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Sunday, December 24, 2023

Christmas & New Year Quiz

I watched the movie Home Alone on Singapore Airlines. Here is a quiz about Christmas.



QUESTIONS

EASY

ANIMALS 1 Which animal draws Santa's Sleigh?

BIRDS 2 Which bird features on Xmas cards

COUNTRY 2 Name a country where Santa Claus can be visited. 

DATE 3 Which day of the year is Xmas Day in the UK?

DATE /COUNTRY 4 Name two more countries using the same date.

DATE 5 Which day is Xmas eve?

DATE 6 Which day is Boxing day?

FOOD 7 What is the name of the fruit cake roll with a marzipan centre? 

COUNTRY 8 Which country does a fruit cake with mazipan come from

SONG/DATE 9  How many days of Xmas are there?

10 Which king looked out in the snow? 

11 In which capital  andcountry was the king and where is his statue?

12 What colour are holly and mistletoe berries?

13 Which countries provide the Xmas flower Poisettia

14 The fir tree in Trafalgar Square is from which Country? 

15 Name 2 ingredients of a British Xmas dinner? 

16 What is the meaning of the name of the little town of Beth-lehem?

17 What does Feliz navidad mean, and which language?

18  Who wrote Auld Lang Syne? Shakespeare? Keats? Robbie Burns?

19 What is the Russian equivalent of Father Xmas?

20 Who wrote A Christmas Carol? Shakespeare. Jane Austen. Charles Dickens.


ANSWERS

1 Reindeer.


2 Robin Redbreast

3 Dec 25

4 USA and Canada 

5 Dec 24

6 Dec 26

7 Stollen

8 Germany

9 How many days of Xmas are there? 12.

10 Good King Wenceslas

11 Prague, Czech republic

12 red and white

13 Poisettias are from the USA and Guatemala, and South Africa

14 The fir tree in Trafalgar Square is from which Country? Norway (Oslo)

15 Name 2 ingredients of a British xmas dinner? Turkey. Stuffing. Cranberry sauce. Xmas pudding. Custard.

16 House (of) Bread (bakery).

17 Happy Christmas in Spanish - name of a song.

18 Who wrote Auld Lang Syne?  Robbie Burns.

19  What is the Russian equivalent of Father Xmas? Grandfather Frost.

20 Who wrote A Chritmas Carol?  Charles Dickens.

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