1. Which Christmas carol includes the line And glory shone around?
A O come all ye faithful
B God rest ye merry gentlemen
C While shepherds watched
2. In which country was the carol Silent night written?
A Austria
B Germany
C Switzerland
3. St Wenceslas is celebrated in the carol Good King Wenceslas (he was actually a duke not a king and should not be confused with King Wenceslas who lived three centuries later). There is an equestrian statue of him in which European city?
A Brno
B Bratislava
C Prague
4. Winchester old, Cranbrook, Martyrdom, Lyngham, Sherburne - these tunes are all commonly used for which carol?
A O come all ye faithful
B While shepherds watched
C God rest ye merry gentlemen
5. Which is the only Christmas carol that actually appears by name in Dickens A Christmas Carol?
A O come all ye faithful
B God rest ye merry gentlemen
C Hark the herald angels
6. Carols from Kings Chapel, Cambridge, is an annual broadcast event. The opening carol is always the same, what is it?
A O come all ye faithful
B Once in royal David's City
C God rest ye merry gentlemen
7. What is the only other carol that always features in carols from Kings?
A Hark the herald
B O come all ye faithful
C While shepherds watched
8. Which carol originally written in Latin has these words for its second verse - Deum de Deo, lumen de lumine, gestant puellae viscera. Deum verum, genitum non factum?
A Good Christian men rejoice
B Veni veni Emmanuel
C O come all ye faithful
9. Infant holy, infant lowly was originally written in what language?
A German
B French
C Polish
10. Child in the manger was originally written in what language?
A Gaelic
B Welsh
C Cornish
11. Entre le bœuf et l'âne gris is a very old French hymn. What does the opening line mean in English?
A Between the ox and the grey donkey
B Between the beef and the later course
C Come in the longed for new year
12. Which Christmas carol includes the words O holy Child of Bethlehem Descend to us, we pray
A Away in a manger
B O little town of Bethlehem
C Once in Royal David's City
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