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Old 12-12-2013, 12:07 AM   #11
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Definately didn't guess any of these answers... :/ Great quiz!!!
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Old 12-12-2013, 08:27 AM   #12
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For anyone is bored now that the hibernation thread has been closed maybe a Christmas Quiz is just what you need!!!

More entries will be welcome
Lol, yes come on have a go
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Old 15-12-2013, 12:10 PM   #13
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Last chance to have a go at the quiz, I will post the results sometime after 3pm today.
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Old 15-12-2013, 04:44 PM   #14
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ANSWERS

1. St. Francis of Assisi ( as a teaching guide for the uneducated )
2. Eight Answers
a. Finnish
b. Korean
c. German
d. Irish
e. Hawaiian
f. Norwegen
g. Portugese
h. Greek
3. Pacific and Indian
4. Answer c. goose
5. The sending of Christmas wishes on mass produced Christmas cards. The first cards depicted a family toasting an absent friend with the words "Merry Christmas and a happy New Year to you". Only a few still exist today, If you have one dont send it away, it's a collecters item 'worth' keeping !
6. Norway. Nisse means 'little people'. It is customary to leave some porridge and beer at the kitchen table to keep him happy ! Trust me, it works.
7. Frankincense
8. Answer b. Rome il capitone it's called (When in Rome....)
9. The 6th of January or feast of the epiphany. (Greek for appearance or revalation)
10. candy cane. (In the Colonge cathedral) Just one color then, stripes were introduced later in the US
11. Panettone. (Anthony or Tone's bread)
12. Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer.
13. Bourbon
14. House of meat (Arabic) or House of bread (Hebraic)
15. Christmas Trees
16. 1960
17. Ilex
18. The witches house made of gingerbread covered in sweets and icing. (From the opera 'Hansel and Gretel')
19. Clove
20. Four Answers:
a. It's beginning to look a lot like Christmas
b. Have a holly jolly Christmas
c. Hark the herald angels sing
d. It came upon a midnight clear

Due to the multiple answer questions there were a possible 30 points available.

RESULTS

1. Becci=18
2. Suze=12.5
3. Emma=7.5
4. Doodle=7
5. Alan=6.5
6. Danny=4

Thanks for taking part
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Old 15-12-2013, 04:46 PM   #15
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Well done Becci! Thanks for doing the quiz Alley. It was fun!
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Old 15-12-2013, 05:31 PM   #16
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Well done Becci and everyone, thanks for putting up the answers, very interesting. I new I had the Norway ones right cos my brother lives in Norway,
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Old 15-12-2013, 08:37 PM   #17
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Woo. Thank you!
Thanks for doing the quiz!! Had fun doing it!
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Old 16-12-2013, 01:09 PM   #18
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Thanks for that Alley. It's the taking part that counts
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Old 16-12-2013, 03:29 PM   #19
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Thanks for that Alley. It's the taking part that counts
Well at least you didn't come last I think Danny must have nodded off half way through!!
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Old 18-12-2013, 02:14 AM   #20
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Not good with foreign languages, anything religious or christmas songs at least not off the top of my head There are somethings I don't know

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