Q 01/05

In what year did A Charlie Brown Christmas first air on television?

A) 1965

B) 1962

C) 1968

D) 1971

Answer · why

A) 1965

It debuted on CBS on December 9, four days after Canadian viewers had already seen it.

Q 02/05

Which company commissioned and sponsored the original special?

A) Kraft

B) Dolly Madison

C) General Mills

D) Coca-Cola

Answer · why

D) Coca-Cola

Its executives got the pitch outline in under a day. Later broadcasts scrubbed every reference to the sponsor's products.

Q 03/05

Who composed the special's jazz score?

A) Dave Brubeck

B) Henry Mancini

C) Vince Guaraldi

D) Herbie Hancock

Answer · why

C) Vince Guaraldi

The producer hired him after hearing 'Cast Your Fate to the Wind' on the car radio.

Q 04/05

What does Charlie Brown agree to direct to get involved in the season?

A) A caroling group

B) A Christmas play

C) A toy drive

D) A skating show

Answer · why

B) A Christmas play

Lucy prescribes it at her psychiatric booth. Once rehearsals start, nobody listens to him.

Q 05/05

Lucy tells Charlie Brown to buy a big artificial one of what colour and material?

A) Pink aluminum

B) White flocked plastic

C) Silver tinsel

D) Green vinyl

Answer · why

A) Pink aluminum

Aluminum trees were a genuine fad in 1965; the special's mockery helped kill them off within two years.