Christmas Quiz: Stories, Movies, & Songs

Enjoy a Christmas quiz on movies, Christmas stories, and songs. 

You can find a more challenging version (same questions, no multiple choice) here: Easy Christmas Quiz or a printable copy of the quiz below here: Hard Christmas Quiz

The Answer Key can be found here: Christmas Quiz Answer Key

Christmas Quiz: Movies, Stories & Songs

 A. What should you button up?

1. Your lips
2. Your ugly Christmas sweater
3. Your overcoat

 B. WHAT ARE MOGWI?

1. Mischievous, furry little creatures
2. Residents of the North Pole
3. Polish pastries served on Christmas Eve

 C. NAME THIS FLOWER:

1. Christmas cactus
2. Poinsettia
3. Amaryllis

 D. IN THE SONG “WINTER WONDERLAND,” WHAT WILL BE BUILT IN THE MEADOW?

1. A cabin for two
2. A Yuletide fire
3. A snowman

E. WHAT JEWISH HOLIDAY IS ALSO CALLED THE FESTIVAL OF LIGHTS?

1. Diwali
2. Hanukkah
3. Rosh Hashanah

F. WHAT KING SAW A POOR MAN GATHERING WINTER’S FUEL?

1. King David
2. Balthazar
3. King Wenceslas

 G. WHO SAID, “GOD BLESS US, EVERYONE?”

1. Tiny Tim Crachett
2. Buddy the Elf
3. Ebenezer Scrooge

H. WHAT GIFTS DID THE WISE MEN BRING?

1. Coal
2. Gold, frankincense, and myrrh
3. A song

I. WHAT BALLET HAS THE SONG “THE DANCE OF THE SUGAR PLUM FAIRY?”

1. Babes in Toyland
2. The Nutcracker Suite
3. Swan Lake

J. WHO WAS LEFT HOME ALONE?

1. Kevin McAlister
2. Hermey the Misfit Elf
3. Jack Skellington

 K. WHAT WINTER HOLIDAY INCLUDES THE KINARA CANDLE?

1. Los Posadas
2. Three Kings Day
3. Kwanzaa

L. TO WHOM DID SANTA SAY, “WON’T YOU GUIDE MY SLEIGH TONIGHT?”

1. Buddy the Elf
2. Rudolph
3. GPS

M. WHAT SONG IS ALSO KNOWN AS “THE UKRAINIAN BELL SONG”?

1. The Carol of the Bells
2. O, Christmas Tree
3. Dance of the Reed Flute

N. WHAT DOES THE NAME “IMMANUEL” MEAN?

1. God with us
2. King of Kings
3. Savior

O. WHAT SHOULD YOU DECK THE HALLS WITH?

1. Bows and holly
2. Boughs of holly
3. Bows of jolly

P. WHAT MOVIE SET IN NORWAY TELLS THE STORY OF A LAZY, SELF-CENTERED POSTMAN?

1. Klaus
2. A Christmas Quest
3. The Polar Bear King

Q. WHAT GIFT WAS GIVEN ON THE ELEVENTH DAY OF CHRISTMAS?

1. Maids a’ milking
2. Pipers piping
3. Drummers drumming

R. WHAT CHRISTMAS MOVIE STARRED ARNOLD SCHWARZENEGGER?

1. Jingle All the Way
2. Prancer
3. The Christmas Chronicles

S. WHO WROTE THE CANTATA THAT INCLUDES THE “HALLELUJAH CHORUS”?

1. Irving Berlin
2. George Frideric Handel
3. Ludwig van Beethoven

T. WHAT FAMILY-FRIENDLY CHRISTMAS MOVIE STARS EDDIE MURPHY?

1. As the Christmas Tree Turns (Hallmark)
2. Blizzard
3. Candy Cane Lane

U. WHAT CHRISTMAS STORY HAS KRIS KRINGLE ON TRIAL TO PROVE HIS SANITY?

1. Miracle on 34th Street
2. A Christmas Story
3. White Christmas

V. WHAT CHRISTMAS CAROL IS ALSO CALLED “ADESTE FIDELES?”

1. Silent Night
2. Jingle Bells
3. O, Come All Ye Faithful

W. WHO WROTE THE CHILDREN’S BOOKS “THE POLAR EXPRESS,” “JUMANJI,” AND “ZATHURA”?

1. Dr. Seuss
2. Chris Van Allsburg
3. Clement Moore

X. WHEN WAS CHRISTMAS FIRST CELEBRATED ON DECEMBER 25?

1. 336 A.D.
2. 4 A.D. 
3. 1870 A.D.

Y. WHAT IS A “HERALD ANGEL”?

1. A trumpet-playing angel
2. An angel named Herald
3. A messenger

Z. WHAT PRODUCTION COMPANY HAS RELEASED (TO DATE) 503 CHRISTMAS MOVIES AND RELEASES APPROXIMATELY 40 NEW MOVIES EACH YEAR?

1. Disney
2. Lifetime
3. Hallmark

 AA. WHO WAS A JOLLY, HAPPY SOUL?

1. Old St. Nicholas
2. Old King Cole
3. Frosty, the Snowman

 BB. WHAT WAS THE RESPONSE TO A LETTER WRITTEN IN SEPTEMBER 1897 TO NEW YORK’S THE SUN NEWSPAPER?

1. You’d better watch out. You’d better not cry.
2. You’ll shoot your eye out!
3. Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus.

 CC. WHAT IS THE NAME OF THE OLD GERMAN MAN WHO REWARDS GOOD CHILDREN AND PUNISHES BAD ONES?

1. St. Nicholas
2. Belsnickel
3. Klaus

 DD. WHAT DID RALPHIE WANT FOR CHRISTMAS?

1. His two front teeth
2. An official Red Ryder, carbine action, 200-shot, range model air rifle, with a compass in the stock, and this thing that tells time   
3. To stay home alone

Deb Richmond

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