Xmas Quick-fire Quiz (25/12/2011 to 1/1/2012)

[The Raven]

A special festive quickfire quiz will start on Sunday 25th at 15:10 (After the Queen's Speech)
Entries must be before Sunday 1st January at 15:10 to count!

[moley]

There will be some random downtime during the middle of this week for a forum upgrade - shouldn't be more than an hour.

[The Raven]

There will be some random downtime during the middle of this week for a forum upgrade - shouldn't be more than an hour.

If the forum is down when your ready answer, you can always contact me by other sources to contact me, Facebook etc.

[tubeguru]

Or you could just wait for the forum to come back online.

[The Raven]

Please PM answers before 1/1/2011

1. Which fictional Christmas character has Jim Carry, Patrick Stewart and Michael Caine played over the years?
2. What carol did the Germans sing at the beginning of the Christmas Truce in 1914?
3. Why do the Royal family open their presents on Christmas Eve?
4. Who on Christmas Eve 1968 famously read from the book of Genesis?
5. What is made from the tree “Boswellia sacra”?
6. Which island has settlements called London, Banana and Poland situated on it?
7. What is next in this sequence Johnny Mathis, Wings, Boney M, .....
8. What is made form milk and/or cream, sugar, eggs and the alcohol of your choice?
9. Coca-Cola turned Santa Claus red. True or False?
10. Which London Underground station was opened on the day closest to Christmas Day?

[tubeguru]

10. Which London Underground station was opened on the day closest to Christmas Day?

So this question is asking which tube station opened on either the 24th or the 26th of December?

[The Raven]

10. Which London Underground station was opened on the day closest to Christmas Day?

So this question is asking which tube station opened on either the 24th or the 26th of December?

Yep!

[RichieG]

9: False, because there is no such company as 'Coke-Cola'

[tubeguru]

Anyone who answers FALSE to question nine should therefore be marked correct.

[The Raven]

Dam my spelling mistakes! Edited!

[dudey]

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[The Raven]

Answers and results will appear as soon as I get back to Yorkshire this evening.

[The Raven]

Answers
1. Which fictional Christmas character has Jim Carry, Patrick Stewart and Michael Caine played over the years? Ebanzer Scrooge
2. What carol did the Germans sing at the beginning of the Christmas Truce in 1914? Silent Night
3. Why do the Royal family open their presents on Christmas Eve? German ancestry - tradition to open presents after dinner on Xmas eve.
4. Who on Christmas Eve 1968 famously read from the book of Genesis? The astronauts on Apollo 8.
5. What is made from the tree “Boswellia sacra”? Frankincense
6. Which island has settlements called London, Banana and Poland situated on it? Christmas Island
7. What is next in this sequence Johnny Mathis, Wings, Boney M, ..... Pink Floyd (list of artists who where Christmas number one)
8. What is made form milk and/or cream, sugar, eggs and the alcohol of your choice? Eggnog
9. Coke-Cola turned Santa Claus red. True or False? False (Santa Claus was described as being in green or red even before coke-cola was invented)
10. Which London Underground station was opened on the day closest to Christmas Day? St James's Park, Sloane Square, Victoria, South Kensington or Westminster all opened on December 24th 1868. (Points for any answer)

Results
5th Starkey7 with 26 points
4th Going Underground with 214 points
3rd jbom with 331 points
2nd dudey with 354 points
1st jamesthegill with 504 points and a 10/10

Left over turkey and presents to all the competitors! Thanks people!