Friendsmas 2023

Movies/TV

100

Who directed Oppenheimer

Christopher Nolan

200

Who was the first “American Idol” winner?

Kelly Clarkson

300

What Netflix show had the most streaming views in 2021?

Squid Games

400

"The Da Vinci Code" opens with a murder in which famous museum?

The Louvre

500

What is the only international movie that has received the Best Picture Oscar?

Parasite

Random

100

What notable astronomer penned the 1980 best-selling book "Cosmos?"

Carl Sagan

200

What is the longest-running Broadway show?

The Phantom of the Opera

300

What does “HTTP” stand for?

HyperText Transfer Protocol

400

What name is singer-actor Stefani Germanotta better known by?

Lady Gaga

500

Which bone are babies born without?

Knee cap (patella)

Victoria Facts

100

What restaurant replaced Boston Pizza on the corner of Hillside and Blanshard?

Meet

200

What is the name of the new Greek restaurant that opened on Admirals?

Gyrosa

300

What is the name of the store that replaced Bed Bath & Beyond

Rooms + Spaces

(it looks exactly the same inside, nothing changed)

400

What is the largest Urgent & Primary Care Centre in Victoria (and all of BC)

Downtown location (Pandora & Cook)

500

Victoria was officially rated the #___ rattiest city in all of Canada

(Vancouver was rated #2)

7th

Holiday Trivia

100

According to the song, what did my true love give to me on the 9th day of Christmas?

Nine ladies dancing

200

In the movie The Nightmare Before Christmas, who discovers Christmas Town?

Jack Skellington

300

What is the highest grossing Christmas movie of all time?

1. The Grinch (2018): $526.7 million 
2. Home Alone (1990): $477 million

400

What is the name of the famous Christmas poem written by Clement Clarke Moore?

*original name only

A Visit from St. Nicholas, more commonly known as The Night Before Christmas

500

What country first celebrated Christmas?

Rome

Harder Holiday Trivia

100

Gingerbread Houses Were Inspired By Which Popular Fairy Tale?

Hansel and Gretel

200

How many nights does Hanukkah last?

8

300

When Was The "Jingle Bells" First Played From Space?

*guessing the year only is acceptale

16 December 1965

“Jingle Bells” became the first song to be played in space using a musical instrument. On 16 December 1965, it was played on a harmonica and bells by astronauts Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford during NASA's Gemini 6A space flight

400

St. Nicholas is known around the world as Father Christmas, but what is he actually the patron saint of?

Giving
Travel
Sailing
Orphans

Sailing / sailors

500

Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation

Japan