Choose the correct answer.
1. Which character first appeared in 1939, when the US department store Montgomery Ward asked a copywriter to create a Christmas story to give away to shoppers?
📌 department store: Kaufhaus
📌 copywriter: Werbetexter(in)
📌 reindeer: Rentier
- the Grinch
- Mrs Santa
- Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer
2. Compared to their average monthly income, the households of which nation were expected to spend the most on Christmas in 2022?
- Lebanon
- United Kingdom
- India
3. In 2020, American Express found that Brits spend an average of ______ on stocking fillers.
📌 stocking fillers: kleine Geschenke, mit denen Weihnachtsstrümpfe befüllt werden
- £10
- £45
- £99
4. The Christmas cracker was invented in the 1840s, and a British Christmas without them is now unthinkable. Around how many Christmas crackers are sold in the UK each year?
📌 Christmas cracker: Knallbonbon
- 1 million
- 150 million
- 300 million
5. What event devastated turkey farmers in the USA and in the UK before Christmas 2022?
📌 devastate sb.: jmdm. schwer zusetzen
📌 turkey: Truthahn
📌 avian: Vogel-
📌 drought: Dürre
- an outbreak of avian influenza
- a series of winter storms
- a long drought
7. In the UK, charitable donations ______ at Christmas.
📌 donations: Spende an eine karitative Einrichtung
- increase by 5%
- decrease by 10%
- remain the same
8. Which popular Christmas gift was designed by a professor of architecture in Budapest to teach students about spatial awareness?
📌 spatial: räumlich; Raum-
- tangrams
- Rubik’s Cube
- Lego
10. In 2022, what percentage of Americans said they were going to buy traditional gifts (instead of homemade presents or experiences)?
- 10%
- 74%
- 99%