History Yuletide Quiz! 🎅🦌🎄

[650lb Sumo]

(1) Which country or countries are in Lapland?
(2) What are Santa's reindeer called? (Nine Marks)
(3) Which saint is part of the composite character of Santa Claus?
(4) Who is the protagonist of A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts does he see and what are their names?
(5) Which astronomical event is Christmas near?

(6) What are the basic ingredients (categories of ingredients) of eggnog? (Five Marks)
(7) What are the gifts of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and how many does the protagonist recieve? (13 Marks)
(8) In which country does Christmas arrive first?
(9) What are the odds of a White Christmas in the following cities, to within 15%? (Three Marks) Boston, London, Toronto

Definitions:

US: an inch of snow lying
UK: a snowflake falls
Canada: 0.8" of snow lying at 7am
(10) Which mushroom, formerly used by Northern European shamans, and the practices involving it are theorised to have inspired some of the imagery, rituals and lore of Christmas?

Spoiler: Answers

(1) Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden (Four Marks)
(2) Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donner, Prancer, Rudolf and Vixen
(3) Saint Nicholas
(4) Ebeneezer Scrooge; four; (The Ghost of) Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (Six Marks)
(5) The Winter Solstice

(6) Eggs, Milk/Cream, Spice(s), Spirit(s) and Sugar
(7) A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Two Turtle Doves
Three French Hens
Four Calling Birds
Five Gold Rings

Six Geese a-Laying
Seven Swans a-Swimming
Eight Maids a-Milking
Nine Ladies Dancing
Ten Lords a-Leaping

Eleven Pipers Piping
Twelve Drummers Drumming

364
(8) The Republic of Kiribati
(9) 19%, 9%, 46%
(10) Fly Agaric

The pass mark is

Spoiler

22/44!

Was your score as high as a Christmas tree angel, or lower than a fallen bauble?

 

[TheTickG]

(1) Which country or countries are in Lapland?
(2) What are Santa's reindeer called? (Nine Marks)
(3) Which saint is part of the composite character of Santa Claus?
(4) Who is the protagonist of A Christmas Carol, how many ghosts does he see and what are their names?
(5) Which astronomical event is Christmas near?

(6) What are the basic ingredients of eggnog? (Five Marks)
(7) What are the gifts of the Twelve Days of Christmas, and how many does the protagonist recieve? (13 Marks)
(8) In which country does Christmas arrive first?
(9) What are the odds of a White Christmas in the following cities, to within 15%? (Three Marks) Boston, London, Toronto

Definitions:

US: an inch of snow lying
UK: a snowflake falls
Canada: 0.8" of snow lying at 7am
(10) Which mushroom, formerly used by Northern European shamans, and the practices involving it are theorised to have inspired some of the imagery, rituals and lore of Christmas?

Spoiler: Answers

(1) Finland, Norway, Russia and Sweden (Four Marks)
(2) Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dancer, Dasher, Donner, Prancer, Rudolf and Vixen
(3) Saint Nicholas
(4) Ebeneezer Scrooge; four; (The Ghost of) Jacob Marley, The Ghost of Christmas Past, The Ghost of Christmas Present and The Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come (Six Marks)
(5) The Winter Solstice

(6) Eggs, Milk/Cream, Spice(s), Spirit(s) and Sugar
(7) A Partridge in a Pear Tree
Two Turtle Doves
Three French Hens
Four Calling Birds
Five Gold Rings

Six Geese a-Laying
Seven Swans a-Swimming
Eight Maids a-Milking
Nine Ladies Dancing
Ten Lords a-Leaping

Eleven Pipers Piping
Twelve Drummers Drumming

364
(8) The Republic of Kiribati
(9) 19%, 9%, 46%
(10) Fly Agaric

The pass mark is

Spoiler

22/44!

Was your score as high as a Christmas tree angel, or lower than a fallen bauble?

1. Norway
2. Dasher, Prancer, Rudolph, Comet, Blitzen, Vixen, Cupid, Drowsy, Lousy
3. Saint Nick
4. Ebeneezer Scrooge McDuck.
5. Winter Solstice
6. Egg, Heavy Cream, Nutmeg (can't have Christmas without nutmeg), sugar, brandy, nogging
7. 12 drummers drumming, 11 pipers piping, 10 harps harping?, 9 broads dancing, 5 golden rings, 4 calling birds, 3 hens, 2 turtle doves, HIIIII MY NAME IS BRAAAAAK.
8. Micronesia
9. 50, 0.0 (they're only allowed rain), 75
10. I like those balsamic seasoned mushrooms on Christmas. Maybe I will make some for my party this weekend.

 

[Thai Domi]

How many of the gospels include the Christmas story? Which ones?

Which gospel has the shortest Christmas story?

Spoiler

Why doesn't Mark include a Christmas account?

Which Old Testament book is known as the "Fifth Gospel" because of its vivid description of the events of Christmas, among other messianic predictions?

 

[syct23]

Don’t know what’s going on in here,

But Marry Christmas!

Or as my youngest would say, Happy Birthday!’

 

[Kassitus]

Lapland is the North part of Scandinavia.
St. Nicholas.
No idea what's in eggnog besides probably egg.
Christmas gifts: partridge in a pear tree, 2 turtle doves, 3 French hens, 5 golden rings. Don't remember the rest.
Reindeers: Dasher, Prancer, Comet, Cupid, Rudolf, Dancer? Vixen. Don't remember the rest.
Winter solstice.
Scrooge sees 3 ghosts, of xmas past present and yet to come.
For Toronto prolly like 70% , Boston prolly like 65%, London prolly like 60%.
The mushroom is called fly amanita I think.

Edit: I got 21 so failed, though if I knew I could say "spice" for eggnog I would have. I was trying to think of what the spices are.

Merry Yuletide to my kindred Sherbros!

 

[650lb Sumo]

Lapland is the North part of Scandinavia.
St. Nicholas.
No idea what's in eggnog besides probably egg.
Christmas gifts: partridge in a pear tree, 2 turtle doves, 3 French hens, 5 golden rings. Don't remember the rest.
Reindeers: Dasher, Prancer, Comet, Cupid, Rudolf, Dancer? Vixen. Don't remember the rest.
Winter solstice.
Scrooge sees 3 ghosts, of xmas past present and yet to come.
For Toronto prolly like 70% , Boston prolly like 65%, London prolly like 60%.
The mushroom is called fly amanita I think.

Edit: I got 21 so failed, though if I knew I could say "spice" for eggnog I would have. I was trying to think of what the spices are.

Merry Yuletide to my kindred Sherbros!

I've reworded question 6 because it was my intent to convey that getting the category of ingredient was enough for the mark. You are upgraded to 22. You pass!

Fly Agaric's Latin name is 'Amanita muscaria' so you were warm there as well.

 

[Brofessor]

Man, I was too lazy to count. But I got a lot of them right.

 

[Tone C]

35 scored. Thanks as always for these x

 

[650lb Sumo]

35 scored. Thanks as always for these x