Brain Cell Time...

[Tom]

A quick Christmas themed quiz for you... falalalalalalalala

1. The Christmas tree in London's Trafalgar Square is traditionally given to Britain by which country?
Norway
Denmark
Sweden
Austria

2. In which country was tinsel invented in the 1600s?
Wales
Germany
Chile
Argentina

3.  Who resigned from their position of power on Christmas Day 1991?
Margaret Thatcher
Francois Mitterand
Mikhail Gorbachev
John Major

4. In which year did the Queen make her first Christmas speech?
1942
1952
1962
1972

5. Which king was crowned on Christmas day in 1066?
William the Conqueror
Alfred the Great
Richard the Lionheart
Edward the Confessor

6. Which controversial group was formed on Christmas Eve in 1865?
Al Quaida
The Nazi Party
The Ku Klux Klan
The Black Panthers

7. Which artist sang the opening lines of the original 1984 single Do They Know It's Christmas?
Tony Hadley
David Bowie
Paul Young
Phil Collins

8. In the USA, the day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season. What is this day also known as?
Expensive Friday
Red Friday
Shop-til-you-drop Friday
Black Friday

9. Tradition dictates that all household decorations should be taken down on the 12th day of Christmas or else bad luck will befall the inhabitants. But according to tradition, what should you do if you don't get round to removing the decs in time?
Take them down asap and burn them
Wait for the pixies to take them down
Leave them up all year
Ignore them and hope they'll go away

10. Who wrote the song White Christmas?
Irving Berlin
Bing Crosby
Guy Chambers
Andrew Lloyd Webber

11. In medical terms, what is the 'Christmas factor'?
Stress brought on by debt
A blood-clotting protein
A digestive disorder
A psychiatric condition which makes relatives argue

12. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?
Elizabeth the Second
George the Fifth
Henry the Eighth
Canute

13. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
Queen Victoria
William and Mary
Oliver Cromwell
Margaret Thatcher

14. The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?
24th December
25th December
26th December
1st June

15. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
Do you
really expect
four choices
for this one?

[Vulture]

A quick Christmas themed quiz for you... falalalalalalalala

1. The Christmas tree in London's Trafalgar Square is traditionally given to Britain by which country?
Norway


2. In which country was tinsel invented in the 1600s?

Germany


3.  Who resigned from their position of power on Christmas Day 1991?

Mikhail Gorbachev


4. In which year did the Queen make her first Christmas speech?

1952


5. Which king was crowned on Christmas day in 1066?
William the Conqueror


6. Which controversial group was formed on Christmas Eve in 1865?

The Ku Klux Klan


7. Which artist sang the opening lines of the original 1984 single Do They Know It's Christmas?

Phil Collins

8. In the USA, the day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season. What is this day also known as?

Shop-til-you-drop Friday


9. Tradition dictates that all household decorations should be taken down on the 12th day of Christmas or else bad luck will befall the inhabitants. But according to tradition, what should you do if you don't get round to removing the decs in time?

Leave them up all year


10. Who wrote the song White Christmas?
Irving Berlin


11. In medical terms, what is the 'Christmas factor'?

A psychiatric condition which makes relatives argue

12. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?

George the Fifth
 

13. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?

Oliver Cromwell


14. The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?
24th December


15. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
Christmas Past, Christmas Present, Christmas Yet to Come, Bob Marley

Pure guesswork except for Norway and Oliver Cromwell.

[Roger Kettle]

Tom, I don't care what the answers are but give the woman a prize!

[Malc]

8. In the USA, the day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season. What is this day also known as?

Crush A Wal-Mart Employee Day

9. Tradition dictates that all household decorations should be taken down on the 12th day of Christmas or else bad luck will befall the inhabitants. But according to tradition, what should you do if you don't get round to removing the decs in time?

Wait for the pixies to take them down. They usually do after twelve whiskies

10. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

Ku Klux Clan

11. In medical terms, what is the 'Christmas factor'?

It's the X Factor for the festive season. Contestants have to slide down chimneys and argue with their in-laws

12. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?
Canute. It was only a very small nation at the time. Mostly neighbours.

13. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?

Margaret Thatcher. Yes, the bitch is that old.

14. The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?

1st June They get their pressies cheaper, skinflint Scandinavian bastards

15. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

Ghost Of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
Casper
That beardie bloke from the Ghost and Mrs Muir

[Vulture]

8. In the USA, the day after Thanksgiving is traditionally the start of the Christmas shopping season. What is this day also known as?

Crush A Wal-Mart Employee Day

9. Tradition dictates that all household decorations should be taken down on the 12th day of Christmas or else bad luck will befall the inhabitants. But according to tradition, what should you do if you don't get round to removing the decs in time?

Wait for the pixies to take them down. They usually do after twelve whiskies

10. Who wrote the song White Christmas?

Ku Klux Clan

11. In medical terms, what is the 'Christmas factor'?

It's the X Factor for the festive season. Contestants have to slide down chimneys and argue with their in-laws

12. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message to the nation?
Canute. It was only a very small nation at the time. Mostly neighbours.

13. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?

Margaret Thatcher. Yes, the bitch is that old.

14. The Nordic countries (Denmark, Sweden, Norway notably) tend to celebrate Christmas chiefly on which date?

1st June They get their pressies cheaper, skinflint Scandinavian bastards

15. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?

Ghost Of Christmas Past
Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
Casper
That beardie bloke from the Ghost and Mrs Muir

This is where I went wrong: I took the questions seriously! Not being in the 'laughter' business, I didn't realise how much fun could be had with slightly different answers! Nice one(s), Malc.  

[Tom]

I'll go with your answers Vulch... I'll let you know how I we get on. 

[Malc]

I thought humour was the way to go, seein' as anyone could google the right answers! 

[Vulture]

I thought humour was the way to go, seein' as anyone could google the right answers! 

Why?
I didn't think of that! Who would waste all that time looking up answers to questions that were set just for fun? 

[Malc]

Me.