11-12-2013, 11:07 PM | #11 |
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Definately didn't guess any of these answers... :/ Great quiz!!!
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12-12-2013, 07:27 AM | #12 |
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Lol, yes come on have a go
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15-12-2013, 11:10 AM | #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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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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Well done Becci! Thanks for doing the quiz Alley. It was fun!
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15-12-2013, 04:31 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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Woo. Thank you!
Thanks for doing the quiz!! Had fun doing it!
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Thanks for that Alley. It's the taking part that counts
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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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