Hardest Christmas questions ever
91. What kind of Christmas animal is Rangifer Tarandus? 92. What have the chemical element AU, the aromatic resin olibanum, and natural gum from the small thorny trees from the genus Commiphora got to do with the Nativity? 93. Tom Smith (1823–1869) invented which Christmas favourite in 1847? They are currently banned on US aeroplanes. 94. Almost 125ft tall, built in the Austrian Alps, “Riesi” – meaning giant – entered the record books this year as the world’s tallest what? 95. Even though they didn’t sing the lyrics, Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra’s version of Jingle Bells made history in 1965. How come? 96. According to UNESCO’s “International Classification for Seasonal Snow on the Ground” what is defined as “An interlocked bunch or aggregate of ice crystals that falls from a cloud”? 97. The first reference to which vegetable, that no one in their right mind can possibly enjoy, was recorded in 1587 by Dutch botanist Rembertus Dodonaeus? 98. George III’s German-born wife, Charlotte of Mecklenburg-Strelitz, introduced which festive feature at a party she gave for children in 1800? 99. Window-Peeper, Candle-Stealer and SausageSwiper are three of the Yule Lads who play tricks on people in the run-up to Christmas in which extremely northerly country? 100. In 1573 the poet and farmer Thomas Tusser had noticed that what, first brought to Europe from Mexico by Spanish invaders, was increasingly popular on Christmas dining tables?