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Broad Ripple Brewpub Quiz

posted: Mar. 12, 2020

December 17th, 2019

Love Actually Storylines

1) Jamie falls for Aurelia, whom he has hired as a housekeeper for his holiday cottage in France. Aurelia is a native of what country?

2) In what Midwestern city, located on the shores of Lake Michigan, does Colin decide to spend Christmas, figuring that his British accent would make him more attractive to American girls, which proves to be true?

3) Sam learns to play what musical instrument so that he can play in his school's Christmas pageant band and hopefully impress Joanna, who sings with the band and whom he has a crush on?

4) Mark decides to reveal his love for his best friend Peter's wife Juliet by showing up at their door armed with a boom box and what else?

Places for a G. I. F. T.

One of these answers begins with the letter "G", one with "I", one with "F", and one with "T"

1) What store was first opened in Baltimore in 1862 by a German immigrant under the name Toy Bazaar?

2) What store sells its goods wrapped in an iconic blue box?

3) Where can you buy a teddy bear named Brunbjörn?

4) In the 1947 version of the movie A Miracle On 34th Street, Kris Kringle surprises a customer by recommending they go to what rival of Macy's, which closed its doors in 1987?

Ghosts of Christmas Questions Past

1) In Charles Dickens 1843 story A Christmas Carol, The Ghost of Christmas Present reveals to Ebenezer Scrooge an emaciated boy and girl hiding underneath his robes. What names does the Ghost give to the boy and girl?

2) What government agency first started the tradition of tracking Santa's Christmas Eve flight in 1955?

3) In the same year that the Cuban Missile Crisis occurred, the Soldiers And Sailors Monument in downtown Indianapolis was first decorated with large strands of lights and dubbed the World's Tallest Christmas Tree. What year was it?

4) What author's reading of his humorous short story SantaLand Diaries, about his time spent working as an elf in Macy's department store at Christmastime, is aired yearly on NPR?

Christmas Miscellany

1) After Queen Elizabeth II met with Lord Altrincham in 1957 because he had publicly criticized her for being too stiff in her speeches and out of touch with her subjects, what change did the Queen make to a Royal Christmas tradition?

2) According to Matthew and Luke's Gospels Jesus was born in Bethlehem, which was also known as the City of whom?

3) A Hanukkah equivalent of what Christmas toy, that was launched in 2005 as a gift that came with a picture book, was first marketed by Benjamin Elkins in 2011?

4) According to folklore, what Christmas treat, first introduced in 17th Century Germany, has a religious connotation associated with the birth of Jesus?

Christmas Song Lyrics

1) From what Christmas song comes the following lyrics: "rooty toot toots and rummy tum tums"?

2) From what Christmas song comes the following lyrics: "a star, a star, dancing in the night, with a tail as big as a kite"?

3) From what Christmas song comes the following lyrics: "Once bitten and twice shy, I keep my distance, but you still catch my eye"?

4) From what Christmas song comes the following lyrics: "with the kids jingle belling and everyone telling you be of good cheer"?

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