Christmas quiz
The most wonderful time of the year is always near! Father Christmas, Kris Kringle, or Santa Claus is busy packing presents at the North Pole. It’s time to go shopping on Black Friday or Cyber Monday, send cards, watch heartwarming 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 20
1. Question
The Twelve Days of Christmas is one of the most popular Christmas Carols. The song is about the gifts someone receives from his or her true love in the twelve days of Christmas. It is a cumulative song, meaning that the first verse describes a gift given by “my true love” on first day of Christmas, then the second verse describes another gift given on the second day and repeating the first gift. Subsequent verses follow the same pattern, so that each verse is one line longer than the one that was sung before.
Watch the Muppet version of The Twelve Days of Christmas and fill in the gifts of the eleventh, sixth and second day.
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On the twelfth day of Christmas
my true love sent to me:
12 Drummers Drumming
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10 Lords a Leaping
9 Ladies Dancing
8 Maids a Milking
7 Swans a Swimming
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5 Golden Rings
4 Calling Birds
3 French Hens
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and a Partridge in a Pear Tree
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Question 2 of 20
2. 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 3 of 20
3. Question
Boxing Day is
Meet Father Christmas
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Question 4 of 20
4. 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.
A Christmas __________
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Question 5 of 20
5. Question
A Christmas Cracker is
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Question 6 of 20
6. 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 7 of 20
7. 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 has signaled the beginning of the Christmas shopping season since 1952.
- The day in early autumn when the UK publishing industry launches their (potentially) best-selling books onto the marketplace, anticipating them to become popular Christmas presents.
- The day after the Thanksgiving holiday, created by marketing companies to encourage people to do their Christmas 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 8 of 20
8. Question
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The person with the white beard who hands out gifts during the holiday season is known by many names in the English-speaking world. To which name won’t he respond?
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Question 9 of 20
9. Question
What big bird do the Brits eat traditionally on Christmas Day?
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Question 10 of 20
10. 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 it is unlucky to leave Christmas decorations hanging after this date.
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Question 11 of 20
11. Question
Match the picture to the word.
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bauble
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stocking
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tree topper
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garland
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Question 12 of 20
12. 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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Question 13 of 20
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 year to the performing artist(s) and the Xmas pop classic.
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- 1984
- 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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Question 14 of 20
14. Question
Eggnog is
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Question 15 of 20
15. Question
The first commercially produced Christmas card was designed and sent in Great Britain.
When was this?
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Question 16 of 20
16. Question
In English-speaking countries people wish each other a-
Christmas and a New Year.
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Question 17 of 20
17. 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 18 of 20
18. Question
Which of the following words cannot be used as a substitute for ‘Christmas’?CorrectIncorrect -
Question 19 of 20
19. Question
Where in America do over a million people watch a time ball drop?
It reaches the bottom of a flagpole at midnight to signal the start of a new year.CorrectIncorrect -
Question 20 of 20
20. 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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