As author of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series featuring Hamlet the Cat and his person, Darla Pettistone, I had no choice but to make my Christmas trivia entry cat-themed. But, let me tell you, tracking down Christmas trivia of the feline variety is not the easiest task. Cats have the Halloween market cornered, but when it comes to Christmas…eh, not so much.
Fortunately, I found a few fun questions that might stump all but the most clever of humans, as Hamlet would say. He’ll draw one winner from the names of all entrants who answer all the below questions correctly. I’ll send that winner a signed copy of my latest Black Cat Bookshop Mystery, PLOT BOILER. So, let’s give it a whirl!
1. A superstition claims that a meowing cat on Christmas is bad luck.
True or False?
2. To keep your cat from climbing your Christmas tree, try hanging this in its branches:
a. Orange peels
b. Banana peels
3. Potato peels
3. What is the title of the popular Christmas album sung entirely by cats that made Billboard's Top 10 Holiday Album List for 1994?
4. The Yule Cat is:
a. A fancy log in the shape of a cat to be burned on Christmas Eve.
b. An Icelandic monster that roams about the countryside during the Christmas season.
c. Any cat that is born on December 25.
5. What Christmas gift did Odie the dog give to Garfield in A Garfield Christmas
Diane A.S. Stuckart/Ali Brandon
diane@dianestuckart.com
ali@alibrandon.com
Special?
Ali Brandon is the New York Times bestselling author of the Black Cat Bookshop Mystery series from Berkley Prime Crime. Fifth in the series, PLOT BOILER, hit the shelves November 2015. Writing under her real name, Diane A.S. Stuckart, she also penned the popular Leonardo da Vinci historical mystery series, which received starred reviews from Publishers Weekly and Library Journal, as well as a Florida Book Award. A native Texan with a degree in Journalism from the University of Oklahoma, Diane a/k/a Ali now lives in South Florida with her hubby, four dogs, and four very spoiled cats.
Find her at www.alibrandon.com or
www.facebook.com/blackcatbookshopmysteries
FUN!! I really love these Trivia Challenges. Thanks! kat8762@aol.com
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2 Jingle Cats " Meowy Christmas"
3. A
4. B
5. Homemade back scratcher
1. True
ReplyDelete2. A. Orange peels
3. Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4. B. An Icelandic monster that roams about the countryside during the Christmas season.
5. A homemade back scratcher.
I had fun. Thank you. :)
myrifraf (at) gmail (dot) com
1. True
ReplyDelete2. Orange peels
3. Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4. An Icelandic monster that roams about the countryside during the Christmas season
5. A homemade back scratcher
I love these Trivia Challenges ... thank you for the chance!
peggyhyndman(at)att(dot)net
1. True
ReplyDelete2. A
3. Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4. B
5. homemade back scratcher
Thank you for the challenge & chance to win!
stkate00@aol.com
1. True.
ReplyDelete2. Orange Peels
3. Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4. An Icelandic Monster that roams about the countryside during the Christmas season
5. A homemade back scratcher.
Thanks. saubleb(at)gmail(dot)com
1. True
ReplyDelete2. Hang orange peels in the tree, they don't like citrus
3. Jingle Cats - Meowy Christmas
4. An Icelandic monster that roams about the countryside during the Christmas season
5. A homemade back-scratcher
ElaineE246 at msn dot com
Thanks!
You guys are pretty clever. Keep 'em coming!
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3. Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4. B
5. Backscratcher
Kuzlin at AOL.com
Thanks!
1 - true
ReplyDelete2 - A
3 - Meowy Christmas by Jingle Cats
4 - B
5 - homemade back scratcher
Happy Holidays
mittens0831 at aol dot com
Final chance to enter--the cut-off is midnight tonight EST! Tell your fur-riends!
ReplyDeleteHamlet sez, congratulations to Elaine K, who won the random drawing for a signed copy of PLOT BOILER. You are all very clever humans. Have a happy holidays from moi and Ali Brandon!
ReplyDeleteAli Brandon sez, that should read, "Have a happy holiday"! ;)
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