The Watchers' Christmas Movie Quiz 2020

Ho ho ho! Hope everyone is doing well and getting geared up for Christmas. No doubt it's going to feel a bit different this year, but- wherever you are and however you spend it- we hope you have yourselves a Merry little Christmas.

For a little bit of fun, here's a quiz about Christmas movies past and present. 30 festive brain-teasers to test the little grey cells. There are no prizes (except possibly some bragging rights), this is just for fun. We'll post the answers over the weekend. Without further ado... here we go!

The Watchers' Christmas Movie Quiz 2020

1. Name the two films in which Jim Broadbent has played (or voiced) Santa.

2. Who wrote the original novel that Christmas With The Kranks (2004) is based on?

3. In Love Actually (2003), which song by Joni Mitchell plays as Karen (Emma Thompson) cries, realising her husband Harry (Alan Rickman) has bought a necklace for another woman?

4. In Elf (2003), what does Buddy say are elves' "four main food groups"?

5. Mae Questel, who plays Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation (1989), provided the voice for which female cartoon character throughout the 1930s, starting with "Silly Scandals" (1931) and ending with "So Does An Automobile" (1939)?

6. Based on a book by Chris Van Allsburg, which 2004 Christmas movie- directed by Robert Zemeckis and starring Tom Hanks- made it into the 2006 Guinness Book of World Records as the "first all-digital capture" film?

7. Which grouchy Christmas character has been played on screen by Jim Carrey, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Boris Karloff?

8. What is the full name of the angel (played by Henry Travers) who comes to help George Bailey (James Stewart) in It's A Wonderful Life (1946)?

9. Which actress plays Santa's mother in both Bad Santa 2 (2016) and Fred Claus (2007)?

10. In Surviving Christmas (2004), how much does Drew Latham (Ben Affleck) offer to pay Tom Valco (James Gandolfini) to allow him to stay with them for the holidays?

11. Which holiday song does Regina George (Rachel McAdams) and the Plastics dance to during the Christmas show in Mean Girls (2004)?

12. Name the four Oscar-winning actors who play Brad and Kate's (Vince Vaughn and Reese Witherspoon) divorced parents in Four Christmases (2008)?

13. Which role is played by Kenneth More in Scrooge (1970), Edward Woodward in A Christmas Carol (1984), and Carol Kane in Scrooged (1988)?

14. Which First World War event is the basis of Joyeux Noël (2005)?

15. In which 1944 musical comedy-drama directed by Vincente Minnelli does Judy Garland sing "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas"?

16. In A Christmas Story (1983), what gift does Ralphie (Peter Billingsley) ask his mother for?

17. Which Oscar-winning actress plays Iris Simpkins in The Holiday (2006)?

18. By what gang name are criminals Harry (Joe Pesci) and Marv (Daniel Stern) known as in Home Alone (1990) 

19. Which 1974 seasonal horror film, directed by Bob Clark, was marketed with the taglines "Have yourself a scary little Christmas", "It's beginning to look a lot like... bloodshed" and "If this movie doesn't make your skin crawl... it's on TOO TIGHT"

20. The title song of White Christmas (1954) also featured in which 1942 musical comedy-drama, which also starred Bing Crosby?

21. True or false: Die Hard (1988) is based on a novel by Roderick Thorp?

22. Which character in Gremlins (1984) is played by Howie Mandel?

23. In Batman Returns (1992), which festive plant is discussed by Bruce Wayne (Michael Keaton) and Selina Kyle (Michelle Pfeiffer) saying it can be deadly if you eat it, but a kiss under it can be deadlier- if you mean it?

24. In The Nightmare Before Christmas (1993), who does Lock, Shock and Barrel kidnap first thinking it was "Sandy Claws"?

25. Edmund Gwenn plays Kris Kringle in the 1947 version of Miracle On 34th Street; who plays Kringle in the 1994 remake?

26. Which character does Martin Short play in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)?

27. A harrassed father's attempts to get his son a Turbo Man action figure is the basis for which 1996 family comedy-adventure, starring Arnold Schwarzenegger?

28. In The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992), which Muppet plays the jovial businessman with whom the young Scrooge is apprenticed, at his rubber chicken factory?

29. Which Oscar-nominated actor plays villainous toy manufacturer B.Z. in Santa Claus: The Movie (1985)?

30. Which 1994 comedy-drama- co-written and directed by Nora Ephron and starring Steve Martin, Madeline Kahn, and Juliette Lewis- is based on a 1982 French comedy titled Le Père Noël Est Une Ordure [Santa Claus Is A Stinker]?