About This Quiz
Think you know "National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation" by heart? This 1989 holiday classic from John Hughes, starring Chevy Chase and Beverly D'Angelo, is the gift that keeps on giving the whole year. From the Griswolds finding the perfect tree to all their surprise guests, shining lights and slapstick mishaps, we're willing to bet you and your friends and family watch and recite it word for word every December.
No one does family vacations (or parties, weddings, anniversaries, funerals or graduations) like Clark Griswold. Clark, Ellen, Rusty and Audrey are all home for the holidays, and nobody's walking out on this fun, old-fashioned family Christmas! So park the recreational vehicle in the driveway, pour yourself some eggnog in a moose head-shaped glass and be sure to overstay your welcome for this ho-ho-ho holiday quiz. Yule be sure to love it!
When you're through, you might just find yourself standing outside in the clean, cool chill of the holiday air, giving a soft and triumphant sigh, whispering, "I did it."
Since Clark forgot the saw, the tree makes its way home with roots attached.
Her name was Mary too.
Clark is desperate to get the family a swimming pool with his money, since he already put down a deposit he couldn't afford.
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Sparky is Ellen's pet name for him.
He gets trapped in the attic while doing so.
Eddie, Catherine and their young kids all show up uninvited.
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He finds a trove of awesome clothing and gets teary watching old movies.
Kevin McCallister and Clark Griswold sprung from the same mind.
Snot is a lovely name for a lovely dog.
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Clark goes a little too fast with his newfangled sled lubricant.
Juliette Lewis would go on to have a successful film career.
In a road rage-related driving mishap, Clark ends up driving under a logging truck.
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Uncle Lewis's hair comes off with his hat.
Louis-Dreyfus shows up as the snobby yuppie neighbor.
Snot has a robust appetite.
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In 2018, Juliette Lewis and Johnny Galecki would play a couple on "The Connors."
It's a good deal! Eddie got a car AND a house, really.
As Cousin Eddie says, that's the gift that keeps on giving the whole year.
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That's right, 25,000. Clark never overdoes anything.
The cat was chewing on the Christmas lights when Clark plugged them in.
Unfortunately, they find out the squirrel lives in the tree after it is in the house.
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Eddie kidnaps Clark's boss to exact revenge for the lost bonus.
Her recitation of the "Pledge of Allegiance" is a very patriotic, albeit misplaced, moment during Christmas dinner.
While Anthony Michael Hall made the role famous in the first film, Johnny Galecki starred in "Christmas Vacation" before joining "Roseanne."
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He wears the Chicago Bears hat throughout all the films.
Clark takes a chainsaw to a tree in the front lawn.
Well. It was a little wobbly.
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Aunt Bethany got confused (and patriotic) again.
Ruby Sue is a pretty happy kid, all things considered.
"Christmas Vacation" was the third film after "Vacation" and "European Vacation."
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