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FESTIVE TITLES

To celebrate Christmas 2006, try our quiz where all the answers are titles with festive words in them. Think 'snow', 'turkey' and, of course, 'Christmas'...

 

 Question 1.
The 1822 poem 'The Night Before Christmas', by Clement Moore, was rewritten in 2005 by Carol Ann Duffy, but under what title was it published? 

Two Nights Before Christmas

Forty-seven Shopping Days Before Chistmas

Another Night Before Christmas

The Night Before the Festive Break

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 Question 2.
Which classic by Raymond Briggs is a book without words telling the story of a small boy's friendship with a snowman and their flight together over the sparkling winter landscape?

The Small Boy and The Snowman

The Sparkling Winter Landscape

A Small Boy's Friendship

The Snowman

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 Question 3.
Which of the following is a book by popular poet Benjamin Zephaniah?

Eating Turkeys

Talking Turkeys

Rhyming Turkeys

Rapping Turkeys

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 Question 4.
Living with her mother, stepfather, the twins and baby Zoe, the heroine of this eponymous novel by Berlie Doherty is dealing with a mystery e-mail correspondent and a stalker who turns out to be her father. What's the title?

Pudding Starcross

Mistletoe Starcross

Holly Starcross

Ivy Starcross

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 Question 5.
William Fiennes' debut travel book sees him following the migratory path of which species?

The Snowmen

The Snow Bears

The Snow Geese

The Snow Pigs

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 Question 6.
And which travel book by Roger Took is set in Russian Lapland?

Running With Chickens

Running With Camels

Running With Penguins

Running With Reindeer

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 Question 7.
Which novel by Paul Burston isn't actually about the three wise men, but about the trials and tribulations of being an 'A list' gay actor in Hollywood?

Star Men

Star People

Star Followers

Star Seekers

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 Question 8.
Which poetry collection by Douglas Dunn could (in theory) have been written about one of the four-legged occupants of Jesus' birthplace?

The Ox's Nose

The Ass's Teeth

Joseph's Moustache

The Donkey's Ears

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 Question 9.
Which novel by Paul Bailey sounds as though it might have been about Santa's favourite helper (ok, work with me here...), but actually centres around the narrator's opera-singing uncle?

Uncle Rudolf

Uncle Donner

Uncle Blitzen

Uncle Elf

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 Question 10.
And finally, which book by Leila Aboulela, though actually examining the emotional intricacies of young people from a range of backgrounds, could have been written about a popular festive decoration? 

Tinsel Tales

Coloured Lights

The Fairy on the Top

Golden Stars

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