quiz
1 Which actor played ‘Buddy’, in the film Elf?
2 Which country traditionally gives London’s Trafalgar Square its Christmas tree?
3 What is the name of the cake traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?
4 By what name do we know the vegetable brassica oleracea?
5 Who banned Christmas in England between 1647 and 1660?
6 US President Franklin Pierce introduced what to White House Christmas tradition in 1856?
7 What Christmas item was invented by London baker and wedding-cake specialist Tom Smith in 1847?
8 Traditionally what is hidden inside a rice pudding at Christmas in Sweden?
9 Which Christmas condiment is made from fruit sometimes referred to as marshworts?
10 In the UK it is traditionally believed that eating a what each day of the twelve days of Christmas
brings happiness the following year?
11 Which record was a Christmas No.1 in 1975 and 1991?
12 What year was the first televised Christmas message delivered to the nation by Queen Elisabeth II?
13 In which country is St. Nick called Sinterklaas?
14 What does the word advent mean?
15 What colour did Santa Clause wear before he changed to red?
Answers
1 Will Ferrell
2 Norway
3 Panettone
4 Brussell Sprouts
5 Oliver Cromwell
6 Christmas Tree
7 Christmas Cracker
8 Almond
9 Cranberry sauce
10 Mince pie
11 Bohemian Rhapsody
12 1957
13 Holland
14 Arrival
15 Green
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