The Everything Quiz Answers and Scoring
1. d
2. c
3. b
4. b
5. c
6. d
7. d
8. a
9. b
10. a (Poitier appeared in 1963’s Lilies of the Field, which preceded this feature.)
11. b
12. d
13. d
14. a
15. c
16. c
17. a (This was a trick question; “eponymous” means that the special bears the same name as the character. A futuristic animated version of The Little Match Girl aired in 1991.)
18. b
19. d
20. b
21. a
22. b
23. b
24. a
25. c
26. b
27. c
28. d
29. d
30. c
31. c (Peter was George’s father.)
32. b
33. c
34. a
35. d
36. b
37. d
38. b
39. a (Hunter played Captain James T. Kirk’s predecessor.)
40. d (Another trick question. Gruber’s only music credit is the immortal “Silent Night.”)
41. b
42. d
43. d
44. d
45. b
46. Here are six: Reginald Owen (1938), Alistair Sim (1951), Mr. Magoo (1962), Albert Finney (1970), George C. Scott (1982), and Michael Caine (1992). Okay, okay, Magoo is a bit of a stretch. (By the way, Bill Murray is not a correct answer; his character’s name in Scrooged is Frank Cross.)
47. b
48. d (Ben-Hur opens with an account of the Nativity.)
49. b
50. d
51. a
52. d
53. a
54. d
55. b
56. a
57. d
58. c
59. a
60. c
61. c
62. b
63. a
64. d
65. Olivia Newton-John (The megahit musical was, of course, Grease.)
66. d
67. b
68. b
69. d
70. “Happy Xmas (War Is Over)” by John Lennon and the Plastic Ono Band
71. a
72. c
73. a
74. b
75. a
76. c
77. e
78. a
79. d
80. b
81. c
82. c
83. b
84. d (Donner is Rudolph’s dad)
85. d
86. b
87. a
88. d
89. b
90. a
91. b
92. c
93. d
94. b
95. a
96. e
97. d
98. d
99. Judy’s seventeen-year-old daughter, Liza Minnelli, of course. Liza’s siblings, Joey Luft and Lorna Luft, also appeared.
100. a
101. a
102. c
103. a
104. a
105. b
106. d
Scoring
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• 20 or fewer correct: As a general rule, you’ve been doing something other than watching television at Christmas over the past thirty or forty years. Congratulations on that, but don’t pick “Holiday Films” as a Jeopardy category.
• 21 to 40 correct: Okay. You got the easy ones. You’ve been rocking to “Jingle Bell Rock,” but you could probably stand to rent It’s a Wonderful Life a time or two.
• 41 to 60 correct: You’ve definitely got the holiday spirit, but Andy Williams still thinks you can do better.
• 61 to 80 correct: Nice work. You can probably recite the lyrics to “White Christmas” without batting an eye. Spread the good cheer!
• 81 to 100 correct: Nat King Cole is crooning “The Christmas Song” just for you.
• 101 to 106 correct: You can probably recite the entire script of The Grinch Who Stole Christmas verbatim—from deep sleep. Take a bow.
