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Q 01What is the name of the divorced toy-company executive Tim Allen plays in The Santa Clause?
Scott Calvin
The initials S.C. are the film's quiet joke: he shares them with the man whose job he is about to inherit.
Q 02How does Scott end up with the job in the first film?
He startles the old man on his roof, who falls, and puts on the suit
The card left with the suit says the reindeer will know what to do if the wearer puts it on, and they do.
Q 03What is the name of Scott's eight-year-old son who rides along on that first Christmas Eve?
Charlie
He is eight in the first film and a graffiti-spraying teenager on the naughty list by the sequel.
Q 04Which head elf, played by David Krumholtz, tells Scott he has eleven months to get his affairs in order?
Bernard
The Disney+ series later reveals he had served every previous Santa for thousands of years before retiring to marry Vanessa Redgrave.
Q 05Which physical change is NOT one Scott undergoes over the year after wearing the suit?
His eyes turning blue
He also develops a craving for milk and cookies despite having been lactose intolerant, and starts reciting which children are naughty and nice.
Q 06Roughly how much weight does Scott tell his doctor he has gained in a single week?
45 lbs
The scale reads 192 lbs, and the doctor has no explanation for a man ballooning that fast.
Q 07What is the profession of Neil, Laura's new husband, in the films?
Psychiatrist
Judge Reinhold got the part over Jeff Daniels, Stanley Tucci, Christopher McDonald and Bradley Whitford, who were all considered.
Q 08What magical gift from the head elf lets Scott's son summon his father at any time?
A snow globe
In The Santa Clause 2 the same object is what finally convinces Principal Newman that Scott really is Santa.
Q 09Where do the police arrest Scott on Christmas Eve in the first film?
Inside Laura and Neil's home
Laura and Neil had reported Charlie kidnapped after Bernard whisked father and son to the North Pole on Thanksgiving; the elves break Scott out of jail.
Q 10What does Scott give Laura and Neil at the end of the first film?
Childhood presents they never got
Never getting those childhood gifts is why each of them stopped believing in Santa in the first place.
Q 11Which two comedy stars turned down the lead role before Tim Allen took it?
Bill Murray and Chevy Chase
Murray did not want another holiday movie straight after Scrooged, and Chase had a scheduling clash.
Q 12Which Canadian town stood in for Lakeside, Illinois in the first film?
Oakville, Ontario
The reindeer all came from the Toronto Zoo, and the studio work was done at Raleigh Studios in Hollywood.
Q 13Why did Eric Lloyd, who plays Scott's son, wear a dental prosthetic for part of the film?
He lost his front teeth in an accident on a day off
Q 21Which Star Trek actor voices and plays the Sandman on the Council?
Michael Dorn
The council also includes Kevin Pollak as Cupid, Aisha Tyler as Mother Nature and Peter Boyle, Scott's boss in the first film, back as Father Time.
Q 22What does Curtis build so Scott can leave the North Pole to find a wife?
A life-sized animatronic Toy Santa
The double reads the rulebook too literally, decides the whole world is naughty and plans to hand out coal.
Q 23Which actress plays Principal Carol Newman, who becomes Mrs. Claus?
Elizabeth Mitchell
Some of his dialogue had to be rearranged around the new teeth.
Q 14Which line about a phone line was cut from later releases of The Santa Clause after complaints?
'1-800-SPANK-ME. I know that number.'
The number was a real adult line at the time, and Disney got bills-worth of complaints from parents once the VHS came out.
Q 15Which film opened at number one the same weekend as The Santa Clause, holding it to second place?
Interview with the Vampire
The Santa Clause got its revenge over Thanksgiving, when it climbed to number one and went on to $190 million worldwide.
Q 16Roughly what was the first film's production budget?
$22 million
It returned nearly nine times that worldwide, which is why two sequels and a series followed.
Q 17Which Canadian singer-songwriter wrote and performed 'The Bells of Christmas' for the first film?
Loreena McKennitt
The rest of the album is Michael Convertino's score, plus a Jimmy Webb song sung by Brenda Russell and Howard Hewett.
Q 18What rule from the Handbook of Christmas drives the plot of the 2002 sequel?
The Mrs. Clause
Scott has until the next Christmas Eve to marry or he stops being Santa for good.
Q 19Why is Scott's teenage son on the naughty list in The Santa Clause 2?
He vandalised his school
The graffiti puts him on a collision course with Principal Carol Newman, who then becomes his stepmother.
Q 20Which of these is NOT a member of the Council of Legendary Figures?
The Groundhog
The full council is Mother Nature, Father Time, Cupid, the Easter Bunny, the Tooth Fairy and the Sandman.
She returns in the third film and the Disney+ series, where Carol chafes at having no real job as Mrs. Claus.
Q 24What is the name of the rambunctious reindeer-in-training Scott rides after Toy Santa in the sequel?
Chet
The pair crash back into the village, and the finale becomes an elf-versus-toy-soldier snowball fight.
Q 25Which 2003 film did Tim Allen skip so he could make The Santa Clause 2?
The Cat in the Hat
Mike Myers took the Cat role instead; The Santa Clause 2 opened to $29 million, then Allen's biggest opening.
Q 26Where was The Santa Clause 2 filmed?
Vancouver, British Columbia
The North Pole interiors were built at Mammoth Studios in nearby Burnaby.
Q 27Which comedian plays Jack Frost in The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause?
Martin Short
He and Tim Allen had already shared a Disney comedy, Jungle 2 Jungle, in 1997.
Q 28Why is Jack Frost causing trouble in the third film?
He is jealous he has no holiday of his own
Mother Nature proposes sanctions, and he talks his way into community service at the North Pole instead, which is exactly where he wants to be.
Q 29What cover story does Scott use so Carol's parents will visit without learning he is Santa?
He is a toymaker in Canada
The elves plaster the North Pole with Canadian paraphernalia to sell the story.
Q 30Which two screen veterans play Carol's parents, Bud and Sylvia Newman?
Alan Arkin and Ann-Margret
Their grandson born at the end of the film is named Buddy after Bud, and grows up to be Cal in the Disney+ series.