Here’s a Fun December Idea: Host A Christmas Movie Trivia Night!
Oh, the weather outside is frightful…
Maybe not so much here in Los Angeles (we are a little spoiled), but that doesn’t mean we aren’t in a snowy winter Hallmark small-town state of mind! This holiday season is the perfect time to spend with friends, family, and loved ones and yes, we do love – hence, “loved ones” – but sometimes you just run out of things to do together.
We’ve got an idea. How about a little holiday movie trivia? Trivia nights are really popular around the city but for this one, you don’t even need to leave your LA apartment.
Throw together some Christmas-themed snacks, put out all the tinsel, and light a Christmas tree-scented candle because it’s about to get holly jolly with these trivia questions.
This trivia game consists of six rounds including a challenge round worth more points. It can be played in teams or everyone can fend for themselves. You can shout out the answers or write them down to be graded! All you need is an impartial host to read out the questions and keep track of the scores!
What does the winner receive? Well, that’s entirely up to you!
Christmas Trivia Questions
Each question is worth one point, unless otherwise stated.
ROUND ONE: “That’s a Classic” To get things started we are going to have a round all about old classic Christmas movies from the black and white up to A Christmas Story.
- At what department store does Kris Kringle work at in Miracle on 34th Street?
- During which war does White Christmas take place?
- On which days is the Holiday Inn open?
- What Christmas carol is played at the end of the 1951 A Christmas Carol?
- What is the name of George Bailey’s guardian angel in It’s A Wonderful Life?
ROUND TWO: “Animated Christmas Movies” This round we’re focusing on some the great animated Christmas movies!
- How many sizes does the Grinch’s heart grow once he gets feelings?
- In The Year Without a Santa Claus, Mother Nature has two feuding sons, what are their names?
- Fill in the blanks. Frosty The Snowman’s face was made from a _____ pipe, a _____ nose, and two eyes made out of _______. (one point per correct answer)
4. In The Polar Express, what two letters does the conductor punch into the main character’s train ticket when he first gets on the train?
5. In Rudolph The Red Nosed Reindeer, which Reindeer was Rudolph’s father?
ROUND THREE: “Christmas Comedies” These movies make us laugh and put us in the holiday spirit. Win-win.
- What is Scott’s last name in The Santa Clause?
- What Christmas comedy starring Billy Bob Thorton had the tagline “He’s very naughty . . . and not very nice.”
- What does Aunt Bethany offer as the prayer for Christmas dinner in Christmas Vacation.
4. Fill in the blanks for Buddy’s journey to New York “First, I passed through the ____ levels of the ______ forrest, through the sea of _______ gumdrops, and then I walked through the ______” (One point for each correct word.)
5. Before realizing that Kevin was left Home Alone, what did Peter first say he thought was wrong?
ROUND FOUR – “Quotable” Name the Christmas Movie that this quote belongs to.
- I want you to get married. I want you to have nine children. And if you only spend five minutes a day with each kid, that’s forty-five minutes, and I’d at least have time to go out and get a massage or something.
- “Now you listen to me, young lady! Even if we’re *horribly mangled*, there’ll be no sad faces on Christmas.”
- “You stink. You smell like beef and cheese. You don’t smell like Santa.”
- Christmas is coming, but I’m not happy. I don’t feel the way I’m supposed to feel.
- It’s Christmas Eve. It’s the one night of the year when we all act a little nicer, we smile a little easier, we cheer a little more. For a couple of hours out of the whole year, we are the people that we always hoped we would be.”
ROUND FIVE – “Christmas In Love” This round is about Christmas movies where people fall in love. (Awww.)
- In the movie “The Holiday” Kate Winslet & Cameron Diaz switch houses over Christmas and each have their own romances with which respective actors?
- In Love Actually, Hugh Grant plays a single man who falls in love with one of his employees Natalie. What is his job?
3. What song does Jim first sing to Linda in Holiday Inn?
4. Upon learning of a terminal illness, a shy woman with a crush on LL Cool J decides to sell off all her possessions and live it up at a posh European hotel over the holidays.
5. Which Fran Capra directed movies proposal was said to be “One of the most sublimely histrionic expressions of passion in film history?
CHALLENGE ROUND – These questions are harder but 2 points each.
- Who directed The Grinch starring Jim Carey?
- What kind of pie does Kiera Knightly’s character bring to trade with Mark for the footage he shot at her wedding?
- What nick-name did Marv and Harry refer to themselves, when getting placed in the police car in Home Alone?
- What did Clark receive as his Christmas bonus in Christmas Vacation?
- What number does the elf punch into the North Pole key pad in the Santa Claus?
Christmas Trivia Answers
ROUND ONE: “That’s a Classic” To get things started we are going to have a round all about old classic Christmas movies from the black and white up to A Christmas Story.
- Macy’s
- World War II
- It’s only open on holidays.
- Silent Night
- Clearance Odbody
ROUND TWO: “Animated Christmas Movies” This round we are focusing on some the great animated Christmas movies!
- Three
- Snow Miser & Heat Miser
- Corncob, button, stone
- B & E
- Donner
ROUND THREE: “Christmas Comedies” These movies make us laugh and put us in the holiday spirit. Win-win.
- Calvin
- Bad Santa
- The Pledge of Allegiance
- Seven, candy cane, swirly twirly, Lincoln tunnel
- They left the garage door open.
ROUND FOUR – “Quotable” – Name the Christmas Movie that this quote belongs to.
- White Christmas
- The Grinch
- Elf
- A Charlie Brown Christmas
- Scrooged
ROUND FIVE – “Christmas In Love” – This round is about Christmas movies where people fall in love. (Awww.)
- Jude Law & Jack Black
- Prime Minister
- White Christmas
- Last Holiday
- It’s a Wonderful Life
CHALLENGE ROUND – These questions are worth two points each.
- Ron Howard
- Banoffee
- The Wet Bandits
- Subscription to Jelly of the month club.
- 1239
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