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The Great Christmas Quiz

The Boring BitThis quiz has ten rounds with ten points available in each round so a ‘perfect’ score would be one hundred. You can, of course, skip rounds or add your own.

The quiz is pitched to be nice and easy so everyone scores lots of points, it’s not one for the serious quizzers! I think it should hit the mark from Upper Key Stage 2 to online staff do’s and family zoom sessions – you might want to check through and substitute some trickier questions if you have a lot of proper brainboxes involved.

I’ve put the answers to each round immediately after the round but, asthese slides are a different colour, it would be easy to move these slides all to the end or remove them if you preferred.

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Round One: Christmas Movies

We’re going to show you the posters for ten Christmas movies – some old, some new. We’ve covered up the name of the movie though. Can you remember what they’re called?

Five slides with two posters on each.


Ho! Ho! Ho!

1) 2)Are you on the good

list or the naughty list?


3) 4)Tis the season to be jolly

Jingle all the way!


5) 6)

Bah! Humbug! Comfort and Joy!


7) 8)Have another mince pie

Eggnog!


9) 10)

Meet me under the mistletoe?

Have a Christmas Cracker!

Round One: Christmas Movies - ANSWERS

Are you ready for the answers?

There’s one point for each correct answer.


1) Last Christmas

2) It’s A Wonderful Life

3) The Muppet’s Christmas Carol

4) White Christmas

5) Love Actually

6) The Grinch Who Stole Christmas

7) The Polar Express

8) Elf

9) The Santa Clause

10) The Nightmare Before Christmas

Round Two: Christmas Food

We’re going to show you mixed up letters.

They spell some Christmas foods – some are one wordand some are more than one word.

Two slides with five mixed up foods on each.


1) KUTREY

2) ABBDENRRTTUY

3) APUDRMHDSITNCGIS

4) SESSSLTSUROBRUP

5) HLATENSCCOOCOI


6) PBLANIINKGETSS

7) TNUTSECHS

8) SAUBRCEEAD

9) CSAMISTCHRAKE

10) SNPARIPS

Round Two: Christmas Food - ANSWERS


There’s one point for each correct answer.


1) Turkey

2) Brandy Butter

3) Christmas Pudding

4) Brussels Sprouts

5) Chocolate Coins

6) Pigs in Blankets

7) Chestnuts

8) Bread Sauce

9) Christmas Cake

10) Parsnips

Round Three: Christmas Customs

We’re going to tell you about ten Christmas customs from all around the world. Are they true or have we made them up? Just answer TRUE or FALSE.

Ten slides with one Christmas Custom on each.


Custom One:

In Venezuela there is a custom that people roller skate to church on Christmas morning.It is thought that this is because it is hot in Venezualaand it doesn’t snow so they roller skate instead of sledging to church.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Two:

In Iceland there is a custom called the Jolabokaflod, people give each other books on Christmas eve and sit around reading them

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Three:

In Japan it has become traditional to eat KFC for Christmas Dinner. The servers dress up in Santa outfits and the fried chicken comes in specially decorated packaging.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Four:

In Brazil many people like to celebrate Christmas by playing water polo while dressed as Mary, Joseph, the Shepherds and the Wise Men or as Santa and his elves. This has become so popular that on Christmas day the national TV stations all show Christmas themed water polo matches featuring popular celebrities.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Five:

In the Seychelles, where it is always sunny and hot at Christmas, the army turn their largest aircraft hanger into a winter wonderland and create an enormous bank of snow so that all the local schools can come and try sledging and skiing. On Christmas Eve there is a special church service in the hanger with carol singing, mulled wine and chestnuts roasting on an open fire. This tradition was started by homesick American servicemen during the Second World War.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Six:

Norwegians believe that Christmas Eve coincides with the arrival of evil spirits and witches. It is only logical then, that Norwegian householders hide all their brooms before they go to sleep.

After all, nothing spoils Christmas quicker than finding your broom in broken pieces at the foot of a tree, trashed by some joy-riding witch.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Seven:

In Catalonia, a region of Spain, the local people create a character out of a log, drawing a face on it and giving it a hat. Then they spend a fortnight 'feeding' it fruit, nuts and sweets.

On Christmas Eve, the entire family beats the log with sticks and sings a traditional song that translates to 'if you don’t poop well, I'll beat you with a stick' until the log ‘poops out’ all the treats that the family have been feeding it.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Eight:

In some parts of Russia children are in charge on Christmas Day and the grown ups have to do what they say.

Usually the children make the grown ups play silly games or sing funnysongs but sometimes things turn nasty and the children make the grown upsset fire to the furniture or play dangerous tricks on each other. Every yearthere are some serious injuries and even fatalities associated with thistradition. Regional authorities have run campaigns to stop this tradition but the people carry on doing it.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Nine:

In Austria, St Nicholas has an evil counterpart called Krampus. He is the bad cop to St Nick’s good cop, a demon-like creature with one task: to punish bad children before Christmas.

Men dressed in devil costumes roam the streets, carrying chains and a basket for abducting especially bad children and hauling them to hell.

TRUE or FALSE?


Custom Ten:

In Namibia, Christmas is called ‘The Secret Festival’, it is not mentionedon the television, on the radio or in schools. Families pretend thatnothing special is happening, not even speaking about the festival to friends or neighbours. On Christmas Day every family decorates their home, gives gifts and shares a special meal together – there are even special songs about ‘The Secret Festival’ but if you were a visitor to the country you would probably never know it was happening at all.It is thought this tradition derives from a time when Christianity was persecuted throughout parts of Southern Africa and it was necessary to practice the religion in secret.

TRUE or FALSE?



There is one point for each ‘true’ or ‘false’ answer you get right.

Round Three: Christmas Customs - Answers

1) True

2) True

3) True

4) False

5) False

6) True

7) True

8) False

9) True

10) False

Round Four: Can You Spell Christmas?

We’re going to show you ten places on a map of the world. We’ll tell you their first letters and what they are – a river, a mountain, a country or whatever.

Together they spell ‘CHRISTMAS X’ (we had to do the‘X’ as Christmas only has nine letters!)

Ten Slides with one place on each


1) This ‘C’ is a country in South America


1) This ‘H’ is a Mountain Range in Asia


1) This ‘R’ is a country in Africa


1) This ‘I’ is a country at the very bottom of South East Asia.


1) This ‘S’ is an Island in the Mediterranean.


1) This ‘T’ is an island off the coast of Australia.


1) This ‘M’ is an country near Africa.


1) This ‘A’ is a river in South America.


1) This ‘S’ is a desert in Africa.


10) This ‘X’ is a city in China.

Round Four: Can you Spell Christmas – Answers


There is one point for each place you name correctly. We aren’t too worried about spellings today!

Round Four: ‘Can You Spell Christmas’- Answers

1) Chile

2) Himalaya

3) Rwanda

4) Indonesia

5) Sicily (allow Sardinia)

6) Tasmania

7) Madagascar

8) Amazon

9) Sahara

10) Xi’an (pronounced Shee – an)

Round Five: Who’s in the Hat

We have ten well known people dressed up as Father Christmas. Can you work out who they are? There’s one point for each correct answer.

Five slides with two people on each slide


1) 2)


3) 4)


5) 6)


7) 8)


9) 10)

Round Five: Who’s in the Hat?– Answers


There is one point for each person you name correctly. We aren’t too worried about spellings today!

Round Five: Who’s in the Hat?– Answers

1) Daniel Craig (accept James Bond)

2) Messi

3) Prince Harry4) Audrey Hepburn

5) Dua Lipa

6) Marcus Rashford

7) Boris Johnson

8) Holly Willoughby

9) Mr Tumble (Justin Fletcher)

10) Stormzy

Round Six: Christmas Songs

Follow the link to the Youtube video.

https://youtu.be/BQiqeF57a90

Ed Finch is going to play you ten Christmas Songs, all you need to do is write down the names of the songs. Warning – Mr Finch is not really very good at playing these songs and he certainly hasn’t practised.

https://youtu.be/BQiqeF57a90

Round Six: Christmas Songs?– Answers


There is one point for each song you name correctly. We aren’t too worried about spellings today!

Round Six: Christmas Songs’- Answers

1) Jingle Bells

2) All I Want for Christmas is You

3) Ding Dong Merrily on High

4) Last Christmas

5) Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer

6) Away in a Manger

7) Marching for the Cavalry

8) Rocking Around the Christmas Tree

9) I’m Dreaming of a White Christmas

10) Santa Claus is Coming to Town

Round Seven: General Knowledge

Ten general knowledge questions, all with a(sometimes tenuous) connection to Christmas. One point for each correct answer.

Ten slides each with one question.


Question One

This actor, born on Christmas Day in 1899, was nicknamed ‘Bogie’. He famously said ‘Here’s looking at you kid’.


Question Two

This island, which was discovered on Christmas day in 1643, is a rich source of bird droppings – used for fertilser. It is in the Indian Ocean, not far fromAustralia.


Question Three

This Christian Saint is thought to be the source of the character of Father Christmas. In fact, the name ‘Santa Claus’ sounds very close to his name.


Question Four

This famous scientist, born on Christmas Day in 1642, is said to have discovered the force of gravity when an apple fell on his head.


Question Five

On Christmas Day, part of the way through a very famous war, soldiers from the opposing armies stopped fighting, climbed out of their trenches and played a game of football together. What war was that?


Question Six

Christmas Jones is a fictional scientist who appeared in the 1999 James Bond film ‘The World is Not Enough’. Which actor played James Bond inthat film?


Question Seven

By the end of The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many gifts have been given?


Question Eight

Many people in Britain like to eat roast turkey for their Christmas Dinner but they aren’t a native British bird species.

Where in the world do turkeys originally come from?


Question Nine

Old pictures of Father Christmas show him wearing all sorts of colours – green, blue, purple and more.

It is said to be advertising from one particular soft drink maker that fixed our idea of his costume being red. Which company was that?


Question Ten

Everyone enjoys a delicious glass of eggnog at Christmas. What is it’s main ingredient?

Round Seven: General Knowledge- Answers


There is one point for each question you name correctly. We aren’t too worried about spellings today!

Round Seven: General Knowledge- Answers

1) Humphry Bogart

2) Christmas Island

3) Saint Nicholas

4) Isaac Newton

5) World War One

6) Pierce Brosnan

7) 364

8) North America

9) Coca Cola

10) Egg (also milk, cream and spices but mostly egg)

Round Eight: Missing Words

Here’s some well known Christmas songs, rhymes and other things. Each one has a missing word. Can you write down the missing word?

Five slides with two clues on each.


1) Christmastime __________ and wine

2) Fear not said he for mighty _________ had seized their troubled minds.


3) Twas the night before Christmas and through the house, nothing was moving, not even a ___________.

4) Driving ___________ for Christmas.


5) ______ was dead : to begin with. There is no doubt whatever about that.

6) It’s beginning to _____ a lot like Christmas, everywhere I go.


7) In his master's steps he trod

Where the snow lay _______

8) Tell her that you love her. You've got nothing to lose and you'll always _________ it if you don’t.


9) It came without ribbons, it came without tags. It came without ___________, boxes, or bags

10) Little donkey, little donkey

On the dusty road

Gotta keep on plodding onward

With your ________ load

Round Eight: Missing Words - Answers


There is one point for each song you name correctly. We aren’t too worried about spellings today!

Round Eight: Missing Words - Answers

1) Mistletoe (From ‘Mistletoe and Wine’)2) Dread (From ‘While Shepherds Watched their Flocks by Night’)3) Mouse (From ‘The Night Before Christmas’)4) Home (From ‘Driving Home for Christmas’)5) Marley (From ‘A Christmas Carol’)

6) Look (From ‘It’s beginning tolook a lot like Christmas’)

7) Dinted (From ‘Good King Wenceslas’)

8) Regret (From ‘Love Actually’)

9) Packages (From ‘The Grinch’)

10) Precious (from Little Donkey)

Round Nine: Rampant Consumerism

We’re going to show you ten beautiful gifts from theArgos catalogue and we’ll show you three prices foreach gift. Just decide which price is the right price andrecord A, B or C.

Ten slides with one gift on each.


A: £449.99 B: £499.99 C: £549.99

1)


A: £24.99 B: £34:99 C: £44.99

2)


A: £50 B: £:75 C: £90

3)


A: £1299.00 B: £: 1999.00 C: £2500.00

4)


A: £9.99 B: £:24.99 C: £34.99

5)


A: £50.00 B: £:100.00 C: £150.00

6)


A: £199.99 B: £:249.00 C: £299.99

7)


A: £19.99 B: £:24.99 C: £49.99

7)


A: £2299.00 B: £: 3299.00 C: £4299.00

8)


A: £100.00 B: £: 150.00 C: £200.00

9)


A: £569.00 B: £: 669.00 C: £769.00

10)

Round Nine: Rampant Consumerism- Answers


There is one point for each price you got right.

Round Nine: Rampant Consumerism- Answers

1) A

2) A

3) C

4) A

5) B

6) C

7) A

8) B

9) A

10) C

Round Ten: The Stocking Filler

We are going to show you ten things you might find in your Christmas Stocking. Watch out – it’s fast. At the end of the show write down as many of the things as you can remember. There’s some things which really wouldn’t be in your Christmas Stocking there too – don’t write those down!

This part of the Powerpoint will advance automatically using timings so, once you press start, there’s no stopping, waiting or going back!


That’s it! It’s over! Write down as many of the things as you can.

Round Ten: The Stocking Filler - Answers


There is one point for each item you remember correctly but watch out. Your marker will SUBTRACT a point for any of the distractors you include.

Round Ten: The Stocking Filler - Answers

1) Satsuma2) Spinning Top3) Hairbrush4) Colouring Pencils 5) Toy Fire Engine6) Slinky toy7) Torch8) Mouth Organ9) Teddy Bear10) Socks

No points for the elephant, Buckingham Palace, cabbage, toilet or angry raccoon.

The Great Christmas Quiz

Thank you for taking part in the quiz. I hope you had a good time. Do let me know how it went – you can tweet me at @MrEFinch.If you had a good time, why not make my Christmas more Christmassy by making a donation to the kids ward that are taking care of a poorly pupil of mine. It would mean a lot if some of you did.https://www.justgiving.com/fundraising/EdFinch1

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