Category: Christmas

I went to a works thing yesterday where some managers had put together a quiz… there was contention – which we will get to, but my team won and that’s all that matters. So, without further ado:

Questions

Question 1: In which country did the tradition of Christmas trees originate? ¹

Question 2: On which date is “Twelfth Night”? ²

Question 3: Which ghost visits Ebenezer Scrooge first? ³

Question 4: What headwear is traditionally found in a Christmas Cracker? ⁴

Question 5: What traditional Christmas plant has sharp, pointy leaves, and bright red berries? ⁵

Question 6: What object is traditionally placed in a Christmas Pudding? ⁶

Question 7: What is the Grinch’s dog’s name? ⁷

Question 8: Which reindeer’s name begins with the letter “V”? ⁸

Question 9: Which horned, half-goat creature is said to punish naughty children during the Christmas season? ⁹

Question 10: What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time? ¹⁰

There were 3 other rounds to this work quiz… but this is all you’re getting. At one point, because I was kicking off, they said “well why don’t you do the quiz next time?” and I said, “well I will. Don’t threaten me with a good time.” These people don’t know me. All I have is junk in my brain. FOOLS.

Sidenote: not all of these are from the work thing as I have forgotten. Too much junk in my brain.

Answers

1. Germany ↩︎
2. 5th January ↩︎
3. Jacob Marley. This is one of the contentious questions which I caused a scene at (and am still annoyed about). The “correct” answer according to the quizzers was “The Ghost of Christmas Past”. WRONG. Then they had the cheek, gall, and audacity to say, AND I QUOTE, “we will accept either answer”. Well, why the fuck are we bothering with any correct answers then? If wrong answers are acceptable then fuck it. London is the capital of France. Boston is in Canada. Who gives a shit? ↩︎
4. A paper crown. This was another moment of contention. The question they asked was “which paper headwear is found in a cracker” and the answer was a paper crown. I wrote ‘crown’. They said, “it’s a PAPER crown”. I said, “the word paper is literally in the question you asked so obviously it’s paper”
   “OH, OK,” they said, “we’ll let you have that then.” You’ll LET ME have that? Excuse me? ↩︎
5. Holly ↩︎
6. A silver sixpence (silver coin) ↩︎
7. Max ↩︎
8. Vixen ↩︎
9. Krampus ↩︎
10. Home Alone ↩︎