How much do you know about holiday-season viewing? Here’s the ultimate trivia quiz about the Christmas songs, films, television programs, and movies you’re likely to come across. Grab a sheet of paper and jot down your answers—or turn it into a Christmas-party trivia game!

1. What role does Cary Grant play in 1947’s The Bishop’s Wife?

(a) A hard-boiled newsroom editor

(b) A befuddled collector of dinosaur bones

(c) A dashing, sophisticated man about town who is being pursued by a sinister international espionage ring

(d) A debonair angel

2. What is it that the little girl wants for Christmas in the 1991 film All I Want for Christmas?

(a) Her two front teeth

(b) A life-size poster of Keanu Reeves

(c) For her divorced parents to get back together

(d) An end to the blood feud that has set her town against itself for seven years

3. In what year was the Gian-Carlo Menotti operetta Amahl and the Night Visitors, in which a young boy encounters the Three Wise Men on the eve of Christ’s birth, first broadcast on network television?

(a) 1950

(b) 1951

(c) 1955

(d) 1968

4. In the movie A Christmas Story, why is the boy’s mother afraid to let him have a BB gun?

(a) She’s afraid he’ll forget all about his other Christmas toys.

(b) She’s afraid he’ll shoot his eye out.

(c) She’s afraid he’ll run away from home, secure in his newfound power.

(d) She’s afraid he’ll have an accident while cleaning the gun.

5. How did Amahl and the Night Visitors come to be written?

(a) It was composed by a medieval monk who left the score behind a stone wall in a monastery, where it would rest undisturbed for two-and-a-half centuries.

(b) It was written at the request of His Royal Highness, King Edward II.

(c) It was commissioned for a special Christmas television broadcast.

(d) It was composed for the London stage in the early 1930s.

6. Who plays Bob Cratchit in 1992’s The Muppet Christmas Carol?

(a) Michael Caine

(b) John Denver

(c) Bob Denver

(d) Kermit the Frog

7. Charles Dickens himself makes an appearance in The Muppet Christmas Carol. Who plays him?

(a) Hunter S. Thompson

(b) Michael J. Fox

(c) George C. Scott

(d) The Great Gonzo

8. In the 1949 classic Holiday Affair, which two actors played suitors to Janet Leigh?

(a) Robert Mitchum and Wendell Corey

(b) Dean Martin and Jerry Lewis

(c) Bud Abbott and Lou Costello

(d) Bob Hope and Bing Crosby

9. Why does Ernest want to find a replacement for Santa in 1988’s Ernest Saves Christmas?

(a) Ernest has it on good authority that Santa’s best days are behind him, although the old man refuses to face it.

(b) Santa has decided that it’s time to retire.

(c) The reindeer won’t work on Christmas Eve anymore because Santa refuses to pay them time and a half.

(d) Santa is missing.

10. Who plays the handyman in 1984’s Christmas Lilies of the Field?

(a) Billy Dee Williams

(b) Sidney Poitier

(c) Clarence Williams III

(d) Carroll O’Connor

11. For which of the following films did Irving Berlin compose the song “White Christmas”?

(a) White Christmas

(b) Holiday Inn

(c) It’s a Wonderful Life

(d) Last Tango in Paris

12. What is the request made to heaven by a recently dead police officer (played by Mickey Rooney) in 1984’s It Came Upon a Midnight Clear?

(a) That he be allowed to put on one last show in the barn

(b) That peace on earth and goodwill among men by made manifest

(c) That Santa be allowed to make his annual trip despite the evil designs of the Anti-Christmas League

(d) That he be allowed to spend one final Christmas with his grandson

13. Who played the hapless slogan composer in 1940’s Christmas in July?

(a) Ronald Reagan

(b) Jimmy Stewart

(c) Preston Sturges

(d) Dick Powell

14. Of the following, which was a slogan that was actually used in Christmas in July?

(a) “If you can’t sleep, it’s not the coffee, it must be the bunk.”

(b) “Make it a special Christmas. Make it a regular Christmas. Chew Simulax tablets.”

(c) “Coffee the way it was meant to be.”

(d) “Good to the last drop.”

15. In what year was A Charlie Brown Christmas first broadcast?

(a) 1963

(b) 1964

(c) 1965

(d) 1966

16. In the 1954 movie White Christmas, why was the old New England inn in such desperate financial straits?

(a) The previous owner had been subject to a lawsuit, but had concealed this fact from prospective buyers.

(b) The town suffered a major blow when a local shoe factory closed.

(c) The inn was a ski resort, and there hadn’t been any snow for a year.

(d) The tourist guides had their doubts about the kitchen help.

17. Which of the following Christmas personages did not appear in an eponymous animated Christmas special?

(a) Linus van Pelt

(b) Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

(c) Frosty the Snowman

(d) The Little Match Girl

18. What’s the name of the character Bing Crosby plays in Holiday Inn?

(a) Winston Smith

(b) Jim Hardy

(c) Charles Foster Kane

(d) Mike Cleary

19. Why was Macaulay Culkin exiled to his room in 1990’s Home Alone?

(a) He set an elaborate trap in his smug older-brother’s room.

(b) He was discovered attempting to tape his weird uncle while the uncle was taking a shower.

(c) He had been watching too many old movies on video.

(d) He was being punished for a disastrous kitchen spill.

20. Name the two bad guys in the Home Alone movies who eventually became famous as the “Wet Bandits.”

(a) Joe and Ratso

(b) Harry and Marv

(c) Harry and Tonto

(d) Melvin and Howard

21. In the first Home Alone movie, where was the family headed for Christmas?

(a) Paris

(b) Barcelona

(c) Florida

(d) San Juan

22. How is Joe Pesci disguised as he scopes out the neighborhood in the early scenes of the first Home Alone movie?

(a) As a mobster

(b) As a policeman

(c) As a mailman

(d) As an exterminator

23. In the first Home Alone movie, why did Macaulay Culkin butt his head into his older brother’s stomach?

(a) The brother wouldn’t let him have a turn with the Nintendo game.

(b) The brother took the last of the cheese pizza.

(c) The brother was threatening to squeal about a lousy grade on a spelling test.

(d) The brother was choking on something.

24. What is the name of Macaulay Culkin’s character in the Home Alone movies?

(a) Kevin McAllister

(b) Kevin McReynolds

(c) Kevin MacArthur

(d) Kevin McCall

25. What is the name of the scary old guy in the first Home Alone movie?

(a) Cratchit

(b) Bob

(c) Marley

(d) Marlon

26. Who does Macaulay Culkin go to in order to plead for the return of his family in the first Home Alone movie?

(a) The pigeon lady

(b) Santa Claus

(c) A hotel employee

(d) A policeman

27. In Home Alone II, where was the family headed for Christmas?

(a) Paris

(b) Barcelona

(c) Florida

(d) San Juan

28. Which of the following occurs in Home Alone II?

(a) Joe Pesci’s hair is set on fire.

(b) A rope Joe Pesci is climbing is doused with kerosene and set on fire.

(c) Joe Pesci is struck in the head by a huge lead pipe.

(d) All of the above.

29. What is the first image, after the opening credits, in Frank Capra’s 1946 classic It’s a Wonderful Life?

(a) A sky full of stars, three of which blink as a number of angels speak

(b) George Bailey sledding down a hill on a snow shovel

(c) George’s younger brother, Harry Bailey, sledding down a hill on a snow shovel

(d) A sign reading “You Are Now in Bedford Falls”

30. What is the name of the angel who is assigned the task of saving George Bailey’s life in It’s a Wonderful Life?

(a) Lumen Phosphor

(b) Fluor Candle

(c) Clarence Oddbody

(d) Tom Sawyer

31. Which two characters have this exchange in It’s a Wonderful Life?

“A lot of these people are out of work!”

“Well, then, foreclose.”

“I can’t do that. These families have children.”

“They’re not my children.”

“They’re somebody’s children . . .”

“Are you running a business or a charity ward?”

(a) George Bailey and Henry Potter

(b) George Bailey and Uncle Billy

(c) Peter Bailey and Henry Potter

(d) George Bailey and Mr. Gower

32. Had George Bailey, the main character in It’s a Wonderful Life, never been born, what would Bedford Falls have been called?

(a) Morgantown

(b) Pottersville

(c) Gowerville

(d) Robinwood

33. In It’s a Wonderful Life, why was young George Bailey hit by his boss?

(a) He was late for work.

(b) He’d been neglecting his duties, paying too much attention to the girls at the soda counter.

(c) He hadn’t delivered a prescription as he’d been specifically ordered to do.

(d) He kept daydreaming about traveling to foreign lands.

34. What are the names of the policeman and the taxi driver in It’s a Wonderful Life?

(a) Bert and Ernie

(b) Tom and Jerry

(c) Mike and Terry

(d) Billy and Rick

35. Which of the following A-level Hollywood scriptwriters toiled on early drafts of It’s a Wonderful Life, only to have his work rejected?

(a) Dalton Trumbo

(b) Marc Connelley

(c) Clifford Odets

(d) All of the above

36. In It’s a Wonderful Life, what is the nickname of the little girl whose flower-petals wind up in George Bailey’s pocket on the night he considers killing himself?

(a) Daisy

(b) Zuzu

(c) Pitter-Pat

(d) Bunkadoodle

37. What, according to a child in the Bailey family, does it mean when you hear bells ringing?

(a) You’ve been knocked out.

(b) You’ve just won the final round of Jeopardy.

(c) You have tinnitus.

(d) An angel has just gotten his wings.

38. Who played the lead role in It Happened One Christmas, the 1977 television remake of It’s a Wonderful Life?

(a) Henry Winkler

(b) Marlo Thomas

(c) Jimmy Stewart

(d) John Denver

39. What actor who would later portray the captain on the pilot episode of Star Trek, also played Jesus in the controversial 1961 film King of Kings, now often aired during the holiday season?

(a) Jeffrey Hunter

(b) William Shatner

(c) Patrick Stewart

(d) DeForest Kelley

40. In December 1968, James Mason portrayed Franz Gruber in a network television special. Who was Franz Gruber?

(a) He was a poor German immigrant who brought the tradition of the decorated Christmas tree to the United States.

(b) He was an Austrian immigrant to the United States who wrote dozens of classic Christmas carols.

(c) He was a Swiss war hero who spirited hundreds of Jewish children to safety on Christmas Eve, 1943.

(d) He was an Austrian organist.

41. How did Edmund Gwenn (in the role of Kris Kringle in Miracle on 34th Street) come to the notice of the management at Macy’s?

(a) He answered an advertisement for a department-store Santa.

(b) He saw that the Santa in the store’s holiday float was so drunk that he couldn’t stand up, and volunteered to replace him.

(c) He started handing out presents to children in the store.

(d) He showed up at the personnel office dressed in a Santa Claus costume.

42. Name the child star whose career was launched by her appearance in Miracle on 34th Street.

(a) Shirley Temple

(b) Elizabeth Taylor

(c) Judy Garland

(d) Natalie Wood

43. When was Miracle on 34th Street first released in movie theaters?

(a) The late autumn of 1947

(b) The winter of 1948

(c) The late autumn of 1948

(d) The summer of 1947

44. In Miracle on 34th Street, whom did Edmund Gwenn list as next of kin on his Macy’s employment application form?

(a) His invaluable colleague, Anna Botelho

(b) Clarence Oddbody

(c) The children of the world

(d) Reindeer

45. In Miracle on 34th Street, what precipitated Edmund Gwenn’s being committed to Bellevue?

(a) He declared that he was not Santa after all, but rather the Tooth Fairy.

(b) He struck a psychiatrist on the head with a cane.

(c) He wandered the streets of New York without apparent purpose.

(d) He failed a polygraph test administered by the New York City Police Department.

46. Name four actors who have portrayed Ebenezer Scrooge in the movies or on television.

47. Who plays Marley’s ghost in Scrooge, the 1970 adaptation of A Christmas Carol?

(a) John Gielgud

(b) Alec Guinness

(c) Jason Robards

(d) Martin Sheen

48. When does the opening sequence of the 1959 classic Ben-Hur take place?

(a) A.D. 33

(b) A.D. 30

(c) A.D. 112

(d) A.D. 1

49. Red Skelton and Vincent Price teamed up in a classic restaurant sketch in the hour-long Christmas special Red Skelton’s Christmas Diner. What were the names of the characters they played?

(a) Max and Dan

(b) Freddy the Freeloader and Professor Humperdue

(c) Dracula and Dr. Frankenstein

(d) Bud and Lou

50. Who are Santa’s incompetent assistants in the 1934 film Babes in Toyland?

(a) Charlie Chaplin and Buster Keaton

(b) W. C. Fields and Mae West

(c) Groucho, Chico, and Harpo Marx

(d) Stan Laurel and Oliver Hardy

51. In the 1945 film Christmas in Connecticut, how does Barbara Stanwyck, as part of a promotional gimmick, convince the world that she’s an ideal housewife?

(a) She rents a house, hires a secret chef, and talks Reginald Gardiner into pretending to be her husband.

(b) She takes out an ad in the New York Times that is supposed to have been written by her husband.

(c) She hires her sister-in-law to impersonate her.

(d) She has her picture taken with the children of her neighbor, Shirley Booth.

52. Who directed the cable-TV remake of Christmas in Connecticut?

(a) Richard Lester

(b) Bernardo Bertolucci

(c) Jonathan Demme

(d) Arnold Schwarzenegger

53. In 1946, David Lean directed a memorable version of Great Expectations that has become a holiday broadcast staple. What is the name of the film’s orphan hero?

(a) Pip Pirrip

(b) David Copperfield

(c) Nicholas Nickleby

(d) Oliver Twist

54. Finish this sentence from the animated classic The Grinch Who Stole Christmas. “Maybe Christmas,” he thought, “doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas, perhaps . . .”

(a) “. . . means cruising in a convertible with four on the floor.”

(b) “. . . is a mail-order package from Land’s End at your door.”

(c) “. . . is a new pair of socks in a shade you abhor.”

(d) “. . . means a little bit more.”

55. From what town did the Grinch attempt to steal Christmas?

(a) Bedford Falls

(b) Whoville

(c) Schenectady

(d) Smallville

56. Whom did the Grinch encounter during his trip?

(a) Cindy Lou Who

(b) Horton the Elephant

(c) The Cat in the Hat

(d) The Lorax

57. In the 1982 animated feature The Snowman, who is the main attraction at the party to which the Snowman brings his young friend?

(a) An elf

(b) The Snow Queen

(c) A baby in swaddling clothes

(d) Santa Claus

58. How do the characters played by Jason Robards and Julie Harris meet in the 1988 HBO special The Christmas Wife?

(a) By bumping into one another on a street corner

(b) By being seated in adjoining seats to watch a performance of The Nutcracker

(c) Through a lonely hearts agency

(d) Via office e-mail

59. What member of the cast of M*A*S*H also appears in Fred Astaire’s classic holiday television movie, The Man in the Santa Claus Suit?

(a) Gary Burghoff

(b) Alan Alda

(c) Robert Duvall

(d) Bud Cort

60. In the 1989 Married . . . with Children sendup of It’s a Wonderful Life called It’s a Bundyful Life, who played Al Bundy’s guardian angel?

(a) Howard Stern

(b) Bobcat Goldthwait

(c) Sam Kinison

(d) Vincent Price

61. On which classic Christmas story is 1987’s A Miracle Down Under loosely based?

(a) The Gift of the Magi

(b) The Little Drummer Boy

(c) A Christmas Carol

(d) A Christmas Memory

62. The 1990 syndicated movie The Kid Who Loved Christmas tells the story of a jazz musician (Michael Warren) who, after becoming a widower, fights to retain custody of his foster child. Which entertainment legend made his final film appearance in this movie?

(a) Michael Landon

(b) Sammy Davis Jr.

(c) Cary Grant

(d) James Cagney

63. In what year was Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol first broadcast?

(a) 1962

(b) 1963

(c) 1964

(d) 1965

64. Whose voice narrated the animated special Frosty the Snowman?

(a) Boris Karloff

(b) Gene Autry

(c) Fred Astaire

(d) Jimmy Durante

65. Name the actress who played a mannequin who comes to life in the 1990 made-for-TV Christmas movie A Mom for Christmas. No multiple-choice here, but we will give you a big, big hint: She starred in the most successful movie musical of all time.

66. Name the members of the group that scored a hit that featured the chorus “Christmas, don’t be late” in the early 1960s.

(a) John, Paul, George, and Ringo

(b) Mick, Keith, Charlie, Bill, and Ron

(c) Pete, Roger, John, and Keith

(d) Simon, Theodore, and Alvin

67. Which unlikely duet crooned “The Little Drummer Boy” for a holiday television special?

(a) Janet Jackson and Frank Sinatra

(b) David Bowie and Bing Crosby

(c) Paul McCartney and Elvis Costello

(d) Pat Boone and Little Richard

68. Which group recorded the novelty songs “Plenty of Jam Jars,” “Everywhere It’s Christmas,” and “Christmas Time (Is Here Again)” for special Christmas disks meant for limited distribution to the official members of their fan club?

(a) Spike Jones and His City Slickers

(b) The Beatles

(c) The Partridge Family

(d) The Cowsills

69. Name the lead vocalist on the ’80s Christmas hit “2000 Miles.”

(a) Deborah Harry

(b) Pat Benatar

(c) Joan Jett

(d) Chrissie Hynde

70. Who recorded the only antiwar holiday song to achieve chart status in the U.S. during the Vietnam War? What was the song?

71. Name the rock star who organized the benefit recording “Do They Know It’s Christmas,” and won praise for his work on behalf of famine victims.

(a) Bob Geldof

(b) Elton John

(c) Mark Knopfler

(d) Sting

72. This song, composed for a children’s Christmas program in the 1940s, sold over a million copies in seven weeks when it was released nationally, thereby becoming one of the fastest-selling records in history. Name the song.

(a) “Frosty, the Snowman”

(b) “Winter Wonderland”

(c) “All I Want for Christmas Is My Two Front Teeth”

(d) “Silver Bells”

73. Who recorded the original version of “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”?

(a) Jimmy Boyd

(b) Herman Hasswell

(c) Pinky Lee

(d) Michael Jackson

74. How old was this artist when he recorded “I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus”?

(a) 11

(b) 12

(c) 9

(d) 44

75. In what year was Bing Crosby’s recording of Irving Berlin’s “White Christmas” released?

(a) 1942

(b) 1943

(c) 1944

(d) 1945

76. Who recorded the immortal holiday classic “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”?

(a) Weird Al Yankovic

(b) Barnes & Barnes

(c) Elmo and Patsy

(d) The Nurk Twins

77. One of the following recordings is fictitious. Which is it?

(a) “Santa Bring My Baby Back to Me,” by Elvis Presley

(b) “Santa Claus Is Coming to Town,” by Bruce Springsteen

(c) “Away in a Manger,” by the Brady Bunch

(d) “Santa’s Got a Brand New Bag,” by James Brown

(e) “Winter Wonderland Experience,” by Jimi Hendrix

78. Who was the artist who recorded a chorus of barking dogs singing “Jingle Bells”?

(a) Don Charles

(b) Dr. Demento

(c) David Gilmour

(d) Philip Glass

79. Who recorded “Santa Claus and His Old Lady”?

(a) John Cougar Mellencamp

(b) John Mellencamp

(c) John Cougar

(d) Cheech and Chong

80. Who wrote the song “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”?

(a) Gene Autry

(b) Johnny Marks

(c) Kurt Weill

(d) Harry Warren

81. When was Rudolph’s song first released commercially?

(a) 1947

(b) 1948

(c) 1949

(d) 1950

82. Who wrote the book about Rudolph that is said to have inspired the song?

(a) E. B. White

(b) Theodore Geisel

(c) Robert L. May

(d) Watty Piper

83. Which figure comes closest to the actual number of “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer” recordings sold, by all artists recording it, since the song was first released?

(a) 20 million

(b) 50 million

(c) 80 million

(d) 100 million

84. In the animated special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, who utters the immortal line “His beak blinks like a blinkin’ beacon!”?

(a) Santa

(b) Prancer

(c) Comet

(d) Donner

85. What is the name of Rudolph’s dentist friend?

(a) Marvin

(b) Newton

(c) Irving

(d) Herbie

86. What is the name of Rudolph’s explorer friend?

(a) Barry Lyndon

(b) Yukon Cornelius

(c) Yukon Jack

(d) Jumping Jack Flash

87. What do Bumbles do?

(a) Bounce

(b) Make honey

(c) Rumble

(d) The Froog

88. This made-for-TV movie was not only the highest-rated Christmas special of the 1988 season—it was the highest-rated TV movie of the year for the network that broadcast it. What was it?

(a) The Homecoming at Walton’s Mountain

(b) Adventure at Space Mountain: A Christmas Saga

(c) Michael Landon Presents a Little House Christmas

(d) A Very Brady Christmas

89. Who plays Mary Steenburgen’s guardian angel in 1985’s One Magic Christmas?

(a) Dennis Hopper

(b) Harry Dean Stanton

(c) Burgess Meredith

(d) Walter Matthau

90. In 1985’s Santa Claus: The Movie, what did the evil toymaker B.Z. attempt to foist upon the world’s children?

(a) A lollipop that would supposedly allow them to fly, but that would be likely to explode when used

(b) The Everlasting Gobstopper

(c) Poisoned candy canes

(d) Fruitcake

91. What is the name of Chevy Chase’s character in National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation?

(a) Frank Appleton

(b) Clark Griswold

(c) Brad Majors

(d) Ward Cleaver

92. Who plays the Ghost of Christmas Present in 1988’s Scrooged?

(a) Jack Nicholson

(b) David Johansen

(c) Carol Kane

(d) Jason Robards

93. How does the Ghost of Christmas Present highlight Bill Murray’s lesson in Scrooged?

(a) Gives him a cookie for every correct answer

(b) Allows him a glimpse at his own gravestone

(c) Causes the headlines in the Wall Street Journal to change to odd messages only the two of them would understand

(d) Attacks him with a toaster

94. What is Bill Murray’s job in Scrooged?

(a) He is a stock-market tycoon.

(b) He is president of the IBC television network.

(c) He is chief executive officer of the world’s largest toy company.

(d) He is a writer.

95. In Scrooged, how does Bill Murray suggest that mice decked out as reindeer should be outfitted?

(a) With antlers stapled to their heads

(b) With tiny candy canes

(c) With fake sleigh bells that don’t ring

(d) With forty red, white, and blue shoestrings

96. Which of the following animated characters starred in a Christmas holiday special or video?

(a) Bart Simpson

(b) The Jetsons

(c) The Flintstones

(d) Tom & Jerry

(e) All of the above

97. How many feature-length, Christmas-related films had been released by Walt Disney Studios before 1985’s One Magic Christmas?

(a) Four

(b) Three

(c) Two

(d) Zero

98. Who played Jesus in 1965’s The Greatest Story Ever Told?

(a) Patrick McGoohan

(b) David McCallum

(c) Robert Reed

(d) Max Von Sydow

99. Jack Jones and Mel Torme joined Judy Garland on her 1963 network television Christmas special. Name the future Academy-Award winner who also made an appearance on that program.

100. Who starred in the 1982 American Ballet Theatre production of The Nutcracker, now broadcast seemingly every holiday season on PBS?

(a) Mikhail Baryshnikov and Gelsey Kirkland

(b) Rudolf Nureyev and Margot Fonteyn

(c) Leslie Collier and Anthony Dowell

(d) Shari Lewis and Lamb Chop

101. In the episode of The Brady Bunch entitled “The Voice of Christmas,” why does young Cindy Brady ask Santa to restore her mother’s voice?

(a) So Carol Brady can sing at Christmas church services

(b) So Carol Brady can audition for a community production of The Sound of Music

(c) So Carol Brady can recite “A Visit from St. Nicholas” to the Brady family as she always does at Christmas time

(d) So Carol Brady can sing about Wesson Oil

102. In the film Prancer, what happens when little Jessica first walks within sight of an above-street display of Santa’s reindeer?

(a) She has a near-death experience.

(b) She sees the ghost of her mother.

(c) She watches as one of the reindeer falls to the ground and nearly strikes an automobile.

(d) She makes a wish.

103. In Prancer, why does Jessica’s father want to shoot the real reindeer after he sees it standing in the middle of the road?

(a) It’s wounded and he wants to put it out of its misery.

(b) It’s strikingly similar in appearance to an old girlfriend.

(c) He’s a warped, frustrated old man.

(d) He’s hallucinating.

104. Which Christmas song does Judy Garland sing in Meet Me in St. Louis?

(a) “Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas”

(b) “Winter Wonderland”

(c) “Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer”

(d) “The Christmas Song”

105. How does a Christmas tree figure into the plot of 1973’s The Poseidon Adventure?

(a) Ernest Borgnine uses it to stop an attacking shark.

(b) Terrified passengers climb it in an attempt to reach the bottom of the capsized ship.

(c) Leslie Nielsen trips on it, causing a concussion that keeps him from responding effectively to the tidal wave bearing down on the ship.

(d) Shelley Winters wears a gown that is ripped by it as she passes one of the ornaments.

106. Which characters end up dressing as Santa Claus in the Christmas episode of I Love Lucy in which the object is to cheer up a distraught Little Ricky?

(a) Lucy

(b) Lucy and Ethel

(c) Lucy, Ethel, and Ricky

(d) Lucy, Ethel, Ricky, and Fred