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Come out from under the sink, Daddy's (not) gonna kill Ralphie!! Have you watched A Christmas Story enough times to answer all of these questions correctly?!
In which year was the premiere of A Christmas Story?
1980
1983
A Christmas Story was released on November 18, 1983.
1985
1987
A Christmas Story was based on a book titled _________.
A Christmas Story
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash
In God We Trust: All Others Pay Cash is a book by Jean Shepherd.
Wanda Hickey's Night of Golden Memories
It's a Beautiful Life
Jean Shepherd not only wrote the film's story but also plays the voice of _______.
Adult Ralphie
Adult Ralphie serves as a narrator to the story.
Santa Claus
Ralphie's father
Next door neighbor
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Since 1997, TNT and/or TBS has run a 24 hour marathon of A Christmas Story called...
A Christmas Story For All
A Christmas Story You Can't Forget
A Christmas Story Marathon
24 Hours of A Christmas Story
It usually begins on Christmas Eve and goes through Christmas Day!
The main character of A Christmas Story is Ralphie _______.
Jones
Parker
Ralphie Parker is played by young actor Peter Billingsley.
Smith
Dean
How old is Ralphie Parker?
7
9
A Christmas Story earned more than $19 million at the box office!
12
14
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What is the name of Ralphie's brother?
Ross
Richard
Randy
Randy was Ralphie's younger brother.
Robert
In which decade is A Christmas Story set?
40s
Though never explicitly stated, the film is seen as "amorphously late 30s / early 40s" according to Director Bob Clark.
50s
60s
80s
How does Ralphie refer to his father?
Dad
The Old Man
The Old Man Parker was portrayed by actor Darren McGavin.
Father
Mr. Parker
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What is the name of Ralphie's school teacher?
Miss Bernard
Miss Simmons
Miss Shields
Miss Shields is portrayed by Canadian actress Tedde Moore.
Miss Dugan
What does Ralphie want for Christmas?
A new bicycle
A new backpack
A BB gun
He wants a "Red Ryder Carbine Action 200-shot Range Model Air Rifle".
A sled
"You'll ________ your eye out."
Pop
Damage
Shoot
Ralphie heard this exact same warning from several different people.
Jump
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Ralphie's mother, Miss Shields and ________ all gave Ralphie the same warning about the BB gun.
Old Man Parker
Randy
Santa Claus
Even the Santa Claus at the department store brushed off Ralphie's request saying he'd shoot his eye out!
The School Principal
Speaking about his desired BB gun, what does Ralphie mean by "this thing which tells time"?
A sundial
A sundial tells time by the shadow is displays as the sun moves throughout the day.
A clock
A stopwatch
A watch
Ralphie's two main friends are Flick and ______.
Schwartz
Schwartz was portrayed by actor R.D. Robb.
Bobby
Danny
Scut
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Schwartz dares Flick to _______.
Jump the fence
Put gum on the teacher's chair
Stick his tongue to the pole
Then the school bell rings and all the kids leave him stranded outside stuck to the pole!
Play ding-dong-ditch
Who rescued Flick from being stuck to the pole?
The Fire Department
Flick had a bandage around his tongue when he came back to class.
Miss Shields
Ralphie
Old Man Parker
Miss Shields assigns the students to write a paper on _____.
Mistreating their peers
Being kind to all humankind
What they want for Christmas
Ralphie sees this as a great opportunity to write about the BB gun that he wants.
The American Revolution
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What does Mr. Parker win as the grand prize in a magazine sweepstakes?
$500
A lamp
The light, much to Mrs. Parker's dismay, was designed to look like a woman's leg.
A new car
TV dinners for a year
"The big one, the queen-mother of ______ words, the F-dash-dash-dash word!"
Bad
Dirty
Ralphie says this when he was out helping his father change the tire on the car.
Foul
Fresh
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What does Ralphie have to put in his mouth after saying the F word?
A towel
A bar of soap
Ralphie tells his mother that one of his friends taught him that word.
Ice cubes
Mouthwash
Where do the Parkers eat on Christmas?
Italian restaurant
Their house
Chinese restaurant
"Deck the harrs with boughs of horry, fa ra ra ra ra, ra ra ra ra."
Their neighbor's house
"Meatloaf, smeatloaf, double-beatloaf. _________"
I love meatloaf
I hate meatloaf
Randy recites this as he forks through his dinner that he doesn't want.
Mom made meatloaf
Dad likes meatloaf
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When Ralphie is daydreaming, what grade does Miss Shields give him on his BB gun paper?
F
"See me"
B
A+
"Poetry. Sheer poetry, Ralph! An A+"!
"Be sure to drink your ______."
Milk
Orange Juice
Tea
Ovaltine
"Ovaltine!? A crummy commercial? Son of a bitch!"
In order to get him to eat his meatloaf and potatoes, what does Mrs. Parker tell Randy to eat like?
A cow
The little piggies
Randy oinks like a pig and makes himself laugh as he dives into the meatloaf and mashed potatoes.
A horse
A puppy
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Who eats the Parkers' Christmas turkey dinner?
The neighbors
Thieves
They do
Dogs
The Bumpuses are the next door neighbors who have "at least 785 smelly hound dogs".
What is the name of the bully who Ralphie charges and beats?
Scut
Scut Farkus was his full name.
Grover
Richie
Dylan
Where is Randy hiding because he's worried that "Daddy's gonna kill Ralphie?"
In the bathroom
In the closet
Under his bed sheets
Under the kitchen sink
His mom finds him and reassures him that everything is going to be ok.
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What happens to Ralphie's glasses on Christmas morning?
Randy hides them on him
He steps on them and breaks them
When he shot the BB gun, his glasses fell off and he couldn't see, and he ended up stepping on them!
He loses them in the garbage
Scut Farkus steals them
Ralphie faked crying and told his mom that ___________.
He fell asleep with his glasses on
Scut Farkus stepped on his glasses
An icicle fell off the garage and broke his glasses
She helps him clean up and gives him an old pair of glasses to use.
The hound dogs ran over his glasses
Where in the house does Old Man Parker display the leg lamp?
In the front window
Mrs. Parker was not happy about this display.
In the kitchen
In their master bedroom
In his man cave
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A Christmas story ends with Ralphie in bed with _____ by his side.
His brother
His flashlight
Ovaltine
His BB gun
Ralphie believed that this was the best present he had ever received and would ever receive.
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