Quizzes - Christmas Births and Deaths
Christmas Births and Deaths Quiz
20 Questions
- True or false. Noel Gallagher was born on Christmas Day?
- Which world leader was born on Christmas Day in 1971?
- Mao Zedong was born on Boxing Day 1893 - by what name is he also known?
- The singer of the Christmas novelty song "Santa Baby" died on December 25, 2008 - who is she?
- Singer and songwriter Florian Cloud de Bounevialle O'Malley Armstrong was born on 25 December 1971. By what professional name is she better known?
- About which actor who died on 25 December 1977 did Bob Hope declare: "We were lucky to have lived in his time."?
- Considered by some to be "father of the computer", who was born on Boxing Day 1791?
- Which football analyst at Sky Sports was born in Middlesbrough on Christmas Day 1957?
- Sadly, George Michael died on Christmas Day 2016 - how old was he?
- Which Scottish singer-songwriter was born on Christmas Day, 1954?
- "The King of Cool" died on December 25, 1995 - who is he?
- Two American presidents died on a Boxing Day - one in 1972 and the other in 2006 - name them?
- Which famous Englishman was born on Christmas Day, 1642?
- The singer of one of the greatest Christmas songs ever was born on Christmas Day in 1957 - who is he?
- Which Oscar winning actor was born on Christmas Day in 1899?
- Who is the 'Godfather of Soul', who died on Christmas Day in 2006?
- Which former cricket captain who scored a record 33 Test centuries for England was born on Christmas Day 1984?
- Who, born on Boxing Day, 1939, developed a world-changing recording technique called the Wall of Sound?
- Born on Christmas Day 1908, Denis Charles Pratt wrote The Naked Civil Servant - how do we better know him?
- Born on December 25, which actress portrayed Carrie White in the horror film Carrie?
Answers:
- False
- Justin Trudeau
- Chairman Mao
- Eartha Kitt
- Dido
- Charlie Chaplin
- Charles Babbage
- Chris Kamara
- 53
- Annie Lennox
- Dean Martin
- Harry S. Truman (1972) and Gerald Ford (2006)
- Isaac Newton
- Shane MacGowan
- Humphrey Bogart
- James Brown
- Alistair Cook
- Phil Spector
- Quentin Crisp
- Sissy Spacek