December 23, 2009 – A bit touched…

the theme word for this quiz was supposed to be frost, but due to a editorial error (the editor has been sacked, and replaced with a llama), frost was accidentally missing from the picture round.

Round 1
1. In the holiday classic Jingle Bells, what is the name of the young lady going for a ride in the one horse open sleight?
    A. Fanny Bright
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jingle_bells#Overview

2. What do all of the following people have in common? Dido, Marcus Trufant, Humphrey Bogart, Sissy Spacek, Annie Lennox and Karl Rove.
    A. They were all born on Christmas Day
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/December_25

3. What is the name of Tiny Tim’s father in the story, ‘A Christmas Carol’?
    A. Bob Cratchit
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Tiny_Tim_(A_Christmas_Carol)

4. On December 22, 2001, Richard Reid attempted to ignite a shoe bomb aboard American Airlines Flight 63. From what European city did the plane depart?
    A. Paris
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2001_shoe_bomb_plot

5. In the world of ungulates, if it’s called a reindeer in Europe, what is it called in North America?
    A. Caribou
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Caribou

6. In the classic holiday movie Home Alone, where is the McCallister family heading for vacation?
    A. Paris, France
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Home_Alone#Home_Alone

7. What did the cowboy ride on the Island of Misfit Toys in the 1964 classic Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
  A. Teddy Bear
  B. Motorcycle
  C. Ostrich
  D. Toy Truck
    A. (C) Ostrich
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Island_of_Misfit_Toys#The_Island_of_Misfit_Toys

8. This years hottest toy is a line of robotic hamsters known as what?
  A. Go-go Gophers
  B. Littlest Petshop Pets
  C. Tamagatchi
  D. Zhu Zhu Pets
    A. (D) Zhu Zhu Pets
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Zhu_Zhu_Pets

Round 2
1. They’re Gr-r-reat! Tony the Tiger is the mascot for what breakfast cereal?
    A. Kellogg’s Frosted Flakes
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kellogg%27s_Frosted_Flakes#Mascots

2. Name the reindeer listed in Clemente Moore’s classic ‘A Visit from St. Nicholas’?
    A. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder (Donner or Donder), and Blixem (Blitzen)
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Santa_Claus%27s_reindeer

3. Who’s missing: Hermey; Yukon Cornelius; King Moonracer; Clarice; Bumble
    A. Rudolph
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rudolph_the_Red-Nosed_Reindeer_%28TV_special%29

4. December 23, 1923 was the birthday of Vice Admiral James Stockdale, one of the most highly decorated officers in the history of the US Navy. He was also the running mate of what 1992 presidential candidate?
    A. H. Ross Perot
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_Stockdale

5. You’ll shoot your eye out! What was the name of the bb gun that Ralphie wanted on the classic A Christmas Story?
    A. “an official Red Ryder carbine-action 200-shot range model air rifle with a compass in the stock, and this thing which tells time.”
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_story

6. Known as Action Man in the UK, what 1964 Hasbro toy is responsible for the coining the phrase action figure?
  A. Flash
  B. GI Joe
  C. Major Hero
  D. Sergeant Shock
    A. (B) GI Joe
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GI_Joe

7. According to the song, how many piper piping are there?
    A. 11
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Twelve_Days_of_Christmas_%28song%29

8. Which university in the University of California system, has the team mascot as a banana slug?
    A. UC Santa Cruz
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/University_of_California_at_Santa_Cruz

9. In grammar, what word is used to describe a pair or group of words that consist of a subject and a predicate?
    A. Clause
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clause

10. How many ghosts visit Ebenezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol? And bonus points if you can name them.
    A. 4. Jacob Marley, Ghost of Christmas Past, Ghost of Christmas Present, Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/A_christmas_carol

Round 3
1. In the human body, the “voice box” is properly known as the what?
  A. Epiglottis
  B. Larynx
  C. Pharynx
  D. Trachea
    A. (B) Larynx
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Larynx

2. According to the holiday classic The Christmas Song (Chestnuts Roasting on an Open Fire), who is nipping at your nose?
    A. Jack Frost
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Christmas_Song

3. The most widely reprinted editorial in the English Language, by Francis Church, appeared in the New York Sun in 1897, stating categorically that “Yes, blank, there is a Santa Claus”.
    A. Virginia
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Yes,_Virginia,_there_is_a_Santa_Claus

4. The world’s first themed amusement park, Holiday World, originally called Santa Claus Land, is located in what aptly named Indiana town?
    A. Santa Claus
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Holiday_World

5. At Christmas, it is customary to exchange kisses beneath a sprig of which plant?
    A. Mistletoe
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mistletoe

6. Portrayed by Denise Richards, in which James Bond film, who you find the character Dr. Christmas Jones?
    A. The World Is Not Enough
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Christmas_Jones

7. What is the name of the town that is host to It’s a Wonderful Life?
    A. Bedford Falls (or briefly Pottersville)
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/It%27s_a_wonderful_life

8. 21st December, 2012, according to those of us who go in for this sort thing, is the date of the End Of The World. A faulty interpretation of which civilizations calendar system accounts for this?
    A. Mayan
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Doomsday_prediction

9. What US Defense Department agency is responsible for tracking Santa each Christmas eve?
    A. NORAD (North American Aerospace Defense Command)
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Norad

10. Eddie, Lou, and Clancy are the face of law and order on what long running tv show?
    A. The Simpsons
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Clancy_Wiggum

Round 4
1. What American poet opined, “Good fences make good neighbors”?
  A. Ralph Waldo Emerson
  B. Robert Frost
  C. Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
  D. Henry David Thoreau
    A. (B) Robert Frost
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Robert_Frost

2. December 21, 1937 saw the premiere of what feature film, the first full length animated feature film?
    A. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Snow_White_and_the_Seven_Dwarfs_%281937_film%29

3. For a point each, name the US state capitols with more than one word in their name.
    A. Baton Rouge, LA, Carson City, NV, Des Moines, IA, Jefferson City, MO, Little Rock, AS Saint Paul, MN, Oklahoma City, OK Salt Lake City, UT, and Santa Fe, NM.
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_state_capitols_in_the_United_States

4. According to the Rankin-Bass TV classic of the same name, who brought Frosty the Snowman back to life?
    A. Santa Claus
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Frosty_the_Snowman_(TV_program)

5. What product uses the advertising slogan “I liked it so much, I bought the company!”?
    A. Remington electric shaver
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Victor_Kiam

6. Blood and Fire is the motto of what international movement, quasi-military in structure, that focuses on evangelical, social and charitable work?
    A. The Salvation Army
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Salvation_army

7. Which river did George Washington cross on Christmas night in 1776 in the American Revolutionary War?
    A. Delaware
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Washington%27s_crossing_of_the_Delaware

8. In what country did the real St Nicholas live?
    A. Turkey
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/St_Nicholas

9. Name the artist and the title: “So I’m lookin’ at rock videos/Knock-kneeded bimbos walkin’ like hoes/You can have them bimbos/I’ll keep my women like Flo Jo/A word to the thick soul sisters, I wanna get with ya/I won’t cuss or hit ya”
    A. Sir Mix-A-Lot, with Baby Got Back
    C. http://www.azlyrics.com/lyrics/sirmixalot/babygotback.html

10. In the film ‘Die Hard 2’, which airport did the terrorist take over on Christmas Eve?
    A. Washington Dulles International Airport
    C. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Die_Hard_2