A QI Christmas

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A QI Christmas

• Little known Christmas related facts!

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There are 20 multiple choice/guess questions!

• You have 10 seconds to answer each one

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Question 1In 1851, what did turkey replace as
Queen Victorias Christmas dinner?

• Swan
• Carp
• Partridge

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Question 2Which of these woods are
traditionally used to make chess pieces?

• Mistletoe
• Holly
• Ivy

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Question 3Where would you find a snowflake
cluster?

• In your brain
• In space
• In the North Sea

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Question 4Approximately how many Christmas tree
related accidents are there each year in the UK?

• 1000
• 10,000
• 100,000

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Question 5What was on the first American
Christmas card?

• A man shooting a reindeer.
• Santa and a slave laying the table.
• An obese family eating Christmas dinner.

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Question 6What does the Arabic translation of
Bethlehem literally mean?

• City of cleanliness
• House of bread
• Hill of war

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Question 7Whatever happened to Good King
Wenceslas?

• He was thrown out of a window.
• He drowned in the Danube.
• He was murdered by his mother and brother.

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Question 8What was the name of the man who
founded the Daily Telegraph?

• Arthur B. Sleigh
• Terence L. Sledging
• Daniel M. Skee

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Question 9How does the dwarf mistletoe spread
its seeds?

• With a water-cannon.
• By giving bats diarrhoea.
• On the hands of human mistletoe harvesters.

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Question 10Since 1966 people in the town of
Gävle in Sweden have made a 40 foot straw goat
each Christmas. What do they do with it?

• Squeeze as many children inside it as possible.
• Wheel it to the local river and sing carols.
• Try to stop it being burned down by arsonists.

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Question 11Which of the following is a flavour
of fizzy drink in the USA?

• Yule Log
• Turkey Stuffing
• Brussels Sprouts

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Question 12At what time do a number of towns
enthrone a boy bishop?

• May Day
• St. Nicholas Day
• Boxing Day

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Question 13Which game was first played using
Champagne corks?

• Table tennis
• Squash
• Snooker

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Question 14In the 1960s, nougat was the
codename for what?

• Nuclear tests in Nevada.
• American attempts to build a spaceship.
• Australias kangaroo cull.

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Question 15What do the Danish call Danish
pastries?

• Danish Pastries
• Viennese Bread
• Alsatian Cakes

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Question 16We are going to consume around 10
million turkeys in the UK this Christmas, but
where do they come from?

• Turkey
• USA
• Mexico

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Question 17Approximately how many Christmas
puddings will the UK consume this festive period?

• 5 million
• 15 million
• 25 million

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Question 18Approximately how many pints of beer
will be consumed in the UK this Christmas?

• 25 million
• 250 million
• 2.5 billion

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Question 19Along similar lines, how many
bottles of wine will the UK down this Christmas?

• 3.5 million
• 35 million
• 350 million

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Question 20The UK will use enough wrapping
paper to wrap which British island?

• Guernsey
• Jersey
• Isle of Wight

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Thats it!

• Lets see how you got on
• Red pens at the ready!
• The answers are in italics, by the way!

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Question 1In 1851, what did turkey replace as
Queen Victorias Christmas dinner?

• Swan (all swans are property of the monarch)
• Carp
• Partridge

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Question 2Which of these woods are
traditionally used to make chess pieces?

• Mistletoe
• Holly (its hard, white and easy to polish which
  makes it ideal)
• Ivy

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Question 3Where would you find a snowflake
cluster?

• In your brain
• In space (its the specks around an infant star)
• In the North Sea

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Question 4Approximately how many Christmas tree
related accidents are there each year in the UK?

• 1000 (being poked in the eye by a branch and
  falling off ladders whilst decorating it are the
  most common injuries)
• 10,000
• 100,000

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Question 5What was on the first American
Christmas card?

• A man shooting a reindeer.
• Santa and a slave laying the table.
• An obese family eating Christmas dinner.

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Question 6What does the Arabic translation of
Bethlehem literally mean?

• City of cleanliness
• House of bread
• Hill of war

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Question 7Whatever happened to Good King
Wenceslas?

• He was thrown out of a window.
• He drowned in the Danube.
• He was murdered by his mother and brother. (He
  was Duke of Bohemia from 907 to 935)

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Question 8What was the name of the man who
founded the Daily Telegraph?

• Arthur B. Sleigh
• Terence L. Sledging
• Daniel M. Skee

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Question 9How does the dwarf mistletoe spread
its seeds?

• With a water-cannon (self-made, of course, not
  from the local toy shop!)
• By giving bats diarrhoea.
• On the hands of human mistletoe harvesters.

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Question 10Since 1966 people in the town of
Gävle in Sweden have made a 40 foot straw goat
each Christmas. What do they do with it?

• Squeeze as many children inside it as possible.
• Wheel it to the local river and sing carols.
• Try to stop it being burned down by arsonists.

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Question 11Which of the following is a flavour
of fizzy drink in the USA?

• Yule Log
• Turkey Stuffing
• Brussels Sprouts

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Question 12At what time do a number of towns
enthrone a boy bishop?

• May Day
• St. Nicholas Day (6th December - it happens in
  many parts of Britain)
• Boxing Day

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Question 13Which game was first played using
Champagne corks?

• Table tennis (it was invented in the 19th
  century)
• Squash
• Snooker

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Question 14In the 1960s, nougat was the
codename for what?

• Nuclear tests in Nevada.
• American attempts to build a spaceship.
• Australias kangaroo cull.

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Question 15What do the Danish call Danish
pastries?

• Danish Pastries
• Viennese Bread
• Alsatian Cakes

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Question 16We are going to consume around 10
million turkeys in the UK this Christmas, but
where do they come from?

• Turkey
• USA
• Mexico (they arrived in Europe in about 1520,
  brought back by the Spanish)

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Question 17Approximately how many Christmas
puddings will the UK consume this festive period?

• 5 million
• 15 million
• 25 million (almost 4 tonnes of raisins and
  sultanas are needed!)

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Question 18Approximately how many pints of beer
will be consumed in the UK this Christmas?

• 25 million
• 250 million (thats 57 Olympic sized swimming
  pools worth!)
• 2.5 billion

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Question 19Along similar lines, how many
bottles of wine will the UK down this Christmas?

• 3.5 million
• 35 million (10.5 Olympic swimming pools!)
• 350 million

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Question 20The UK will use enough wrapping
paper to wrap which British island?

• Guernsey (thats 78 square kilometres or 78
  million square metres of paper!)
• Jersey
• Isle of Wight

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Merry QI Christmas!