This document contains 20 trivia questions about Christmas traditions, figures, and stories. It tests knowledge about Rudolph the red-nosed reindeer, the origins of Saint Nicholas in Turkey, lyrics to classic Christmas carols like "The Holly and the Ivy", customary foods and drinks like turkey and brandy sauce, and details from Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol and the nativity story. The questions cover a wide range of Christmas symbolism, history, and popular culture.

1. Christmas Quiz

2. Question 1
Name the
reindeer who
had a red nose?

3. Question 1- Answer
Rudolph the Red
Nosed Reindeer.

4. Question 2
From which
country did Saint
Nicholas originate?

5. Question 2- Answer
It is believed he came
from Turkey.

6. Question 3
Can you fill in the
missing words
from this popular
carol?

7. Question 3
The ______ and the _____,
When they are both full
grown
Of all the ______ that are in
the wood
The holly bears the ______.

8. Question 3-Answer
The holly and the ivy,
When they are both full
grown
Of all the trees that are in
the wood
The holly bears the crown.

9. Question 4
What alcoholic
sauce is usually
served with
Christmas pudding ?

10. Question 4- Answer
Brandy

11. Question 5
At Christmas we eat
lots of ‘Norfolk
Blacks’- a variety of
which bird?

12. Question 5 - Answer
Turkey

13. Question 6
In Charles
Dickens' book, “A
Christmas Carol”
what is Scrooge's
first name ?

14. Question 6 - Answer
Ebenezer

15. Question 7
In the song, what
did ‘Frosty The
Snowman’ have
for a nose?

16. Question 7 - Answer
Frosty the Snowman, was a
jolly happy soul,
With a corn cob pipe and a
button nose, and two eyes
made of coal.

17. Question 8
The song, ‘White
Christmas’ was
made famous by
which male
singer?

18. Question 8 - Answer
Bing Crosby

19. Question 9
In the song, ‘The
Twelve Days of
Christmas’, what did
my true love give to
me on the first day?

20. Question 9 - Answer
A Partridge
in A Pear
Tree

21. Question 10
Can you fill in the
missing words, from
the opening lines of
this popular
Christmas poem?

22. Question 10
'Twas the ______ before
Christmas, when all
through the ______
Not a _________ was
stirring, not even a
_______;

23. Question 10 - Answer
'Twas the night before
Christmas, when all
through the house
Not a creature was
stirring, not even a
mouse;

24. Question 11
In which town
was Jesus
born?

25. Question 11 - Answer
Bethlehem

26. Question 12
What do we
normally call the
day after
Christmas Day?

27. Question 11 - Answer
Boxing Day

28. Question 13
Christmas Day is on
25th December, but
what do we call the
period of preparation
leading up to
Christmas Day?

29. Question 13 - Answer
Advent

30. Question 14
The wise men
brought gifts to the
baby Jesus. There was
gold and myrrh – but
what was the third
gift?

31. Question 14 - Answer
Gold,
Frankincense and
Myrrh

32. Question 15
Why are
Christmas trees
so bad at
sewing?

33. Question 15 - Answer
They always drop
their needles!

34. Question 16
According to Western
tradition what are the
names of the Three
Wise Men or The
Three Kings ?

35. Question 16 - Answer
Caspar, Melchior and
Balthasar

36. Question 17
On Christmas Eve, the
BBC presents a service
of lessons and carols
from which famous
English city?

37. Question 17 - Answer
Kings College,
Cambridge

38. Question 18
Why did Mary and
Joseph need to
travel to
Bethlehem?

39. Question 18 - Answer
They had to register
because of the census.

40. Question 19
When was the first
Christmas Card sent.
Was it: 1901/ 1843 or
1789

41. Question 19 - Answer
1843

42. Question 20
Who was the
King at the time
of Jesus’ birth?

43. Question 20 - Answer
King Herod

44. Well Done!