Colouring NestChristmas Quiz Questions and Answers: a British Christmas
- Ages 12+
- Medium
- 4 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
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20 questions about Christmas, for a family quiz after Christmas lunch, the office party or a pub-style quiz night in the UK, Ireland, New Zealand or Australia. Each question has a line underneath for the answer, and the first sheet has a space for a team name and the score. The PDF has 4 pages: 3 question sheets and an answer key. Read the questions and answers below too, if you would rather run the quiz from a screen.
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The questions
- On which date is Boxing Day?
- What is traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding for luck?
- Apart from the snap, what three things are usually inside a Christmas cracker?
- What is the sweet filling of a mince pie called?
- Pigs in blankets are sausages wrapped in what?
- Which small green vegetable is a classic, and much argued over, part of Christmas dinner?
- Besides cranberry sauce, which white sauce is a traditional partner for turkey?
- At what time on Christmas Day is the Royal Christmas Message broadcast?
- In a pantomime, what does the audience shout when the villain creeps up?
- By which night are Christmas decorations traditionally taken down?
- What is Father Christmas called in Welsh?
- Who sent the first Christmas cards sold in shops, in 1843?
- Which author wrote A Christmas Carol?
- Which country gives London the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree?
- What is wassail?
- What are the first three gifts in The Twelve Days of Christmas?
- What do the Scots call New Year's Eve?
- Christmas crackers were invented in the 1840s by a sweet maker in which city?
- What is the season of about four weeks before Christmas called?
- How many points does a snowflake usually have?
Show the answers
- 26 December.
- A silver coin, traditionally a sixpence.
- A paper crown, a joke and a small gift.
- Mincemeat: dried fruit, spices, sugar and suet. Most has no meat in it today.
- Bacon.
- Brussels sprouts.
- Bread sauce.
- 3pm.
- He's behind you!
- Twelfth Night, 5 or 6 January depending on the tradition.
- Siôn Corn.
- Sir Henry Cole.
- Charles Dickens.
- Norway.
- A hot spiced drink, and the old custom of going door to door singing and toasting good health.
- A partridge in a pear tree, two turtle doves and three French hens.
- Hogmanay.
- London.
- Advent.
- Six.
How to run it
- Print the question sheets once per player or team, and the answer key once.
- Give teams about 20 minutes, or read the questions out one by one.
- Swap sheets to mark while the quizmaster reads the answers, then add up the scores out of 20.
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Questions about the quiz
How do you run a Christmas quiz?
Split into teams of two to five, give each team the question sheets and a pen, and either let them work through the sheets in 20 minutes or read the questions out one at a time. Swap sheets to mark, read out the answers from the answer key and add up the scores.
Are the answers included?
Yes. The last page of every PDF is the answer key, and the answers are also on the page in a section you can open, under the questions.
Can I use these at a work party or in a care home?
Yes. They are free to print for home, school, work and care-home events. Please do not sell them or upload them to another website.
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Printing tips
- Print the answer key on its own so it can stay with the quizmaster.
- For a big group, read the questions out and have teams write answers on plain paper.
- Give a bonus point for the funniest wrong answer.
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