The Slice: Test your Christmas IQ

OK, pop quiz.

Close your books.

(The answers can be found after the last question.)

1. From what book of the New Testament does Linus recite in “A Charlie Brown Christmas”?

2. What family of musical performers always seemed to be a part of those maniacally upbeat Andy Williams Christmas specials?

3. True or false. Mariah Carey didn’t look bad dressed up in a Santa Suit to promote 1994’s “All I Want for Christmas is You.”

4. Fill in the blank of this Joni Mitchell lyric: “Oh, I wish I had a () I could skate away on.”

5. In what popular television series did Art Carney play a derelict bestowed with magical Santa-like powers in an episode called “Night of the Meek”?

6. What famous, pivotal battle in World War II started less than 10 days before Christmas in 1944?

7. Which song was not on “The Beach Boys’ Christmas Album”?

A) “Little Saint Nick.” B) “The Man With All the Toys.” C) “Shut Down.” D) “Merry Christmas, Baby.”

8. True or false: Thurston Howell III can be said to have a Christmas connection.

9. Which band did not contribute performers to the 1984 British charity recording “Do They Know It’s Christmas?”

A) Bananarama. B) Culture Club. C) Duran Duran. D) Spandau Ballet. E) The Dave Clark 5.

10. Multiple choice: The bully in “A Christmas Story” was a character named …

A) Mr. Potter. B) Scott Farkas. C) Fut Carcass. D) Mr. Macy. E) Ebenezer Snarkus. F) Scott Grinch. G) Red Parkas. H) Scut Farkus. I) The United States Postal Service.

11. True or false: There are not many song lyrics better than “And, my dear, we’re still good-bying,” from “Let It Snow” (Sammy Cahn and Jule Styne, 1945).

12. In what year did “A Very Brady Christmas” first air?

A) 1941. B) 1955. C) 1967. D) 1979. E) 1988. F) 2000.

13. What Christmas song includes a reference to a hula hoop?

14. True or false: The Burl Ives song “Have a Holly Jolly Christmas” includes the word “mendacity”?

15. Who wrote “The Cat Who Came for Christmas”?

“Answers: 1. Luke. 2. The Osmonds. 3. True. 4. River. 5. “The Twilight Zone.” 6. The Battle of the Bulge. 7. C. 8. True. Mr. Howell was played by the late Jim Backus, who was also the voice of Mr. Magoo. And who can forget “Mr. Magoo’s Christmas Carol”? 9. E. 10. H. 11. True. 12. E. 13. “Hurry Christmas (Don’t Be Late)” by Alvin & The Chipmunks. 14. False. Ives said that while playing Big Daddy in “Cat on a Hot Tin Roof.” 15. Cleveland Amory.

“Today’s Slice question: Who would be the last person in Spokane to wear a hat, no matter how cold it got?