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Chrtismas quiz answers

As promised here are the answers for yesterday's quiz.

You can always let me know how many got right...

1) In the song, the 12 days of Christmas, what gift did my true love give to me on the 7th day of Christmas? Seven swans a swimming

2). Who wrote the song "I’m dreaming of a white Christmas"? Irving Berlin

3) Who popularised the Christmas tree in England in the 19th century? Prince Albert

4). When Kevin is left 'Home Alone' for the first time, where is the family’s destination for their Christmas vacation? Paris

5). What is the name of the fruit sauce which is a traditional accompaniment to the Christmas Turkey? Cranberry

6). On what did Marley's ghostly face first appear to Scrooge in Dickens' A Christmas Carol? The door knocker

7). Which word, associated with Christmas, comes from a Greek word meaning "we can act anything"? Pantomime

8). "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents" is the first line from which literary classic by Louisa May Alcott? Little Women

9). Whose is the first voice to be heard on the original recording of Band Aid's 'Do they Know It's Christmas? Paul Young

10). True or false: The traditional Christmas dinner in early England was the head of a pig prepared with mustard. True

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