ Sweden_____
What country celebrates Boxing Day?
England_____ Germany______ Netherlands_____ Sweden_____
“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” premiered on December 21 of what year?
1933_____ 1935_____ 1937_____ 1939_____
What was the name of the movie in which “White Christmas” was first sung?
“Miracle on 34th Street”____
“Holiday Inn”____
“It’s a Wonderful Life”____
“White Christmas”____
Who wrote the song “White Christmas“?
Gene Autry____ Irving Berlin____ Mel Torme____ Bing Crosby____
What plant is recognized on December 12 ?
Mistletoe____ Christmas Cactus____ Poinsettia____ Holly____
In what year was the poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas” published?
1803____ 1823____ 1843____ 1863____
In the movie the “Christmas Story” where did the family eat their Christmas Dinner?
At Home____
McDonalds____
Chinese Restaurant____
Grandmother’s House____
What Yuletide favorite tops the list of highest-earning Christmas songs?
“All I Want for Christmas Is You” by Mariah Carey (1994)____
“A Holly Jolly Christmas” by Burl Ives (1964)____
“It’s the Most Wonderful Time of the Year” by Andy Williams (1963)____
“Santa Tell Me” by Ariana Grande (2014)____
What was the real name of the author who wrote The Gift of the Magi?
O Henry____
Edgar Allen Poe____
Wm. Sydney Porter____
Walt Whitman____
What state became the 28th state on December 29, 1845?
Louisiana____ Texas____ Oklahoma____ Mississippi____
What year was the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life” released?
1946____ 1947____ 1948____ 1949____
In “The Miracle of 34th Street” who played Santa Claus?
Edmond O’Brien____ Edmund Gwynn____ William Frawley____
Which of the following actors did not appear in the 1954 version of “White Christmas’?
Bing Crosby____ Danny Kaye____ Fred Astaire____ Vera Ellen____
What Country exchanges gifts on December 6, St. Nicholas’ Day?
Sweden____ Norway____ England____ Netherlands____
What Country’s yuletide season starts on St. Thomas’ Day, December 21?
Sweden____ Norway____ England____ Netherlands____
The first specially designed Christmas card is believed to have been printed by a London Company and placed on sale in what year?
1823____ 1833____ 1843____ 1853____ 1863____
In what newspaper did the original “Dear Virginia” letter appear?
New York Times____
New York Herald Tribune____
The New York Sun____
The New York Mirror____
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