Christmas Quiz

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

What are your plans for
the Christmas Break?

Christmas QUIZ

You will not only get questions , but also useless information. Have fun. 

HAPPY LEARNING :-)

LESSON GOAL

You will know more about Christmas than before this lesson.

How do you call the tradition of singing Chrismas songs on the streets (in UK mostly)?

1. Singing jokes
2. Singing ghosts
3. Singing golden oldies
4. Carol singing

Who put up the Christmas trees in school?

1. Concierges + some pupils
2. Santa's helpers (the elves)
3. The teachers
4. The mice that live in school

What's the reindeer with the red nose called?

1. Dancer
2. Rudolph
3. Aleid
4. Jingle Bells

Who are Santa's helpers?

1. Mice & chipmunks
2. Elves & reindeers
3. Really old grandmas
4. Eh... minions of course!

Which Christmas ballet is the most well known?

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

In Australia they celebrate Christmas during the summer.

1. True
2. Not True

What kind of tree is the traditional Christmas tree?

1. Pine tree
2. Fir
3. Palm tree
4. Yew

What do you do under the mistletoe?

1. Sing a Christmas song
2. Kiss each other
3. Light a candle
4. Knit socks

How did they used to light up Christmas trees?

1. With electric lights
2. Without lights
3. With a bonfire
4. With candles

Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?

1. Germany
2. Scotland
3. Finland
4. America

Song 1

The song is performed by:

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

Last Christmas has sold over _________ copies worldwide.

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

What did the Wham! men give to you for Christmas?

1. A bouquet of fir branches
2. Their heart
3. An IPhone
4. Nothing!

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

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

01:40

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

What is the Second Christmas day called in English?

1. Christmas Eve
2. The Second Day of Christmas
3. Boxing Day
4. There is no 'Second Christmas day'

What does Mariah Carey want for Christmas

1. You
2. No-one
3. Jake Paul
4. Santa

Song 2

This song has sold over _________ copies.

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

All I Want For Christmas was first released in

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

In the video, Santa Claus is played by:

1. George Clooney
2. Mariah Carey's husband
3. Meneer Groot
4. the REAL Santa Claus... duh!

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

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

How do we call a "kerstbal" in English?

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

Song 3

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

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

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'