Q 01/05

Iceland's monstrous Yule Cat is said to eat anyone who fails to receive which gift before Christmas Eve?

A) A warm meal

B) New clothes

C) A lucky coin

D) A handmade toy

Answer · why

B) New clothes

New clothes were the reward for farm workers who finished processing the autumn wool before the holiday, so the giant cat doubled as a threat against ...

Q 02/05

Which country's government issued 1950s pamphlets titled Krampus Is an Evil Man to protect frightened children?

A) Hungary

B) Slovenia

C) Croatia

D) Austria

Answer · why

D) Austria

Austria had already seen the Krampus tradition banned outright in the 1930s under the Dollfuss regime, yet the masked devil's street runs came roaring...

Q 03/05

Which veteran horror film star narrated the 1966 animated TV special about the Grinch and also voiced the Grinch?

A) Vincent Price

B) Boris Karloff

C) Bela Lugosi

D) Peter Cushing

Answer · why

B) Boris Karloff

Boris Karloff, the screen's most famous Frankenstein's monster, could not sing, so the special's theme song was performed by Thurl Ravenscroft instead...

Q 04/05

In the 1984 film Gremlins, a mogwai spawns new creatures when it comes into contact with which everyday substance?

A) Water

B) Sugar

C) Salt

D) Smoke

Answer · why

A) Water

Water is one of three things a mogwai's owner must avoid, along with bright light and late-night feeding; one spilled glass produces five new creature...

Q 05/05

What do Iceland's thirteen Yule Lads leave in the windowsill shoes of children who have been disobedient?

A) A lump of coal

B) A fish head

C) A rotten potato

D) A bundle of twigs

Answer · why

C) A rotten potato

A rotten potato is the booby prize; well-behaved children wake to a small gift instead, one from each prankster on the thirteen nights before Christma...