Ping-pong merrily on high, and other not entirely accurate Christmas carols: the answers
Just in case anyone's interested, here are the answers to the picture quiz I posted yesterday. I've included all the original pictures, should those who didn't fancy doing it as a quiz want to browse a gallery of incongruous angels, bad puns and even worse noses.
These turned out to be a lot harder than I'd thought, which is a shame. It took me AGES, and left me with a bad back, but I'd consoled myself with the thought that I would be giving my family a fun, quick quiz, which would raise a few laughs and a few groans, while being nice and easy to solve - my last year's quiz was criticised as Too Hard. But it seems that I've given them a quiz that is actually just as hard as last year's, which will get complained about. Oh well...
Ping-pong Merrily on High
1. O Comb All Ye Faithful
2. Ping-pong Merrily on High, as above.
Technically breaking the rules, since I said that only one letter was changed, but it feels like one letter, even thought it's actually two.
3. Rudolph the Red-rosed Reindeer
4. Little Monkey
5. Jingle Bills
6. While Shepherds Hatched Their Flocks by Night
7. O Little Gown of Bethlehem
8. ET Came Upon a Midnight Clear
(A slight cheat, I feel, since it requires that extra capital letter, but hey...)
9. The Twelve Jays of Christmas
Apologies to those whose local jays look entirely different, but this is what jays look like over here.
10. Peck the Halls (With Boughs of Holly)
I should probably have done a split screen effect, depicting at least two different halls, but just this one hall took ages, and I was feeling tired and overwhelmed by this point.
11. The Dolly and the Ivy
12. Hark the Herald Angels Ring
13. Away in a Banger
(By the way, the whole idea for this came from the fact that I typed "away in a manager" by mistake.)
14. I Saw Three Chips
This is indeed supposed to be me, although the hair colour went wrong. The clothes are what I was wearing when I drew it, minus the slogan on the t-shirt. I'll have to make sure I wear the same when I present the quiz at Christmas.
15. Infant Holy, Infant Jowly
I didn't really expect anyone to get this one, to be honest.
16. King Kong Merrily on High
However, I think leesa_perrie's answer - A Hairy Tale of New York - is a much better one. :-)
17. Bee Amid the Winter's Snow
18. Silent Fightl
19. While Shepherds Watched Their Flicks by Night
20. Gabriel's Massage
This was the less well-known one that I mentioned in the original post. I would have accepted "The Angel's Message," or anything along those lines.
Final bonus question, inspired by the not-at-all well-known carol The Lord At First Did Adam Make. This is, of course, The Lord At First Did Edam Make
These turned out to be a lot harder than I'd thought, which is a shame. It took me AGES, and left me with a bad back, but I'd consoled myself with the thought that I would be giving my family a fun, quick quiz, which would raise a few laughs and a few groans, while being nice and easy to solve - my last year's quiz was criticised as Too Hard. But it seems that I've given them a quiz that is actually just as hard as last year's, which will get complained about. Oh well...
Ping-pong Merrily on High
1. O Comb All Ye Faithful
2. Ping-pong Merrily on High, as above.
Technically breaking the rules, since I said that only one letter was changed, but it feels like one letter, even thought it's actually two.
3. Rudolph the Red-rosed Reindeer
4. Little Monkey
5. Jingle Bills
6. While Shepherds Hatched Their Flocks by Night
7. O Little Gown of Bethlehem
8. ET Came Upon a Midnight Clear
(A slight cheat, I feel, since it requires that extra capital letter, but hey...)
9. The Twelve Jays of Christmas
Apologies to those whose local jays look entirely different, but this is what jays look like over here.
10. Peck the Halls (With Boughs of Holly)
I should probably have done a split screen effect, depicting at least two different halls, but just this one hall took ages, and I was feeling tired and overwhelmed by this point.
11. The Dolly and the Ivy
12. Hark the Herald Angels Ring
13. Away in a Banger
(By the way, the whole idea for this came from the fact that I typed "away in a manager" by mistake.)
14. I Saw Three Chips
This is indeed supposed to be me, although the hair colour went wrong. The clothes are what I was wearing when I drew it, minus the slogan on the t-shirt. I'll have to make sure I wear the same when I present the quiz at Christmas.
15. Infant Holy, Infant Jowly
I didn't really expect anyone to get this one, to be honest.
16. King Kong Merrily on High
However, I think leesa_perrie's answer - A Hairy Tale of New York - is a much better one. :-)
17. Bee Amid the Winter's Snow
18. Silent Fightl
19. While Shepherds Watched Their Flicks by Night
20. Gabriel's Massage
This was the less well-known one that I mentioned in the original post. I would have accepted "The Angel's Message," or anything along those lines.
Final bonus question, inspired by the not-at-all well-known carol The Lord At First Did Adam Make. This is, of course, The Lord At First Did Edam Make