{"id":2094,"date":"2024-12-13T14:00:00","date_gmt":"2024-12-13T14:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.encorent.com\/wordpress1\/?p=2094"},"modified":"2024-12-13T19:03:43","modified_gmt":"2024-12-13T19:03:43","slug":"holiday-quiz-answers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.encorent.com\/wordpress1\/2024\/12\/13\/holiday-quiz-answers\/","title":{"rendered":"Holiday Quiz Answers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Click If You Haven’t Taken The Quiz<\/h1>\n\n\n\n
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Holiday Quiz<\/a><\/div>\n<\/div>\n\n\n\n

After your guests have finished the quiz, everyone can check for the correct answers below. If you’re the host of the party, make it easy on yourself and have everyone self-check their answers. Trust your guests to be good and honest. They wouldn’t want to get on Santa’s “Naughty List”, would they?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

You can always give cheaters a lump of coal, right?<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Be sure to give those with the highest scores some fun prizes such as Christmas goodies, delightful ornaments, pocket toys, key chains, stocking stuffers or other neat little gifts.<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Here are the correct answers:<\/h3>\n\n\n\n

What ballet was first performed on December 18, 1892?
The Nutcracker<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Charles Dickens’ book A Christmas Carol was first published on December 19 of what year?
1843<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who sang the song Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer which was released on Dec 2, 1949?
Gene Autry<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first string of Christmas lights were hung up by wealthy Easterners in what year?
1882<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Released on December 3, 1984 the song “Last Christmas<\/em>” is a song by what pop duo?
Wham!<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What game was invented by Edwin S. Lowe on December 1, 1929?
Bingo<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What European country celebrates Lucia Day?
Sweden<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What country celebrates Boxing Day?
England<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

“Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs” premiered on December 21 of what year?
1937<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the name of the movie in which “White Christmas<\/em>” was first sung?
“Holiday Inn” <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Who wrote the song “White Christmas<\/em>“?
Irving Berlin<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What plant is recognized on December 12 ?
Poinsettia<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what year was the poem “T’was the Night Before Christmas<\/em>” published?
1823<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In the movie the “Christmas Story” where did the family eat their Christmas Dinner?
Chinese Restaurant____ <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Yuletide favorite tops the list of highest-earning Christmas songs?
\u201cAll I Want for Christmas Is You\u201d by Mariah Carey (1994)<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What was the real name of the author who wrote The Gift of the Magi?
Wm. Sydney Porter<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What state became the 28th state on December 29, 1845?
Texas<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What year was the movie “It’s a Wonderful Life<\/em>” released?
1946 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In “The Miracle of 34th Street<\/em>” who played Santa Claus?
Edmund Gwynn<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Which of the following actors did not appear in the 1954 version of “White Christmas’?
Fred Astaire<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Country exchanges gifts on December 6, St. Nicholas’ Day?
Netherlands<\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

What Country’s yuletide season starts on St. Thomas’ Day, December 21?
Norway <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

The first specially designed Christmas card is believed to have been printed by a London Company and placed on sale in what year?
1843 <\/em><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In what newspaper did the original “Dear Virginia<\/em>” letter appear?
The New York Sun<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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