Christmas quiz Flashcards
Ñame the 13 Icelandic Yule Lads
Bowl licker
Pot licker
Spoon licker
Sheep-cote clod
Gully gawk
Stubby
Sausage swiper
Skyr swiper
Meathook
Door slammer
Door sniffer
Window peeper
Candle beggar
In the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the things given are birds?
6
In the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the presents refer to people?
5
In the 12 days of Christmas, how many birds are given altogether?
184
In the twelve days of Christmas, how many people are there altogether?
145
Ñame 10 celebrities who died on Christmas Day?
Joan Blondell
James Brown
Eartha Kitt
Charlie Chaplin
Dean Martin
George Michael
Janice Long
Nicolai Ceaucescu
Elena ceaucescu
Joan miró
Ñame 9 celebrities born on Christmas Day
Annie Lennox
Justin Trudeau
Shane McGowan
Jimmy Buffett
Dido
Sissy Spacek
Cab Calloway
Armin Van Buuren
Nadia Hussein
Who banned Christmas in the Uk and in what year?
Oliver Cromwell, 1656
Which country decorates their trees with spider webs?
Ukraine
Which country decorated their trees with pickles?
Germany
Which country has Santas on roller skates?
Venezuela
In which country do children put their shoes by the fireplace to be given carrots?
Netherlands
Who brings presents to Italian children in Italy?
Befana
In Iceland, the yule cat attacks people who dont receive what?
New clothes
In which country do they eat fried caterpillars?
South Africa
In what country do people hide their brooms so that witches don’t find them?
Norway
In which country do they watch Donald Duck at Christmas?
Sweden
In which country do they decorate the pōhutakawa tree?
New Zealand
What’s the name of the Welsh tradition where a giant horse skull is carried door to door?
Mari lwyd
What’s the name of the tradition of singing songs on 6th January?
Wassailing
Vrolijk Kerstfeest means Merry Christmas in what language?
Dutch
Eguberri on means Merry Christmas in what language?
Basque
Bon Nadal means Merry Christmas in what language?
Catalan
Sretan Bozič means Merry Christmas in what language?
Croatian
Vesel vanoce means Merry Christmas in what language?
Czech
Feličan kristnakson means Merry Christmas in what language?
Esperanto
Häid joūle means Merry Christmas in what language?
Estonian
Frohe Weihnachten means Merry Christmas in what language?
German
Kalá Christouyenná means Merry Christmas in what language?
Greek
Boldog karácsonyt means Merry Christmas in what language?
Hungarian
Wesolych swiat means Merry Christmas in what language?
Polish
Feliz natal means Merry Christmas in what language?
Portuguese
Nollaig Chrideil means Merry Christmas in what language?
Gaelic
Nadolig llawen means Merry Christmas in what language?
Welsh
In which country are apples given on Christmas Eve?
China
In which country is porridge eaten on Christmas Day?
Russia
In which country do they eat Bibingka at Christmas?
Philippines
What is the oldest known Christmas Carol?
O come all ye faithful (Adeste fideles)
For which celebration was Jingle Bells originally written?
Thanksgiving
Where did the legend of kissing under mistletoe come from?
Norse mythology
What was given on each of the 12 days of Christmas?
12 drummers drumming
11 pipers piping
10 Lords a leaping
9 ladies dancing
8 maids a milking
7 swans a swimming
6 geese a laying
5 gold rings
4 calling birds
3 French hens
Two turtle five
1 partridge in a pear tree
How tall was the tallest Christmas tree in Seattle in 1950?
221 feet / 67.36 m
Who is the partridge in a pear tree supposed to represent?
Jesus
Who produced the Nutcracker ballet in 1892?
Tchaikovsky
How tall is the tallest snowman ever built?
125 ft / 38 m
What do Mexicans call the reenactment of Mary and Joseph trying to find a place to stay?
Las posadas
Which company created Rudolph in 1939?
Montgomery Ward
In South Africa, what is a Christmas Braai?
A barbecue
Which social media platform created the largest ever secret Santa exchange in 2014?
How many people took part in Reddit’s largest secret Santa in 2014?
210,000
What type of trees do Wassailers normally sing in front of?
Cider apple trees
According to the nursery rhyme, who sat in a corner eating a Christmas pie?
Little Jack Horner
In the USA, what is traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
Milk and cookies
How many of santas reindeer have names starting with D?
3 dasher, dancer, donner
What is the collective noun for snowmen?
A melt
In 1975, what was the best-selling toy?
Pet rock
What star sign are you if you are born on Christmas Day?
Capricorn
What is the name of Rudolph’s dad?
Donner
Which country is credited with starting Carols by Candlelight?
Australia
In which English city are the Christmas steps?
Bristol
The first artificial Christmas trees were made from what?
Goose feathers
Who was put on trial in Miracle on 34th street?
Kris Kringle
Christmas Island is a territory of which country?
Australia
Which British monarch allegedly invented shortbread?
Mary Queen of Scots
In Canada, letters to Santa are sent to which post code?
H0H 0H0
Which singer grew up on a Christmas tree farm?
Taylor Swift
North Pole is a real place in which American state?
Alaska
In which city was the worlds tallest Christmas tree?
Seattle
Who was the first emperor to celebrate Christmas?
Constantine
Who invented Christmas crackers?
Tom Smith
In what year did Hallmark introduce their first Christmas card?
1915
What fruit is used to make Kris tingle?
Orange
What country is the largest exporter of Christmas trees?
Canada
Which President banned Christmas trees in the White House?
Theodore Roosevelt
What is the most covered Christmas song?
Silent night
The Christmas story is in which books of the Bible?
Mark, Luke
What date should you have your Christmas decorations down?
5th January
What’s the first rule of the code of elves in the movie Elf?
Treat every day like Christmas?
In the song deck the halls, how many la’s follow fa
8
Tinsel comes from old French estincelle meaning what?
A spark
What did Nasa launch on 25th December 2021?
James Webb Space Telescope
What is the capital city of Christmas Island?
Flying Fish Cove
What is the name of Tim Allen’s character in the Santa Clause?
Scott Calvin
From which country does the tradition of the upside down Christmas tree originate?
Poland
How is Father Christmas known in Italy?
Babbo Natale
In what year was the Christmas truce?
1914
In India, what tree is decorated instead of a fir?
Mango tree
When is the feast day of St Nicholas?
December 6
In what country do children leave pan de Pascua for Santa?
Chile
Ñame the three wise men
Balthazar
Gaspar
Melchior
In what year we’re Christmas crackers invented?
1847