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Christmas food and drink quiz

Twenty-four questions on Christmas food and drink in four rounds: the dinner itself, the sweet things, what’s in the glass and what the rest of the world eats.

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24 questions to play on your own, online. Type your answers and get your score at the end. No PDFs and no group play.

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Questions
24
Rounds
4
Difficulty
Easy to hard

Round 01 / Dinner

Christmas dinner

  1. Sage and what make the classic Christmas stuffing?

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    Onion

    Also accept: Onions

  2. Which bird's fat is the traditional choice for Christmas roast potatoes?

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    Goose

    Also accept: Goose fat

  3. Which pale root vegetable is often roasted with honey for Christmas dinner?

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    Parsnip

    Also accept: Parsnips

  4. Turkeys are native to which continent?

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    North America

    Also accept: America, The Americas

  5. Which Tudor king is often said to have been the first English monarch to eat turkey at Christmas?

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    Henry VIII

    Also accept: Henry the Eighth, Henry 8th

  6. Which white Christmas sauce is thickened with breadcrumbs?

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    Bread sauce

Round 02 / Sweet things

Sweet things

  1. Christmas pudding is also called plum pudding. Which fruit does it not actually contain?

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    Plums

    Also accept: Plum

    "Plum" was an old word for raisins and other dried fruit.

  2. Which hard white icing traditionally covers a Christmas cake?

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    Royal icing

  3. Brandy butter is made from butter, brandy and which other ingredient?

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    Sugar

    Also accept: Icing sugar

  4. The German Christmas biscuit Lebkuchen is most like which British bake?

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    Gingerbread

  5. Turrón, a nougat eaten at Christmas, is a speciality of which country?

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    Spain

  6. Terry's Chocolate Orange was created in which English city?

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    York

    Birmingham had Cadbury, Bristol had Fry's and Halifax made Quality Street.

Round 03 / Drinks

Festive drinks

  1. Which fortified wine takes its name from the Portuguese city of Porto?

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    Port

  2. Which Spanish fortified wine is traditionally left out for Father Christmas?

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    Sherry

  3. A Buck's Fizz is sparkling wine mixed with which fruit juice?

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    Orange

    Also accept: Orange juice

  4. Which Irish cream liqueur was launched in 1974?

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    Baileys

    Also accept: Bailey's, Baileys Irish Cream

  5. Which spirit is the base of a traditional hot toddy?

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    Whisky

    Also accept: Whiskey, Scotch

  6. What is the Scandinavian version of mulled wine called?

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    Glögg

    Also accept: Glogg, Gløgg, Glögi

Round 04 / Around the world

Around the world

  1. In Australia, where Christmas falls in summer, what is Christmas lunch often cooked on?

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    A barbecue

    Also accept: Barbecue, BBQ, The barbie, A barbie, Barbie

  2. The Christmas Eve "Feast of the Seven Fishes" is a tradition among American families from which country?

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    Italy

  3. How many dishes are traditionally served at a Polish Christmas Eve supper?

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    Twelve

    Also accept: 12

  4. What is the Swedish Christmas buffet called?

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    Julbord

  5. Which Mexican Christmas favourite is steamed in a corn husk?

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    Tamales

    Also accept: Tamale, A tamale

  6. In Jamaica, which deep red Christmas drink is made from hibiscus flowers?

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    Sorrel

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How to run it

  1. Play it between courses. The drinks round goes well with the cheese board.
  2. Have the real thing on the table for a tasting bonus: stollen, turrón or a glass of glögg.
  3. Loser of each round does the washing up.