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Trifles
Q.1
‘Good King Wenceslas looked out/On the feast of Stephen/When the snow lay round about...’ What is the next line of the carol?
‘Deep and crisp and even’
'Though the frost was cruel'
'While shepherds watched their flocks by night'
Q.2
Galanthus nivalis is better known as what?
The red robin
The snowdrop
Mistletoe
Q.3
Which scientist, born on Christmas Day in 1642, discovered gravity?
Sir Isaac Newton
Albert Einstein
Alexander Graham Bell
Q.4
Narnia, where it’s ‘always winter and never Christmas’, is accessed through which piece of furniture in C. S. Lewis’s novels?
A cupboard
A wardrobe
A fireplace
Q.5
Which saint’s day falls on Boxing Day each year?
St Andrew
St Michael
St Stephen
Q.6
Plum duff is a type of what?
Fruit
Steamed pudding
Bread
Q.7
What colour ribbon is traditionally tied around a Christingle orange?
Red
Purple
Green
Q.8
All snowflakes have how many points?
Twelve
Eight
Six
Q.9
The Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols is broadcast from which Cambridge college?
Trinity
King’s
Jesus
Q.10
The song Walking in the Air was written for which children’s animation?
The Snowdog
The Snowman
Fantasia
Q.11
The Spanish city of Jerez de la Frontera is famous for producing which drink?
Madeira
Marsala
Sherry
Q.12
According to the 1949 song, what wouldn’t the other reindeer let Rudolph do because of his glowing nose?
Pull the sleigh
Join in any reindeer games
Share their stable
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