CAE Christmas Quiz 2024b

Are you entertained?

100

The Polar Express movie was released this year

2004

200

Who composed the ballet The Nutcracker which popular around Christmas

(Pyotr Ilyich) Tchaikovsky

^{Premiered Dec-18 1892 in St. Petersburg}

300

In Die Hard 2, John McClane arrives to this city's airport to pick up his wife

Washington DC (Dulles International Airport)

_{Yippee Ki Yay .....}

400

Kevin McCallister's age in Home Alone

8

500

Tim Burton's "Nightmare before Christmas" was released this year

^{Accepting +/- 1 year}

1993

^{Now out as a LEGO set}

Hard Xmas nuts

100

Fastest time to undecorate a Christmas Tree

^{Will accept answers within +/- 30 seconds}

2.7 seconds

^{Now watch the video of how that is done!!}

200

The five-man band performing this classic Christmas song

Jackson 5 

^{released 1970 as track on an entire Christmas album}

300

This year the first mass-produced Christmas cards were printed 

^{Will accept +/- 5 years}

1843 (in the UK)

^{Only 12 of the original 1,000 cards remain in existence}

400

The language of this delightful song

Korean

500

Fastest time to eat all chocolates from an advent calendar

^{Will accept answer within +/- 10%} 

1 minute 27.84 seconds

^{In preparation Kevin Strahle spent over $200 on advent calendars to practice for this record. He says “precision and memorization” is the key to succeeding.} 

Truth about Bacon

100

True or False:

Denmark is among Top-3 countries in terms of bacon export

False

^{We are only number 10. Top 3 is Netherlands, USA and Canada} 

200

This Italian version of Bacon truly goes into Pasta Carbonara

Pancetta

300

True or False:

Bacon sales exceed Toy sales in the United States?

False

^{Toys & Games market in North Am. (2024 proj.): USD 44.5bn}

^{2023 Bacon market in North America: USD 12.7bn}

400

True or False:

"Nörtti" means bacon in Finnish

No

_{It actually means "nerd" according to Google Translate}

500

True heroism: World record number of bacon slices eaten in 5 minutes

_{(accepting answers within +/- 10%)}

182 _{(~6 lbs)}

^{(Guiness Book of Records)}  

Sand grains

100

This song starts: "Say your prayers, little one, don't forget, my son, to include everyone" 

Enter Sandman

200

The year when "Vamos a la Playa" was first a massive hit

^{Accepting answers within +/- 1 year}

1983

300

Name one of the nations that won 2024 Olympic Gold in beachvolley (men or women)

Brazil (women) or Sweden (men)

400

This popular brand of Port Wine was founded 1790 in London

Sandeman

^{Named for its founder George Sandeman}

500

Sand makes up about this % of Earth’s total Crust

^{Accepting answers within +/-10%}

4%

^{The crust is the thick outer shell of rock (~1% of earths radius)}

LEGO numbers

100

The LEGO building system was patented this year

1958

200

True or False: 

LEGO Titanic set has more pieces than LEGO Hogwarts Castle

True

^{9,090 pieces vs 6,020} 

300

The age of our CEO Niels B. Christiansen

^{Accepting +/- 1 year}

58 years

^{Born 12 Apr 1966}

400

This many colleagues will work from KOM Campus 

^{Will allow answers within +/- 10%}

1800

_{Probably a bit more than this according to construction project.}

500

The total number of employees in E&ME plus MS&T

^{Will accept answers within +/- 10}

683

^{As of December 2024. Includes students and temps.}