Christmas quiz Flashcards by Michael Robertson

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

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In the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the things given are birds?

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In the 12 days of Christmas, how many of the presents refer to people?

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In the 12 days of Christmas, how many birds are given altogether?

184

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In the twelve days of Christmas, how many people are there altogether?

145

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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

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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

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Who banned Christmas in the Uk and in what year?

Oliver Cromwell, 1656

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Which country decorates their trees with spider webs?

Ukraine

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Which country decorated their trees with pickles?

Germany

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Which country has Santas on roller skates?

Venezuela

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In which country do children put their shoes by the fireplace to be given carrots?

Netherlands

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Who brings presents to Italian children in Italy?

Befana

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In Iceland, the yule cat attacks people who dont receive what?

New clothes

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In which country do they eat fried caterpillars?

South Africa

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In what country do people hide their brooms so that witches don’t find them?

Norway

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In which country do they watch Donald Duck at Christmas?

Sweden

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In which country do they decorate the pōhutakawa tree?

New Zealand

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What’s the name of the Welsh tradition where a giant horse skull is carried door to door?

Mari lwyd

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What’s the name of the tradition of singing songs on 6th January?

Wassailing

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Vrolijk Kerstfeest means Merry Christmas in what language?

Dutch

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Eguberri on means Merry Christmas in what language?

Basque

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Bon Nadal means Merry Christmas in what language?

Catalan

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Sretan Bozič means Merry Christmas in what language?

Croatian

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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

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

Christmas quiz Flashcards

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