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

A Charlie Brown Christmas first aired on CBS on Thursday, December 9, 1965, and was repeated every December for decades afterwards.

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

Coca-Cola sponsored the special through its agency McCann Erickson; Mendelson and Schulz wrote the outline in a day, and later broadcasts cut the Coke...

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

Vince Guaraldi wrote the jazz score; producer Lee Mendelson hired him after hearing one of his records on the radio while crossing the Golden Gate Bri...

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, at her psychiatric booth, tells Charlie Brown to direct the Christmas play; once rehearsals begin the cast dances to Schroeder's piano and ignor...

Q 05/05

In A Charlie Brown Christmas, Lucy tells Charlie Brown to buy a big artificial tree of what colour and material?

A) Pink aluminum

B) White flocked plastic

C) Silver tinsel

D) Green vinyl

Answer · why

A) Pink aluminum

Pink aluminum is Lucy's order; aluminum trees were a genuine fad in 1965, and the special's mockery helped kill them off within two years.