Christmas Quiz klas 3

• Engels
• MBO
• Studiejaar 1-3

2023

What is the 26th of December called in English-speaking countries?

1. 2nd Christmas Day
2. Boxing Day
3. Sylvester Day
4. It doesn't have a name

Christmas was banned in England during the 17th century.

1. True
2. False

What is this?

1. Christmas present
2. Christmas Cracker
3. Stocking filler
4. Christmas fireworks

Which is the best selling Christmas song in Britain?

1. Merry X-mas Everybody
2. Hallelujah
3. Do They Know It's Christmas
4. All I want for Christmas

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

1. Invisibility Cloak
2. Owl
3. Wand
4. Cauldron

In what year was the first Christmas card printed?

1. 1756
2. 1930
3. 1894
4. 1843

Who wrote
A Christmas Carol?

1. William Shakespeare
2. J.R.R. Tolkien
3. Charles Dickens
4. C.S. Lewis

Which Christmas Carol was originally named "One horse open sleigh"?

1. Carol of the Bells
2. Jingle Bells
3. Deck the Halls
4. Let it Snow

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

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

Indiana

Georgia

California

Michigan

Arizona

Who introduced the idea of a Christmas tree in England?

1. Santa
2. Queen Victoria
3. The Romans
4. Winston Churchill

Put the top 5 most popular Christmas songs in the correct order.  (Spotify, 17th December 2023) 

1

2

3

4

5

Brenda Lee
Rocking around the Christmas tree

Ed scheeran, Elton John

Merry Christmas

Chris Rea
Driving home for Christmas

Michael Bublé

 It's Beginning To Look A Lot...

The Pogues, Kirsty MacColl
Fairytale of New York

Which 2 colours represent Christmas?

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

We put our shoe by the chimney, but what do Americans/British do?

1. They hang up their stocking at the fireplace
2. They put their shoe by the fire
3. They only get presents under the tree
4. They lay down their hat

What does Santa give to naughty children?

1. they go in the bag
2. a lump of coal
3. a stick
4. nothing

What colour are mistletoe berries?

1. Red
2. White
3. Yellow
4. Orange

What happens under a mistletoe?

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

When do people in the USA & UK open their Christmas presents?

1. The evening of Dec. 24th
2. The evening of Dec. 25th
3. The morning of Dec. 25th
4. On New Year's Day

What's the name of the most famous Reindeer?

1. Donder
2. Rudolph
3. Comet
4. Blitzen

How many reindeer does Santa have?

1. 14
2. 9
3. 12
4. 10

CONGRATULATIONS!

TO YOU ALL

Have a jolly good Christmas

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