quizballs 178 - christmas themed quiz - questions & answers

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quizballs 178 - free christmas themed general knowledge quiz - questions and answers for trivia quizzes and pub quizzes

Pleased proud puppet? Punch
Gum Olibanum, from the tree Boswellia sacra? Frankincense
Dickensian metaphor, mean with money? Scrooge
White marking on horse's lower leg? Stocking
... may be willing, but flesh weak? Spirit
9, 18, 22, 79 are significant? Gold (common carat/karat purity grades of gold alloys, and the element atomic number)
Powdered wool or cloth in certain wallpapers? Flock
Malaikah in the Qur'an, and Mal'akh in the Hebrew Bible? Angel
Widely used title of high authority, in English was orginally 'hlafweard', meaning bread-keeper? Lord
Pre-1948 widely used unit of luminous intensity? Candle (redefined and replaced by the SI unit Candela)
Alternative name for the plant Sweet Cicely, from its Latin name? Myrrh (Myrrhis odorata - not the source of Biblical myrrh, which is gum of certain trees in Commiphoratree genus, notably Gum Myrrh, or Commiphora myrrha.)
Very old 'logging' term, cognate with Old Norse jol? Yule
Arabian and Bactrian varieties? Camel (Bactrian has two humps. Bonus point: The ancient powerful Indo-Greek kingdom Bactria, c.200-400BC, equates to the northern part of which present-day nation? Afghanistan)
Dwarf heather vaccinium yielding acid fruit? Cranberry
A side in a contract or dispute? Party
Originally, in English, a student residence, preserved in Gray's and Lincoln's? Inn
Conducted mission of preaching and healing, with reported miracles, in Palestine, c.28-30AD? Jesus Christ
Genus ilex? Holly
...thought, an old term for a wishbone? Merry
Marketing/technology term for the busiest day each year for online shopping? Cyber Monday (the term, trend, publicity, etc., originated in the USA in 2005, spreading globally, generally referring to first Monday after US Thanksgiving day, i.e., end-Nov or start-Dec)
Seminal place, House of Flesh in Arabic, House of Bread in Hebrew? Bethlehem
... Anise, used for aniseed flavouring typically in Asian cooking? Star
From Latin, 'a spark', showy? Tinsel (Latin is scintilla)
Originally Old English 'haligdaeg', meaning 'holy day'? Holiday
Trumpet end? Bell
Beast of burden, Equus asinus? Donkey (or less correctly, ass, which is a broader term)
Pre-digital video or TV screen 'noise' due to no/poor signal? Snow
Verb tense neither future nor past? Present
Milk/cream, sugar, beaten eggs, and liquor drink? Eggnog (or egg nog, or egg-nog, or egg-flip - alternatively and less correctly advocaat or advokat, because such mixtures do not necessarily contain milk or cream)
Name given to Christ when prophesied by Isaiah? Emmanuel (or Immanuel)

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