Holiday Trivia Many of us enjoy watching traditional year-end holiday movies and television specials. At SimpleK12, we also enjoy exchanging trivia questions about these holiday programs with our friends and families, so we’ve compiled a list of 40 of the best holiday trivia questions we have seen over the years. We encourage you to challenge your colleagues and friends with these questions. Please feel free to distribute this document to anyone you think might be interested. Have fun with it and happy holidays! .com 1. In the Family Christmas Vacation movie, what gets zapped by a string of faulty Christmas tree lights? 2. In A Christmas Story, what does Ralphie want for Christmas? 3. What actor won the girl in Holiday Inn? 4. In It’s a Wonderful Life, what is the name of the angel? 5. In A Charlie Brown Christmas, what winter recreation are the characters doing in the opening scene? 6. Who played Bob Cratchit in A Muppet Christmas Carol? 7.In Miracle on 34th Street, why does Kris sleep with his whiskers outside his blanket? 8.In Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol, what dressing does Tiny Tim sing about? 9. In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, what is Rudolph’s elf friend’s name? 10. Who played the Grinch in the 2000 feature movie How the Grinch Stole Christmas? 11. In the movie Home Alone 2, what did Kevin throw at Marv, hitting him in the head many times? 12. Does Frosty or Bob Cratchit live in Camden Town? 13.In Holiday Inn, within two days how many days was the inn open per year? 14. What city does It’s a Wonderful Life take place in? 15.In Miracle on 34th Street, what does Kris’ doctor want for Christmas? 16.In Frosty the Snowman, what were Frosty’s first words? 17.In It’s a Wonderful Life, what did George and his friends use as sleds? 18. In the Polar Express, what is the primary mode of transportation? 19. Who played Santa Claus in Elf? 20.In Miracle on 34th Street, what does Susan teach Kris to do? 21. In what state does most of White Christmas take place? 22. Who plays Master Fred in Mickey’s Christmas Carol? 23. What Christmas comedy movie featured two bad buys known as “The Wet Bandits”? 24.In Holiday Inn what was the name of the housekeeper? 25. In the movie Home Alone 2, what state did Kevin’s family go to on vacation? 26. In the movie Elf, what edible forest does Buddy pass through? 27. Who lost $8,000 in It’s A Wonderful Life? 28.In Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer what does the misfit squirt gun shoot? 29. Who plays the hectic frazzled father in Jingle All theWay? 30. What state is A Christmas Story based in? 31. Who is the lead character in the film The Nightmare Before Christmas? 32.In A Charlie Brown Christmas, who explains the meaning of Christmas? 33. What did the Grinch use as a substitute for reindeer? 34. Who was Rudolph’s father in Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer? 35.In Christmas with the Kranks, what does every family in the neighborhood have on its roof? 36.In Miracle on 34th Street, where does Doris Walker work? 37.In It’s A Wonderful Life, what did Clarence receive for accomplishing his mission? 38.In Home Alone, the main character has an older brother who is a bully. What is that older brother’s name? 39. What is the name of the head elf in The Santa Clause? 40. In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, who mistook the Grinch for Santa Claus? Here’s a question every teacher and school administrator needs to know the answer to… What is SimpleK12’s Teacher Learning Community? The answer: it is an easy-to-use online learning platform for teachers to fulfill all their professional development needs. Currently there are over 600,000 teacher members in the United States and around the world. It includes tools to facilitate discussion and collaboration amongst all the members, so it is a wonderful tool to gain ideas and share information with teachers all over the world. There are over 900 live and on-demand webinars available at your fingertips on all the hot topics from iPad tips, shortcuts to supercharge Google tools, suggestions for maximizing Microsoft products in the classroom, which mobile apps to start using today, engaging ideas for student projects, and mobile productivity tips—just to name a few. Visit www.simplek12.com to learn more about the Teacher Learning Community and start integrating technology into your classroom today!