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Christmas Quiz

In many countries, people eat turkey on Christmas Day. Do you know where turkeys come from?

1. Turkey. The birds are named after the country.
2. Hungary. A famous chef started the fashion for eating turkeys at Christmas when he was feeling Hungary in 1764.
3. North America. Sailor William Strickland brought turkeys to Europe in the 16th century.

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Finish the sentence...

1. ...mistletoe, pour me some gin and let's pray for December snow.
2. ...mistletoe, pour out the wine, let's toast and pray for December snow.
3. ...mistletoe, let's head to the bar, have fun and put on a Christmas show.
4. ...mistletoe, let's party all night, have fun and put on a Christmas show.

After finishing the turkey, the British eat a special pudding. The pudding, which was originally created by the Celts to honour the god Dagda, traditionally has a special ingredient. What is it?

1. Money! Yes, eating Christmas pudding is dangerous. You can break a tooth or swallow a pound coin.
2. A prediction! Yes, it’s true. On a piece of paper you can read what will happen to you in the next 365 days.
3. A crown! The person who finds the wise man’s crown in their portion of pudding will be lucky

At Christmas, lots of men dress up in red outfits
and white beards and say, ‘Ho ho ho.’ Where did
Father Christmas (also known as Santa Claus)
originally come from?

1. The Vikings used to dress a man as ‘Winter’. They invited the bearded man into their homes and were nice to him in order to please the gods.
2. Father Christmas is based on Nicholas, a bishop who became very popular after his death. Children were told that if they left food for his horse on the anniversary of his death then Nicholas would leave them sweets.
3. The Santa Claus that we all know today was created by Coca-Cola in 1931 for the company’s winter advertising campaign. The artist, Haddon Sundblom, decided to make Santa’s clothes the same colour as the famous Coca-Cola red.

What is a Christmas cracker?

1. It’s a triangular object that people place under the Christmas tree. On Christmas Eve they crack it open and eat the sweets inside.
2. It’s a square box-like object with a figure inside. When you open the box, the figure jumps out. The figure is called Cracker Jack.
3. It’s a cylindrical object that two people pull. It breaks open and the person with the biggest portion wins a paper hat

Christmas Eve is the night before Christmas Day. Who said on Christmas Eve: ‘If I could work my will, every idiot who goes about with “Merry Christmas” on his lips should be boiled with his own pudding, and buried with a stake of holly through his heart’?

1. The King of England in last year’s royal message.
2. Scrooge in the novel A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens.
3. Sting in the pop song ‘Fight Christmas’.

Why did Charles Dickens write a Christmas Carol according to Simon Callow?

1. To point out and fight inequality in society
2. To stress a bill in parliament about child labour

This 2024 ad was made in partnership with The Royal British Legion, it commemorates the extraordinary events of Christmas Day, 1914, when the guns fell silent and two armies met in no-man’s land, sharing gifts – and even playing football together.
The chocolate bar featured in the ad was on sale at Sainsbury’s. All profits (50p per bar) went to:

1. The British Army and the Royal Navy
2. The European Union
3. The Red Cross
4. The Royal British Legion, armed forces and their families both in the past and present.

Robins are often the subject of pictures on Christmas cards. What is a robin?

1. A figure of a man made of snow
2. A person who takes money from the rich to give to the poor.
3. A little bird with a red breast.

New Year’s Eve is a time for celebration, especially
in Scotland. However, New Year’s Eve isn’t called
New Year’s Eve in Scotland. What is it called?

1. Old Night
2. Hogmanay
3. Saint Sylvester’s Eve

Carols are songs celebrating the birth of Jesus. In Bavaria in 1818, Franz Gruber and Joseph Mohr, a priest, wrote one of the most popular Christmas songs of all time, which was first performed on a guitar. Which song?

1. ‘Do They Know it’s Christmas?’
2. ‘Silent Night’
3. ‘White Christmas’

What accent does "Sants" have?

1. Irish
2. British
3. Scottish
4. Welsh

You've just watched a Nativity play. Which character does NOT play a role in the Nativity?

1. King David
2. The inn keeper
3. Three wise men
4. The Angel Gabriel

Finish the line...

1. I'm coming home!
2. I'm celebrating with you!
3. I'm so happy to be with you!
4. I'm so happy to come home with you!