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xmasmovies_quiz.sPubDate = "12/13/2004 11:43:07 PM GMT";
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xmasmovies_quiz.appDeck = new Array("Ah, Christmastime. A season of joy. A season of giving. A season of showing off your knowledge of arcane movie trivia. Well, maybe not the last part so much. But then again, why not? Test your brainpower, if you dare, with our quiz on Christmas movie lore.","");
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xmasmovies_quiz[1] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[1][0] = new Array("According to Clarence in \"It's A Wonderful Life,\" what does it mean when a bell rings?");
xmasmovies_quiz[1].answer = "The correct answer is C: An angel gets its wings.";
xmasmovies_quiz[1][1] = new Array("A. There's someone at the door",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[1][2] = new Array("B. The car alarm in that damn SUV down the street just went off again for no reason",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[1][3] = new Array("C. An angel gets its wings",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[1][4] = new Array("D. Your three-minute egg is finished",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[2] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[2][0] = new Array("Three of the following action films take place, for no apparent reason, during the Christmas holidays. One does not. Which one?");
xmasmovies_quiz[2].answer = "The correct answer is C. In \"Die Hard,\" the German terrorists led by Alan Rickman attack during a holiday office party. In
\"Batman Returns,\" the Penguin’s evil flunkies wreak havoc on Gotham City’s ceremony lighting the civic Christmas tree. And in \"Jaws: The Revenge,\" a great white shark chooses Christmastime to eat the son of Roy Scheider’s character from the (much better) original Jaws, leading the survivors to theorize that the shark has somehow developed a personal vendetta against the family.";
xmasmovies_quiz[2][1] = new Array("A. \"Die Hard\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[2][2] = new Array("B. \"Batman Returns\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[2][3] = new Array("C. \"Rambo III\"",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[2][4] = new Array("D. \"Jaws: The Revenge\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[3] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[3][0] = new Array("Which of the following Christmas-themed horror films is NOT real?");
xmasmovies_quiz[3].answer = "The correct answer is C. Believe it or not, there is no such film as \"Egbert The Elf Of Eternal Evil.\"";
xmasmovies_quiz[3][1] = new Array("A. \"You Better Watch Out,\" in which a young boy accidentally sees his mother doing a lot more than just kissing Santa Claus, and years later the psychic trauma snaps his fragile mind, causing him to dress up like Santa and kill the \"naughty.\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[3][2] = new Array("B. \"Silent Night, Deadly Night,\" in which a maniacal teenager goes on an axe-murdering rampage disguised as Santa Claus; despite the film’s unpleasant, tawdry premise, it spawns four sequels.",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[3][3] = new Array("C. \"Egbert The Elf Of Eternal Evil,\" in which a disgruntled North Pole worker \"goes postal\" after a humiliating pay cut—by quitting his job as an elf and getting a job in the local post office. (It wasn’t really a very scary horror film, all things considered.)",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[3][4] = new Array("D. \"Jack Frost,\" in which a serial killer is horribly mutated by toxic sludge into a murderous, coal-eyed snowman.",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[4] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[4][0] = new Array("The 1984 horror-comedy \"Gremlins\" is set during Christmas, a time of year that distresses the character played by Phoebe Cates. Why?");
xmasmovies_quiz[4].answer = "The correct answer is B. Cates memorably parodied her Gremlins \"Why I Hate Christmas\" speech in the witty, underseen sequel, Gremlins 2: The New Batch. The complaint about tinsel is actually a pet peeve of Frank Constanza, the father of George on the sitcom \"Seinfeld.\"";
xmasmovies_quiz[4][1] = new Array("A. She’s just plain mean",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[4][2] = new Array("B. Her father accidentally died on Christmas",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[4][3] = new Array("C. She doesn’t like tinsel; it’s distracting",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[4][4] = new Array("D. Every time she gets gifts, they’re either socks or fruitcake or both",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[5] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[5][0] = new Array("In what film will you find the song \"Christmas In Heaven\"?");
xmasmovies_quiz[5].answer = "The correct answer is B. The song, performed by Graham Chapman in full-on lounge-lizard mode, is part of the lavish production number that closes the \"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life.\"";
xmasmovies_quiz[5][1] = new Array("A. \"It’s A Wonderful Life\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[5][2] = new Array("B. \"Monty Python's The Meaning of Life\"",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[5][3] = new Array("C. \"Heaven Can Wait\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[5][4] = new Array("D. \"Dean Martin's Christmas At Sea World\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[6] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[6][0] = new Array("What does Susan Walker, the little girl played by Natalie Wood in the 1947 movie \"Miracle On 34th Street,\" want for Christmas?");
xmasmovies_quiz[6].answer = "The correct answer is C. A child of divorce whose mother taught her to be sensible at the expense of her imagination, Susan nevertheless has one dream when the film begins -- living in a big suburban house with a swing in the back yard. ";
xmasmovies_quiz[6][1] = new Array("A. A pony",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[6][2] = new Array("B. Peace and understanding throughout the world",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[6][3] = new Array("C. A house",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[6][4] = new Array("D. A domed stadium for her favorite professional baseball team",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[7] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[7][0] = new Array("The utterly awful 1964 film \"Santa Claus Conquers The Martians\" is notable as the debut of which future Hollywood star?");
xmasmovies_quiz[7].answer = "The correct answer is B. Pia Zadora was a child actress when she played Girmar, the Martian child who helps free Santa Claus from the dark machinations of her Red Planet kin. She later went on to such golden greats as \"Troop Beverly Hills\" and \"Voyage Of The Rock Aliens,\" so clearly being in this film did her career no harm.";
xmasmovies_quiz[7][1] = new Array("A. Sharon Stone",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[7][2] = new Array("B. Pia Zadora",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[7][3] = new Array("C. Jane Fonda",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[7][4] = new Array("D. Scarlett Johansson",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[8] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[8][0] = new Array("In one episode of \"The Simpsons,\" the children of Springfield are trapped in their elementary school by a freak snowstorm. In a doomed attempt to entertain them, Principal Skinner makes the kids watch what turns out to be the world’s dullest Christmas film. What was it called?");
xmasmovies_quiz[8].answer = "The correct answer is B. Skinner does, however, tell the kids to have a \"frank and productive holiday.\"";
xmasmovies_quiz[8][1] = new Array("A. \"Rudolf Gets His Teeth Cleaned\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[8][2] = new Array("B. \"The Christmas That Almost Wasn't But Then Was\"",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[8][3] = new Array("C. \"The Frank And Productive Holiday\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[8][4] = new Array("D. \"The Acid Indigestion Of Bobo The Happy Toymaker\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[9] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[9][0] = new Array("While we’re on the subject of \"The Simpsons,\" what’s the Christmas-inspired name of the Simpson family dog?");
xmasmovies_quiz[9].answer = "The correct answer is B. Santa’s Little Helper was a dog Homer saw at a greyhound track and foolishly bet all his money on, thinking the dog’s name would bring him luck. Of course, SLH came in dead last.";
xmasmovies_quiz[9][1] = new Array("A. Mistletoe",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[9][2] = new Array("B. Santa’s Little Helper",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[9][3] = new Array("C. Holly",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[9][4] = new Array("D. Elf-Elf McWooferstein",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[10] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[10][0] = new Array("One of Bing Crosby’s signature tunes is the holiday classic \"White Christmas,\" written by Irving Berlin. What film does it come from originally?");
xmasmovies_quiz[10].answer = "The correct answer is D. Although Bing did make a film called \"White Christmas,\" that 1954 film was inspired by the success of \"Holiday Inn,\" made in 1942. \"White Christmas\" netted Berlin an Oscar for best original song.";
xmasmovies_quiz[10][1] = new Array("A. \"White Christmas\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[10][2] = new Array("B. \"The Road To Zanzibar\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[10][3] = new Array("C. \"Going My Way\"",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[10][4] = new Array("D. \"Holiday Inn\"",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[11] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[11][0] = new Array("The voice of the title character in 1966’s \"How The Grinch Stole Christmas\" was provided by Boris Karloff. You might assume that Karloff also sang the film’s most famous musical number, \"You’re a Mean One, Mr. Grinch,\" but actually the sepulchral vocals belonged to a then-uncredited actor, Thurl Ravenscroft. What is Ravenscroft’s chief claim to fame?");
xmasmovies_quiz[11].answer = "The correct answer is A. Thurl Ravenscroft provides the voice for Tony the Tiger.";
xmasmovies_quiz[11][1] = new Array("A. He’s also the voice of the Frosted Flakes mascot, Tony the Tiger",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[11][2] = new Array("B. He invented the concept of drive-through fast food",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[11][3] = new Array("C. He led the National Hockey League in most penalty minutes in a single season",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[11][4] = new Array("D. He was the original lead singer for New Kids On The Block",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[12] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[12][0] = new Array("In the 1964 TV special \"Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer,\" which of the following is not one of the creations we meet on the Island Of Misfit Toys?");
xmasmovies_quiz[12].answer = "The correct answer is D. Norbert, Barbie's cast-aside former love.";
xmasmovies_quiz[12][1] = new Array("A. An ostrich-riding cowboy ",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[12][2] = new Array("B. A Charlie-in-the-box",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[12][3] = new Array("C. A locomotive with square wheels",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[12][4] = new Array("D. Norbert, the doll Barbie dated for a while in college before settling down with Ken",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[13] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[13][0] = new Array("How does Jack Skellington, the somewhat confused hero of Tim Burton’s \"The Nightmare Before Christmas,\" discover Christmas?");
xmasmovies_quiz[13].answer = "The correct answer is A. Wandering through the woods near his home of Halloweentown, he discovers a stand of trees with magical doors leading to other holiday cities, including Santa’s village";
xmasmovies_quiz[13][1] = new Array("A. Wandering through the woods near his home of Halloweentown, he discovers a stand of trees with magical doors leading to other holiday cities, including Santa’s village",'',1);
xmasmovies_quiz[13][2] = new Array("B. He reads about it in a news story in the Washington Post",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[13][3] = new Array("C. He deduces its existence by a series of clever calculations involving the curvature of the Earth, longitudinal data analysis, and average worldwide candy-cane consumption",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[13][4] = new Array("D. He reads this quiz on MSNBC.com, recognizes his name in question 13, and looks up “Christmas” in the encyclopedia so he can find out just what it is he’s supposed to be discovering",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[14] = new Array();
xmasmovies_quiz[14][0] = new Array("In the Marx Brothers movie \"A Night At The Opera,\" Chico Marx argues with shyster lawyer Groucho over a contract. He particularly objects to a clause stating that \"If any of the parties participating in this contract is shown not to be in their right mind, the entire agreement is automatically nullified.\" Why?");
xmasmovies_quiz[14].answer = "The correct answer is D. “You can’t fool me! There ain’t no sanity clause!”";
xmasmovies_quiz[14][1] = new Array("A. Chico finds the clause objectionable on moral grounds",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[14][2] = new Array("B. The sentence is grammatically incorrect",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[14][3] = new Array("C. Chico is just going out of his way to be difficult",'',0);
xmasmovies_quiz[14][4] = new Array("D. “You can’t fool me! There ain’t no sanity clause!”",'',1);
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xmasmovies_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(94,100,"Excellent. You’ll get coal in your stocking this year—but only after it’s been compressed into diamonds! ");
xmasmovies_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(71,93,"Very Good. Print out these results and hang on to them, because if there’s a question about whether or not you’ve been naughty or nice, scoring so well on this quiz will tip the balance in your favor. ");
xmasmovies_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(36,64,"Fair. You should really study up on your holiday movie lore. If you don’t start doing better on these tests, you might be held back a grade, and we’d have to repeat Christmas again next year. ");
xmasmovies_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(7,29,"Not Very Good. Santa makes a list and checks it twice—maybe you should be checking your answers twice also. ");
xmasmovies_quiz.profiles[i++]= new Array(0,0,"Terrible. You’ve just made Santa and all his elves cry. I hope you’re happy. ");
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