Comments on: Lunchtime Quiz: Name Santa’s Reindeer

By: George

George — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 13:52:00 +0000

Elih, did you read the instructions? “Can you name all nine of Santa’s reindeer (from the song)?”

You sound like you’d be great fun at holiday parties. Bah humbug.

By: elih

elih — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 11:02:00 +0000

I was a bit confused by this. Rudolph is not one of the reindeer.
And the original spelling of “Donner” is indeed Dunder, as this poem originates from dutch. Also, it’s Blixem, not Blitzen.

Read “A Visit From St. Nicholas” for the correct answer.

Floss staffers should actually earn their income by doing a little research.

By: Tricia

Tricia — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 09:48:00 +0000

11 seconds!! I recited the beginning of the song. Love this quiz!

By: Michaela

Michaela — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 06:52:00 +0000

Sorry, Steve, but I have proof from this site That Dunder existed.

“The tradition become part of our folklore with the publication of A Visit from St. Nicholas by Clement C. Moore in 1823 (better known today as Twas the Night Before Christmas). This poem named the standard 8 tiny reindeer. They were named Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Dunder, and Blixen. In the 1823 newspaper version of the poem, the spelling Blixem was used, although it was changed to Blitzen when Moore published the poem under his own name. The spelling of the original Dunder was changed to Donder and then to Donner in some modern versions.”

Taken from the article “Rudolph, and Santa’s 27 other Reindeer”

Also, my friends and I got in a whole fight over the name of the 7th reindeer. The German kid there had the same arguement as you.

By: steve

steve — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 03:33:00 +0000

‘donner und blitzen’ is German for ‘thunder and lightning’… there never was a ‘Dunder’, believe me.

Oh… 17 seconds. Much slower without ‘Twas The Night Before Christmas’ going through my head… I have to type them in order, Rudolph first (the one invented in 1939).

By: Leah

Leah — Tue, 23 Dec 2008 00:01:00 +0000

Deniuse: “Refresh” the quiz. It should automatically accept the names after you’ve finished typing the last letter, if it’s spelled correctly.

By: Harry

Harry — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 22:21:00 +0000

5/9 – ran out of time

By: Craig

Craig — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:59:00 +0000

16 seconds. Would’ve been less if my typing skills were better.

By: Deniuse

Deniuse — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 20:40:00 +0000

I typed all eight with commas–that wasn’t the way to do it. I typed all eight and hit “enter” and that didn’t work either. How are you supposed to answer this?

By: Cherylita

Cherylita — Mon, 22 Dec 2008 19:19:00 +0000

15 seconds!! And I even typed “Donder” first, then had to re-type “Donner”.

That was fun. A nice easy quiz to get me even more into the Xmas spirit. :)

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