Q 01/05

A Christmas Story won two Genie Awards in 1984, the top film prizes of which country?

A) Australia

B) Canada

C) Ireland

D) United Kingdom

Answer · why

B) Canada

Canada's Genie Awards honored it for direction and screenplay, since it was a co-production shot partly north of the border; the directing prize was a...

Q 02/05

What does Ralphie tell his mother caused the injury near his eye on Christmas morning?

A) A falling icicle

B) A ricocheting BB

C) A snowball fight

D) A slip on the porch

Answer · why

A) A falling icicle

Ralphie blames a falling icicle; the BB had actually ricocheted off his metal target, knocked off his glasses, and he stepped on them while searching.

Q 03/05

What "major award" does the Old Man win in a newspaper contest?

A) A chrome-plated bowling trophy

B) A lamp shaped like a woman's leg

C) A year's supply of dish soap

D) A brand-new electric refrigerator

Answer · why

B) A lamp shaped like a woman's leg

A lamp shaped like a woman's leg, fishnet stocking and all, is the prize; the 'Battle of the Lamp' ends when Mrs. Parker 'accidentally' breaks it whil...

Q 04/05

Which of Ralphie's friends gets his tongue stuck to a flagpole after a 'triple-dog dare'?

A) Schwartz

B) Flick

C) Scut Farkus

D) Grover Dill

Answer · why

B) Flick

Flick's tongue freezes to the flagpole after Schwartz's triple-dog dare; the class then refuses to tell their teacher who dared him.

Q 05/05

Thousands auditioned to play Ralphie; when did Peter Billingsley try out?

A) Midway through

B) Before anyone else

C) After everyone else

D) After a recast

Answer · why

B) Before anyone else

Before anyone else: Billingsley was the first boy seen and won the director over at once, yet thousands more auditioned, Sean Astin and Wil Wheaton am...