Food & Drink What 'P' describes this Italian sweet bread loaf, traditionally prepared and enjoyed over Christmas and New Year?
Panettone
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On This Day The world's first full-length animated feature film premiered at the Carthay Circle Theatre, Los Angeles on this day, 21st December 1937. What is its title?
Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
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Anagram MET LIMEY BROTHEL TURD is an anagram of what popular Christmas song title?
The Little Drummer Boy
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Brenda Lee - Rockin’ Around the Christmas Tree (1958)
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On This Day Éire gained independence when the Republic of Ireland Act was signed into law on this day, 21st December, in what year? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
1948
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Entertainment Season 6, Episode 13: "A Very Sunny Christmas". Name this TV series.
It's Always Sunny in Philadelphia
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History Who became King of England on 25th December 1066?
William I / William the Conqueror / William the Bastard
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Logos Famous for the Christmas window displays at its flagship store, what American department store chain is represented by this logo?
Macy's
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Music What girl group sang 8 Days of Christmas in 2001?
Destiny's Child
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Art & Literature A collection of letters for his children from Father Christmas between 1920 and 1943, what famous author published The Father Christmas Letters in 1976?
J. R. R. Tolkien
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On This Day Kiefer Sutherland was born on this day, 21st December 1967. What is the name of the character he plays in 24?
Jack Bauer
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Brainteaser How many times does the number 1 appear on an advent calendar with 24 doors? [If no correct answer, ½ point to the nearest team(s)]
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a festive term.
Frankincense
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Food & Drink A traditional Scottish pudding made with flour, breadcrumbs, dried fruit, suet, sugar, milk, and spices, what is the name of the floured cloth used to wrap a clootie dumpling?
Clootie (also cloutie; from the Scots word cloot or clout)
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On This Day In Jules Verne's Around the World in Eighty Days, name the two characters who completed their round the world trip on this day, 21st December 1872? (½ point for each)
Phileas Fogg & Passepartout
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Jackson 5 - Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town (1970)
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On This Day Who won a 7 year term as 1st President of the 5th Republic of France on this day, 21st December 1958?
Charles de Gaulle
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Entertainment Season 3, Episode 6: "Christmas Special". Name this TV series.
30 Rock
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Science & Nature What is an adult male turkey called?
Gobbler
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Flags What Australian territory is represented by this flag?
Christmas Island
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Music Identify this 2014 song from the muted video. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Ariana Grande - Santa Tell Me
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On This Day On this day, 21st December 1891, in Springfield, Massachusetts, the first game of basketball was played using new rules created by who?
James Naismith
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On This Day Born on this day, 21st December 1937, who stars in the title role of the 1965 film Cat Ballou?
Jane Fonda
12.
Thailand The following is a Thai transliteration of what English language term?
Food & Drink What 'H' describes this traditional Venezuelan Christmas dish made with meat, capers, raisins and olives, wrapped in maize and bound in a banana leaf?
Hallaca
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General Knowledge What is your star sign if you were born on Christmas Day?
Capricorn (December 22 - January 20)
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Art & Literature What world's first was published in the New York World on this day, 21st December 1913?
Crossword puzzle
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
The Pogues feat. Kirsty MacColl - Fairytale of New York (1987)
5.
Anagram RIGID HEELS is an anagram of what song title, covered by the Ronettes in 1963?
Sleigh Ride
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Entertainment Season 2, Episode 4: "Carol of the Bells". Name this TV series.
Ted Lasso
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On This Day The Curies discovered radium on this day, 21st December 1898. What were their first names? (½ point for each)
Pierre & Marie
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Entertainment In what 1992 Christmas comedy film does Donald Trump make a cameo appearance?
Home Alone 2 (Home Alone 2: Lost in New York)
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Music Who had a major hit in 1976 with When A Child Is Born?
Johnny Mathis
10.
General Knowledge Which of Santa's reindeer gets its name from the German for thunder?
Donner (Blitzen means lightning/flash)
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Entertainment Born on this day, 21st December 1948, in what 2001 film does Samuel L. Jackson play a chemist in a kilt who travels to Liverpool, England to sell his formula for a powerful new street drug?
The 51st State
12.
Sudoku Solve this Sudoku puzzle to reveal the 3 digit figure highlighted.
Dingbats Solve this dingbat to reveal a festive term.
Hogmanay
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Food & Drink What British TV comedy's Christmas special in 2003 ended with Tim and Dawn finally finding love?
The Office (Martin Freeman & Lucy Davis)
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Art & Literature What fairytale was the inspiration for the first gingerbread house?
Hansel and Gretel
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Name That Tune Name that tune. (½ point each for Artist and Title)
Mariah Carey - All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
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History The most requested photograph from the U.S. National Archives is a black and white image of Richard Nixon at the White House on this day, 21st December 1970, shaking hands with who?
Elvis Presley
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Geography Season 2, Episode 11: "How Lily Stole Christmas". Name this TV series.
How I Met Your Mother
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Science & Nature What colour are mistletoe berries?
White
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Landmarks Population 2,500: In what U.S. state is the town of Santa Claus?
Indiana (Santa Claus is also a city in Georgia (population 204) and the site of a deserted town in Arizona)
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Music Who sang about Little Saint Nick in 1963?
The Beach Boys
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Art & Literature In Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, what character declares "Merry Christmas, one and all!"?
Tiny Tim
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Entertainment In a December 2000 episode of Friends, Ross can't find a Santa outfit in time for Christmas, so instead dresses up as what animal?
Armadillo (The One with the Holiday Armadillo)
12.
Ditloids Replace these initials with words to reveal a well known phrase: 7 S a-S
The Christmas tree was first recorded to be used by German Lutherans in the 16th century, with records indicating that a Christmas tree was first placed in the Cathedral of Strasbourg in what year?
