Festive Quiz

Festive Quiz Questions and Answers

Festive Quiz I

1. In December 2004, Madame Tussaud's London offended many be displaying a nativity scene featuring which two celeb waxwork models depicting Joseph and Mary?
2. Often associated with Christmas, what has sections called a warble and a strabe?
3. Christkindlesmarkt is a Christmas market that is held annually in which German city?
4. Yule Log is the traditional Xmas cake served in which European country?





5. 'Hark! The herald-angels sing', can you give the next line in this famous Christmas carol?
6. The phrase 'christmas tree formation' is commonly associated with what?
7. What exactly is Picea abies?
8. What is the poem A Visit from St. Nicholas more commonly known as?
9. During the 20th century how many official white Christmases have there been in the UK?
10. In which country was Boxing Day renamed Day of Goodwill in 1994?

Answers:

1. David and Victoria Beckham
2. A candy cane (curved part is the warble, and the straight section is the strabe)
3. Nuremberg
4. France (also accept Belgium)
5. Glory to the newborn king
6. Football (it describes a 4–3–2–1 team formation)
7. A Norway Spruce (the tree used as the main Christmas trees in many cities)
8. The Night Before Christmas
9. Seven
10. South Africa

Festive Quiz II

1. Who is the servant of Cinderella's father and also Cinderella's friend?
2. Which mathematician was born on Boxing Day in 1791?
3. Which country traditionally gives London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree?
4. Who had a Christmas hit with the song 'Skyscraper' in 2013?
5. In literature, which fictional character said it is 'always Winter, but never Christmas'?
6. In 2010, from which royal palace was the Christmas message was filmed, rather er than being recorded at Buckingham Palace?
7. Which of Santa's reindeer shares its name with a mythical god of love?
8. In the Christmas carol, which town is known as Royal David's City?
9. At which of her homes does the Queen traditionally spend Christmas?
10. Which alcoholic ingredient is used in a Snowball cocktail?

Answers:

1. Buttons
2. Charles Babbage
3. Norway
4. Sam Bailey
5. Mr. Tumnus (The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe)
6. Hampton Court Palace
7. Cupid
8. Bethlehem
9. Sandringham
10. Advocaat

Festive Quiz III

1. In the rhyme Christmas is coming, what is getting fat?
2. Feliz Navidad is Happy Christmas in which language?
3. How many Lords-a-leaping are there in 'The 12 Days of Christmas'?
4. In cockney rhyming slang what are 'eyes' called?
5. What was Mr Bean searching for when he got his head stuck in a turkey?
6. Who served up figgy pudding in Charles Dickens’s 'A Christmas Carol'?
7. Father Christmas is known as Pai Natal in which European country?
8. Mummer's Day is an ancient midwinter celebration in which English county?
9. Which band had a Christmas number one in 2009 with 'Killing in the Name'?
10. What are traditionally considered a good luck charm if eaten on each of the twelve days of Christmas?

Answers:

1. The goose
2. Spanish
3. 10






4. Mince pies
5. His wrist watch
6. Mrs Cratchit
7. Portugal
8. Cornwall
9. Rage Against The Machine
10. Mince Pies