Crackers About Christmas
An easy one for the whole family: little elves welcome. One point each.
Part of the family Christmas quiz: every Christmas round, ready to host in one tap.
Questions
What colour is Rudolph's famous shiny nose?
In Frozen, what is the name of the snowman who likes warm hugs?
Pull a Christmas cracker and you usually get a joke, a little toy and something to wear on your head. What is it?
In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, what is the gift on the first day?
The Grinch lives on a snowy mountain above which town?
In A Christmas Carol, what is the name of Bob Cratchit's youngest son, who says "God bless us, every one!"?
Queen Victoria's husband, Prince Albert, helped make Christmas trees popular in Britain. Which country was he from?
Which small silver coin do some families stir into the Christmas pudding, for luck if you find it in your slice?
Not counting Rudolph, how many of Santa's reindeer are named in the poem 'Twas the Night Before Christmas?
What is a baby reindeer called?
Bonus
Tie-breaker: if you add up every gift in every verse of The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many gifts are there altogether? Closest wins.
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- Red
- Olaf
- A paper crownAlso accept: Paper hat, Hat, Crown
- A partridge in a pear treeAlso accept: A partridge
- Whoville
- Tiny TimAlso accept: Tim, Timothy Cratchit
- GermanyHe was born in Coburg, in what is now Germany.
- A sixpenceAlso accept: Silver sixpenceHalf a point for just "a coin" if you're feeling generous.
- 8Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner (or Donder) and Blitzen. Rudolph came along in 1939.
- A calfAlso accept: Calves, FawnCalf is the usual word; some people say fawn, so accept both.
Bonus: 364
