The View From Lower Down

 This post is specifically for the entrants to the Christmas Quiz 2020, who are currently in the 6 Days of Christmas extra time round. As you know, this year's theme was Bad Translations, meaning that I put the title of a Christmas Movie into Google Translate, then translated it through six different foreign languages. Today's question is to see if you can work out what those six languages are. You are allowed to submit up to ten languages. *Apologies to anyone who has already submitted their answer. I have checked again and one of the languages was English, so there are actually only five languages to get. The same rules re points still apply though. You will get 50 points for each correct answer, 500 points if you get all five correct answers and 1000 points if you get them in the right order! Six additional clues/tips(?) 1. There are 108 different languages currently used by Google Translate. You can find a list of them here . 2. At least one of the six languages uses a non-

Just a funny update; I have a few funny stories about Christmas this year But first, a TV recommendation (UK only, for now anyway) The Nativity Goes Wrong (iPlayer)  For the few of you who don't know, it's a Christmas special of The Goes Wrong Show, which is a show about an inept group of amateur actors who are trying to perform a play, but everything that can go wrong does. Story One! I have a Cadbury advent calendar. This is not particularly interesting in itself, but I noticed something interesting on one of the days. On every day, you open a cardboard window and there is a chocolate behind it. On the other side of the door there is a short message, such as Can you do a Christmas Dance? or Have you written to Santa? The day that has been causing the most trouble is Day 4 , but my issue is with Day 7. Before I tell you what it said, I think we should first establish what an Advent Calendar is supposed to do: Give you one chocolate/sweet/ message  per day Count down the days u

The final leaderboard is as follows: Mappa-Mundi - 1189 It’s a Wonderful Life - 960 The Hippos - 860 Mr A’s Barmy Army - 390 Dominic&Willow - 200 Too Yule For School  Special congratulations go to  Mappa-Mundi  for the fastest answer, answering in less than a minute on one occasion! (Apologies; this was previously incorrectly stated as Mr A’s Barmy Army ) Last updated 2 January 2022