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2022 Trivia
100
Miracle On 34th Street centres on what real-life department store?
Macy's
100
What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?
Bing Crosby - 'White Christmas' (according to the Guinness Book of World Records)
100
In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner?
Japan
100
Queen Elizabeth II passed away in 2022. Before that she celebrated her Platinum Jubilee, marking how many years on the throne?
70 years
200
In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going on holiday when they leave Kevin behind?
Paris
200
What year did Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ come out?
1994
200
Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree? 50 bonus points for guessing the century the tradition started!
Germany, 16th Century
200
Which city hosted the Winter Olympics in February 2022?
Bejing, China
300
What was the real-life age gap between Keira Knightley and Thomas Brodie-Sangster when they both starred in Love Actually (2003)?
5 years - Thomas Brodie-Sangster was 13 and Keira Knightley was 18
300
What is the opening line to Shakin' Stevens' 'Merry Christmas Everyone'?
"Snow is falling, all around me"
300
What shape is the traditional French christmas cake bûche de Noël?
Log shaped
300
Who won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2022? Bonus 50 points for guessing the correct host city of the event!
Ukraine. Hosted in Turin, Italy
400
In which Christmas movie does Tom Hanks play 6 of the characters?
The Polar Express. He plays Hero Boy, Father, Conductor, Hobo, Scrooge and Santa Claus.
400
What was the UK Christmas number one in 2021?
LadBaby, Ed Sheeran and Elton John - 'Sausage Rolls for Everyone'
400
Which US state was first to declare Christmas a legal holiday? 50 bonus points for guessing the decade!
Alabama in 1836
400
What was the most-watched Netflix series of 2022?
Stranger Things
500
In Elf, what’s the first rule in the Code of The Elves?
Treat every day like Christmas
500
What activity inspired the song “Jingle Bells?”. Bonus 50 points for guessing the year first released!
A town-wide sled race in Medford, Massachusetts. First released in 1850
500
What is a caganer?
A Caganer is a figurine depicted in the act of defecation appearing in nativity scenes in Catalonia and neighbouring areas. It can also be found in areas of Spain, Portugal, and southern Italy
500
For the first time ever, this year’s Oxford English Dictionary Word of the Year was decided by a public vote. What was the word of 2022?
Goblin mode - Defined as “a type of behavior which is unapologetically self-indulgent, lazy, slovenly, or greedy, typically in a way that rejects social norms or expectations”
