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30 Christmas quiz questions for kids and families
Thirty easy Christmas questions in three rounds — just right for kids, mixed-age families and a quiz after Christmas dinner. Tap Show answer to check each one.
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Make a family Christmas quiz Play a Christmas for kids quiz gameRound 1: Christmas films, TV and songs
What is the title of Mariah Carey's 1994 Christmas hit?
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All I Want for Christmas Is You
In the 2003 film Elf, which actor plays Buddy?
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Will Ferrell
What kind of animal was Monty, the star of John Lewis's 2014 Christmas advert?
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A penguin
The 2017 film The Man Who Invented Christmas stars Dan Stevens as which author?
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Charles Dickens
Which actor plays Clark Griswold in the 1989 film National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation?
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Chevy Chase
Which songwriter wrote White Christmas?
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Irving Berlin
Which New York department store's Thanksgiving parade features at the start of the 1947 film Miracle on 34th Street?
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Macy's
In which city is King's College, famous for its Christmas Eve Festival of Nine Lessons and Carols?
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Cambridge
Which actor plays the villain Hans Gruber in the 1988 film Die Hard?
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Alan Rickman
Which YouTube act had the Christmas number one in five consecutive years from 2018 to 2022 with charity songs about sausage rolls?
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LadBaby
Round 2: Christmas food and traditions
Which bird is the traditional centrepiece of a Christmas dinner in the UK?
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Turkey
Which spirit is traditionally poured over a Christmas pudding and set alight?
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Brandy
Which plant is traditionally hung up so that people can kiss beneath it at Christmas?
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Mistletoe
In A Christmas Carol, which bird do the Cratchits eat for Christmas dinner before Scrooge's change of heart?
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A goose
Which charity's Christmas Jumper Day asks people across the UK to wear festive knitwear in December?
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Save the Children
In which pantomime does Widow Twankey appear?
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Aladdin
What kind of hard white icing, made with egg whites, is traditionally used on a British Christmas cake?
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Royal icing
Since 1947, which country has given London a Christmas tree for Trafalgar Square each year, as thanks for Britain's support during the Second World War?
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Norway
Who is Cinderella's loyal friend in the traditional pantomime?
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Buttons
Mince pies originally contained which ingredient that most no longer do?
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Meat
Round 3: Christmas mix
What colour is Father Christmas's suit traditionally?
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Red
Which girl group had three Christmas number ones in a row, from 1996 to 1998?
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The Spice Girls
Which 2004 animated film sees Tom Hanks voicing the conductor of a magical train bound for the North Pole?
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The Polar Express
According to the Gospels, in which town was Jesus born?
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Bethlehem
During the 1914 Christmas truce, which sport did British and German soldiers famously play in no man's land?
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Football
Which vegetable is traditionally left out for Santa's reindeer on Christmas Eve?
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A carrot
In Ireland, what is traditionally placed in the window on Christmas Eve to welcome Mary and Joseph?
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A lit candle
In The Twelve Days of Christmas, which gift is given eight of?
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Maids a-milking
In the 2003 film Love Actually, which actor plays the Prime Minister?
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Hugh Grant
Which two musicians wrote the 1984 charity single Do They Know It's Christmas?
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Bob Geldof and Midge Ure
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