Television – it is the great American pastime. During cold or icy weather such as what we have had recently, television movies are what most people turn to while waiting out the thaw – provided the power is on! See how much you know about the following movies.
1. In “National Lampoon’s Christmas Vacation,” what kind of animal do the Griswolds find living in the Christmas tree? Snake; chipmunk; squirrel; skunk.
2. In “Home Alone,” what name do the two robbers give themselves? Sticky Bandits; Vacation Bandits; Sneaky Bandits; Wet Bandits.
3. In “Elf,” which of these is not one of the food groups Buddy eats? Gumdrops; candy canes; syrup; candy corn.
4. Jim Carrey’s Grinch in “How the Grinch Stole Christmas,” was in love with a girl from his childhood. What was her name? Martha May; Sally Sue; Mary Ellen; Mary Kay.
5. In “Gremlins,” what movie are the gremlins watching in the movie theatre? “It’s a Wonderful Life”; “E.T.”; “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs”; “How the Grinch Stole Christmas.”
6. In Arnold Schwarzenegger’s Christmas movie “Jingle All The Way,” what toy is he trying to get for his son? Train set; dump truck; Ninja Turtle; Turbo Man.
7. Bill Murray becomes the Ebenezer in “Scrooged,” but what form does the Ghost of Christmas Past take? Subway train conductor; cab driver; bus driver; garbage man.
8. The Muppets also adapted “A Christmas Carol.” In “The Muppet Christmas Carol,” what did Rizzo’s mother teach him never to do? Light his tail on fire; eat singing food; forget his jellybeans; climb into a lighted Christmas tree.
9. In Tim Burton’s Christmas movie, “The Nightmare Before Christmas,” Oogie Boogie rolls snake eyes and then pounds the table to make the dice change. What number do they change to? 11; 10; 12; 13.
10. Which Frank Capra film is a classic Christmas movie about George Bailey? “You Can’t Take It With You”; “Mr. Smith Goes to Washington”; “It’s a Wonderful Life”; “Arsenic and Old Lace.”
ANSWERS
1. A squirrel.
2. Wet Bandits. They call themselves Sticky Bandits in “Home Alone 2: Lost in New York.”
3. Gumdrops.
4. Martha May.
5. “Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs.”
6. Turbo Man.
7. Cab driver.
8. Eating singing food. (You just have to watch it!)
9. Eleven.
10. Made in 1946, “It’s a Wonderful Life” stars Jimmy Stewart as George Bailey, a man who thinks his life has no meaning – until he gets a glimpse of a world in which he never existed.