As the holidays near, the pace of the nation quickens. How much do you really know about this festive season?
Interesting fact: Congress was in session on Christmas Day, 1789, because it had not yet been declared a holiday. Our religious traditions have always aroused political passion.
Test your holiday IQ with Bill O'Reilly's Great American Holiday Quiz.
1. Who created the American image of Santa Claus?
a) Thomas Nast
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Walt Disney
d) John Adams
2. What does Hanukkah mean in Hebrew?
a) Gift
b) Blessing
c) Deliverance
d) Dedication
3. What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
a) Silent Night
b) Winter Wonderland
c) Deck the Halls
d) White Christmas
4. Which American general used Christmas as an occasion to attack the enemy?
a) MacArthur
b) Patton
c) Grant
d) Washington
5. From 1659 to 1681, Christmas was actually outlawed in what American city?
a) New Amsterdam
b) Boston
c) Providence
d) Philadelphia
6. Who created Kwanzaa?
a) The NAACP
b) A college professor
c) Bill Cosby
d) Martin Luther King, Jr.
7. Which was not a reindeer name in "The Night Before Christmas"?
a) Donner
b) Vixen
c) Runner
d) Cupid
8. Which was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
a) Massachusetts
b) New York
c) Virginia
d) Alabama
9. Who first recorded the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
a) Burl Ives
b) Gene Autry
c) Bing Crosby
d) Perry Como
10. In New Amsterdam, now New York City, what was St. Nicholas called?
a) Santa Klaus
b) Kris Kringle
c) Sinter Klaas
d) Hey, you
Come on....give me your answers on the comment form! I'll update this post in a couple of days with the correct answers.
Interesting fact: Congress was in session on Christmas Day, 1789, because it had not yet been declared a holiday. Our religious traditions have always aroused political passion.
Test your holiday IQ with Bill O'Reilly's Great American Holiday Quiz.
1. Who created the American image of Santa Claus?
a) Thomas Nast
b) Benjamin Franklin
c) Walt Disney
d) John Adams
2. What does Hanukkah mean in Hebrew?
a) Gift
b) Blessing
c) Deliverance
d) Dedication
3. What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
a) Silent Night
b) Winter Wonderland
c) Deck the Halls
d) White Christmas
4. Which American general used Christmas as an occasion to attack the enemy?
a) MacArthur
b) Patton
c) Grant
d) Washington
5. From 1659 to 1681, Christmas was actually outlawed in what American city?
a) New Amsterdam
b) Boston
c) Providence
d) Philadelphia
6. Who created Kwanzaa?
a) The NAACP
b) A college professor
c) Bill Cosby
d) Martin Luther King, Jr.
7. Which was not a reindeer name in "The Night Before Christmas"?
a) Donner
b) Vixen
c) Runner
d) Cupid
8. Which was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
a) Massachusetts
b) New York
c) Virginia
d) Alabama
9. Who first recorded the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
a) Burl Ives
b) Gene Autry
c) Bing Crosby
d) Perry Como
10. In New Amsterdam, now New York City, what was St. Nicholas called?
a) Santa Klaus
b) Kris Kringle
c) Sinter Klaas
d) Hey, you
Come on....give me your answers on the comment form! I'll update this post in a couple of days with the correct answers.
Don't let the world get you down. Keep smiling and have fun.
8 comments:
"Come on....give me your answers on the comment form! I'll update this post in a couple of days with the correct answers."
After You look them up,
Al"s Buddy
1. Who created the American image of Santa Claus?
b) Benjamin Franklin
2. What does Hanukkah mean in Hebrew?
b) Blessing
3. What is the best-selling Christmas song of all time?
d) White Christmas
4. Which American general used Christmas as an occasion to attack the enemy?
d) Washington
5. From 1659 to 1681, Christmas was actually outlawed in what American city?
d) Philadelphia
6. Who created Kwanzaa?
b) A college professor
7. Which was not a reindeer name in "The Night Before Christmas"?
c) Runner
8. Which was the first state to declare Christmas a legal holiday?
a) Massachusetts
9. Who first recorded the song "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer"?
b) Gene Autry
10. In New Amsterdam, now New York City, what was St. Nicholas called?
b) Kris Kringle
dog
please tell us the answers soooon
derlic dog
I hope that you laff at least once today
Looking to buy a frog?
A man walks into a bar and asks the bartender, "If I show you a really good trick, will you give me a free drink?" The bartender considers it, then agrees. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues.
After the man finished his drink, he asked the bartender, "If I show you an even better trick, will you give me free drinks for the rest of the evening?" The bartender agrees, thinking that no trick could possibly be better than the first. The man reaches into his pocket and pulls out a tiny rat. He reaches into his other pocket and pulls out a tiny piano. The rat stretches, cracks his knuckles, and proceeds to play the blues. The man reaches into another pocket and pulls out a small bullfrog, who begins to sing along with the rat's music.
While the man is enjoying his beverages, a stranger confronts him and offers him $100,000.00 for the bullfrog. "Sorry," the man replies, "he's not for sale." The stranger increases the offer to $250,000.00 cash up front. "No," he insists, "he's not for sale." The stranger again increases the offer, this time to $500,000.00 cash. The man finally agrees, and turns the frog over to the stranger in exchange for the money.
"Are you insane?" the bartender demanded. "That frog could have been worth millions to you, and you let him go for a mere $500,000!" "Don't worry about it." the man answered. "The frog was really nothing special. You see, the rat's a ventriloquist."
derlic dog
Is your picture a coca cola santa???????????
coca cola dog
Well I'll give a try ....
1= Nast
2= dedication
3= White Christmas
4= Patton
5= Boston
6= The NAACP
7= Runner
8= New York
9= Gene Autry
10= Kris Kringle
I know I probably flunked this one. LOL! Here's my answers anyway.
1 - a
2 - b
3 - a
4 - d
5 - c
6 - b
7 - c
8 - b
9 - c
10 - c
i don't have the answers to the quiz but i do love the quote on your sidebar about what home is. i couldn't have said it better myself and i feel the same way! would you mind if i posted it and gave you credit? i would just need your name and permission. i want to use it when i post about my home during the holidays. lemme know! Blessings!
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