Trivia questions (5 of 15)
- Multiple Choice
1. What gift is given on the fifth day of "The Twelve Days of Christmas"?
While various species of bird are given on the first four days, day five of "The Twelve Days of Christmas" (1780) welcomes "fiiiiiiiive golden rings."
- Multiple Choice
2. What is the English equivalent to the original German Christmas carol "Stille Nacht"?
John Freeman Young wrote the English translation of "Stille Nacht (Silent Night)" (1818) in 1859.
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3. The earliest-known recording of "Santa Claus is Comin' to _______" sold 30,000 copies within twenty-four hours of its release in 1934.
FUN FACT
"Santa Claus is Comin' to Town" (1934) has been covered by more than two hundred artists, with several versions reaching the Billboard charts.
- Multiple Choice
4. Whose 1957 Christmas album, featuring the hit "Blue Christmas," is the best selling Christmas album of all time?
Elvis Presley's 1957 "Elvis' Christmas Album" is the best-selling Christmas album of all time in the United States of America according to Nielsen SoundScan.
- Multiple Choice
5. What popular Christmas carol is sung to the tune of the British folksong "Greensleeves"?
FUN FACT
William Chatterton Dix was managing an insurance company when he wrote the lyrics to "What Child is This?" in 1865.
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