Challenging Trivia Questions with Answers
What better way is there to keep your brain active and your gears grinding than to play trivia games? Trivia questions and quizzes are created to be fun and functional, adding to your knowledge of essential and non-essential information in movies, music, celebrities, sports, beauty & fashion, science, history, geography, video games, superheroes, and many more categories. Challenge yourself or play with friends. We have a quiz for every interest.
To start off, simply select the quiz that you’d like to take. Once you’re on the quiz page, you’ll find a list of questions waiting for you. Each question is presented as a clickable button, so give it your best guess and click on the question to reveal the answer. You’ll even find additional information related to the answer, so you can learn even more. Keep clicking on each question to reveal the answers one by one and have a blast testing your knowledge! Enjoy the quiz!
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The Christmas Song.
The lovely lyrics and music of this a classic Christmas song were composed in 1946 by Torme and Wells. The most famous recording of this truly great Christmas song was recorded by Nat King Cole.
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False.
It was doubtful that Jesus was actually born on Christmas Day. We don’t know what year Jesus was born, much less the date. December 25 was popularised as the date for Christmas, not because Christ was born on that day, but because it was already widely held in pagan religious celebrations as the birthday of the sun.
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Elton John.
“Step into Christmas” is a Christmas song performed by Elton John and written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It was released in November 1973. This excellent holiday song was produced by Gus Dudgeon.
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Newborn King.
The Christmas Carol “Hark the herald angels sing” was written in 1739 by Charles Wesley, brother of John Wesley founder of the Methodist church.
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Sending Christmas cards.
The tradition of sending Christmas greetings cards was started in the UK by Sir Henry Cole. He was a senior civil servant who had helped set-up the new “Public Record Office” now called the “Post Office” where he introduced the first commercial Christmas card in 1843.
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6 species of birds: Partridge, Turtle Doves, French Hens, Calling Birds, Geese, and Swans.
The version of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” that we know today dates back only as far as 1909 when Frederic Austin’s transcription of the words and his own tune were published in London. The lyrics of the “Twelve Days of Christmas” sound jolly, but the light-heartedness obscures a mixture of astronomical mnemonics, numerology, and pagan cosmology. There are a total of 184 birds in the 12 Days of Christmas.
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Ding Dong Merrily on High.
it is Latin, and the English translation is “Glory to God in the Highest”. The composer of thr Ding Dong Merrily on High Christmas Carol is unknown but the carol is reputed be French dating back to the sixteenth century. The text to Ding Dong Merrily on High was originally in Latin – “Gloria in Excelsis Deo”
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A Squirrel.
“National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation” is a 1989 American Christmas comedy film where the Griswold family’s plans for a big Christmas celebration turn into a big disaster.
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A calf.
A baby reindeer is called a calf.
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Comfort and Joy.
“God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen” is an English traditional Christmas carol that was first published in 1833. The author is unknown.
About Trivia Quizzes and Games
Experts say that when it comes to brainpower, you either use it or lose it. Playing trivia games regularly is one sure way to keep your mind active because it involves comprehension, cognition and memory skills. Questions are drawn from some of the most memorable events in history, science or popular culture. These quizzes are designed to be played in different formats: as an individual challenge, with a partner or as team play on game night. We construct our quizzes to present escalating challenges. Trivia games deal with facts. Every question included in our games has been checked for accuracy and relevance. You are free to quote them at your next gathering to show off some interesting facts you’ve picked up from playing trivia games. Doing trivia quizzes has also been shown to improve collaboration and communication skills, generate a healthy debate, relieve stress and promote harmony among many advantages. The more you play, the more you know, and you can focus on the topics that are of great interest to you.
