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The ultimate Christmas film quiz

The ultimate Christmas film quiz

Test your knowledge of festive movie classics

It’s the time of year to don a patterned knit, nibble a mince pie and indulge in festive film schmaltz of a weekend afternoon. But how much do you know about Christmassy movies? Take our trivia test and see if you’re a clever elf or a plum pudding…

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The ultimate Christmas film quiz

The ultimate Christmas film quiz

Answers

1. Macy’s

2. Attaboy, Clarence

3. Zooey Deschanel

4. Die Hard

5. Love Actually

6. Michael Caine

7. Stripe

8. Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern

9. He doesn't care if you're naughty or nice

10. Whoville

11. Karen Allen, from Raiders Of The Lost Ark

12. Rusty and Audrey

13. From a shop window display

14. Surrey

15. Patch

16. Launched from her malfunctioning stairlift

17. Because of a heatwave

18. Black & White

19. A dollar bill

20. A cotton-headed ninnymuggins

The ultimate Christmas film quiz

The ultimate Christmas film quiz

In the 1947 original version of Miracle On 34th Street, Kris Kringle is the Santa at which New York department store?

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What’s the closing line of It’s A Wonderful Life?

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Who plays Will Ferrell’s love interest in Elf?

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Which film, set on Christmas Eve, closes with the line: “If this is their idea of Christmas, I gotta be here for New Year's.”

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Which festive film was described by Will Self as “the most grotesque and sick manipulation of a cinema audience's feelings that I've ever seen”?

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Who plays Ebeneezer Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol?

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What’s the name of the evil ringleader of the Gremlins?

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Who played the two burglars terrorising Macaulay Culkin in Home Alone?

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What was the poster tagline for Bad Santa?

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What’s the name of the microscopic city that provides the setting for How The Grinch Stole Christmas?

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Who plays Bill Murray’s true love Claire in Scrooged?

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In National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation, what are the Griswold children’s names?

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How did Tim Burton get the idea of juxtaposing Halloween and Christmas in The Nightmare Before Christmas?

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In The Holiday, Cameron Diaz swaps her house in LA for Kate Winslet’s house in which English county?

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What’s the name of Dudley Moore’s head elf in Santa Claus: The Movie?

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In Gremlins, town miser Mrs Deagle meets her demise in a spectacular manner. How?

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Why was filming suspended for a day on It's A Wonderful Life?

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What was the original title of Trading Places?

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In the 1994 version of Miracle On 34th Street, starring Richard Attenborough as Kris Kringle, Susan hands what to the judge and swings the court case?

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What does Buddy call himself in Elf when he can’t keep up with the real elves in the toy-making workshop?

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