Thank you to everyone who took part in our Jigsaw Rewards Christmas Quiz. We had 391 submissions.
From the responses, our lucky winner is Miss Barrand from Liverpool who received 500 points to their Jigsaw Rewards account worth £50.
If you took part in the quiz and want to know the answers, they are below:
- Germany was the country that started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree.
- Clement Clarke Moore wrote the poem “Twas the Night Before Christmas”.
- St Nicholas was born in the modern-day country of Turkey.
- Kevin met Donald Trump in the lobby in the film Home Alone 2.
- The name of the Grinch’s loyal pet dog is Max.
- Every time a bell rings an angel gets its wings according to the film ‘It’s a Wonderful Life.’
- Bono sang the line “Well tonight thank god it’s them, instead of you” in Band Aid’s 1984 song Do They Know it’s Christmas.
- The total of 364 gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas comes from the cumulative nature of the song. Each day, the gifts from previous days are repeated along with the new gift for that day.
- In 1974 Japan did not widely celebrate Christmas and KFC positioned fried chicken as a Western style Christmas meal. It is a huge tradition that families have to pre-order weeks in advance!
- LadBaby has had five Christmas number one singles, with all singles released for charity, raising money for foodbanks in the UK.
- Norway donates a Christmas tree to the UK, as a formal gesture of gratitude for British support during World War 2.
- Glühwein is a German mulled wine.
- The Manchester Christmas markets have been running for 27 years.
- Burnley thumped Manchester United 6-1 on Boxing Day 1963. On this day 66 goals were scored across 10 games in the top division.
- Christmas Decorations are traditionally taken down on Twelfth Night, which is the 05 January.
Thank you to everyone who took part in the quiz and remember that your entry will be added to quarterly draw for £100, which will be announced in the New Year.
