How Well Do You Know 1990s Christmas Movies?

December 19, 2024

With the holidays just around the corner, it’s a perfect time to revisit some classic Christmas movies released in the 1990s. Before you dust off your favorite DVDs take a minute to test your trivia skills with these questions provided by History of the 90s. 

1. Who wrote the songs for the 1993 Tim Burton movie “The Nightmare Before Christmas?”

1. David Foster
2. Danny Elfman
3. Elton John
4. Phil Collins

2. Who directed the 1992 film “The Muppet Christmas Carol?

1. Jim Henson
2. Richard Hunt
3. Brian Henson
4. James Frawley

3. In the 1994 movie “The Santa Claus” what number does the elf punch into the North Pole keypad?

1. 1239
2. 0000
3. 1234
4. 6400

4. In the 1996 movie “Jingle All the Way” what toy did Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) promise to get his son for Christmas?

1. The Rocket
2. Creepy Crawlers
3. Dragon Flyz
4. Turbo Man

5. What are the names of the robbers in the 1990 film “Home Alone”?

1. The Atlas Gang
2. The Christmas Bandits
3. The Wet Bandits
4. The Sideways Boys

6. In the 1995 movie “While You Were Sleeping” how did Peter (Peter Gallagher) fall onto the subway tracks?

1. He was drunk and stumbled
2. He fainted from low blood sugar
3. He slipped on a spilled drink
4. He was pushed during a robbery

Answers: 

1.  b.  Danny Elfman. The composer wrote the iconic songs for “The Nightmare Before Christmas” before there was a script to go off of. He wrote them based on bits and pieces of the story told to him by Tim Burton. Elfman also sang all of Skellington’s parts in the film and provided the voices of Barrel and the Clown with the Tear-Away Face.
2. c. Brian Henson. It was the first Muppet movie not directed by Jim Henson who died of pneumonia in 1990. Henson’s 29 year old son Brian stepped in as director while Steve Whitmire took over as the voice of Kermit the Frog. 
3. a. 1239. After Scott Calvin (Tim Allen) and his son Charlie (Eric Lloyd) finish their first trip around the world an elf enters the code “1239” into a keypad opening a doorway to the North Pole. The code is in reference to December 1939 (or 12/39) when Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer was created. 
4. d. Turbo Man. Howard Langston (Arnold Schwarzenegger) battles with Myron Larabee (Sinbad) as they both search for a Turbo Man action figure on Christmas Eve.  To commemorate the movie, Tiger Electronics released a 13.5-inch Turbo Man figure in toy stores the same year. 
5. c. The Wet Bandits. When Kevin McCallister (McCauley Culkin) is left home alone the local Wet Bandits plan on robbing his supposed-to-be-empty house and he booby traps his home to catch them. The Wet Bandits (Joe Pesci and Daniel Stern) are named for their signature move of flooding the houses they steal from, and for driving a plumbing van.
6. d. He was pushed during a robbery. After witnessing the incident on Christmas Day, lonely ticket taker Lucy (Sandra Bullock) jumps onto the tracks and saves Peter. At the hospital doctors report Peter is in a coma and his family mistakenly assumes Lucy is his fiancé. 

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