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Thirty questions over four rounds, laid out on A4 and ready to print: a question sheet, an answer sheet for each team and an answer sheet for the host.

A4, black and white friendly. Print one team answer sheet per team.

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Christmas Quiz 2026Questions

Round 1 Christmas starters

  1. On Stir-up Sunday, the last Sunday before Advent, what do families traditionally make?
  2. Which charity runs Christmas Jumper Day every December?
  3. Which chocolate tin, first sold in 1936, includes the Green Triangle and the Purple One?
  4. Which tub of mini chocolate bars, launched in 1998, includes Bounty, Maltesers and Galaxy?
  5. Boxing Day is thought to be named after Christmas boxes. Who were they traditionally given to?
  6. What is the most popular type of real Christmas tree sold in the UK?

Round 2 Christmas at the movies

  1. In "Die Hard", what is the name of the skyscraper where the action takes place?
  2. Which 1988 Bill Murray film is a modern version of "A Christmas Carol"?
  3. In "Miracle on 34th Street", at which New York department store does Kris Kringle work?
  4. In "The Holiday", between which two countries do Iris and Amanda swap homes?
  5. Which actor plays the teacher Mr Maddens in the 2009 British film "Nativity!"?
  6. What is the name of the town in "It's a Wonderful Life"?
  7. In "Elf", what is the name of the department store where Buddy gets a job?

Round 3 Christmas around Britain

  1. In which London park is the Winter Wonderland event held?
  2. In which Norfolk house does the royal family traditionally spend Christmas?
  3. What is the Scottish New Year tradition of being the first visitor through the door after midnight called?
  4. At which Cambridge college is "A Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols" held every Christmas Eve?
  5. Which London shopping street, next to Oxford Street, is famous for Christmas lights shaped like giant angels?
  6. Which Welsh midwinter tradition involves a horse's skull, decorated and carried from door to door?
  7. Which city hosts a Frankfurt Christmas Market that has run since the late 1990s, one of the largest outside Germany?

Round 4 Finish the cracker joke

  1. What do you call a rude reindeer?
  2. What is Father Christmas's favourite type of music?
  3. What do you call a cat on the beach at Christmas?
  4. What do you get if you cross Father Christmas with a duck?
  5. Why did the turkey join the band?
  6. What do elves learn at school?
  7. How do sheep say Happy Christmas?
  8. Who hides in the bakery at Christmas?
  9. What do snowmen eat for breakfast?
  10. What did Adam say on the day before Christmas?
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Christmas Quiz 2026Team answer sheet

Team name

Round 1 Christmas starters

Score / 6

Round 2 Christmas at the movies

Score / 7

Round 3 Christmas around Britain

Score / 7

Round 4 Finish the cracker joke

Score / 10

Total / 30

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Christmas Quiz 2026Answers (host only)

Round 1 Christmas starters

  1. The Christmas pudding (or Christmas pudding, Pudding)
  2. Save the Children
  3. Quality Street
  4. Celebrations
  5. Servants and tradespeople (or Servants, Workers)
  6. The Nordmann fir (or Nordmann fir, Nordmann)

Round 2 Christmas at the movies

  1. Nakatomi Plaza (or Nakatomi)
  2. Scrooged
  3. Macy's
  4. England and the USA (or UK and USA, England and America)
  5. Martin Freeman (or Freeman)
  6. Bedford Falls
  7. Gimbels

Round 3 Christmas around Britain

  1. Hyde Park
  2. Sandringham (or Sandringham House)
  3. First-footing (or First footing, First foot)
  4. King's College (or Kings, King's)
  5. Regent Street
  6. Mari Lwyd (or The Mari Lwyd)
  7. Birmingham

Round 4 Finish the cracker joke

  1. Rude-olph (or Rudeolph)
  2. Wrap
  3. Sandy Claws
  4. A Christmas quacker (or A quacker)
  5. Because it had the drumsticks (or It had drumsticks)
  6. The elf-abet (or The elfabet)
  7. Fleece Navidad
  8. A mince spy (or Mince spies)
  9. Snowflakes (or Frosties)
  10. It's Christmas, Eve (or Christmas, Eve)
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How to run it

  1. Print one question sheet for you and one answer sheet per team. The host's answer sheet stays in your pocket.
  2. The cracker joke round works best read aloud in your most tired dad voice.
  3. Printing in black and white is fine. Everything's designed to work without colour.

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