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Holiday Pop-Culture Trivia

Test your knowledge of pop culture trivia in our Holiday Entertainment quiz!

1) Which James Bond film, based on the Ian Fleming novel, features an action scene partly set in a Swiss Christmas festival?
You Only Live Twice

The Man with the Golden Gun

On Her Majesty's Secret Service

Diamonds Are Forever

2) Which famous British actor, known for his role in a blockbuster action film series, has also played the role of Ebeneezer Scrooge in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
Patrick Stewart

Sir Ian McKellen

Brian Cox

Richard Harris

3) Which Beatle is the only one not to have recorded a Christmas song or album?
John Lennon

Paul McCartney

George Harrison

Ringo Starr

4) Which actor, most recently one of the voices in the animated film Happy Feet, had an uncredited role in the Chazz Palminteri-directed Christmas film Noel?
Hugh Jackman

Robin Williams

Nicole Kidman

Elijah Wood

5) Which collection of Stephen King short stories features a Christmas tale set in a spooky New York club that is the home of many strange but true stories?
Four Past Midnight

Night Shift

Nightmares and Dreamscapes

Different Seasons

6) Which author of a beloved children's tale turned legendary film also wrote the story of one of the world's best-known holiday figures?
Roald Dahl

Lewis Carroll

J.M. Barrie

L. Frank Baum

7) Which rock star shares the same name but is not related to the singer of one of America's most beloved Christmas songs?
David Crosby

Chris Martin

Billie Joe Armstrong

Tommy Lee

8) Bruce Springsteen is known for perfoming a rock n roll version of this Christmas classic
Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

So This is Christmas

Santa Claus is Coming to Town

I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

9) Which legendary wit, gay icon and sometime actor was born on Christmas Day?
Stephen Fry

Oscar Wilde

Quentin Crisp

Sandra Bernhard

10) Which legendary baseball manager died on Christmas day?
Charles Comiskey

Billy Martin

Casey Stengel

Connie Mack

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