Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How much did Lucy charge for a psychiatric session in the classic Christmas TV special A Charlie Brown Christmas?

2)  What is the name of the rabbit in the magic hat in Frosty the Snowman?

3)  In The Polar Express movie, what is "The First Gift of Christmas"?


Answers:

1)  Five cents



2)  Hocus Pocus!



3)  A bell from Santa's sleigh.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Composer/performer of the music for A Charlie Brown Christmas.

2)  In A Christmas Story, what gift did Ralphie's mom give his dad?

3)  In It's a Wonderful Life, though he has yet to "earn his wings," he is George's assigned angel.

4)  In A Christmas Story,  what was Ralphie's brother's name?

Answers:

1)  Vince Guaraldi

2)  a bowling ball

3)  Clarence Oddbody

4)  Randy

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  In "Winter Wonderland," who do we pretend the snowman is?

2)  This Christmas song bears the wish that listeners will have a Christmas and New Year full of cheerfulness.

3)  The person singing this song is hoping for these two things to come in time for Christmas.

4)   Someone was a kissing Santa Claus underneath the mistletoe last night. Who was it?

Answers:

1)  "Parson Brown"

2)  "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

3)  "my two front teeth"

4)  It was Mommy.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  How many geese a-laying are there in "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?

2)  What were Frosty the Snowman's last words?

3)  Which carol has the lyric, "Sing, choirs of angels, sing in exultation"?

4)  In Chile, Santa is called __________________.

Answers:

1) six

2)  "I'll be back again someday"

3) "O Come, All Ye Faithful"

4)  Viejo Pascuero ("Old Man Christmas")

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which day is considered to be the peak sales day of the holiday season?

2)  What color is Santa's belt?

3)  In A Christmas Carol, which song does the caroler sing outside Scrooge's office?


Answers:

1)  The last Saturday before Christmas.

2)  black

3)  "God Rest Ye, Merry Gentlemen"

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1) In the opening scene of A Charlie Brown Christmas, what are the Peanuts kids doing?

2)  The total number of gifts in "The Twelve Days of Christmas" is what?

3)  The song, "White Christmas" debuted in what film?

4)  What did Frosty the Snowman have for a nose?

Answers:

1)  Ice skating

2)  364

3)  Holiday Inn

4)  a button

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which two reindeer had names beginning with the letter "C"?

2)  In this Christmas song, the carolers demand "figgy pudding."

3)  This Emmy Award-winning television show was based on a newspaper editorial written in 1897. What was the name of the editorial?

4)  What did the Grinch use instead of reindeer to pull his sleigh?

Answers:

1)  Comet and Cupid

2)  "We Wish You a Merry Christmas"

3)  "Yes, Virginia, there is a Santa Claus"

4)  The mean Grinch used his dog to pull his sleigh, which was laden down with all the presents stolen from the townspeople.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Using small candles for lighting the tree, he was the first person to be credited with decorating a fir tree for Christmas.

2)  In The Nutcracker story, who was the Nutcracker's enemy?

3)  The newly-reformed Scrooge invited Bob Cratchit to join him for some "smoking bishop." What was "smoking bishop"?

4)  What inspired the tradition of hanging Christmas stockings?

Answers:

1)  Martin Luther

2)  The King of the Mice

3)  a hot spiced drink

4)  St. Nicholas was said to have provided dowries for three impoverished sisters by dropping gold coins down their chimney and into the stockings they had hung up to dry.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  On this date in 1953, the first issue of Playboy went on sale.  It featured the infamous calendar shot of Marilyn Monroe. What was unusual about that first issue?

2)  On this date in 1963, a six year-old Donny Osmond made his national television debut on this show.

3)  This federal agency produces twice as much hazardous waste as the top three industrial waste producers.

4)  What is a group of snails called?

Answers:

1)  The issue had no date.

2)  The Andy Williams Show. Andy Williams began his career by singing with his brothers and became a mentor to the Osmond Brothers.

3)  The Pentagon

4)  Rout

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Which reindeer is never mentioned in The Night Before Christmas?

2)  From what movie did we hear this line: "Teacher says, 'Every time a bell rings an angel gets his wings.'"?

3)  From what movie did we hear this line: "Uh, since the United States Government declares this man to be Santa Claus, this court will not dispute it.  Case dismissed."?

4)  What was the gift my true love sent on the sixth day of Christmas?


Answers:

1) Rudolph

2.  It's A Wonderful Life

3)  Miracle on 34th Street

4)  Six geese a-laying

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  What was Scrooge's first name?

2)  This president was the first to have his address to a joint session of Congress aired on radio.

3)  Dr. Seuss's Grinch had a particular condition that made him so mean. What was it?

4)  In It's a Wonderful Life, who lost $8,000?

Answers:

1)  Ebeneezer

2)  Calvin Coolidge

3)  His heart was two sizes too small.

4)  Uncle Billy

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  The original St. Nicholas in the country known today as what?

2)  Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer began as a promotion for this department store.

3)  In A Charlie Brown Christmas, this character builds a gray snowman.

4)  Eggnog was first created and consumed in this city.

Answers:

1)   Turkey

2)  Montgomery Ward

3)  Pigpen

4)  Jamestown, VA

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Who is the only president to have had a child while in office?

2)  Which president is featured on a quarter?

3)  Which president had the most children?

4)  Who was the first president to travel abroad?

Answers:

1)  Grover Cleveland had a daughter while in office.

2)  George Washington

3)  John Tyler had a total of 15 children - 8 by his first wife, Letitia and 7 by his second wife, Julia.

4)  Teddy Roosevelt. His trip to Panama was the first trip outside the United States by a president.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Where did the tradition of exchanging gifts at Christmas time begin?

2)  "Confidently Beautiful" is the motto for this contest.

3)  This U.S. president had more pets at the White House than any other before or since.

4)  Tennessee Williams' play, A Streetcar Named Desire opened on Broadway on this date in 1947. Who were the play's leads?

Answers:

1)  Italy - the practice began with the Romans.

2)  The Miss Universe Pageant

3) Theodore Roosevelt

4)  Marlon Brando played Stanley Kowalski, Jessica Tandy played Blanche DuBois and Kim Hunter played Stella. In the award season, Streetcar won both the New York Drama Critics Award and the Pulitzer Prize for Drama.

Alan Rock's Trivia!

Questions:

1)  Britney Spears was born December 2, 1981. She competed in her home state of Louisiana at age nine as an athlete in what sport?

2)  Taylor Swift and Jon Bon Jovi performed "Livin' On a Prayer" with this unlikely person for charity recently.

3)  After the rose, this flower is the 2nd most frequently used for bouquets and flower arrangements.

4)  In the Rocky and Bullwinkle Show, which one's the moose?

Answers:

1)  gymnastics

2)  Prince William sang harmony

3)  the carnation

4)  Bullwinkle