MASSOLIT Christmas Quiz

Picture Round

4 min readDec 20, 2020

Identity all nine pictures. Bonus point if you get the connection.

We’ll start off with an easy one. Why is the following alphabet particularly Christmassy: ABCDEFGHIJKMNOPQRSTUVWXYZ?
Which poet, the first female Poet Laureate of the UK, was the author of the collections Mean Time, The World’s Wife and Feminine Gospels?
Who was crowned king of England on Christmas Day 1066?
Which early Dickens novel features a Christmas dinner at Manor Farm in Dingley Dell?
Which Romanian leader was executed on Christmas Day 1989?
Which Oscar-winning actress played the title character in the 2015 film, Carol, directed by Todd Haynes
Dr Christmas Jones, played by Denise Richards, was the Bond girl in which film?
In Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, Robert Walton begins the last stage of his journey to the North Pole from which Russian port?
Which heroic outlaw in English folklore is traditionally depicted in Lincoln green?
Recep Tayyip Erdogan is the current President of which country?

“I am gay. I am broke as sh*t.”
“It’s going to disappear one day, it’s like a miracle, it will disappear.”
“We should take comfort that while we may have more still to endure, better days will return: we will be with our friends again; we will be with our families again; we will meet again.”
“I believe that in all circumstances I behaved reasonably and legally.”
“After a blessed but troubled life, hopefully he’ll finally find some comfort in the hands of God.”
“I would like to be remembered as someone who used whatever talent she had to do her work to the very best of her ability.”
“I’ll do whatever it takes to win games, whether it’s sitting on a bench waving a towel, handing a cup of water to a teammate, or hitting the game-winning shot.”
“Get outta my pub!”
“I’m the one that goes to the club sober. Leaves after an hour. I’m really boring.”
“After many months of reflection and internal discussions, we have chosen to make a transition this year in starting to carve out a progressive new role within this institution.”

In November, England’s record goalscorer Wayne Rooney was appointed player-coach of which Championship football team?
In April, we were all watching the Michael Jordan documentary, ‘The Last Dance’, but what team did Jordan represent for the first 14 years of his career?
What connects Sebastian (Twelfth Night), Princess Leia (Star Wars), Fred Weasley (Harry Potter) and Elvis Presley?
What is the most northerly circle of latitude on Earth at which the sun can be directly overhead? (This happens on the summer solstice).
In May, which company founded by Richard Branson announced it would be cutting 3,500 jobs and quitting Gatwick Airport?
In July, which footballer, considered by many to be the greatest of all time, was rumoured to be moving from Barcelona to Man City?
An animal that is ‘lepidote’ or ‘furfuraceous’ is covered in what?
The highest-paid actor in 2020 was Dwayne ‘The Rock’ Johnson. But what character did he play in his first movie, The Mummy Returns?
Which long-running radio soap opera will celebrate its 70th anniversary on 1st January 2021?
Feta, Gavrik and Pantysgawn are all cheeses made from the milk of which animal?
In August, the largest known impact crater in the solar system was discovered on which moon of Jupiter?
In December (as of time of writing), negotiations between the UK and the EU reached an impasse over the trade of which animal?
What is the connection between the previous 12 answers?

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The connection is they are all types of bird.

Derby County
Chicago Bulls
Twins
Tropic of Cancer
Virgin Atlantic
Leo Messi
Scales
The Scorpion King
The Archers
Goat
Ganymede
Fish
Signs of the Zodiac: Derby County (AKA The Rams) = Aries; Chicago Bulls = Taurus; Twins = Gemini; Tropic of Cancer = Cancer; Virgin Atlantic = Virgo; Leo Messi = Leo; Scales = Libra; Scorpion King = Scorpio; The Archers = Sagittarius; Goat = Capricorn; Ganymede = Aquarius; Fish = Pisces.