Christmas True or False Quiz
- Ages 8+
- Medium
- 3 pages
- Worksheet
- Answer key
- PDF: Letter & A4
Tip: download the PDF for Letter or A4 paper, print it at 100% and use a pencil or crayon.
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20 true or false statements about Christmas, for families and classes from about eight up, and quick rounds at a party: nobody needs to write more than one word. Players circle True or False for each one, so nobody needs to write more than their name. The PDF has 3 pages: 2 question sheets and an answer key that explains each answer. Read the questions and answers below too, if you would rather run the quiz from a screen.
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The statements
- Snowflakes usually have eight points.
- In New Zealand and Australia, Christmas is in summer.
- Boxing Day is on 27 December.
- Mistletoe berries are white.
- Candy canes are traditionally striped red and green.
- Charles Dickens wrote A Christmas Carol.
- Both male and female reindeer can grow antlers.
- Advent is the four weeks after Christmas.
- Poinsettias come from Mexico.
- Feliz Navidad means Happy New Year.
- The carol Silent Night was first sung in Austria.
- Christmas Day always falls on a Sunday.
- Norway sends a Christmas tree to London's Trafalgar Square every year.
- The North Pole is in Antarctica.
- In The Twelve Days of Christmas, the last day brings twelve drummers drumming.
- Père Noël is the French name for Father Christmas.
- The wise men brought gold, frankincense and myrrh.
- Reindeer and caribou are different species.
- Santa Claus is based on Saint Nicholas, a bishop who lived long ago.
- A bûche de Noël is a Christmas pudding.
Show the answers
- False. They usually have six.
- True. They are in the southern hemisphere.
- False. It is on 26 December.
- True.
- False. The classic stripes are red and white.
- True. It came out in 1843.
- True. Reindeer are the only deer where females usually grow them too.
- False. Advent is the season before Christmas.
- True. They grow wild in Mexico and Central America.
- False. It means Merry Christmas, in Spanish.
- True, in Oberndorf, in 1818.
- False. It moves through the week, like any date.
- True. It has done so since 1947.
- False. The North Pole is in the Arctic. Antarctica is around the South Pole.
- True.
- True.
- True.
- False. They are the same species.
- True. He lived in what is now Turkey, about 1,700 years ago.
- False. It is a log-shaped cake, usually chocolate.
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.
More for a Christmas party: Christmas party games, Christmas bingo and the Christmas word searches.
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.
Which quiz suits children?
The family Christmas quiz and the true or false quiz. Both are easy enough for children from about seven or eight, with a grown-up reading the questions to younger players.
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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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