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James Brown, who famously died on Christmas Day
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Quiz: How much do you know about things that have happened on Christmas Day?
There’s been no shortage of significant things that have happened on December 25.
FOR MOST PEOPLE, Christmas Day is spent relaxing and doing a whole lot of nothing, but just because everyone else seems to stop, doesn’t mean the world does too.
From famous deaths to historical events, there’s been no shortage of significant things that have happened on December 25.
We’re testing how much you know about them.
Which of the following people was NOT born on Christmas Day?
Megan Fox
Justin Trudeau
Shane MacGowan
Annie Lennox
Opposing sides in World War I held a Christmas truce in 1914. What did they famously do on no man’s land?
Ate Christmas dinner
Played a football match
Played cards
Had heated arguments about sensitive topics
James Brown famously passed away on Christmas Day at the age of 73 in what year?
2004
2005
2006
2007
Which singer also passed away on Christmas Day in 2016?
George Michael
Kirstie MacColl
David Bowie
Eartha Kitt
Which Russian leader resigned on Christmas Day in 1991, leading to the breakup of the Soviet Union the following day?
Joseph Stalin
Nikita Khrushchev
Mikhail Gorbachev
Vladimir Putin
Which dictator was overthrown and killed in Romania on Christmas Day, 1989?
Francisco Franco
Nicolae Ceaușescu
Josip Broz
Benito Mussolini
The return of which ‘periodic’ comet was first confirmed on Christmas Day in 1758?
Comet Hale-Bop
Comet Lovejoy
Comet Caesar
Halley’s Comet
Which of the following Leonardo Di Caprio films premiered on Christmas Day?
Titanic
The Wolf of Wall Street
Gangs of New York
Inception
Captain William Mynors discovered an island in the Indian Ocean on Christmas Day in 1643. What is it now called?
Christmas Island
Easter Island
New Year's Island
St Patrick's Island
The ill-fated Beagle 2 probe which disappeared on Christmas Day in 2003 shortly before its scheduled landing on what planet?
Mercury
Venus
Earth
Mars
You scored out of !
Turtley awful
Shell of a bad effort
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What are ewe doing?
Baaaad
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Fintastic
That went swimmingly
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Clever cat
Almost purr-fect
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Top dog
Paws-itively perfect
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