The Christmas Day Teaser — 25-11-2011

Oooh …

I’ve GOT to admit, I hate being bunged up on Christmas Day, I really do.

Mind you … ?

We’r having the traditional family get-together, today: complete with way too much food, possibly too much too drink …

And a collective funny feeling that Jude, bless, having his very first Christmas, will be more fascinated by the wrapping paper than any of the presents … !

Let’s get moving on, shall we … ?

Yes let’s …

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Yesterday’s Christmas Eve Teaser saw both Mr Strict and Debbi putting in their answer: with Debbi scoring 7 Mr S bagging 6 out of 7.

Let’s see how and if they — and you — do with today’s Christmas Day teaser, shall we? Here they are, along with the ‘How To’, License and video …

Q1) Which team was top of the Premier League on Christmas Day, 1992?

Q2) In the Gregorian calendar, 25th December, is on the 25th December. Obviously. When is December 25th, in the Julian calendar, used by many Eastern Orthodox churches?

Q3) The dragon-slayer, St. George, was born in Cappodocia. In which modern day country is Cappodocia?

Q4) Who made the headlines in 1906 by refusing Christmas dinner?

Q5) What period begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas Day?

Q6) Oliver Cromwell and his puritans were instrumental in abolishing Christmas celebrations in England: who reinstated them?

Q7) 25th December, 2010, saw the death of children’s writer, Elizabeth Beresford: which famously tidy creatures did she create … ?

Q8) 25th December, 1974, saw Cyclone Tracey devastate which Australian city … ?

Q9) 25th December, 1990, saw the first successful trials of what became the World Wide Web: what was the name of the .www software’s creator?

Q10) And finally … 25th December, 1642, saw the birth of which English Scientist … ?

And here’s yesterday’s questions and answers …

Q1) 24th December usually sees the BBC broadcast Nine Lessons and Carols: from which Cambridge college … ?

A1) Kings College.

Q2) 24th December, 1968, saw astronauts read a passage from Genesis on their orbit of what … ?

A2) The Moon.

Q3) More to the point, which chapter of Genesis … ?

A3) Chapter 1: verses one to ten

Q4) 24th December saw the famous World War One Christmas Truce: in which year of the war, was this … ?

A4) 1914.

Q5) Many Church of Scotland churches hold a what on the night of Christmas Eve and New Years Eve … ?

A5) Watch Night.

Q6) 24th December, 1979, saw the launch of Europe’s first rocket, the Ariane 1: how many satellites did the Ariane 1 put in orbit, in its working life … ?

A6) 14.

Q7) And finally … 24th December, 1924, saw which East European country become a republic … ?

A7) Albania.

Enjoy those, everyone.

Have a very, merry Christmas.