Quiz Kringle Get your pen and paper at the ready because it’s Quiz Kringle time! Find out how much you really know about this most wonderful time of the year with our questions on all things from your favourite family films to festive celebrations around the globe. Festive food Christmas Questions around the world 1. What much-reviled Christmas edible is Questions known for its long shelf life? 1. In , turkey does not feature on the 2. What is ‘Smoking ’? Christmas menu. Which creature usually does?

3. What were mince pies made with, in 2. What is the name of the German yeast cake Victorian times? often served at Christmas?

4. What fruit is usually placed in stockings? 3. The Spanish see in the New Year by swallowing what on each of the 12 chimes at 5. In which direction should you stir midnight? mincemeat for good luck; clockwise or anti-clockwise? 4. What traditional food do the Portuguese eat with boiled vegetables on ? 6. True or false; before turkey, the traditional English included a pig’s 5. Which country donates the in head smothered in mustard. Trafalgar Square?

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