Snow Time Like Christmas Trivia Quiz

Answer: Die Hard

Regarded as Bruce Willis' big break into films, the action-packed 'Die Hard' saw Willis' character, John McClane, a New York policeman, face off against German criminal Hans Gruber, played by Alan Rickman. After Gruber breaks into the Nakatomi vault to steal some $600 million, McClane begins working to stop Gruber and his men escaping and blowing up the building.

This high-octane action flick was based on the novel 'Nothing Lasts Forever', by Roderick Thorp, which was published some nine years before the film's release.

Answer: Elf

As a baby in an orphanage, Ferrell's character crawls into Santa's sack on Christmas Eve and is unknowingly taken back to the North Pole, where he grows up amongst the elves. Named Buddy, he is obviously much taller and bigger than normal elves, but does not notice this while he grows up. One day, Papa Elf breaks the news to him that he was given up for adoption and that his real father is in New York City. What follows is a series of amusing events as Buddy tries to ingratiate himself in normal society, all the while spreading Christmas wishes and searching for his estranged father.

Answer: The Snowman

Less than half an hour long, the animated adaptation of Raymond Briggs' children's book has been one of the most popular Christmas films since it was first broadcast in 1982. A boy builds a snowman, which comes to life later that night. Entranced, the boy goes on a journey with the snowman, flying all the way to the North Pole to meet Father Christmas who gives him a scarf.

When the boy wakes up the next morning, he finds his snowman friend melted. Its memorable soundtrack included 'Walking in the Air', written specifically for the film and performed by choirboy Peter Auty.

The song later saw success in 1985 when it was covered by Welsh singer Aled Jones.

Answer: The Christmas Invasion

After his brief appearance at the end of Series 1 (2005), David Tennant's Tenth Doctor faced the Sycorax in the first of the revived series' annual Christmas specials. 'The Christmas Invasion' featured the return of Penelope Wilson as Harriet Jones, the newly-elected Prime Minister of Great Britain, after last appearing as an MP in 'Aliens of London' and 'World War Three' alongside the Ninth Doctor. Highlights of 'The Christmas Invasion' include a deadly Christmas tree in the Tyler's flat, a huge spaceship hovering over London, and the Doctor's hand growing back moments after having it cut off.

Answer: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe

Peter, Susan, Edmund and Lucy Pevensie, having been evacuated and set to live with a professor in his large house in response to the Blitz threatening London, discover a magical land in a wardrobe, and the wonders and dangers it holds. Ruled over by the White Witch, the children enlist the help of the lord of Narnia, a lion named Aslan, to bring an end to the White Witch's permanent winter in Narnia.

Despite it being chronologically the second book in the series, after 'The Magician's Nephew' (which was written after 'The Lion...' as a sort of "origin of Narnia" story), it was the first to feature the Pevensie children.

Answer: Charles Dickens

'A Christmas Carol' is the quintessential piece of literature in Charles Dickens' bibliography. Often cited as his best work, the story centres around the miserly Ebenezer Scrooge after the death of Jacob Marley, Scrooge's former partner in business. Visited by the ghost of Marley, as well as the ghosts of Christmas Past, Christmas Present and Christmas Yet to Come, Scrooge is shown that continuing his life as a grumpy, Christmas-hating, unkind miser will end with no one liking him, no one attending his funeral, and no one tending to his grave. Moved by the images shown to him by the ghosts, Scrooge vows to abandon his current outlook on life and embrace the warmth and joy of Christmas, attempting to atone for his miserable and parsimonious ways.

Answer: Bob Geldof

Written in 1984, 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' was performed by all the members of Band Aid, a collection of many bands and solo artists coming together in aid of the Ethiopian famine. Despite Geldof's initial forecast was that the single would raise around £70,000 for the cause, its popularity skyrocketed, receiving plenty of radio air time and raising a few million pounds from sales. Controversially, Geldof stood up to the government at the time who were refusing to remove the Value Added Tax on the single. Overwhelmed by the public backlash caused by this, the tax was eventually donated to the cause.

Answer: Wham!

Formed of George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley, Wham! vyed for the coveted Christmas #1 in the UK with 'Last Christmas', but lost out to the aforementioned 'Do They Know It's Christmas?'. It was, however, highly successful in its own right, reaching #2 on the UK, Norwegian, Hungarian, Dutch and Swedish Singles Charts, and similarly high up on singles charts in other countries including Australia and Greece. Since its release, it has been featured on many Christmas compilation albums and many artists have produced their own versions of the song, including the Crazy Frog (which really should be forgotten).

Answer: Banjo-Kazooie

Freezeezy Peak is the fifth world in the game, following Bubblegloop Swamp. This snowy area is home to polar bears, a walrus, and sentient Christmas lights, among others, who all have rewards for Banjo and Kazooie in one form or another. Freezeezy Peak is fondly remembered amongst 'Banjo-Kazooie' fans for its lively, cheerful music and giant snowman that dominates the central part of the world.

Its long, red and yellow scarf serves as a walkway for Banjo and Kazooie to reach the top of the snowman. Parts of Freezeezy Peak returned in 'Banjo-Kazooie: Nuts & Bolts' forming part of Banjoland, an amalgamation of some of the most memorable locations visited by the bear and bird.

Answer: Batman

Serving as a prequel to the acclaimed 'Batman: Arkham Asylum' and 'Batman: Arkham City', 'Batman: Arkham Origins' saw development shift from Rocksteady Studios to Warner Bros. Montreal. Keeping much of the series' basics, 'Origins' attempted to tell the story of Batman in his earlier vigilante days.

His recklessness and brute force is clear to see, a stark contrast from the relatively introspective and level-headed Batman seen in 'Asylum' and 'City'. A mysterious individual named Black Mask places a bounty on Batman's head, spurring a number of the city's most notorious bad guys into coming out of hiding. Amongst them is the Joker, Batman's most dangerous (and persistent) enemy.

The game was released for PC, PlayStation 3 and Xbox 360.