Quizmas
Questions
Congratulations, you’re the quiz
master! Here are five rounds of
Christmas trivia for your quiz. We’ve
also included a picture round to test
everyone’s knowledge on some of
our favourite festive films.
Your guests can play in teams or as
individuals, just print off enough
copies of the resources in this pack.
We’ve provided an answer sheet and
a name plaque for your players to
think up a fun team name. There’s
even team badges for players to
identify their specialist subject.
It’s a point per question, with two
points available for each picture in
the film round. Don’t forget to get
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All Sorts
A general round, including a few Christmas
questions, to get things started.
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1Both ‘West Side Story’ and ‘The Sound of Music’
contain a song with what name?
Answer: Maria
2Where might you see the following words:
“I Spy”, “Grow Up”, “Be Happy”, Say Yes”,
“Lush Lips”, and “Hold Me”?
Answer: Love Hearts
3Which group had three UK Christmas
Number 1 singles in a row in the 1990s?
Answer: The Spice Girls
4What is the first line of the poem by Clement
Clark Moore called ‘A Visit from St Nicholas’?
Answer: Twas the night before Christmas,
when all through the house...
5In the book ‘Charlie and the Chocolate Factory’,
how many golden tickets are there?
Answer: 5
6Which much-loved performer’s first UK
Number 1 was ‘Anyone Who Had a Heart’
in 1964?
Answer: Cilla Black
7Which long-running TV show was set in the
Yorkshire village of Aidensfield?
Answer: Heartbeat
8What is the name of the pop-up theme park
created by the artist Banksy in Westonsuper-Mare that opened in August 2015?
Answer: Dismaland
9What do the German words Donner and
Blitzen mean, as in the names of Santa’s reindeer?
Answer: Thunder and Lightning
10Which famous seasonal slogan was invented
by Clarissa Baldwin in 1978 to warn us against
buying puppies as presents?
Answer: A dog is for life, not just for Christmas
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Festive Favourites
A round on some of the things we enjoy
at Christmas.
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1Paul Young in 1984, Kylie Minogue in 1989,
Chris Martin in 2004 and One Direction in 2014
all sang the first line in which song?
Answer: Do They Know It’s Christmas
2Santa’s Little Helper is a dog belonging
to which famous TV family?
Answer: The Simpsons
3Which long-running Agatha Christie play
is set at Christmas time?
Answer: The Mousetrap
4What goes between the fruit cake and
the icing in a traditional Christmas Cake?
Answer: Marzipan
5Which double act’s Christmas Special was
watched by around 28 million people in 1977?
Answer: Morecambe & Wise
6In which ballet by Tchaikovsky does a
Christmas present turn into a prince who
defends Clara from the Mouse King?
Answer: The Nutcracker
7Which festive song has been recorded by
Marilyn Monroe, Eartha Kitt and Kylie Minogue
amongst others?
Answer: Santa Baby
8According to the song ‘We Wish You A Merry
Christmas’, what dish do we wish to be brought
and do we, apparently, all like so much that
“we won’t go until we get some”?
Answer: Figgy Pudding
9Which N was a surprise 2009 Christmas hit
movie which has had sequels subtitled ‘Danger
in the Manger’ and ‘Dude, Where’s My Donkey’?
Answer: Nativity!
10Name either one of the two fictional TV
characters who have had UK Christmas
number ones.
Answer: Mr Blobby and Bob the Builder
The Chain
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A general round with a twist. The answer to each
question begins with the last letter of the previous
answer, all the way to the end of the round.
1Which word, popularised by Thomas Edison,
is the title of Number 1 hits by both Lionel Richie
and Adele?
Answer: Hello
2What is a game in which you must cure ailments
such as broken heart, water on the knee and
butterflies in the stomach?
Answer: Operation
3Which country contains a mountain range
known as The Southern Alps?
Answer: New Zealand
4Which poet, best known for ‘Under Milk Wood’,
wrote a short story called ‘A Child’s Christmas
in Wales’?
Answer: Dylan Thomas
5Which band’s best selling single contains
the line“Does your granny always tell you
that the old songs are the best”?
Answer: Slade (Merry Xmas Everybody)
6What substance found on teeth is the hardest
produced by the human body?
Answer: Enamel
7What is the common name in the UK for what
is known in the USA as Spandex?
Answer: Lycra
8What is a chemical element whose name has
one letter less in American English compared
to British English?
Answer: Aluminium/aluminum
9What is a sweet, made from sugar, egg whites
and gelatin, that is named after a plant from
which traditional versions were made?
Answer: Marshmallow (not Meringue)
10Which character first appeared in a short story
in The London Evening News on Christmas Eve
1925 called ‘The Wrong Sort of Bees’?
Answer: Winnie-the-Pooh
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Sport and Games
A round on sport as well as indoor games.
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1If a jockey wears purple with gold trim, scarlet
sleeves and black velvet cap, who owns the
horse he is riding?
Answer: The Queen
2Which chess piece always stays on squares
of the same colour?
Answer: Bishop
3The first sportspeople to win both ‘Strictly
Come Dancing’ and ‘I’m a Celebrity ...’ came
from which sport?
Answer: Cricket (Mark Ramprakash and Phil Tufnell)
4What Olympic sport has 6 outfield players
and a goalkeeper per side, and goals 3m wide
and only 90 cm high?
Answer: Water Polo
5On 6th February 1971, Alan B. Shepard hit two
golf balls at a venue where no one else had ever
played before. Where?
Answer: The Moon
6What word links a sport film from 2009 to an
inaugural sporting event organised by Prince
Harry in 2014?
Answer: Invictus
7In a standard deck of cards, which is the only
King not to have a moustache?
Answer: King of Hearts
8Which sporting event always starts 17 days
before the May Day bank holiday? (the May Day
Bank Holiday being day 17 of the event)
Answer: World Snooker Championships
9In which game, invented at Cambridge University,
might players squidge those playing pieces
which are not squopped?
Answer: Tiddlywinks
10On the evening of the 1st January 2015, Chelsea
and Manchester City both had 46 points, with
a goal difference of 25, both having scored 44
goals and conceded 19 goals. On what basis were
Chelsea shown as top of the Premier league?
Answer: Alphabetical order
Yule Never Guess!
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This last round has a Christmas theme and also
has a few questions where you might think you
know the answer, but aren’t 100% sure.
1If you were born on Christmas Day, what would
be your star sign?
Answer: Capricorn
2In the popular song, what did my true love give
to me on the sixth day of Christmas? (just need
one answer, not all the other gifts)
Answer: Six Geese a-laying
3Which country donates the Christmas tree
for Trafalgar Square each year?
Answer: Norway
4Who is the final Ghost that Ebenezer Scrooge
encounters in Charles Dickens’ ‘A Christmas Carol’?
Answer: Ghost of Christmas Yet To Come
5True or False: Jon Bon Jovi’s first appearance
on a record was singing ‘R2-D2 We Wish You
a Merry Christmas’ on the 1980 Star Wars album
‘Christmas in the Stars’, an album that contained
a billboard number 69 with ‘What Can You Get a
Wookie for Christmas (When He Already Owns
a Comb)’.
Answer: True
6Is a donkey the father or the mother of a mule?
Answer: Father (the mother is a horse)
7Who resigned as President of the Soviet Union
on Christmas Day in 1991?
Answer: Mikhail Gorbachev
8In the Nativity story in the Gospel of Luke,
Mary visits her relative Elizabeth, who is herself
pregnant - with whom? (who is the baby,
not who is the father!)
Answer: John the Baptist
9In which Ocean would you find Christmas Island?
Answer: Indian
10Which king was crowned in Westminster
Abbey on Christmas Day 1066?
Answer: William I (William the Conqueror)
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Pictures
BHF staff have been having fun recreating
scenes from their favourite Christmas movies.
1a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: It’s A Wonderful Life
6 a. C
an you name the festive movie?
Answer: Gremlins
b. What festive song does the
crowd sing in the final scene
of this 1940s classic?
Answer: Auld Lang Syne
2 a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: Home Alone
b. Name two other feature films the child star of
this hugely successful film appeared in.
Answers: Home Alone 2. Getting Even With Dad.
Richie Rich. The Pagemaster.
My Girl. The Good Son.
Only the Lonely. The Nutcracker
b. In which US city is the
sequel set?
Answer: New York
7 a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: A
Christmas Carol
b. In Disney’s 1983 animated version of this story,
this character is portrayed by what animal?
Answer: A duck
3a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: Elf
8a. C
an you name the festive movie?
Answer: Love Actually
b. Name the actor who starred in this modern
day family favourite?
Answer: Will Ferrell
b. M
ost of this film was shot on location
in which UK city?
Answer: London
4a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: Miracle On 34th Street
9a. C
an you name the festive movie?
Answer: The Nightmare Before Christmas
b. What is the full name of the character on the
right? (It’s not Santa Clause or Father Christmas)
Answer: Kris Kringle
b. W
ho directed this creepy holiday themed tale?
Answer: Tim Burton
5a. Can you name the festive movie?
Answer: Snowman
10a. C
an you name the festive movie?
Answer: The Grinch
b. Name one of the two Brighton
landmarks that appear in this scene.
Answer: Brighton/Royal
Pavilion and Brighton/
Palace Pier
b. W
hat is unusual about the title
character’s heart?
Answer: His heart is two sizes
too small
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Pictures
BHF staff have been having fun recreating
scenes from their favourite Christmas movies.
1a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. What festive song does the crowd sing in the
final scene of this 1940s classic?
2a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. Name two other feature films the child star of
this hugely successful film appeared in.
3a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. Name the actor who starred in this modern
day family favourite?
4a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. What is the full name of the character
on the right?
5 a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. Name one of the two Brighton landmarks that
appear in this scene.
Quiz team copy – print one per team.
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Pictures
BHF staff have been having fun recreating
scenes from their favourite Christmas movies.
6a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. In which US city is the sequel set?
7a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. In Disney’s 1983 animated version of this story,
this character is portrayed by what animal?
8a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. Most of this film was shot on location
in which UK city?
9 a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. Who directed this creepy holiday themed tale?
10 a. Can you name the festive movie?
b. What is unusual about the title
character’s heart?
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1. All Sorts
2. Festive Favourites
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