Christmas Quiz 2023

• Engels
• Middelbare school
• vmbo, mavo
• Leerjaar 3,4

KERST QUIZ

This quiz has  a lot of information, useful or useless. Enjoy!

HAPPY LEARNING :-)

Lesson goal

At the end of this quiz you know a lot more about Christmas.

Which Christmas ballet is the most famous?

1. Rudolph's surprise
2. The Nutcracker
3. Mr. and Mrs. Claus
4. Frosty goes to New York

In Australia, they celebrate Christmas in the summer

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

What does Mariah Carey want for Christmas

1. You
2. No-one
3. Herself
4. Santa

What kind of tree is the traditional Christmas tree?

1. Den
2. Spar
3. Palmboom
4. Taxus

With St. Nicholas you put a shoe, what do you do at Christmas?

1. Schoentje zetten.
2. Melk en koekjes eten.
3. Kerstkrans ophangen.
4. Je hangt je sok op bij de schoorsteen.

What do you do under the mistletoe ?

1. Talking
2. Kissing
3. Lighting a candle
4. That's where you put the Christmas tree.

Nowadays we have electric lights in the Christmas tree, how was the Christmas tree lit in the past?

1. With lighting
2. With homemade lights
3. Did they not
4. Candles

The Christmas card finds its origins in England

The custom of visiting people to wish them a Merry Christmas dates back to the Middle Ages. People would often bring along a painted or carved religious picture as a Christmas wish. but what does someone who doesn't feel like going to see everyone in person do? Right, they send a card with a Christmas message. The English illustrator John Callcott Horsley came up with this bright idea.

Song 1

00:24

But the very next day.....

1. you went away
2. you said it was lame
3. you gave it away
4. you called out my name

00:39

This song is called...

1. Fast Christmas
2. Best Christmas
3. Red Christmas
4. Last Christmas

00:53

The song is performed by:

1. George Michael
2. Wham!
3. Duran Duran
4. U2

01:08

What happens next?

1. They are going skiing
2. They're going to decorate a Christmas tree
3. They are going to have a snowball fight
4. They are going to play Monopoly

01:24

What were the names of the two members of Wham!?

1. Michael Jordan and George Costanza
2. Chad Michaels and Andrew Gibb
3. Andrew Jackson and George Michael
4. Andrew Ridgeley and George Michael

01:40

'Now I know...' wat komt er na?

01:49

Last Christmas has sold over _________ copies worldwide.

1. 1.9 million
2. 190 million
3. 9 million
4. 1.9 billion

On which dates is Christmas celebrated?

1. 24,25 en 26 December.
2. 25,26 en 27 December.
3. 23,24 en 25 December.
4. 25 en 26 December.

Hoe heet de kerkelijke bijeenkomst op kerstavond of eerste kerstochtend?

1. Kerstavond
2. Kerstmis
3. Christmas
4. X-mas

4. What is 'Tweede Kerstdag' called in Great Britain?

1. Christmas Eve
2. Second Christmas Day
3. Boxing Day
4. There is no 'Tweede Kerstdag'

Wat gaven de mannen van Wham! aan jou voor kerst?

1. Een boeket
2. Hun hart
3. Een iPhone
4. Niks!

Song 2

00:12

What comes next?

00:28

'I just want you for my own..'

1. more than you could ever know
2. more than you should ever know
3. more than you will ever know
4. more than Christmas in the snow

00:51

All I Want For Christmas Is You was first released in

1. 1996
2. 1990
3. 1999
4. 1994

01:00

In this video, Santa Claus is played by:

1. George Clooney
2. Mariah Carey's husband
3. Robert DeNiro
4. the one and only Santa Claus

01:12

'I don't need to hang my stocking..'

1. There up in the Christmas tree
2. I won't even wish for snow
3. There upon the fireplace
4. There above my old pillow

01:28

This song has sold over _________ copies.

1. 160 million
2. 1.6 million
3. 16 million
4. 60 million

01:37

This girl sings 'All I Want For Christmas..' in a movie called:

1. Christmas Love
2. Home Alone
3. The Sound of Music
4. Love Actually

Een kerstbal heet in in het Engels?

1. A bauble
2. A Christmas ornament
3. A Christmas ball
4. A coloured ball

Hoe heet de hoogste versiering in de kerstboom?

1. Een kerst ster
2. Een kerstkrans
3. Een piek
4. Een kerstlicht

Song 3

00:09

'The weather outside is frightful..'

1. but the fire is so delightful
2. let it snow, let it snow, let it snow
3. please come 'fore nightfall
4. since we've no place to go

00:23

'It doesn't show signs of stoppin''

1. And I bought some corn for poppin'
2. And I brought some corn for poppin'
3. And I caught some corn for poppin'
4. And I fought some corn for poppin'

00:36

This recording by Frank Sinatra is from 1950. When was the song written?

1. 1945
2. 1924
3. 1949
4. 1930

De kerstbal moest boze geesten afschrikken

Het eigen spiegelbeeld is een goed afschrikmiddel. Voordat de kerstbal zijn plek in de boom vond, deed een soortgelijke bal dienst als heksenverjager. Het is een oud volksgeloof dat blinkende voorwerpen onheil buiten de deur houden. In de 18de eeuw hingen mensen daarom glimmende koperen bollen boven deuren, ramen en schoorstenen. Zo’n zogeheten ‘heksenbal’ vervormde het spiegelbeeld van iedereen die erin keek. Boze geesten die het huis wilden binnendringen, zouden zich doodschrikken.

De (kerst) boom staat symbool voor vruchtbaarheid en levenskracht.

1. Waar
2. Niet waar

Hoe zeg je ‘Fijne Kerst’ in het Engels?

1. Yo! Hoho!
2. Feliz Navidad
3. Happy Christmas
4. Merry Christmas