Lj 2 - Week 51 - Christmas Quiz

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Christmas & New Year's Quiz 

How many turkeys get eaten in the USA every Christmas?

1. 22 million
2. 44 million
3. 66 million
4. 88 million

Which 2 colours represent Christmas?

1. Green and red
2. Blue and red
3. Green and gold
4. Purple and green

What happens under a mistletoe?

1. People do a dance
2. People kiss
3. People sing Christmas songs
4. People get married

Where did the McAlisters go for Christmas?

1. New York
2. Paris
3. Los Angeles
4. London

Put the top 5 of favourite Christmas movies in order. 

1

2

3

4

5

Love Actually

A Christmas Carol (Scrooge)

The Nightmare before Christmas

Home Alone

The Grinch

Christmas was banned in England during the 17th century

1. True
2. False

What is this?

1. A Christmas present
2. A Christmas cracker
3. A stocking filler
4. Christmas fireworks

What is a Christmas carol?

1. A Christmas song
2. A Christmas poem
3. A woman dressed up as Santa.
4. A Christmas story

Where are Christmas carols originally sung?

1. On people's doorstep
2. Around the fireplace
3. In shopping malls
4. In the bedroom

Which of these songs is
the most popular Christmas
song of all time?

1. It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year
2. Last Christmas
3. Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer
4. All I Want for Christmas is You

What can you see on James' sweater?

1. A Christmas tree
2. Santa and some snowmen
3. Santa and some reindeer
4. Santa in his sled

"All I want for Christmas" is Mariah Carey's Christmas Song. In which year did she release the song?

1. 1984
2. 1994
3. 2004
4. 2014

What is the name of the
snowman in Frozen

1. Sven
2. Otis
3. Olaf
4. Hans

What present does Harry Potter receive during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?

1. An invisibility cloak
2. An owl
3. A wand
4. A cauldron

When did Christmas become an official holiday in the U.S.?

1. June 26, 1870
2. Nov. 1, 1877
3. Jan. 28, 1890
4. Dec. 25, 1912

Where did the term
"X-mas" come from?

1. No one really knows
2. the Greek letter X (Chi)
3. King George VI's speech impediment
4. Newspaper editors needed to shorten it for headlines

How many cities in the United States are called 'Santa Claus'?

1. 0
2. 2
3. 3
4. 5

In which year did Wham! release the Christmas song "Last Christmas" ?

1. 1984
2. 1994
3. 2004
4. 2014

'Band Aid's 'Do they Know it's Christmas' raised money for Africa.
Who started this project?

1. Elton John
2. Phil Collins
3. Paul Mc Cartney
4. Bob Geldoff

In the Middle Ages they celebrated New Year

1. on the 1st of March
2. on the 1st of January
3. on a lot of different dates
4. never

What is the primary purpose of fireworks on New Year's Eve?

1. To celebrate birthdays
2. To scare away evil spirits
3. To create a colourful display for celebration
4. To celebrate the birthday of Robert Burns

why did the Romans make resolutions for the new year?

1. To mark the beginning of January
2. To celebrate Caesar
3. To honour the Babylonians
4. To celebrate the god Janus

Which picture depicts New Year's in New York city?

1. 
2. 
3. 

People in which country celebrate the New Year first?

1. India
2. Japan
3. Kiribati
4. Vietnam

When are most new year's promises broken?

1. 31st of January
2. 18th of January
3. End of the year
4. The next day

Why is mochi eaten on New Year's day?

1. To start the new year with a healthy snack
2. For good luck
3. For good health
4. To keep away bad energy.

Congratulations!

Do you have a New Year's Resolution and if so, what is it?

Merry Christmas, enjoy your holidays and I will see you next year!