Local bookshop quiz

[smouse]

Can anyone help with these.

What word derives from an odl french word meaning dance song?

In 1977 who became the first European to visit Christmas Island

When were regular football matches last played on Christmas day in Senior English league 1908 1928 or 1958

On what day was the traditional English custom of wassailing carried out (can find so many different dates cant really decide what to put)

[THECORBYLOON]

The answer to the first question is "carol."

[smouse]

Thanks for that

[THECORBYLOON]

In the second question is the date correct? Captain Cook explored Chistmas Island (also called Kiritimati) in 1777. That island is in the Pacific Ocean and there is another of the same name in the Indian Ocean but that was visited in 1668 by an Englishman called William Dampier.

[smouse]

One of the other questions is in which ocean is Christmas Island so have put both just in case. Maybe I should ring the bookshop and ask if there is a mistake cos it certainly says 1977 which I didnt really like

[Clayhead]

I remember First Division football matches being played on Christmas Day in the 1950s. Return matches often took place the next day!

[smouse]

Thanks I was going for 1958 so that helps me

Just the wassailing now which has so many dates I cant pin one down

[biley]

Now that you have your answers to your questions smouse, perhaps you would be kind enough to go back to this question: http://www.theanswerbank.co.uk/Quizzes-and-Puzzles/Question163974.html

and tell us what you think the answer is as you have an input to that question today. I am intrigued.

[smouse]

I dont have the answer to the samaritan question (and that isnt this quiz) Its just that the initial letters of each answer to the quiz that the samaritan question is in spell out a phrase and so from the phrase the answer must start with an 'm'. Hope this makes sense.