Washington State

Dahlia Society

Wishes to invite everyone to their Chirstmas Party, December 9th at

Johnny’s In Fife

Happy Hour starts at 6pm with Dinner following at 7pm.

Dinner choices are off their regular menu!

Our VERY FUN gift exchange will follow dinner! Everyone who wishes

to participate, please bring a garden oriented gift priced around $20.

(TUBERS ARE ALWAYS POPULAR!)

At 6:30, Don will be going over our SPECIAL December Quiz! There

will be tickets given out for correct answers to specific questions!

PLEASE check out the quiz included on the next page or download it from

the attachment.

After the quiz, there will be ONE winner picked for a

SPECIAL PRIZE!!!

How to participate? Print this document and bring it, along with

your answers, to the

Christmas party.

Additionally, 3 of the 20 questions will be randomly designated as

“key questions”.

All those who answer a “key question” correctly, will receive an

additional ticket-entry into the special drawing.

The “social hour” for our Christmas party is from 6 to 7 P.M.

The answers to this quiz will be presented, beginning at 6:44 P.M.,

SHARP!

If you wish to participate, please be on time.

OK. Here we go.

1. What do elves learn in school? __________________________________________

2. In the song “Winter Wonderland”, who do we pretend the snowman is?

__________________________________________

3. Which country is credited with creating eggnog? Circle your answer.

A. Holland

B. Germany

C. England

D. Norwegia

4. Based on the following description, name the actual Christmas song. “Bestowing an

emotion of great delight or happiness on the 3rd celestial body in orbit around the sun”.

__________________________________________

5. True or false. Santa’s only female; sleigh pulling reindeer (Vixen) has antlers.

A. True B. False ________________

6. In the “Twelve Days of Christmas” song, what was given on the third day?

__________________________________________

7. Who wrote the lyrics to the song “Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer”?

___________________________________________________________________________

8. What holiday program has shown more times on TV than any other? Circle your answer.

A. A Christmas Story

B. It’s a Wonderful Life

C. A Christmas Carol

D. Merry Christmas Charlie Brown

9. Who was the author of “A Christmas Carol”? Circle your answer.

A. Hans Christian Anderson

B. B. Thomas M. Sawyer

C. C. Charles Dickens

D. D. Mark Twain

10. Electric Christmas tree lights were first used in what year? Circle your answer.

A. 1925

B. B. 1776

C. C. 1895

D. D. 1901

11. How many reindeer does Santa Claus have? Circle your answer.

A. Eight

B. Nine

C. Santa does not have “reindeer”. They are actually “caribou”.

D. Santa has a whole herd of reindeer.

12. Which was the first state in the United States to recognize Christmas as an official holi-

day? Circle your answer.

A. Alabama

B. Connecticut

C. New Jersey

D. North Carolina

13. Where, specifically, was Irving Berlin (writer of the song White Christmas) born?

__________________________________________

14. What country did poinsettias originally come from? Circle your answer.

A. Costa Rica

B. Cuba

C. Mexico

D. Brazil

15. Who wrote the lyrics to the song “Silent Night”?

__________________________________________

16. What popular holiday song was written during the Cuban missile crisis and was a plea

for peace? __________________________________________

17. What was the first year the Rockefeller Center Christmas Tree was put up?

__________________________________________

18. What is the most popular meal for Christmas in Japan?

Circle your answer.

A. Teriyaki chicken

B. Kobe beef and rice

C. Egg drop soup D. KFC fried chicken

19. What cartoon character is a Christmas Eve staple in Sweden and is watched by millions

of Swedes every year? Circle your answer.

A. The Grinch

B. Donald Duck

C. Mickey Mouse

D. Fred Flintstone

20. What state holds the record for the tallest cut Christmas tree?

Circle your answer.

A. California

B. Colorado

C. Washington

D. Maine