Many people will be gathering with friends and family over Zoom (and any of the other online options) this Christmas Eve in what is a very different start to the festivities that we are used to.
Lets face it you have probably already spent two whole lockdowns screaming out your best general knowledge answers, so why not carry on the lockdown tradition… but make it festive.
Santa’s elves have put together a set of quiz questions for you to try, to test your festive knowledge from song lyrics to film trivia.
Questions
- According to the poem, ‘The Night Before Christmas’, how many reindeer did Santa have to pull his sleigh?
- Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
- Which British monarch delivered the first ever Christmas message?
- In the 2019 John Lewis ad, there was an excitable dragon – what was his name?
- How old is Kevin McCallister in Home Alone?
- In which children’s classic is it ‘always winter but never Christmas’?
- What year was Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ released?
- Finish the Wham lyric: “Once bitten and twice shy, I keep my distance…”
- In total, how many gifts were given in the Twelve Days of Christmas song?
- What is the best selling Christmas song of all time?
- Which town does the Grinch attempt to steal Christmas from?
- What is the name of Will Ferrell’s character in ‘Elf’?
- Die Hard takes place on Christmas Eve but which city is it set in?
- What was the Christmas number one in 2019?
- In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner?
- Because of the time difference, do the people of Australia get to celebrate Christmas Day before we do in the UK, or after us?
- How many songs have been Christmas number one more than once?
- What gifts did the Three Wise Men give Jesus on the day he was born?
- How many ghosts appear in ‘A Christmas Carol’?
- What is the opening line to Shakin’ Stevens’ ‘Merry Christmas Everyone’?
- What would the other reindeer not let Rudolph do in the song ‘Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer’?
- A foreign city has donated a huge Christmas tree to the people of Britain every year since 1947, which is always displayed in Trafalgar Square. Which city is it?
- Which exact song by the same artist has been Christmas number one twice, 16 years apart?
- In which Christmas movie does Tom Hanks play 6 of the characters?
- In the Friends episode ‘The One with the Holiday Armadillo’ who dressed up as an armadillo?
- What happens to Del Boy and Rodney in the 1996 Only Fools and Horses Christmas Special?
- Miracle On 34th Street centres on what real-life American department store?
- Which celebrity won 2019’s Strictly Come Dancing special?
- Which fruit is traditionally put inside a Christmas stocking
- What is “roasting on an open fire” in the traditional Christmas song?
- Which tin of chocolates often found at Christmas includes ‘the Purple one’?
- What happened on the 1914 Christmas Day truce during the First World War?
- Which plant, beginning with P is associated with Christmas?
Scroll down for the answers… Good luck!
Answers
- 8
- Germany
- George V in 1932
- The excitable dragon was called Edgar
- Kevin McCallister is 8
- C.S. Lewis’ The Lion, The Witch and The Wardrobe
- Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas’ was released in 1994
- Wham lyric: “But you still catch my eye”
- There were 364 gifts given in the Twelve Days of Christmas
- Bing Crosby’s White Christmas is the best selling Christmas song of all time
- The Grinch tries to steal Christmas from Whoville
- Will Ferrell’s character in Elf is called Buddy
- Die Hard is set in Los Angeles
- 2019’s Christmas number one was ‘I Love Sausage Rolls’ by Ladbaby
- Japan
- Before us
- Three songs have been Christmas number one more than once
- The Three Wise Men gave Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh
- Four ghosts appear in ‘A Christmas Carol’
- “Snow is falling, all around me”
- The other reindeer wouldn’t let Rudolph join in any reindeer games
- Norway
- Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen was Christmas number one in 1975 and again in 1991
- The Polar Express. He plays Hero Boy, Father, Conductor, Hobo, Scrooge and Santa Claus.
- Ross Gellar gets dressed up as an armadillo
- Del Boy and Rodney become millionaires
- Macy’s
- Debbie McGee won Strictly Come Dancing in 2019
- An orange or tangerine are typically found in Christmas stockings
- Chestnuts are roasting on an open fire
- ‘The Purple One’ is found in Quality Street
- A game of football was played between British and German soldiers during the Christmas Day truce in 1914
- Poinsettia
