Christmas movie & music trivia questions and answers

Forty questions, easy to hard, with answers below. Read them out loud, keep score, done.

Here are 20 Christmas movie trivia questions and 20 Christmas music trivia questions. Each one is marked easy, medium, or hard, so you can pick a mix that suits your crowd. The answers are in their own section at the bottom, so you can print the questions without giving anything away.

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How to host Christmas trivia

Make teams of 2 to 5. Teams keep quiet guests involved and stop one superfan from running away with it.
Hand out paper and pens. One answer sheet per team, numbered 1 to 20 for each round.
Read each question twice. Then give about 30 seconds before moving on.
Score at the end of each round. Teams swap sheets and mark each other while you read the answers.
One point per answer. For a tiebreaker, use any question you skipped. Closest guess wins.

0:00 Setup: Split into teams, hand out answer sheets.
0:05 Round 1: Movie questions.
0:20 Score: Swap sheets, read the answers, tally points.
0:25 Round 2: Music questions.
0:40 Finish: Final scores, tiebreaker if needed, crown the winners.

Round 1: Christmas movie trivia questions

(Easy) In Home Alone (1990), which actor plays Kevin McCallister?
(Easy) In Elf, Buddy says elves stick to four main food groups. Name them.
(Easy) What does Ralphie want for Christmas in A Christmas Story?
(Easy) In How the Grinch Stole Christmas, what is the name of the Grinch's dog?
(Easy) In It's a Wonderful Life, what happens every time a bell rings?
(Easy) Which actor plays Clark Griswold in National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
(Medium) What are the names of the two burglars in Home Alone?
(Medium) What is the name of George Bailey's hometown in It's a Wonderful Life?
(Medium) In The Nightmare Before Christmas, Jack Skellington is the Pumpkin King of which town?
(Medium) Which actor played the Grinch in the 2000 live-action movie?
(Medium) Which actor plays Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)?
(Medium) In Elf, Buddy's dad works in which famous New York City building?
(Medium) Which actor turns into Santa in The Santa Clause (1994)?
(Medium) In Love Actually, which actor plays the British prime minister?
(Medium) In Jingle All the Way, what toy is Arnold Schwarzenegger's character desperate to find?
(Medium) In The Holiday (2006), which two actresses play the women who swap homes?
(Hard) In Die Hard (1988), what is the name of the building where the action takes place?
(Hard) Edmund Gwenn won an Oscar for playing which character in the 1947 Miracle on 34th Street?
(Hard) In the 1964 TV special Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer, which singer voices Sam the Snowman, the narrator?
(Hard) In The Polar Express, what is the first gift of Christmas the boy receives?

Round 2: Christmas music trivia questions

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(Easy) Who sings "All I Want for Christmas Is You"?
(Easy) Which band released "Last Christmas" in 1984?
(Easy) Who had a hit with "Blue Christmas"?
(Easy) In "The Twelve Days of Christmas," what is the gift on the fifth day?
(Easy) Who sang "Feliz Navidad" (1970)?
(Easy) In "Frosty the Snowman," what makes Frosty come to life?
(Medium) Who wrote the song "White Christmas"?
(Medium) Which singing cowboy first made "Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer" a hit in 1949?
(Medium) Who recorded "Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree" in 1958, when she was just 13?
(Medium) Who sang the 1957 hit "Jingle Bell Rock"?
(Medium) Which singer is best known for the classic "Santa Baby" (1953)?
(Medium) Which singer is famous for "The Christmas Song," the one that begins with chestnuts roasting on an open fire?
(Medium) Which two musicians released "Happy Xmas (War Is Over)"?
(Medium) Which duo recorded "Grandma Got Run Over by a Reindeer"?
(Medium) "Mele Kalikimaka" is a Christmas greeting in which language?
(Hard) "Have Yourself a Merry Little Christmas" was first sung by Judy Garland in which 1944 movie?
(Hard) "White Christmas" was first introduced in which 1942 movie?
(Hard) "Silent Night" was first written in which language?
(Hard) Who organized the 1984 charity single "Do They Know It's Christmas?" with Midge Ure?
(Hard) Add up every gift in all twelve verses of "The Twelve Days of Christmas." How many are there?

Answers

Round 1: Movies

Macaulay Culkin
Candy, candy canes, candy corns, and syrup
A Red Ryder BB gun
Max
An angel gets its wings
Chevy Chase
Harry and Marv
Bedford Falls
Halloween Town
Jim Carrey
Michael Caine
The Empire State Building
Tim Allen
Hugh Grant
Turbo-Man
Cameron Diaz and Kate Winslet
Nakatomi Plaza
Kris Kringle
Burl Ives
A silver bell from Santa's sleigh

Round 2: Music

Mariah Carey
Wham!
Elvis Presley
Five gold rings (some versions sing "golden rings")
José Feliciano
An old silk hat
Irving Berlin
Gene Autry
Brenda Lee
Bobby Helms
Eartha Kitt
Nat King Cole
John Lennon and Yoko Ono
Elmo & Patsy
Hawaiian
Meet Me in St. Louis
Holiday Inn
German ("Stille Nacht")
Bob Geldof
364

Host tips

Short on time? Use only the easy and medium questions.
Mixed ages? Pair kids with adults so everyone can play.
Let teams name themselves. A good team name is half the fun.

That's it. Print the questions, split into teams, and let the trivia begin.