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If you were in Spain today and somebody said Feliz Navidad to you, what does it mean? |
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Dashing through the bush, in a rusty Holden ute” is the first line of which country’s version of the song ‘Jingle Bells’. |
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Chess is one of the most popular board games ever created, it was created around 1500 years ago and was called Chaturanga, a sanskrit word meaning four divisions, before it changed name to its present one. In which modern day country was it created |
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Identify the montsh these four news stories happened in 2025
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The director (and his wife) of films such as A few Good Men, This is Spinal Tap and the Princess Bride was murdered at the weekend, allegedly by his son. What is the name of the director? |
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The yellow contact lenses worn by actor Jim Carrey in which 2000 seasonal movie were so uncomfortable that he would only wear them for short periods at a time during filming |
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There was a horrific terrorist attack on Bondi Beach in Sydney where Jews were the target , what Jewish holiday were they gathered to celebrate? |
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Name the six cities where you would find these well nown Christmas markets
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Americans eat the most food on three days of the year, Christmas is one, name the other two? |
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There are eleven countries in the world that have a W in their name. Name any ten of them |
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In the UK, Christmas Number ones are a much bigger thing than here. Name these four songs that were UK number ones that also charted here in Sweden |
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As and from Saturday December 13th, which celebrity will have aplayaböe character in the game Fortnite, at least for a limited time? |
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Who composed the music for the festive season ballet ‘The Nutcracker’ ? |
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Name these six movies, all of them revolve around Christmas somehow
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The American ad writer Robert L. May invented which colourful Christmas character in 1939? |
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In 2004, which author became the first in history to earn one billion dollars? |
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Which mammal has the highest average blood pressure? |
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Name these four popular dolls /for B name the female character)
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Portuguese navigators discovered ‘The river of January’ on Jan 1st 1502. What is ‘The river of January’? |
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On New Years Day 1925 Norway changed the name of its capital city to Oslo. What was the previous name? |
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True or false: There are no records of Joseph speaking in the Christmas Story? |
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Name each of these six songs, all of them very popular at Christmas |
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Happy Christmas |
2 |
Australia |
3 |
India |
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a. January b. May c, July d. October |
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Rob Reiner |
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How the Grinch stole Christmas |
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Hannukah |
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a. Stockholm b. Berlin c. Copenhagen d. Vienna e. Cologne f. Prague |
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Thanksgiving Superbowl Sunday |
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Sweden, Norway, Switzerland, Rwanda, Malawi, Kuwait, New Zealand, Eswatini, Botswana. Papua New Guinea, Zimbabwe |
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a) Another Brick in the Wall Pink Floyd, 1979 b) Somethin’ Stupid Robbie Williams /Nicole Kidman, 2001 c) Mad World Michael Andrews/Gary Jules, 2003 d) Always on My Mind Pet Shop Boys, 1987 |
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Kim Kardashian |
13 |
Pyotr Tchaikovskij |
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a) a) Elf b) Home Alone 2 c) Die Hard d) It’s a Wonderful Life e)National Lampoons Christmas Vacation f) Nightmare Before Christmas |
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Rudolph the Red Nosed Raindeer |
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J. K. Rowling |
17 |
Giraffe (300/180) |
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a) Cabbage Patch Kids b) Elf on the shelf c) Barnie (and Ken) d) Action Man or GI Joe |
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Rio de Janeiro |
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Christiania |
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True There’s a man who knows his place 🙂 |
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a) a. Happy Christmas, War is Over b. Do They know Its Christmas c. Fairytale of New York d. All I want for Christmas is you e. White Christmas f. Last Christmas |
