published on October 23, 2024 in info

67 Christmas Quiz Questions and Answers 2023

If you're looking to add a little fun to your festive family get-together then you've come to the right place, because we've got the ultimate Christmas quiz for everyone to enjoy.

From Christmas movie trivia to festive traditions, get ready for 67 fun Christmas quiz questions and answers. Pour yourself a tipple and give these a go...

67 Christmas quiz questions 2023

1. Which country first started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?

2. Which popular Christmas beverage is also called 'milk punch'?

3. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?

4. What do people traditionally put on top of their Christmas tree?

5. Where was baby Jesus born?

6. What Hollywood actor played six different roles in The Polar Express?

7. What colour are mistletoe berries?

8. Which fairytale was the first gingerbread house inspired by?

9. Who invented the Christmas wreath?

10. Where did the tradition of Christmas stockings come from?

11. What are the traditional 12 days of Christmas?

12. How do you say Merry Christmas in Spanish?

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13. What was the coldest ever temperature recorded during a UK winter?

14. What are the chances of a white Christmas in the UK?

15. How many Christmas trees are grown in Europe?

16. Where does the royal family traditionally celebrate Christmas?

17. How many years do Christmas trees grow before they are sold?

18. When do the royal family exchange their presents?

19. In Home Alone, where is the family going on holiday?

20. How many Christmas trees are in Buckingham Palace?

21. Where does the word 'winter' come from?

22. How many mince pies are eaten in the UK every year?

23. What King was crowned on Christmas Day?

24. How many turkeys are eaten in the UK every year?

25. Traditionally, how long before Christmas should you start making Christmas cake?

26. How many gifts are there in the 12 days of Christmas song?

27. What is the best-selling Christmas song?

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28. What country has the most reindeer?

29. How many Christmas cards are sold in the UK every year?

30. Which country first decorated Christmas trees?

31. What is the most fragrant real Christmas tree?

32. Which animal carried Mary before she gave birth to Jesus?

33. What's the name of the period leading up to Christmas?

34. What is the name of the shortest day of the year?

35. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?

36. What is the name of a male turkey?

37. Stollen is a famous cake from which country?

38. In what year was the Queen's speech first televised?

39. According to the song, what do you deck the halls with?

40. What sauce is traditionally served with Christmas pudding?

41. Which film features the song 'Walking in the Air'?

42. In which US state would you find the town Santa Claus?

43. What is the name of the carrot in Aldi's Christmas advert?

44. How many times does the number 1 appear on an advent calendar with 24 doors?

45. What is the most recorded Christmas song in history?

46. When should Christmas decorations typically be taken down?

47. What words follow 'Silent Night' in the song?

48. What gift did the Little Drummer Boy give to the newborn Christ?

49. What was Frosty the Snowman's nose made out of?

50. What were Victorian mince pies made from?

51. In what month does the Country Living Christmas Fair traditionally take place?

52. What is the traditional Christmas meal eaten in Japan?

53. What is the name of the Grinch's dog?

54. Name a tree that mistletoe grows on

55. What Christmas decoration was originally made from strands of silver?

56. In folklore, which horned figure punishes badly behaved children at Christmas?

57. Which festive sweet resembles a shepherd's staff?

58. Which real-life department store was Miracle on 34th Street filmed in?

59. Who sings the first line on the 1984 Band-Aid single, Do They Know It’s Christmas?

60. What was Scrooge's first name in Charles Dickens's A Christmas Carol?

61. Who plays the British Prime Minister in Love Actually?

62. What well-known Christmas carol became the first song ever broadcast from space in 1965?

63. True or false: Christmas crackers were invented by a London sweet maker called Tom Smith?

64. What colour was Elvis' Christmas in the famous song?

65. Where does Iris live in The Holiday?

66. What Christmas song was written by James Pierpoint in 1857?

67. Before turkey, what was the traditional Christmas meal in England?

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Christmas quiz answers

1. Germany

2. Eggnog

3. Four — the spirits of Christmas Past, Present and Future, and Jacob Marley

4. An angel

5. Bethlehem

6. Tom Hanks

7. White

8. Hansel and Gretel

9. A German Lutheran pastor named Johann Hinrich Wichern

10. According to tradition, the original Saint Nicholas put gold coins in the stockings of three poor sisters

11. The Twelve Days of Christmas are the last six days of the old year (26, 27, 28, 29, 30, 31 December ) and the first six days of the New Year (1, 2, 3, 4, 5, 6 January)

12. Feliz Navidad

13. The coldest temperature ever recorded during a UK winter was -27.2 °C

14. The chances of a White Christmas are just 1 in 10 for England and Wales

15. Nearly 60 million Christmas Trees are grown each year in Europe

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16. Sandringham

17. 15 years

18. Christmas Eve

19. France

20. Three trees

21. The word winter comes from the Germanic wintar which in turn is derived from the root wed meaning 'wet' or water'

22. 800 million

23. King William I of England in 1066

24. 10 million turkeys

25. Two to three months before

26. 364 gifts

27. Bing Crosby's White Christmas is the best-selling Christmas song with more than more than 50 million copies sold

28. Southern Norway

29. Over three billion Christmas cards

30. Riga, Latvia in 1510

31. Balsam Fir

32. A donkey

33. Advent

34. Winter solstice

35. Silver coins

36. Gobblers

37. Germany

38. 1957

39. Boughs of holly

40. Brandy sauce

41. The Snowman

42. Indiana

43. Kevin

44. 13 times

45. Silent Night

46. Twelfth Night is the night before Epiphany and is the night, tradition says, when Christmas decorations should be taken down

47. Holy Night

48. He played a song on his drums

49. Button nose

50. Minced beef

51. November

52. KFC

53. Max

54. Hawthorne, lime, poplar, apple tree

55. Tinsel

56. Krampus

57. Candy Cane

58. Macy's

59. Paul Young

60. Ebenezer

61. Hugh Grant

62. Jingle Bells

63. True

64. Blue

65. Surrey (bonus point for the village, Shere)

66. Jingle Bells

67. A pig's head and mustard