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10 Average Questions about Christmas Carols

We'll give you a line, you tell us which carol it's from.

A multiple-choice quiz by willow38. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
willow38

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
243,868

Updated
Apr 12 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
7273

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which famous carol is this line: "The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes...."? Hint

Away in a Manger

What Child is This?

Silent Night

Little Drummer Boy

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Question 2 of 10

2. Choose the song that matches this refrain: "Follow me in merry measure...." Hint

Jingle Bells

Up on the Housetop

Jolly Old Saint Nicolas

Deck the Halls

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Question 3 of 10

3. From what song it this line: "Hither, page, and stand by me if thou know'st it telling...." Hint

Far Far Away on Judea's Plain

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

Good King Wenceslas

What Child is This?

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Question 4 of 10

4. Choose the carol that matches this line: "Let every heart prepare him room..." Hint

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

O Little Town of Bethlehem

Joy to the World

Away in a Manger

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Question 5 of 10

5. Choose the song to match this line: "Oh they sailed into Bethlehem on Christmas day, on Christmas day..." Hint

We Three Kings of Orient

Ding Dong Merrily on High

I Saw Three Ships

Jingle Bells

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Question 6 of 10

6. Choose the song that matches this refrain: "From angels bending near the earth..." Hint

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

Angels We Have Heard on High

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Question 7 of 10

7. To which song does this line belong: "O Star of Wonder, star of light..."? Hint

We Three Kings of Orient Are

First Noel

I Saw Three Ships

The Wassail Song

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Question 8 of 10

8. "...to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ..." Hint

While Shepherds Watched Their Flocks

We Three Kings of Orient Are

Once in Royal David's City

First Noel

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Question 9 of 10

9. To which classic carol does this line belong: "O come thou Rod of Jesse, free..."? Hint

God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen

O Come O Come Emmanuel

Carol of the Bells

Ding Dong Merrily on High

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Question 10 of 10

10. From which carol does this line originate: "Oh how they pound, raising the sound..."? Hint

Jingle Bells

Silver Bells

O Christmas Tree

Carol of the Bells

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From which famous carol is this line: "The cattle are lowing, the poor baby wakes...."?

Answer: Away in a Manger

The music was composed in 1895 ten years after the words were published. The author is unknown.

2. Choose the song that matches this refrain: "Follow me in merry measure...."

Answer: Deck the Halls

The tune of this song was said to orginate back to the sixteenth century but the words come from America.

3. From what song it this line: "Hither, page, and stand by me if thou know'st it telling...."

Answer: Good King Wenceslas

The good King Wenceslas was actually the King of Bohemia in the tenth century, and was a good Christian man, but was assassinated by his jealous brother.

4. Choose the carol that matches this line: "Let every heart prepare him room..."

Answer: Joy to the World

This is an old hymn that dates all the way back to 1719. The words were written by Isaac Watts, and the music was written by George Frederick Handel.

5. Choose the song to match this line: "Oh they sailed into Bethlehem on Christmas day, on Christmas day..."

Answer: I Saw Three Ships

This song is said to be an old English carol dating back to the Victorian era.

6. Choose the song that matches this refrain: "From angels bending near the earth..."

Answer: It Came Upon a Midnight Clear

This song was written in 1849, and started out as a poem written by a Massachusetts minister.

7. To which song does this line belong: "O Star of Wonder, star of light..."?

Answer: We Three Kings of Orient Are

This song was written in 1857 by Reverend John Henry Hopkins for a General Theological Seminary in New York City.

8. "...to certain poor shepherds in fields as they lay ..."

Answer: First Noel

Some spell it "Nowell", but I prefer the French spelling, even though the song did originate in England.

9. To which classic carol does this line belong: "O come thou Rod of Jesse, free..."?

Answer: O Come O Come Emmanuel

This carol was translated from Latin in 1851 by John Mason Neale.

10. From which carol does this line originate: "Oh how they pound, raising the sound..."?

Answer: Carol of the Bells

The lyrics of this song were added to the Ukrainian folk song by Peter Wilhousky.

Source: Author willow38

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