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Breakfast Monday, 16 December, 2002, 11:19 GMT
Breakfast Christmas Quiz
Christmas stockings
Are you one of Santa's little helpers - or is "Bah humbug" your Christmas motto?

To get yourself into the Christmas spirit, try our fun quiz

What important date in the pre- Christian calendar falls just before Christmas?
A: Vernal equinox
B: Winter solstice
C: Epiphany
D: Feast of St Michael of the returned socks
Which popular children's character is delighted to get one of Mrs Weasley's home-made jumpers for Christmas?
A: Oliver Twist
B: Fireman Sam
C: Harry Potter
D: Cruella de Vil
"There's no-one quite like Grandma" was a Christmas hit for:
A: St Winnifred's School Choir?
B: Cliff Richard?
C: Bing Crosby?
D: Eminem
Which tempestuous TV marriage finally ended on Christmas Day 1986?
A: Den and Angie Watts
B: Kermit and Miss Piggy
C: Rodney and Cassandra Trotter
D: Liz Taylor and Richard Burton
While shepherds washed their ______ by night?
A: Locks
B: Smocks
C: Frocks
D: Socks
Turkey Lurkey is a friend of:
A: Chicken Licken?
B: Muffin the Mule?
C: Secret Squirrel?
D: Bernard Matthews
At the end of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol, which character pipes up "God bless us one and all"?
A: Ebeneezer Scrooge
B: Marley's ghost
C: Santa Claus
D: Tiny Tim
What is tinseltown?
A: The capital of Christmas Island
B: Another name for Hollywood
C: Code-name for Santa's secret city
D: An out of town Christmas superstore
Who wrote and illustrated the children's books The Snowman and Father Christmas?
A: Aled Jones
B: Quentin Blake
C: JK Rowling
D: Raymond Briggs
Spot the odd reindeer out: Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Rudolph, Comet, Donner, Blitzen
A: Prancer
B: Donner
C: Rudolph
D: Blitzen
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