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Christmas Bar Trivia Questions: Printable Round

Hosting a trivia night at a bar, at school or at home? Print this round of 10 questions for your quizmaster, with an answer key on its own page. Read the choices aloud for an easier round, or hide them for a tougher one. Prefer to play? Take the quiz online.

Questions

  1. In Charles Dickens's "A Christmas Carol," what is the name of Scrooge's late business partner?

    1. Fezziwig
    2. Tiny Tim
    3. Bob Cratchit
    4. Jacob Marley

  2. In the movie "Elf" (2003), Buddy leaves the North Pole to find his father in which city?

    1. Chicago
    2. Philadelphia
    3. Boston
    4. New York City

  3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created in 1939 for a free booklet from which department store?

    1. Macy's
    2. Sears
    3. Montgomery Ward
    4. Woolworth's

  4. In "It's a Wonderful Life" (1946), what is the name of George Bailey's hometown?

    1. Mayberry
    2. Grover's Corners
    3. Bedford Falls
    4. Stars Hollow

  5. Every year since 1947, which country has given London the Christmas tree that stands in Trafalgar Square?

    1. Denmark
    2. Sweden
    3. Norway
    4. Canada

  6. Who wrote the holiday standard "White Christmas"?

    1. Cole Porter
    2. Irving Berlin
    3. George Gershwin
    4. Johnny Marks

  7. The poem often called "The Night Before Christmas" is formally titled what?

    1. The Christmas Eve Visitor
    2. A Letter to St. Nicholas
    3. A Visit from St. Nicholas
    4. Santa's Midnight Ride

  8. Which cartoonist's drawings for Harper's Weekly helped shape the modern American image of Santa Claus?

    1. Charles Schulz
    2. Thomas Nast
    3. Norman Rockwell
    4. Charles Dana Gibson

  9. Which president lit the first National Christmas Tree, in 1923?

    1. Warren G. Harding
    2. Herbert Hoover
    3. Calvin Coolidge
    4. Woodrow Wilson

  10. Saint Nicholas, the real bishop behind Santa Claus legends, served in Myra, in what is now which country?

    1. Italy
    2. Greece
    3. Netherlands
    4. Turkey

Answer key

  1. Jacob Marley (D)

    His ghost visits on Christmas Eve to warn Scrooge that three more spirits are on the way.

  2. New York City (D)

    The filmmakers used old-school forced-perspective tricks to make Will Ferrell look huge beside the elves.

  3. Montgomery Ward (C)

    The store gave away about 2.4 million copies that first year, and Gene Autry's hit song followed in 1949.

  4. Bedford Falls (C)

    James Stewart played George Bailey, and Frank Capra directed the film.

  5. Norway (C)

    The tree is Norway's thank-you for Britain's support during World War II.

  6. Irving Berlin (B)

    Bing Crosby introduced it in the 1942 film "Holiday Inn," and it won the Oscar for Best Original Song.

  7. A Visit from St. Nicholas (C)

    It first ran without a byline in a Troy, New York, newspaper on December 23, 1823.

  8. Thomas Nast (B)

    His first Santa appeared in January 1863, handing out gifts to Union soldiers in camp.

  9. Calvin Coolidge (C)

    The tree was a 48-foot balsam fir from Vermont, which also happened to be the president's home state.

  10. Turkey (D)

    Myra's ruins sit near the modern town of Demre on Turkey's southern coast.

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