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Tuesday 15 December 2020

The Watchers' Christmas Movie Quiz 2020 Answers


We hope you enjoyed our Christmas Movie Quiz and hope you found the questions interesting, and fun, and a bit of a workout for the little grey cells. Without more ado, here are the answers:


The Watchers' Christmas Movie Quiz 2020 Answers

1. Jim Broadbent has played Santa in Arthur Christmas and Get Santa

2. James Patterson wrote the original novel that Christmas With The Kranks is based on- the novel is titled Skipping Christmas.

3. In Love Actually, Emma Thompson has a cry to Joni Mitchell's "Both Sides Now", in one of the most heartbreaking moments in the film. 

4. In Elf, Buddy says the "four main food groups" are candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup.

5. Mae Questel, who plays Aunt Bethany in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, provided the voice for Betty Boop.

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

7. Jim Carrey, Benedict Cumberbatch, and Boris Karloff have all played The Grinch.

8. The full name of the angel (played by Henry Travers) in It's A Wonderful Life is Clarence Oddbody.

9. Kathy Bates plays Santa's mother in both Bad Santa 2 and Fred Claus.

10. In Surviving Christmas, Drew offers to pay Tom $250,000 to allow him to stay with them for the holidays

11. Regina George (Rachel McAdams) and the Plastics dance to "Jingle Bell Rock" during the Mean Girls Christmas show.

12. In Four Christmases, the parents are played by Robert Duvall, Mary Steenburgen, Sissy Spacek, and Jon Voight.

13. Kenneth More, Edward Woodward, and Carol Kane all play The Ghost Of Christmas Present.

14. The First World War event on which Joyeux Noël is based is the 1914 unofficial Christmas Day truce.

15. Judy Garland sings "Have Yourself A Merry Little Christmas" in Meet Me In St. Louis.

16. Ralphie's dream gift in A Christmas Story is a Red Ryder Range 200 Shot BB gun.

17. Kate Winslet plays Iris Simpkins in The Holiday

18. In Home Alone, Harry and Marv are also known as "the Wet Bandits"

19. The 1974 seasonal horror marketed with those taglines is Black Christmas.

20. The title song of White Christmas also featured in Holiday Inn.

21. It is true that Die Hard is based on a novel by Roderick Thorp; the novel is titled Nothing Lasts Forever and was published in 1979.

22. In Gremlins, Howie Mandel is the voice of Gizmo

23. In Batman Returns, Bruce and Selina talk about mistletoe - deadly if you eat it, but a kiss beneath it can be deadlier...

24. In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Lock, Shock and Barrel firstly kidnap the Easter Bunny instead of Santa.

25. Richard Attenborough plays Kris Kringle in the 1994 version of Miracle On 34th Street.

26. Martin Short plays Jack Frost in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause.

27. Arnold Schwarzenegger tries to get his son a Turbo Man action figure in Jingle All The Way.

28. In The Muppet Christmas Carol, the young Scrooge is apprenticed to Mr. Fozziwig (played by Fozzie Bear). 

29. John Lithgow plays villainous toy manufacturer B.Z. in Santa Claus: The Movie.

30. The 1994 comedy-drama- co-written and directed by Nora Ephron which is based on a 1982 French comedy is Mixed Nuts.



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