Jingle Bells Trivia II

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JINGLE BELLS TRIVIA II

11) Who wrote "Jingle Bells"?

JOHN CEIRIOG HUGHES ISAAC WATTS JAMES LORD PIERPONT FRANZ XAVER GRUBER

It was written by James Lord Pierpont and published under the title "One Horse Open Sleigh".

12) What year was "Jingle Bells" first performed?

1889 1857 1902 1924

It was first performed on Washington Street in Boston in 1857.

13) What holiday was "Jingle Bells" originally written for?

HANUKKAH CHRISTMAS EASTER THANKSGIVING

James Lord Pierpont composed the song in a tavern in 1850 for his Thanksgiving Sunday school class. The jingling bells referred to New England sleigh races, popular in the 19th century.

14) "Jingle Bells" was the first song __________.

RECORDED BY MORE THAN 50 DIFFERENT ARTISTS BROADCAST FROM SPACE PLAYED ON RADIO TO GO PLATINUM

In a Christmas-themed prank, Gemini 6 astronauts Tom Stafford and Wally Schirra produced a smuggled harmonica and sleigh bells and broadcast a rendition of "Jingle Bells" on December 16, 1965, after claiming to see a strange object in polar orbit.