trivia 2/5
DID YOU KNOW ...
The full name of cartoon character Donald Duck is 'Donald Fauntleroy Duck'.
1. Do you recall the nickname of prize fighter Donovan Ruddock ?
2. In which TV sitcom do the characters frequent a Coffee Shop named "Café
Nervosa" ?
3. While we're on the subject, In which TV sitcom do the characters frequent
a Coffee Shop named "Central Perk"
4. Islam is the main religion in Iran but which branch?
5. In what country was Omar Sharif, who starred in "Dr. Zhivago" and
"Lawrence of Arabia", born?
6. If you wanted to visit the historical area of Flanders, what country must
you visit ?
a. - Wales
b. - Netherlands
c. - Belgium
d. - Luxembourg
7. Which music group of the 1990s shares its name with a term in Buddhism?
8. Can you unscramble these two sitcoms from the nineties ? (Each is a
One-Word Title)
NSAOENER
LIESEDFN
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
British citizens traditionally wear paper Crowns at Christmas Dinner.
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1. Razor
2. "Frazier"
3. "Friends"
4. Shia
5. Egypt
6. - c
7. Nirvana
8. "ROSEANNE" and "SEINFELD"
TRUTH !!
While we Americans may don Santa hats, tacky sweaters, or matching pajamas
with the family on Christmas day, the Brits have a festive accessory they
wear on Dec. 25 too—and it's a tradition rich in history.
If you've ever seen a British television show or movie that takes place
around the holidays, you've probably noticed that our friends across the
pond are often seen wearing paper crowns during Christmas dinner. The tissue
paper hats come inside the Christmas crackers that Brits traditionally set
out on their dinner tables. (If you're unfamiliar, Christmas crackers are
somewhat similar to the party poppers Americans use on New Year's Eve, but
with little trinkets inside.)
To open a Christmas cracker, you and the person next to you at the dinner
table each hold one end of the tube and pull until the cracker pops open,
and the person left with the larger piece of the tube wins. Typically the
contents consist of a small plastic toy, a joke or riddle, and a tissue
paper crown. "They are popped before you eat your Christmas dinner, so
everyone has a hat to wear to look silly in the pictures," one Brit
explained on Reddit. And while they might be silly, they're a holiday party
staple in the U.K. "Though they might not be trendy, they might not fit on
your head, they might have already fallen into a puddle of gravy, that
doesn't matter one jot," Rachel Thompson wrote on Mashable. "You have to
wear them."
The paper crown tradition can be traced back to ancient Romans, who wore
crowns to celebrate Saturnalia, a festival that took place in December. But
it was around 1840 that British Christmas crackers were invented by candy
creator Tom Smith, who saw similar products in Paris and decided to put his
own sweet spin on the bon-bons and try marketing them to folks in Victorian
era England, according to Mental Floss. The paper crowns started to be
included in the crackers in the early 1900s.
DID YOU KNOW ...
The full name of cartoon character Donald Duck is 'Donald Fauntleroy Duck'.
1. Do you recall the nickname of prize fighter Donovan Ruddock ?
2. In which TV sitcom do the characters frequent a Coffee Shop named "Café
Nervosa" ?
3. While we're on the subject, In which TV sitcom do the characters frequent
a Coffee Shop named "Central Perk"
4. Islam is the main religion in Iran but which branch?
5. In what country was Omar Sharif, who starred in "Dr. Zhivago" and
"Lawrence of Arabia", born?
6. If you wanted to visit the historical area of Flanders, what country must
you visit ?
a. - Wales
b. - Netherlands
c. - Belgium
d. - Luxembourg
7. Which music group of the 1990s shares its name with a term in Buddhism?
8. Can you unscramble these two sitcoms from the nineties ? (Each is a
One-Word Title)
NSAOENER
LIESEDFN
TRUTH OR CRAP ??
British citizens traditionally wear paper Crowns at Christmas Dinner.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
.
1. Razor
2. "Frazier"
3. "Friends"
4. Shia
5. Egypt
6. - c
7. Nirvana
8. "ROSEANNE" and "SEINFELD"
TRUTH !!
While we Americans may don Santa hats, tacky sweaters, or matching pajamas
with the family on Christmas day, the Brits have a festive accessory they
wear on Dec. 25 too—and it's a tradition rich in history.
If you've ever seen a British television show or movie that takes place
around the holidays, you've probably noticed that our friends across the
pond are often seen wearing paper crowns during Christmas dinner. The tissue
paper hats come inside the Christmas crackers that Brits traditionally set
out on their dinner tables. (If you're unfamiliar, Christmas crackers are
somewhat similar to the party poppers Americans use on New Year's Eve, but
with little trinkets inside.)
To open a Christmas cracker, you and the person next to you at the dinner
table each hold one end of the tube and pull until the cracker pops open,
and the person left with the larger piece of the tube wins. Typically the
contents consist of a small plastic toy, a joke or riddle, and a tissue
paper crown. "They are popped before you eat your Christmas dinner, so
everyone has a hat to wear to look silly in the pictures," one Brit
explained on Reddit. And while they might be silly, they're a holiday party
staple in the U.K. "Though they might not be trendy, they might not fit on
your head, they might have already fallen into a puddle of gravy, that
doesn't matter one jot," Rachel Thompson wrote on Mashable. "You have to
wear them."
The paper crown tradition can be traced back to ancient Romans, who wore
crowns to celebrate Saturnalia, a festival that took place in December. But
it was around 1840 that British Christmas crackers were invented by candy
creator Tom Smith, who saw similar products in Paris and decided to put his
own sweet spin on the bon-bons and try marketing them to folks in Victorian
era England, according to Mental Floss. The paper crowns started to be
included in the crackers in the early 1900s.