There are 15 questions in total. Free to enter. answers by email to candocompetitions@btinternet.com or enter by post to CanDo Christmas Competiton, 3 Five Roads, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland KA13 7JX.
PLEASE NOTE: Postal entries must bear the correct postage - unstamped/underpaid entries will be refused.
Closing date 20 January 2010.
First Prize: 10,000 Puzzles on CD
Second Prize: A Bottle of Whisky
Fifteen Runner Up Prizes of Books (randomly selected) to be won.
1. Who was the first British monarch to broadcast a Christmas message
to the nation?
2. Child star Jimmy Boyd sang which hugely popular 1950's Christmas
song, which was initially banned by the Catholic Church in Boston, USA,
because it supposedly mixed sex and Christmas?
3. Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
4. On which date is Epiphany celebrated in the west?
5. Who are the four ghosts in Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol?
6. What liqueur goes into making a 'snowball' cocktail?
7. What is the English title of the carol written in 1818 by Austrian priest
Josef Mohr originally called Stille Nacht?
8. The 1954 movie White Christmas was the first to be made using what
new Paramount film format?
9. What changed in 1752 which caused Britain to have a White Christmas
less frequently thereafter?
10. Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what sort of food is stollen?
11. The Christmas period of 1813-14 saw the last what in London?
12. How many gifts are given in total in the song The Twelve Days of
Christmas?
13. Which diarist noted on Christmas Day1662, "Had a pleasant walk to
White Hall, where I intended to have received the communion with the
family, but I have come too late..." ?
14. John Callcott Horsley designed what first commercial item in 1843?
15. In Victorian England what people were popularly called robins because
of their red uniforms?
The Town Hall Clock
The staff at Candoon Town Hall have been to their Christmas Party
and unfortunately Jimmy - who looks after the historic timepiece on
the building’s tower - has once again ended up a bit the worse for
wear and forgotten to wind up the Town Hall Clock before he went
home for the holidays.
This means that the clock will slowly wind down and will stop at some point on Christmas Day.
What we want you to do is guess the time that the clock will stop (remembering to say if your guess is AM or PM) and email your entry to candocompetitions@btinternet.com to CanDo Clock Competiton,
3 Five Roads, Kilwinning, Ayrshire, Scotland KA13 7JX to arrive by
20th January 2010.
The winner will receive a mystery prize (minimum value of £15).
This is a free to enter competition, but do remember to include your name and address. The nearest correct guess wins a mystery prize.PLEASE NOTE: Postal entries must bear the correct postage - unstamped/underpaid entries will be refused
