Twenty Questions- on your marks...

Twenty Questions- on your marks...

It's a tradition at our Friends of the Whitworth Christmas Parties to hold a Christmas Quiz. There will be no party this year, of course, but we thought this was a great opportunity to share our quiz more widely. Here is the quiz, as set by our Quiz Mistress, Joan Jones. The total number of marks is 30. See how many questions you can answer without reference to the internet. Some are serious, others are are light-hearted. 

Get in your teams and get to work!

PS. The visual images may - or then again may not - be clues!

All photos from the Friends' Christmas Tour to Vienna, November 2018

Christmas in Literature.

1. At whose Christmas dinner was it exclaimed “There never was such a goose!”? Who were the unseen onlookers?                                         2 marks.

2. Which book begins with the words “Christmas won’t be  Christmas without any presents.”   Who was the author author?                        2 marks.

3. In what book and why was Mr Elton very angry and disappointed on his return journey from the Christmas dinner party Mr and Mrs Weston gave for their neighbours?                                                                               2 marks.               

4. What poet wrote A Child’s Christmas in Wales?                                                                                                                                                      1 mark.

5. Who turned out to be the murderer in Hercule Poirot’s Christmas? 

                                                                                                                      1 mark

5. Who turned out to be the murderer in Hercule Poirot’s Christmas?    

                                                                                                                      1 mark

(Only the murderer’s occupation, not his name, is required for the mark.)

Art:  Winter Landscapes.

(Only the artist’s surname is required for the mark but an additional detail is required for the artist in question 1)

1. Name the artist who painted “Hunters in the Snow” as part of his series of the Four Seasons paintings.   1 mark                                                                                               

2. Name the 17th century Dutch genre painter who painted many scenes of people enjoying themselves on icy ponds against a Winter landscape.                          1 mark

3. Name the British artist who painted “Snow Storm: Hannibal and his Army crossing the Alps. Where can you see it?  2 marks                                                                     

 4. La Pie or The Magpie in the Snow was named as one of the most beautiful pictures ever painted by Sir Kenneth Clark in his famous 1970’s TV series, Civilisation. Who was the artist?   1 mark                                                                                    

5. Name the Japanese artist who painted Mount Fuji in the Snow and many other Japanese landscapes under snow.   1 mark                                                                         

Christmas Carols.

1. What was the appearance of the snow when “Good King Wenceslas first looked out? What did he ask his page to bring him?   2 marks                                                     

2. What carol was originally Adeste Fideles?   1 mark                                                                     

3. “We Three Kings of Orient are, Bearing Gifts we Travel Afar”. What were the 3 gifts the Magi or Wise Men brought the Christ child? 3 marks

4. In the Christmas Truce of 1914 on the Western Front, the German troops sang a carol to their British adversaries. It is frequently sung in translation in Britain. What is the carol? (English only needed).    1 mark                                                    

5. Which carol traditionally ends the Festival of the Nine Lessons and Carols, broadcast from King's College chapel on Christmas Eve?                                                I mark

Christmas

1. Name the Ancient Roman festival celebrated at the time as our Christmas.                  1 mark

2. Who is credited with introducing the Christmas tree to Britain?                       1 mark

3. In adverts for what famous drink was the traditional image of Father Christmas popularised? 1 mark                                                                                                   

4 . In the Christmas song, A Partridge in a Pear Tree, what did my true love send to me on the 3rd day, the 7th day, the 9th day and the 11th day?                         2 marks

5. How many of Santa’s reindeers can you name? (There are ten in total, try to name up to six). 3 marks