Christmas quiz
“The most wonderful time of the year” is always near 🙂 Father Christmas, Kris Kringle or Santa Claus is busy packing presents on the North Pole. It is time to go shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, to send cards, watch heart- melting ads and listen to carols and Christmas pop songs. Test your knowledge of the festive season in the Christmas quiz.
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Question 1 of 19
1. Question
Match the word to the picture.
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- bauble
- stocking
- tree topper
- garland
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Question 2 of 19
2. Question
Eggnog is
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Question 3 of 19
3. Question
Besides the usual ingredients like raisins, currants and almonds something special can be added to the traditional Christmas Pudding mixture. What is it?
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Question 4 of 19
4. Question
Christmas is not only about religion, putting up special decorations, music and carols, Xmas family meals, cards but also about Xmas shopping. Much time, effort and especially money is spent on creating heart-melting adverts which signal the beginning of the “festive season”.Some Xmas shopping days have nicknames. Match the description to the day.
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- The day immediately following Thanksgiving Day in America. It is the busiest shopping day of the year and signals the beginning of the Christmas shopping season since 1952.
- The day in early autumn when the UK publishing industry launch on to the marketplace their (potentially) best-selling books which they hope will be Xmas presents.
- The day after the Thanksgiving holiday which was made up by marketing companies to persuade people to do their Xmas shopping online.
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Black Friday
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Super Thursday
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Cyber Monday
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Question 5 of 19
5. Question
What is traditionally sung on Christmas itself or during the surrounding holiday season, sometimes in groups? It is also the title of a famous Christmas story by Charles Dickens.
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Question 6 of 19
6. Question
In English-speaking countries a branch of this plant (as seen on the card below) will be hung as decoration in the house around Christmas time. Tradition dictates that anyone standing underneath it, may be kissed.
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This plant is called .
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Question 7 of 19
7. Question
Match the American Christmas movie to the description.
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- It's a Wonderful Life
- Home Alone
- Miracle on 34th Street
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In this American Christmas movie (1946) an angel shows a desperate man what his life would have looked like if he had not lived.
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In this American Christmas movie (1990) an eight-year-old boy makes life very hard for the burglars who want to break into his house.
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In this American Christmas film (1994) a cynical girl is convinced dat Santa Claus does not exist but has to reluctantly reverse her opinion when the evidence seems to point the other way.
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Question 8 of 19
8. Question
Boxing Day is
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Question 9 of 19
9. Question
A Christmas Cracker is
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Question 10 of 19
10. Question
The first commercially produced Christmas card was designed and sent in Great Britain.
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Question 11 of 19
11. Question
In English-speaking countries people wish each other a
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Christmas and a New Year.
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Question 12 of 19
12. Question
Which of the following words canNOT be used instead of Christmas.
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Question 13 of 19
13. Question
Christmas pop songs will only be heard in the weeks leading up to Christmas and are not so much religious as meant to help people feel more festive and get them in the mood for the holiday season. The songs evoke a past familiar to all and celebrate the festive season.
Match the performing artist to the Xmas pop classic and the year in which the song was released.
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- Bing Crosby
- Slade
- Wham!
- Mariah Carey
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White Christmas (1942)
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Merry Xmas Everybody (1973)
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Last Christmas (1986)
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All I Want for Christmas Is You (1994)
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If the videos are still playing, press the PAUSE button before going to the next question. There is no back button.
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Question 14 of 19
14. Question
The person with the white beard handing out gifts during the holiday season is known by many names in the English-speaking world. Which name won’t he listen to?
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Question 15 of 19
15. Question
What big bird do the Brits eat traditionally on Christmas Day?
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Question 16 of 19
16. Question
What is the name given to the festival marking the conclusion of the Twelve Days of Christmas? In some English-speaking countries people think that is unlucky to leave Christmas decorations hanging after this date.
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Question 17 of 19
17. Question
What is the name of the New Year song often used to say goodbye to the old year in the English-speaking world?
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Question 18 of 19
18. Question
Where in America do over a million people watch a time ball drop?
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Question 19 of 19
19. Question
Christmas pop songs will only be heard in the weeks leading up to Christmas and are not so much religious as meant to help people feel more festive and get them in the mood for the holiday season. The songs evoke a past familiar to all and celebrate the festive season.
Match the year to the performing artist(s) and the Xmas pop classic.
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- 1953
- 1987
- 1971
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Band Aid – Do They Know it’s Christmas?
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Eartha Kitt – Santa Baby
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The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl – Fairytale of New York
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John & Yoko/Plastic Ono Band and the Harlem Community Choir – Happy Xmas (War is over)
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