Day 10 here.
The theme today is “Anna desperately tries to come up with easier questions in any category, at all, ever.”
- In which fictional land is it “always winter but never Christmas?”
Category: In which Anna vomits her thoughts at you
A Free Dreamer Advent Calendar Review: Tulsi Vivah by Anna Kaling
Rating: 5 stars out of 5
A Story from the Warmest Wishes: Dreamspinner Press 2018 Advent Calendar
The festival of Tulsi Vivah ushers in the Hindu wedding season and tears away the love of Kristopher’s life. Three years of passion and tenderness are reduced to a shameful skeleton in the closet as Arjuna submits to the marriage his parents have arranged for him. His family has never even heard Kristopher’s name.
The festival, a ritualistic wedding between the holy basil plant, Tulsi, and her eternal lover, Vishnu, is as much of a play-act as Arjuna’s upcoming nuptials, but he believes the wedding will honor his parents and please Vishnu. So why is his Tulsi plant—whose leaves heal and bless the devout, who is Vishnu’s representative on earth—dying? Arjuna tends to her with all the care of a concerned parent, but it might take more than his devotion to save…
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Advent Quiz: Day 10
Day 9 here.
Day 10 is a geography round. There is also a harder version if anybody wants it.
- Which city was the baby Jesus born in?
Advent Quiz: Day 9
Day 8 here.
Day 9 is my favourite: science and nature. Not so easy to find S&N Christmas questions, gotta tell ya.
- Name any of Santa’s reindeer, apart from Rudolph. (If you want a challenge, name them all!)
Advent Quiz: Day 8
Sorry, I’m a few days behind. I actually had to do some work. Jeez.
Day 7 here.
Day 8 is an entertainment round and is the last quiz before I gave up and made everything as easy as I could without actually insulting my quizzees.
- Hello, Goodbye was the last Christmas No 1 for which group?
Advent Quiz: Day 7
Day 6, board games special, is here.
Today is a music round, and I warn you that it’s slanted towards the last decade or so. Age is kicking youth’s butt here in the office and the benevolent quizmaster is trying to restore some balance…
Name the artist of these UK Christmas Number 1s:
- 2 Become 1
Advent Quiz: Day 6
Find Day 5 here.
Today is a board game special, because I love board games.
- Name the two Scrabble letters worth 10 points each.
Advent Quiz: Day 5
Play Day 4 here.
Today is an entertainment / pop culture round, so if we don’t do well it’s obviously because we were born in the wrong decade for my old-fashioned / newfangled questions.
- What’s the name of the cartoon Simpsons’ dog?
Advent Quiz: Day 4
Today’s theme is Christmas Around the World. I have started making the quizzes easier, following many despondent faces among the team.
- Which city put up this controversial sculpture of a Christmas tree in 2014? Click here for the pic – potentially NSFW…
Advent Quiz: Day 3
Day 2 is here if you missed it.
Today is a food and drink round. Yum!
- Which Christmas vegetable does the UK produce approximately 80,000 tonnes of per year?
