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Christmas Quiz - Questions and Answers


Round 1 - General Knowledge

  1. Who is the host of the British television quiz show The Chase?
  2. The drug digitalis is obtained from which plant?
  3. Which politician is married to Mexican businesswoman Laura Alvarez?
  4. Which one of the following footballers has never won the BBC Sports' Personality of the Year: George Best, Paul Gascoigne, Ryan Giggs, or Michael Owen?
  5. What is Barack Obama's middle name?
  6. What is the national flower of Scotland?
  7. Which national chain store traces its history to 1778 when William Clark established a drapers shop in London selling expensive fabrics, bonnets, gloves and parasols?
  8. Which is bigger: England, Portugal or Florida?
  9. What was made in France and gifted to the American people in 1886?
  10. How many men have walked on the moon?




Answers Round 1:

  1. Bradley Walsh
  2. Foxglove
  3. Jeremy Corbyn
  4. George Best
  5. Hussein
  6. The thistle
  7. Debenhams
  8. Florida
  9. The Statue of Liberty
  10. 12




Round 2 - Television

  1. What was the occupation of Lance Corporal Jack Jones in Dad's Army?
  2. What is the name of Roy Cropper's cafe in Coronation Street?
  3. In 'Only Fools and Horses' what is Rodney's middle name ?
  4. Which American TV presenter starred in 'The Color Purple'?
  5. Davros created which deadly Sci-Fi extraterrestrial race?
  6. Which US state was the setting for the series Magnum PI?
  7. Don Draper is the main character from which television series?
  8. Which soap is set in the fictional Midlands town of Letherbridge?
  9. Who plays regional manager Michael Scott in the US version of 'The Office'?
  10. Who presents the 2020 daytime programme, "Home is Where the Art Is"?

Answers Round 2:

  1. Butcher
  2. Roy's Rolls
  3. Charlton
  4. Oprah Winfrey
  5. The Daleks
  6. Hawaii 
  7. Mad Men
  8. Doctors
  9. Steve Carell
  10. Nick Knowles

 

Round 3 - Geography

  1. The 38th parallel divides which two countries? (Both needed for the point!)
  2. In which US state is Salt Lake City?
  3. Mount Kosciusko is the highest mountain in which country?
  4. Swindon is in which English county?
  5. Where would you find the Ponte de Sospiri?
  6. Where is Margaret Thatcher Day celebrated on the 10th of January?
  7. The Algarve is in which country?
  8. Which Australian city was named after the wife of King William IV?
  9. Nur-Sultan is the capital city of which country?
  10. Which capital city is located at an oasis fed by the Barada River?

Answers Round 3:

  1. North Korea and South Korea
  2. Utah 
  3. Australia 
  4. Wiltshire
  5. Venice 
  6. Falkland Islands 
  7. Portugal 
  8. Adelaide 
  9. Kazakhstan 
  10. Damascus 

 

Round 4 - General Knowledge

  1. The CN Tower is in which Canadian city?
  2. What is an oenophile an expert in?
  3. What came free with the first-ever edition of the Daily Mirror?
  4. Which war was fought between 1861 and 1865?
  5. Fred Trump, Donald Trump's father, had an unusual middle name - was it, Christ, Christmas, Jesus or Mary?
  6. East Pakistan is the former name of which country?
  7. In the Old Testament who lived until the ripe old age of 969?
  8. On which European island would you find the city of Ajaccio?
  9. In which sport could the participant be called a pugilist?
  10. Which geological period is named after a South Wales' ancient tribe?

Answers Round 4:

  1. Toronto 
  2. Wine
  3. A mirror
  4. The American Civil War
  5. Christ (Fred Christ Trump)
  6. Bangladesh 
  7. Methuselah
  8. Corsica 
  9. Boxing
  10. Silurian




Round 5 - Music

  1. The boys of which choir were still singing Galway Bay?
  2. Which Kenny Rogers song told the story of a farmer whose wife leaves him and their children?
  3. Abba's 1975 hit Fernando refers to a revolution in which country?
  4. What rock band was made up of Robert Plant, John Paul Jones, Jimmy Page and John Bonham?
  5. What singer fronted the Black Eyed Peas and released her own album The Dutchess, in 2006?
  6. What is Shaun Carter's better known name?
  7. The singing and whistling pop singer Roger Whittaker was born in which country?
  8. Who was the first winner of American Idol?
  9. Which European port provided a hit for The Beautiful South?
  10. What was Victoria Beckham's last name before she became a Beckham?

Answers Round 5:

  1. NYPD Choir (the lyrics from the song Fairytale of New York)
  2. Lucille
  3. Mexico
  4. Led Zeppelin
  5. Fergie
  6. Jay-z
  7. Kenya
  8. Kelly Clarkson
  9. Rotterdam
  10. Adams

 

Round 6 - History

  1. The history questions in Trivial Pursuit are which colour?
  2. Which Lord, led the Charge of the Light Brigade?
  3. In England, when was the 'year of two invasions'?
  4. Which weapon was said to be decisive at Agincourt?
  5. Which cathedral city was bombed on 14th November 1940?
  6. What nationality was Marie Antoinette?
  7. In which battle was Pickett's Charge?
  8. In which UK city was the Titanic built?
  9. Who said on 10th March 1876, 'Come here, Watson, I want you'?
  10. In which year did the Victorian age end?

Answers Round 6:

  1. Yellow
  2. Lord Cardigan
  3. 1066
  4. The Longbow
  5. Coventry 
  6. Austrian
  7. Gettysburgh
  8. Belfast 
  9. Alexander Graham Bell
  10. 1901 (on the death of Queen Victoria)

 

Round 7 - Review of 2022

  1. In early 2022, tennis star Novak Djokovic was deported from which country?
  2. Which game was purchase by the New York Times in January 2022?
  3. On 5 February 2022, a report from The Sun newspaper stated what had been cancelled?
  4. Which billionaire wanted to buy Twitter?
  5. Great Britain ended the Beijing Winter Olympics with a gold medal in which sport?
  6. In the scandal of the year, who did Will Smith slap?
  7. What name was given to ABBA's concert residency which began on the 27 May in London?
  8. Which northern UK city was named the 2025 UK City of Culture?
  9. What sort of shop was owned by Jaki Pickett in Muir of Ord, in the Scottish Highlands?
  10. Who after being spotted in the queue for The Queen jokingly Tweeted: "Offered to sing, and am now being ushered to the front."?
  11. Who muttered "dear, oh dear" as he greeted Liz Truss?

Answers Round 7:

  1. Australia
  2. Wordle
  3. Neighbours (Australian TV soap)
  4. Elon Musk
  5. Curling (Women's Curling)
  6. Chris Rock
  7. Voyage (ABBA Voyage)
  8. Bradford
  9. Fish and Chip Shop (made the tabloid news (for all the wrong reasons) after the Queen's death)
  10. James Blunt
  11. King Charles III

 

Round 8 - Films

  1. In which film did Tom Cruise play Cole Trickle?
  2. Which devious green-furred creature hated Christmas and fled to the top of Mount Crumpit?
  3. Who starred as James Bond in the Spy Who Loved Me?
  4. What is the name of Buzz Lightyear's enemy in Toy Story 2?
  5. What animal is Stuart Little?
  6. Who plays the scientist that flies into the alien spaceship in Independence Day?
  7. In Fever Pitch, which football club threatens to undermine Colin Firth's relationship?
  8. Which Disney animated feature celebrated its 80th anniversary in 2017?
  9. Who won an Oscar in 1998 with just eight minutes work for Shakespeare In Love?
  10. In which movie does Jack Nicholson say: 'Here's Johnny!'?

Answers Round 8:

  1. Days of Thunder
  2. The Grinch
  3. Roger Moore
  4. Zurg
  5. Mouse
  6. Jeff Goldblum
  7. Arsenal
  8. Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs
  9. Dame Judie Dench
  10. The Shining

 

Round 9 - Christmas

  1. If you were born on Christmas Day, what's your star sign?
  2. What is the name of Aladdin's well known panto mother?
  3. 'Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents' is the opening line from which classic novel?
  4. The song White Christmas was first performed in which Bing Crosby film?
  5. The poinsettia plant originates from which country?
  6. 'Driving Home For Christmas' was a hit single for which singer in 1988?
  7. In which pantomime does Robin Hood and Maid Marion appear?
  8. What colour are the berries of the mistletoe plant?
  9. In the film 'Jingle All The Way' can you remember the name of the toy Arnold Schwarzenegger was desperately trying to buy? It wasn't action man!
  10. In pantomime, how is Princess Marcella better known?

Answers Round 9:

  1. Capricorn
  2. Widow Twankey
  3. Little Women
  4. Holiday Inn
  5. Mexico 
  6. Chris Rea
  7. Babes in the Wood
  8. White
  9. Turbo Man
  10. Sleeping Beauty

 

Round 10 - General Knowledge

  1. Which playing card is often referred to as the 'Curse of Scotland'?
  2. Which two of Father Christmas's traditional reindeers are named after meteorological terms?
  3. In which British city would you find the 47-storey Beetham Tower, the tallest residential building in Europe?
  4. What was reality TV star Dog Chapman's occupation?
  5. Who was the daughter of the prophet Muhammad?
  6. What did Dr Ludwig L. Zamenhof invent?
  7. How many degrees are there in a rectangle?
  8. Appolonia is the patron saint of which profession?
  9. What is the meaning of the boy's name George?
  10. What did British baker and confectioner Tom Smith of London invent in 1847?

Answers Round 10:

  1. Nine of Diamonds
  2. Donner and Blitzen (in German, the names mean 'thunder' and 'lightning')
  3. Manchester
  4. Bounty Hunter
  5. Fatimah
  6. Esperanto
  7. 360
  8. Dentistry
  9. Farmer
  10. Christmas crackers