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Good King Wenceslas
Canadian Weather
Bethlehem
Christmas Movies
Name that Carol
100
True or False: Good King Wenceslas was a real historical king.
True
100
True or False: In a "coldest country in the world" competition, Canada would get first place.
TRUE. It vies with Russia for first place as the coldest nation in the world, with an average daily annual temperature of —5.6ºC
100
Bethlehem is also known as the ____ __ _____.
City of David.
100
What did Ralphie want for Christmas in "A Christmas Story"?
A Red Ryder BB Gun
100
Fa la la la la, la la la la
Deck The Hall
200
Good King Wenceslas looked out "On the ______ __ _______."
feast of Stephen.
200
More Canadians die each year from ____________ than from other natural events. -- Tornados, Lightning, Extreme Cold or Extreme Heat
Extreme Cold More Canadians die each year from exposure to extreme cold temperatures than from other natural events, according to Statistics Canada. An average of 108 people die annually from the cold, while only 17 succumb to other nature-related events.
200
The city is one of the oldest in the world, having been inhabited since at least __________. -- 300 BC, 1000 BC, 2000 BC or 4000 BC
2000 BC
200
What city did "Miracle on 34th Street" take place in?
New York, NY
200
The shepherds feared and trembled When, lo! Above the earth Rang out the angel chorus That hailed our Saviour’s birth
Go Tell It On The Mountain
300
The lyrics include how many references to the nativity story? -- 0, 1, 3 or 7?
0
300
Name one of the two Canadian cities tied for the coldest temperatures on record.
Saskatoon or Regina, with —50ºC recorded on February 1, 1893, and January 1, 1885, respectively.
300
Bethlehem is located this many kilometres South of Jerusalem. -- 5, 10, 15 or 20km
10 km
300
What is the name of George Bailey's guardian angel in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
Clarence
300
No more let sins and sorrows grow, Nor thorns infest the ground
Joy To The World
400
The words to the carol "Good King Wenceslas" were written by John Mason Neale and published in _____. -- 1653, 1753, 1853 or 1953
1853
400
There’s a saying in Canada that if you don’t like the weather, wait five minutes. Never could that have been more true than in Pincher Creek, Alberta, where Canada’s most extreme temperature change was recorded. In one hour the temperature changed this many degrees Celsius: -- 25, 30, 37 or 41
41 The mercury soared from —19ºC to 22ºC in just one hour.
400
The population of modern day Bethlehem is approximately: -- 7,000 25,000 100,000 or 750,000
25,000
400
What was "the most likely" reason that The Grinch hated Christmas?
His heart was two sizes too small!
400
While by the sheep we watched at night Glad tidings brought an angel bright
How Great Our Joy
500
Good King Wenceslas was the king of ________ in the 10th century. -- Argentina, Bohemia, Czechoslovakia or Denmark
Bohemia
500
This province is home to the foggiest place in the world.
Newfoundland. The Grand Banks off Newfoundland experiences 40 per cent fog cover in the winter and up to 84 per cent in the summer.
500
Empress Helena, mother of Constantine the Great, commissioned this building in 327 AD, which is said to be built on the place Jesus was born.
Church of the Nativity
500
In this animated movie from 2011, Grandsanta says: "Christmas 1923, I had a heart attack at the reigns. Left ventricle popped out my mouth, pushed it back down and carried on."
Arthur Christmas
500
And the sky was bright with a holy light, O'er the place where Jesus lay
Birthday Of A King