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December's Common Answers results can be found below. The scoring method can be found here. For each of the winners, I have shown the position of their answer for each question. For example, a 2 indicates that for that question, the entrant answered with the second most popular answer. If someone answered all questions with the most popular answer, their score would be 100%, the % of max shows how close to the maximum score each person was.

There were 2,526 valid entries. The top answers to each question can be found below the winners' names.

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#	Name	Q1	Q2	Q3	Q4	Q5	Q6	Q7	Q8	Q9	Q10	% of max
1	Lisa Marshall	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	100.00%
1	Dennis Sanderson	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	100.00%
3	Chewie Larson	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	84.67%
3	Chelsea Burke	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	84.67%
5	Tonya Waite	3	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	57.58%
6	Val Dawson	4	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	53.75%
7	Siobhan McLean	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	43.25%
7	Trevor Jack	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	43.25%
9	Marc Bjorklund	5	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	39.49%
10	Elizabeth Bartley	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	35.30%
11	Patrick Fenney	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	34.74%
12	Neera Jackson	1	1	1	3	1	1	1	1	1	1	34.49%
13	Loretta Connor	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	31.02%
13	Eric Cunningham	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	4	1	31.02%
15	Ned Smith	1	1	1	2	2	1	1	1	1	1	30.08%
16	Wayne Minor	1	1	1	3	2	1	1	1	1	1	29.20%
17	Kyle Church	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	1	27.83%
18	Beka Marshall	2	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	3	1	27.01%
19	Marilyn Harlin	1	2	1	1	2	1	1	1	1	1	26.94%
20	Erika Dudley	1	1	1	1	2	1	1	1	4	1	26.26%
544	Kevin Stone	6	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	18	1	0.32%

Below you can find the most popular answers for each question, only answers that have at least 10 people entering them appear. The score is the percentage of entrants who gave that answer. This information can be used to cross-reference the winners' answers.

Q1. Name a bird associated with winter.		Score (%)
1	PENGUIN	21.7
2	DOVE	15.0
3	CARDINAL	14.7
4	ROBIN	11.6
5	PARTRIDGE	8.6
6	TURKEY	5.0
7	OWL	4.7
8	GOOSE	3.9
9	SNOWBIRD	1.5
10	TURTLEDOVE	1.3
11	SPARROW	1.1
12	DUCK	0.9
13	CROW	0.9
14	CHICKADEE	0.9
15	EAGLE	0.5
16	BLUEJAY	0.5
17	WOODPECKER	0.5
18	SWAN	0.5
+ 77 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q2. Name a place associated with Christmas.		Score (%)
1	NORTH POLE	60.3
2	BETHLEHEM	19.2
3	CHURCH	4.4
4	LAPLAND	4.1
5	HOME	3.1
6	JERUSALEM	1.9
7	NEW YORK	1.0
8	MALL	0.5
9	MANGER	0.4
+ 71 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q3. Name something used in building a snowman [excluding snow].		Score (%)
1	CARROT	65.4
2	COAL	10.4
3	STICKS	7.4
4	HAT	6.1
5	SCARF	3.8
6	BUTTONS	1.4
7	HANDS	1.1
8	SHOVEL	1.0
9	PIPE	0.5
+ 32 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q4. Name a vegetable eaten on Christmas day.		Score (%)
1	POTATOES	34.3
2	YAMS	12.2
3	CARROTS	11.8
4	CORN	10.4
5	SPROUTS	6.3
6	BEANS	6.1
7	PEAS	3.1
8	SQUASH	2.7
9	BROCCOLI	2.3
10	PUMPKIN	1.9
11	CABBAGE	0.9
12	LETTUCE	0.8
13	CRANBERRIES	0.8
14	TOMATO	0.6
15	PARSNIPS	0.6
16	CELERY	0.6
17	ASPARAGUS	0.6
18	BEETS	0.5
+ 51 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q5. Name the number of seconds it takes to put on a pair of gloves.		Score (%)
1	10	29.7
2	5	25.1
3	30	7.1
4	15	6.7
5	3	5.7
6	20	4.8
7	4	3.6
8	2	3.2
9	6	3.0
10	7	2.5
11	8	2.4
12	60	1.1
13	12	0.9
14	25	0.8
15	45	0.7
+ 25 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q6. Name a colour associated with Christmas.		Score (%)
1	RED	70.3
2	GREEN	18.3
3	WHITE	10.4
+ 7 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q7. Name one of Santa's reindeer [excluding Rudolph].		Score (%)
1	DASHER	42.7
2	COMET	11.2
3	PRANCER	11.1
4	BLITZEN	10.8
5	DANCER	9.5
6	DONNER	6.3
7	VIXEN	3.9
8	CUPID	1.7
+ 49 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q8. Name a misspelling of Frankincense.		Score (%)
1	FRANKINSENSE	36.4
2	FRANKENSENSE	18.6
3	FRANKENCENSE	10.1
4	FRANKINSENCE	6.3
5	FRANKENSENCE	4.9
6	FRANKENSINCE	1.0
7	FRANKENSTEIN	1.0
8	FRANKINCENCE	0.9
9	FRANKINCENTS	0.9
10	FRANKINSCENCE	0.8
11	FRANKENCENTS	0.8
12	FRANKENSCENCE	0.8
13	FRANKENSCENSE	0.6
14	FRANKINSTEIN	0.6
15	FRANKINSCENSE	0.6
16	FRANCINSENSE	0.6
17	FRANKENCENCE	0.5
18	FRANKINSCENTS	0.5
19	FRANCINCENSE	0.4
+ 211 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q9. Name the number of Christmas presents a typical 9 year old child will receive.		Score (%)
1	10	28.5
2	5	12.2
3	15	11.1
4	20	8.8
5	12	6.4
6	6	5.0
7	8	4.8
8	9	4.6
9	7	4.4
10	25	2.5
11	4	2.1
12	3	1.9
13	30	1.3
14	13	1.0
15	14	0.8
16	11	0.6
17	16	0.5
18	50	0.4
19	2	0.4
+ 26 other unranked (UR) answers.
Q10. Name a character from the book 'A Christmas Carol'.		Score (%)
1	EBENEZER SCROOGE	75.8
2	TINY TIM	11.9
3	JACOB MARLEY	2.7
4	SANTA	2.2
5	GHOST OF CHRISTMAS PAST	0.9
6	BOB CRATCHIT	0.6
7	CHARLES DICKENS	0.4
+ 95 other unranked (UR) answers.

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The contest has been running since July 2002, but the very old results are not available.