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1 Which London confectioner is said to have first developed the idea of the Christmas cracker in the 1840s and 50s (a monument to him stands in Finsbury Square)?

2 In which ocean is the Australian territory Christmas Island?

3 Which New-York-born poet wrote A visit from St Nicholas, opening with the famous first line ‘Twas the night before Christmas and all through the house…’

4 Which mineral, found in turkey, walnuts and Brussels sprouts, is the second most abundant in the body after calcium (hint: its atomic number is 15)?

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5 Which 2001 song contains these lyrics: ‘It’s too quiet in here and I’m beginning to freeze – I’ve got icicles hanging from my knees…’

6 The world’s tallest snowman is actually a snow woman! In which US state was she built?

7 Which root vegetable has a variety named a ‘white icicle’?

8 ‘I leant upon a coppice gate, when frost was spectre-grey’ begins The Darkling Thrush by which well-known poet?

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9 In which year was Home Alone actor Macaulay Culkin born?

10 Which composer (who also created the theme tunes for The Simpsons and Desperate Housewives) wrote the music for The Nightmare Before Christmas?

11 Name the actors who played the lead male and female characters (Billy and Kate) in the 1984 film Gremlins

12 A Christmassy crime thriller starring Ben Affleck and Charlize Theron, and directed by John Frankenheimer, flopped at the box office in 2000 – what was it called?

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13 Sing a song of how many pence?

14 How many pipers piping?

15 Subtract the number of wise men from the number of ‘days of Christmas’

16 How many consecutive Christmas number ones did the Spice Girls have in the 90s?

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17 www.youtube.com/watch?v=jxxTHzERTsk

18 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sSoUAAxA5wU

19 www.youtube.com/watch?v=rnEqv8WcVq8

20 www.youtube.com/watch?v=sHVIVNoIPVM

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quizEveryone loves a music intros round! Here’s the same song by four different artists – play the first 20 seconds of each and name the singer!

Note to the quizmaster: make sure you’re contestants can’t see the screen when you play the clips, or you’ll give the game away!

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Round 11 Tom Smith2 The Indian Ocean3 Clement Clarke Moore4 Phosphorus

Round 25 Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow by Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds6 Maine (in a town called Bethel)7 Radish8 Thomas Hardy

Round 39 1980 (August 26)10 Danny Elfman11 Zach Galligan (Billy) and Phoebe Cates (Kate)12 Reindeer Games

Round 413 614 1115 9 (12-3)16 3

Round 517 Judy Garland18 Christina Aguilera19 Sam Smith20 Frank Sinatra