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Christmas Team Quiz Round 1: General Christmas Knowledge 1. Name as many of Father Christmas’ reindeer as you can. There are nine possible points. 2. In the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, what number do you get if you add up the amount of maids-a-milking, swans-a-swimming and calling birds? 3. What item on the Christmas dinner table did Tom Smith invent in 1847? 4. What is the French word for Christmas, a boy’s name and a word that also appears in a title of a Christmas carol where it is the ‘first’? 5. Name the angel who visited Mary in the Christmas story. 6. In Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, what is Scrooge’s first name? 7. For two points: in which ocean and continent is Christmas Island? 8. For one point, what is the title of the famous song from the animated Christmas film ‘The Snowman’? For a second point, name the singer who took it to number one in the charts in 1985. Page 1 of 2 visit twinkl.com 9. Which husband of a queen made the Christmas tree popular in the UK even though it had been introduced earlier? 10. What plant is often paired with holly at Christmas? Page 2 of 2 visit twinkl.com Christmas Team Quiz Answers Round 1: General Christmas Knowledge 1. Name as many of Father Christmas’ reindeer as you can. There are nine possible points. Answer: Rudolph (accepted for 1 point), Dancer, Prancer, Donner, Blitzen, Cupid, Comet, Dasher, Vixen. Points Available: 9 2. In the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, what number do you get if you add up the amount of maids-a-milking, swans-a-swimming and calling birds? Answer: 19 (8+7+4) Points Available: 1 3. What item on the Christmas dinner table did Tom Smith invent in 1847? Answer: Christmas crackers Points Available: 1 4. What is the French word for Christmas, a boy’s name and a word that also appears in a title of a Christmas carol where it is the ‘first’? Answer: Noel Points Available: 1 5. Name the angel who visited Mary in the Christmas story. Answer: Gabriel Points Available: 1 6. In Charles Dicken’s ‘A Christmas Carol’, what is Scrooge’s first name? Answer: Ebenezer Points Available: 1 7. For two points: in which ocean and continent is Christmas Island? Answer: Indian Ocean, Australasia Points Available: 2 8. For one point, what is the title of the famous song from the animated Christmas film ‘The Snowman’? For a second point, name the singer who took it to number one in the charts in 1985. Answer: ‘Walking in the Air’, sung by Aled Jones Points Available: 2 9. Which husband of a queen made the Christmas tree popular in the UK even though it had been introduced earlier? Answer: Prince Albert (Queen Victoria’s husband) Points Available: 1 10. What plant is often paired with holly at Christmas? Answer: Ivy Points Available: 1 visit twinkl.com.

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