Christmas Quiz
(Originally written in December 2019)
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The following all translate as Merry Christmas, but in what language are they each written?
1. Joyeux Noël
2. Frohe Weinachten
3. Feliz Navidad
4. Buon Natale
5. Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia
6. Sheng dan Kuai Le
7. Meri Kirihimete
8. Gleðileg jól
9. Khushi Natal
10. Mele Kalikimaka
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Round One - Food & Drink
1. Stollen is a traditional festive bread from which country?
2. MULTIPLE CHOICE Dating back to the mid 1970’s, which takeaway food is so popular in Japan at Christmas
that it often has to be ordered weeks in advance?
a) Burger King b) Pizza Hut c) KFC d) Taco Bell
3. Which fruit is traditionally put in a Christmas stocking in England to bulk it out?
4. According to popular history, which English monarch was the first to have turkey as part of their Christmas
dinner?
5. MULTIPLE CHOICE How many varieties of Brussel sprout are there?
a) 30 b) 50 c) 90 d) 110
6. Which liqueur is used to make a Snowball?
7. What are you eating if you are enjoying March Bread?
8. In 2006 which famous UK TV chef caused supermarkets to completely sell out of Goose fat?
9. As the clock strikes midnight on New Year’s Eve in Spain, for each of the twelve chimes it’s tradition to eat
what?
10. According to the Pagans, the fruit of which festive plant is supposed to represent God’s testicle?!
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Round Two - Film & TV
1. In the animated film The Snowman, which UK city do the boy and the Snowman fly over on their way to the
North Pole?
2. Who played Geroge Bailey in the Christmas classic, ‘It’s A Wonderful Life’?
3. What is the highest-grossing Christmas movie of all time?
4. Which UK sitcom attracted the highest ever audience for such a TV show during Christmas in 1996?
5. In the modern classic Polar Express how many characters does Tom Hanks play?
6. True or False: Wham’s Last Christmas video was the last time George Michael appeared without a beard?
7. In the film Love Actually, Rowan Atkinson plays a jewellery salesman who takes the art of gift-wrapping very
seriously, in which famous department store?
8. In the 2014 Black Mirror special White Christmas, who starred alongside Rafe Spall?
9. In National Lampoons Christmas Vacation, what is Clark Griswold’s middle initial?
10. In the 2019 John Lewis advert, what was the name of the excitable dragon?
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Round Three - General Knowledge
1. Which country is the largest exporter of Christmas trees?
2. According the the Christmas carol, how many Lords are leaping?
3. MULTIPLE CHOICE In what year did Parliament pass a law that abolished Christmas Day as a holiday?
a) 1597 b) 1647 c) 1697 d) 1747
4. What is the surname of Tiny Tim’s family in Charles Dickens’s ‘A Christmas Carol’?
5. December 26th is known as Boxing Day and which saint’s day?
6. What was the most popular Christmas gift in 2006?
7. What is a female turkey called?
8. In which American state would you find the city of Bethlehem?
9. In which ocean is Christmas Island located?
10. Renowned for developing the three laws of motion, which famous scientist was born on Christmas Day?
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Round Four - Music (Christmas Number 1’s)
1. The Spice Girls enjoyed three consecutive Christmas number one singles from 1996 to 1998, with 2 Become
1, Too Much and which other song?
2. In what year in the 1980’s did Band Aid top the charts at Christmas with ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’?
3. Complete the sequence of artists to achieve Christmas number 1’s; 1990 - Cliff Richard, 1991 - Queen, 1992
- Whitney Houston, 1993...?
4. Which comedian had a Christmas number one with ‘Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) in 1973?
5. To date, who’s enjoyed more Christmas number 1’s; Cliff Richard or The Beatles?
6. Robbie Williams partnered up with which Hollywood actress to score a Christmas number 1 in 2001?
7. According to the St Winifred’s School Choice, there’s no-one quite like who?
8. MULTIPLE CHOICE In what year did Slade score a Christmas number one hit with, ‘Merry Xmas Everybody’?
a) 1972 b) 1973 c) 1974 d)1975
9. Mad World, a song originally by Tears For Fears, performed by Gary Jules & Michael Andrews topped the
Christmas charts in 2003 - which film did their version of the song initially appear in?
10. Can We Fix It? was a Christmas number one for Bob the Builder in 2000 - which actor performed the part of
Bob the Builder?
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Round Five – 2019 (A Quiz of the Year)
1. In February 2019 who became the oldest manager in Premiership Football history?
2. Which British actress won the Best Actress award at the Oscars in 2019?
3. In March 2019, according to Forbes who became the world’s youngest billionaire at just 21?
4. The 2019 Eurovision Song Contest was held in which city?
5. In the Spring of 2019, a major fire broke out in which iconic building in France?
6. MULTIPLE CHOICE In April 2019, which city in England voted a branch of Nando's as its best
restaurant?
a) Preston b) Hull c) Coventry d)Doncaster
7. Which British musical group whose members include Tom Fletcher, Danny Jones, Dougie Poynter
and Harry Judd reformed in 2019?
8. Was the highest grossing movie of 2019?
9. The 2019 FIFA Women's World Cup was held in which country?
10. The Event Horizon Telescope took the first ever picture of what in 2019?
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Answers
Merry Christmas Foreign Languages
1. Joyeux Noël (French)
2. Frohe Weinachten (German)
3. Feliz Navidad (Spanish)
4. Buon Natale (Italian)
5. Wesołych świąt Bożego Narodzenia (polish)
6. Sheng dan Kuai Le (Mandarin)
7. Meri Kirihimete (Maori)
8. Gleðileg jól (Iceland)
9. Khushi Natal (Gujurati)
10. Mele Kalikimaka (Hawaiian)
Food & Drink
1. Germany
2. KFC
3. Oranges / clementines
4. Henry VIII
5. 110
6. Advocaat
7. Marzipan
8. Nigella Lawson
9. A grape / grapes
10. Mistletoe
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Film & TV
1. Brighton
2. James Stewart
3. Home Alone
4. Only Fools & Horses
5. Five
6. True
7. Selfridges
8. Jon Hamm
9. W
10. Edgar
General Knowledge
1. Canada
2. 10
3. 1647
4. Cratchit
5. Saint Stephen’s Day
6. Nintendo Wii
7. A hen
8. Pennsylvania
9. Indian Ocean
10. Isaac Newton
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Music (Christmas Number 1’s)
1. Goodbye
2. 1984
3. Mr Blobby
4. Benny Hill
5. The Beatles
6. Nicole Kidman
7. Grandma
8. 1973
9. Donnie Darko
10. Neil Morrissey
2019 (A Quiz Of The Year)
1. Roy Hodgson
2. Olivia Coleman
3. Kylie Jenner
4. Tel Aviv
5. Notre Dame Cathedral
6. Preston
7. McFly
8. Avengers: Endgame
9. France
10. A Black Hole
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