Quiz: What's your Christmas IQ?

11. Which of these items is not requested for Christmas in "Santa Baby"?
a) A deed to a platinum mine
b) A yacht
c) A private jet
d) A light blue convertible

12. Which actor never played Scrooge in a movie?
a) Sean Connery
b) Patrick Stewart
c) George C. Scott
d) Henry Winkler

13. In what movie did the song "White Christmas" debut? (Bonus: What year was the movie released?)
a) It's a Wonderful Life
b) Holiday Inn
c) White Christmas
d) I'll Be Home for Christmas

14. Which of the following unlikely people portrayed Santa Claus in a movie?
a) Red Skelton
b) Hulk Hogan
c) Babe Ruth
d) Rev. Jesse Jackson

15. Two of the following Christmas songs are heard in the movie The Godfather. Which are they?
a) "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"
b) "Santa Claus Is Coming to Town"
c) "The Little Drummer Boy"
d) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas"

16. In A Charlie Brown Christmas, which part is Shermie doomed to play every year in the Christmas pageant?
a) Joseph
b) A Wise Man
c) A shepherd
d) A sheep

17. Which singer plays the Scrooge character in A Diva's Christmas Carol?
a) Vanessa Williams
b) Diana Ross
c) Whitney Houston
d) Britney Spears

18. The tradition of kissing under the mistletoe was started by what people?
a) Celts
b) Romans
c) Germanic tribes
d) Medieval Christians

19. In what country in 2003 did labour unions demand that stores limit the playing of Christmas carols to one hour a day, calling their constant playing "psychological terrorism"?
a) Great Britain
b) Russia
c) Austria
d) Turkey

20. What did Elvis Presley say was his favourite Christmas song?
a) "White Christmas"
b) "Blue Christmas"
c) "Ring Christmas Bells"
d) "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree"

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Excerpted from Quizmas: Christmas Trivia Family Fun by Gordon Pape with Deborah Kerbel. Copyright 2004 Gordon Pape Enterprises. Excerpted with permission by Penguin Canada. All rights reserved. No part of this excerpt may be reproduced except with permission in writing from the publisher.