Christmas QUIZ 2022

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Christmas Quiz 

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Which company invented Santa Claus?

1. Pepsi
2. Hallmark
3. HEMA
4. Coca Cola

Why do we give chocolate coins for Christmas?

1. To honour Jesus' mother Maria
2. To honour Saint Nicholas
3. To honour lady luck
4. To honour Jesus

When was Christmas first celebrated in the UK?

1. In the 11th century
2. In the 16th century
3. In the 3rd century
4. In the 6th century

How many turkeys get eaten every christmas in America?

1. 44 million
2. 22 million
3. 121 million
4. 66 million

Which airline painted a Santa on the nose of the airplane as if they had a mid-air collision?

1. Finair
2. Ryanair
3. Air Canada
4. Iceland Air

What is 'Tweede Kerstdag' called in Great-Britain?

1. Second Christmas Day
2. St Patrick's Day
3. Boxing Day
4. Christmas Eve

Which 2 colours represent Christmas?

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

They call him Santa Claus in America, but what do the British call him?

1. Santa
2. Christmas man
3. Father Christmas
4. Sinterklaas

What happens under a mistletoe?

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

What is the Past participle of "to break"?

1. breaked
2. braked
3. broken
4. broke

What is the reindeer with the red nose called?

1. Rudolf
2. Hans
3. Heinrich
4. Betty

How many reindeer does Santa have?

1. 14
2. 9
3. 13
4. 10

Who wrote A Christmas Carol?

1. Graham Green
2. Jane Austin
3. William Shakespeare
4. Charles Dickens

Elvis sings: "got no sleigh with reindeer, no sack on my back, you'll see me comin' in a... ?"

1. big, red Santa sack
2. big, green army tank
3. big, red Santa suit
4. big, black cadillac

Zet de top 5 van populairste kerstliedjes (op Spotify) in de juiste volgorde.

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2

3

4

5

Branda Lee

Rockin'Around The Christmas Tree

Bobby Helms

Jingle Bells

Wham!

Last Christmas

Mariah Carey

All I Want for Christmas Is You

Michael Bublé

 It's Beginning To Look A Lot...

What do you think is the best Christmas movie?

Where did the McAlisters go for Christmas?

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

How many Home Alone movies were made?

1. 1
2. 2
3. 4
4. 6

What does TCAS stand for?

1. Traffic collision avoidance standard
2. To crash all systems
3. Traffic collision avoidance system
4. Traffic collision arousal system

Put the top 5 (IMDB) Christmas movies in order. 

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2

3

4

5

Love Actually

A Christmas Carol (Scrooge)

The Nightmare before Christmas

Home Alone

The Grinch

What is a Christmas carol?

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

What did you just see? Answer in English!

1. Ananas
2. Pineapple
3. Bacon
4. Anananas

What is the opening to the
Christmas carol "Let it snow"

1. The fire is so delightful
2. Oh the weather outside is frightful.
3. Let it snow
4. Christmas cake is aweful.

Where are Christmas carols originally sung?

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

Complete the lyric. "Jingle bell,
jingle bell, jingle bell..."

1. sock
2. pop
3. end
4. rock

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

"All I want for Christmas" Mariah Carey's Christmas Song. In which year do you think she released the song?

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

When did Elvis release his first Christmas album?

1. 1955
2. 1956
3. 1957
4. 1958

Make a word using the following letters: RDENEEIR

What is the name of the
snowman in Frozen

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

What name is given to small
sausages wrapped in bacon, a
snack at a British Christmas dinner?

1. Warm Little Piggies
2. Pigs In Wrapping Paper
3. Rolly Polly Sausages
4. Pigs in Blankets

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

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

Your English teacher used to live in which US state?

1. Maryland
2. Washington state
3. Tennessee
4. Florida

Who invented electric lights for the Christmas tree?

1. No one really knows
2. Edward Johnson in the US in 1882
3. Louis Réard in the US in 1960
4. Joseph and Paul Galvin in the US in 1930