Ralphie's "Christmas Story" Trivia Quiz

Answer: Great Characters in American Literature

During breakfast, Mr. Parker is doing yet another crossword puzzle. He is stumped by a clue that asks for the name of the Lone Ranger's nephew's horse. Mrs. Parker tells her husband the correct answer is Victor, and then she asks what the topic of the puzzle is.

Answer: Furnace

Ralphie tells his mother and father he heard that some grizzly bears were spotted near Pulaski's candy store. Ralphie does this because he thinks it's a good segue to ask for the Red Ryder BB gun he wants for Christmas. When the situation does not go as planned, Ralphie quickly changes the subject by mentioning the gift he got his father.

Answer: Ol' Blue

After Ralphie fails to convince his parents to allow him to have a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas, he daydreams that he saves his family by defeating Black Bart and his gang of robbers with the gun, which he calls Ol' Blue.

Answer: What I want for Christmas

The day Flick's tongue gets stuck to the flag pole, Miss Shields assigns homework; the students have to write a theme about what they want for Christmas. Ralphie takes this opportunity to write about the Red Ryder BB gun that he wants.

Answer: Watering her plant

Mr. Parker won the leg lamp, and he considers it a major award. Mrs. Parker is embarrassed by the provocative lamp, and she is somewhat jealous of her husband's love for it. While Mr. Parker is fiddling with the furnace, Mrs. Parker goes to water her plant, and she breaks the lamp. No one know if Mrs. Parker broke the lamp on purpose, but her husband has his suspicions.

Answer: "Not a finger!"

Mr. Parker is devastated when his wife breaks his prized leg lamp. He rushes out of the house to buy glue to fix the lamp, and in his rage the only words he can manage are, "Not a finger!" When Mr. Parker returns home, he tries to glue the lamp back together, but the damage is done, and he winds up burying it beside the garage.

Answer: Witch and jester

Miss Shields gives Ralphie a C+ grade on his 'What I want for Christmas' theme, and she remarks that he will shoot his eye out if he gets a Red Ryder BB gun for Christmas. Ralphie figures his mother, who said the same thing, must have spoken to his teacher, and that is the reason for the "conspiracy of irrational prejudice against Red Ryder and his peacemaker." Ralphie imagines his teacher and mother are dressed as a witch and jester, and that they are taunting him.

Answer: True

Ralphie is already upset because of the C+ he received on his theme, so after school, when Scut Farcus starts to bully him, Ralphie has a moment of madness and he beats him up. At home, around the dinner table, Ralphie's mother tells his father about the fight he had with Scut, but she casually changes the subject to football.

Answer: Star

The Parker family gather on Christmas Eve to decorate their tree. Mr. Parker thinks the star tree topper is crooked, but it's not... until he climbs the ladder and supposedly straightens it.

Answer: Ralphie steps on them.

On Christmas morning, after Ralphie opens his Red Ryder BB gun, he goes to the backyard to shoot targets. Ralphie pins a paper target to an old metal sign, and when he pulls the trigger, the pellet bounces off the sign, hits his cheek, and sends his glasses flying. The glasses land safely in the snow, but when Ralphie is looking for them, he steps on them, and breaks the left lens.