90 Christmas Trivia Questions (Ranked From Easiest to Hardest)

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90 Christmas Trivia Questions Ranked From Easiest to Hardest (Updated For 2024)

1. Also known as the Dead Horse Trail, a boundary pass of the Coast Mountains on the border of Alaska and British Columbia is named after what color, also the “Christmas” that Bing Crosby is dreaming of?
   
   Answer: White Pass
   
   
2. 1990- "Vision of Love" ruled the summer for Mariah Carey, who's become the signature fixture at the top of the Billboard charts each holiday season. According to her famous Christmas song, she only wants one thing. What is it?
   
   Answer: You
   
   
3. In the Christmas carol “Deck The Halls," the halls will be decked with boughs of what woody angiosperm, also referred to as Ilex?
   
   Answer: Holly
   
   
4. Although the most popular song on the film's soundtrack is "This Is Halloween" and the main character's name is Jack Skellington, the 1993 cult-classic Tim Burton film that was nominated for a visual effects Oscar includes what OTHER holiday in the film's title?
   
   Answer: Christmas (The Nightmare Before Christmas)
   
   
5. In 2000, who starred in the live-action remake of “How the Grinch Stole Christmas?” (Hint: Oddly, not the first time he had a green face in a film!)
   
   Answer: Jim Carrey
   
   
6. According to a survey by Dance magazine, what Christmas-themed Tchaikovsky ballet accounts for nearly half the annual revenue of many dance companies?
   
   Answer: The Nutcracker
   
   
7. What holiday single, originally titled “The One-Horse Open Sleigh” by James Lord Pierpont in 1857, was the first song played in space in 1965 by Gemini 6A astronauts Walter Schirra and Tom Stafford?
   
   Answer: Jingle Bells
   
   
8. A young boy takes a train to the North Pole on Christmas Eve in what classic 1985 children's book by Chris Van Allsburg?
   
   Answer: The Polar Express
   
   
9. José Feliciano has recorded dozens and dozens of big hits; however, his most enduring track gets re-popularized every year and sports what two-word title that precedes “próspero año y felicidad” in the tune?
   
   Answer: Feliz Navidad
   
   
10. Jim Carrey starred in three major 1994 films. He was Lloyd Christmas in “Dumb and Dumber,” Stanley Ipkiss in “The Mask,” and what titular “Pet Detective”? Carrey had a sequel for the character up his sleeve that was released a year later.
    
    Answer: Ace Ventura
    
    
11. In a 1965 TV cartoon special for what comic strip character does he get small Christmas tree with almost no leaves on it?
    
    Answer: Charlie Brown Christmas Special
    
    
12. In the aftermath of 1965’s Watts Riots, what holiday was created by Maulana Karenga specifically to "give black people an alternative to the existing holiday of Christmas and give black people an opportunity to celebrate themselves and their history, rather than simply imitate the practice of the dominant society?”
    
    Answer: Kwanzaa
    
    
13. In the song “Frosty the Snowman,” what article of clothing made Frosty come to life?
    
    Answer: Old silk hat
    
    
14. What Mexican beer brand has run the same holiday commercial, in which a palm tree is wrapped with Christmas lights, every year since 1990?
    
    Answer: Corona
    
    
15. In "The Lion, the Witch, and the Wardrobe," what magical country does the White Witch put a spell on so that it is always winter but never Christmas?
    
    Answer: Narnia
    
    
16. The festive holiday phrase “‘tis the season” comes from the lyrics of what Christmas carol where you’d also find “boughs of holly,” “blazing yule,” and 52 “fa la, la, la, las,” give or take a couple?
    
    Answer: Deck the Halls
    
    
17. In a famous parody of the Christmas carol "Jingle Bells," what famous fictional car that belongs to a superhero has "lost a wheel" while "the Joker got away?"
    
    Answer: Batmobile
    
    
18. What cocktail with Bacardi, Blue Curacao, pineapple juice, and coconut garnish shares its name with a two-named personification of cold weather, who “The Christmas Song” claims is “nipping at your nose?”
    
    Answer: Jack Frost
    
    
19. "I played my best for him" and "He smiled at me" are both lyrics in what popular Christmas song that was first recorded in 1951 and details a poor young boy being summoned by the Magi to Jesus's birth?
    
    Answer: The Little Drummer Boy
    
    
20. If you take a stroll along W 11th Street in Cleveland, you’ll find yourself standing in front of Ralphie Parker’s family home. What celebrated festive movie was the house featured in?
    
    Answer: A Christmas Story
    
    
21. Translating to “O Fir Tree” in English, the classic Christmas carol “O Tannenbaum” originated in what country in 1824?
    
    Answer: Germany
    
    
22. A beach in Malay, Aklan, Philippines, located on an archipelago island, has what name due to the color of its sand, also the color of Christmas in a Bing Crosby song?
    
    Answer: White Beach
    
    
23. Accompanied by a ghost, Ebenezer Scrooge looks in on the Cratchit family having a goose for dinner as a special holiday treat in what Charles Dickens novel?
    
    Answer: A Christmas Carol
    
    
24. Famed for her five-octave vocal range, which American pop singer is known as "Songbird Supreme", "Queen of Melisma", and "Queen of Christmas?"
    
    Answer: Mariah Carey
    
    
25. What ingredient links a sauce served during Thanksgiving and Christmas dinners, a popular variety of Wensleydale cheese, and a cocktail featured prominently in the series "Sex and the City?"
    
    Answer: Cranberries
    
    
26. In 2020, a Saw-Whet owl with what name was accidentally taken along with a tree for the NYC Christmas Tree lighting ceremony, but was rescued, as seen in Kimberly Dwyer’s children’s book about his “Christmas Journey?” His name is a shortened version of the famous Center where the tree went.
    
    Answer: Rocky
    
    
27. "The Cricket on the Hearth" is a holiday novel, not nearly as well known as "A Christmas Carol," by what British author?
    
    Answer: Charles Dickens
    
    
28. Although Handel's "Messiah" is commonly performed during the Christmas season, the work contains Lent and Easter portions and premiered in what month of 1742?
    
    Answer: April
    
    
29. What festively named island in the Indian Ocean roughly 200 miles south of Indonesia is one of Australia's seven external territories?
    
    Answer: Christmas Island
    
    
30. According to the classic holiday song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," how many "geese a-laying" are given on each day by the narrator's true love?
    
    Answer: Six
    
    
31. What landmark NYC event began as a way to celebrate Christmas and as a retail expansion in 1924 before shifting earlier in the annual calendar by 1927?
    
    Answer: Macy's Thanksgiving Day Parade
    
    
32. The holiday song that begins "Christmas is coming and the goose is getting fat," requests that you place what copper coin in the old man's hat?
    
    Answer: Penny
    
    
33. In 1870, which president who was a commanding general during the Civil War signed legislation to make Thanksgiving, Independence Day, Christmas Day, and New Year's Day federal holidays?
    
    Answer: Ulysses S. Grant
    
    
34. Stollen, also known as Weihnachtsstollen, is a classic German fruit bread that is traditionally eaten during which annual festivities?
    
    Answer: Christmas
    
    
35. Whamageddon is a challenge with competitors trying to make it through the holiday season without hearing what Wham Christmas song?
    
    Answer: Last Christmas
    
    
36. Sung by greats like Mel Tormé and Nat King Cole, “The Christmas Song” opens with a line about what roasted holiday treat?
    
    Answer: chestnut
    
    
37. What Pittsburgh restaurant chain, known for their "Smiley Cookies", is behind what, according to CBS-Pittsburgh, is believed to be the longest-running holiday-season commercial in America featuring an animated Christmas tree bending down to help a Christmas star reach the top of the tree?
    
    Answer: Eat 'N Park
    
    
38. What chocolaty drink powder was featured in the decoded message from Little Orphan Annie in the 1983 film, "A Christmas Story?"
    
    Answer: Ovaltine
    
    
39. The new old-fashioned way, for sure! Even though she recorded it in 1958 (when she was just 13 years old), what festive holiday hit helped Brenda Lee top the Billboard Hot 100 in 2023 (just before her 79th birthday)?
    
    Answer: Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree
    
    
40. A Mr. Bean Christmas special bit inspired a "Friends" Thanksgiving gag of what sandwich-lovin' character getting his head stuck in a turkey?
    
    Answer: Joey
    
    
41. As its name says, "Weihnachtsgans" is a roast goose dish traditionally served in Germany on what end-of-year holiday?
    
    Answer: Christmas
    
    
42. Traditionally served at Christmas, risalamande is a Danish dessert that uses which cereal grain along with cream, sugar, vanilla and chopped almonds?
    
    Answer: Rice
    
    
43. “My true love gave to me, 10 cups of coffee, eight chicken sandwiches, seven T-bone steaks, four eggs a fryin’, three sausage patties, two waffles baking, and a bowl of delicious hot grits." That's from a version of "12 Days of Christmas" on an album put out by what scattered-smothered-and-covered Southern breakfast chain?
    
    Answer: Waffle House
    
    
44. After discovering the celesta, an instrument with bell-like sounds, Tchaikovsky included it in "The Nutcracker" as part of the "Dance of" what magical character?
    
    Answer: The Sugar Plum Fairy
    
    
45. Located on the Gulf Coast of Texas just 2.4 degrees north of the Tropic of Cancer, what is the Texas city that was ranked the fifth-hottest city in the U.S. in 2016 and had its first instance of measurable snow in 109 years when there was a White Christmas in 2004?
    
    Answer: Brownsville
    
    
46. What pop singer released the Christmas song “Santa Tell Me” in 2014? She’s better known for more pointed songs like “Thank U, Next” and “Save Your Tears.”
    
    Answer: Ariana Grande
    
    
47. Which 1990 Christmas classic started out as an idea that came to John Hughes while he was planning a family vacation?
    
    Answer: Home Alone
    
    
48. There are almost 200 species of which coniferous evergreen that's the state tree of Maine and makes a great Christmas tree?
    
    Answer: Pine
    
    
49. With over 10 million concert tickets sold, what band known for its featured string section, elaborate stage performances, extensive pyrotechnics, and Christmas-themed storylines was referred to by the Washington Post in 2007 as "an arena-rock juggernaut" and described their music as "Pink Floyd meets Yes and the Who at Radio City Music Hall?"
    
    Answer: Trans-Siberian Orchestra
    
    
50. Emma Thompson's character discovers that the necklace she sees her husband purchasing for Christmas is for another woman, in one of the sadder plotlines of what 2003 holiday movie?
    
    Answer: Love Actually
    
    
51. Who played Hans Gruber in Die Hard and earned a spot on the AFI's "100 Years...100 Heroes & Villains" list as the 46th best villain in film history? He later revealed he almost did not take the role as he did not think Die Hard was the kind of film he wanted to make.
    
    Answer: Alan Rickman
    
    
52. Eating Kentucky Fried Chicken on Christmas Day has been a tradition since the 1970s in what nation on the other side of the world from Kentucky?
    
    Answer: Japan
    
    
53. Buddy happens upon a NYC shop that claims to have the "World's Best Cup of Coffee" and excitedly congratulates the staff about it in what classic Christmas movie?
    
    Answer: Elf
    
    
54. Where is Santa Claus comin’ to, according to the 1930s Christmas standard written by J. Fred Coots and Haven Gillespie? The song tells the audience that they better watch out, and they better not cry.
    
    Answer: Santa Claus Is Comin' To Town
    
    
55. What British charity supergroup with a name that sounds like they’d be good with a scraped knee had a holiday hit with “Do They Know It’s Christmas?” in 1984?
    
    Answer: Band Aid
    
    
56. Accompanied by David Seville, the 1958 single “The Chipmunk Song” became the first holiday hit to reach No. 1 on the Billboard’s Hot 100 chart – thanks to what cartoon trio?
    
    Answer: Alvin, Simon, and Theodore
    
    
57. In November 2011, Justin Bieber released an 11-track Christmas album. What song, whose lyrics are referenced in the album title, is now triple platinum in the United States?
    
    Answer: Mistletoe
    
    
58. Amy Grant had a 1983 hit off her “A Christmas Album” with a Christmas based in what US state? Residents of Knoxville or Gatlinburg were sure to enjoy the tune.
    
    Answer: Tennessee Christmas
    
    
59. What popular singer of the 1960s with a romantic last name, who often sang for Phil Spector on songs like “He’s A Rebel”, recorded a Christmas standard in 1963 with “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)?”
    
    Answer: Darlene Love
    
    
60. Usually standing at nearly 20 feet tall, the Blue Room Christmas Tree is the official Christmas tree of which residence?
    
    Answer: White House
    
    
61. In petroleum production, an assembly of valves, casing spools, and fittings used to regulate the flow of pipes in an oil well may be known by what Yule-appropriate name?
    
    Answer: Christmas Tree
    
    
62. What Square in Prague, Czech Republic, home to the National Museum and a large statue, shares its name with the protagonist of a Christmas Carol about a Bohemian king who journeys to feed a poor man for the Feast of Stephen?
    
    Answer: Wenceslas Square
    
    
63. Peter Billingsley, who played Ralphie May in "A Christmas Story," also makes an uncredited cameo appearance in Santa's workshop in what classic 2003 Christmas film?
    
    Answer: Elf
    
    
64. If you’re visiting Dover in late November or early December, which holiday festival can you attend that’s held by the Delaware Agricultural Museum and Village?
    
    Answer: A Farmer's Christmas
    
    
65. Which type of novelty calendar inspired by Christian tradition is popular around the holidays and involves opening a little present each day in December leading up to Christmas Day on the 25th? (Hint: They’re often chocolate or toys, but you can also find them with cheese…)
    
    Answer: Advent
    
    
66. "Must Love Flowers," "Holidays With the Angels," and "The Christmas Spirit" are among the many recent novels by what prolific romance author who was born in Yakima?
    
    Answer: Debbie Macomber
    
    
67. Wanting to capitalize on the success of the “Peanuts” comic strip, which soda company commissioned “A Charlie Brown Christmas” as a holiday special in the mid-1960s?
    
    Answer: Coca-Cola
    
    
68. Taking your Christmas lights down by February 2 is a must to avoid a $250 fine in what southern California city that's home to MLB's Padres?
    
    Answer: San Diego
    
    
69. According to Frederic Austin in his 1909 song "The Twelve Days of Christmas," his true love sent him one partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves, and eventually 12 of what?
    
    Answer: Drummers Drumming
    
    
70. During holiday's LDB Challenge, participants try to avoid hearing what seasonal tune that anagrams to THE BEDTIME RUM TROLLY?
    
    Answer: The Little Drummer Boy
    
    
71. Blitzen gets namedropped but never does the Blitzkrieg Bop in "Merry Christmas (I Don't Wanna Fight Tonight)," a holiday tune by what old-school New York punk rock group?
    
    Answer: Ramones
    
    
72. The bittersweet song "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" is originally from what Judy Garland movie musical with a US city in its name?
    
    Answer: Meet Me in St. Louis
    
    
73. What hit country song tells the story of a woman who nearly crashes her car while driving "on her way to Cincinnati on a snow-white Christmas Eve?"
    
    Answer: Jesus Take the Wheel
    
    
74. What is the name of the department store in the movie "Elf" that is modeled after the real-life Macy's in New York City?
    
    Answer: Gimbels
    
    
75. Due to the celebration's pagan ties, Boston's Puritans banned what event from 1659 - 1681?
    
    Answer: Christmas
    
    
76. In what Fox teen drama series did character Seth Cohen claim to have invented the holiday of Chrismukkah?
    
    Answer: The O.C.
    
    
77. Trap Pond State Park is a great place to spot the "American" species of what Christmas-y tree, the official state tree of Delaware?
    
    Answer: Holly
    
    
78. What "cold-blooded" American author wrote the short story "A Christmas Memory" about making fruitcakes from scratch in Alabama?
    
    Answer: Truman Capote
    
    
79. Referring to the inn from the Nativity story, Las Posadas is a pre-Christmas celebratory novena that lasts for how many days?
    
    Answer: Nine
    
    
80. What female rockabilly and country singer had a number of hits in the 1960s, with songs like “I’m Sorry” and “If You Love Me,” and crossed over into Christmas with the 1960 classic “Rockin’ Around The Christmas Tree?”
    
    Answer: Brenda Lee
    
    
81. The first Troll Doll, created in 1959 by Thomas Dam for his daughter for Christmas, was made out of what?
    
    Answer: Wood
    
    
82. “Christmas, Christmas time is near. Time for toys and time for cheer. We’ve been good but we can’t last. Hurry Christmas, hurry fast.” Every December, radio waves are filled with this imploration sung by a trio of what type of rodent?
    
    Answer: Chipmunk
    
    
83. On the very aptly title "Merry Christmas" album, Bing Crosby is backed up by a group of singing sisters that share what last name with the main redhead character on "Riverdale"?
    
    Answer: Andrews
    
    
84. What opera by Giuseppe Verdi had its premiere on Christmas Eve, 1871 in the Khedivial Opera House of Cairo, Egypt?
    
    Answer: Aida
    
    
85. In Central Europe, particularly Czechia and Slovakia, what part of the traditional Christmas dinner is often kept in the bathtub for a few days before the holiday?
    
    Answer: Carp
    
    
86. Which fir is not just a Christmas top pick, but may help ward off winter colds since the needles are rich in vitamin C?
    
    Answer: Balsam
    
    
87. What is the two-word name of the 2020 American "rom com" that debuted on Hulu and features Kristen Stewart, Mackenzie Davis, and Alison Brie?
    
    Answer: Happiest Season
    
    
88. What “T” mouse with a Brooklyn accent is the guardian and mentor of “Dumbo” in his 1941 Disney cartoon? His name is also the full name of the Tiny sickly child of Bob Cratchit in “A Christmas Carol.”
    
    Answer: Timothy Mouse
    
    
89. What American author wrote the sweetly ironic Christmas-themed short story, "The Gift of the Magi?"
    
    Answer: O. Henry
    
    
90. The Brady Bunch spawned several movies, though only two of them featured the entire original cast. One was “A Very Brady Christmas.” What was the other?
    
    Answer: The Brady Girls Get Married
    
    

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