Christmas Quiz #2 - 2020

Round 1: Food and Drink

10 questions on the subject of "Christmas" Food and Drink.

What is the popular name for little baked sausages wrapped in rashers of streaky bacon?

Traditional in Germany at Christmas, what name is given to the cake-like fruit bread?

What is the name of the fruit sauce which is a traditional accompaniment to the Christmas Turkey?

Which country does the Christmas punch drink called 'glogg' (wine, brandy, sherry, almonds, raisins, orange) come from?

What is the name of the sweet bread, originally from Milan, traditionally eaten in Italy at Christmas?

Sugar and ground almonds are the ingredients for which part of a Christmas cake?

At Christmas, what was formed into the shape of a “husband” and baked in the hope of attracting the real thing?

If you were following a traditional bread sauce recipe, what spice would you stick into an onion?

Beeswing is the term for the crackled translucent crust that forms on old bottles of which popular Christmas tipple?

Before turkey, the traditional English Christmas dinner included a pig’s head smothered in what?

Round 2: Music

10 questions about "Christmas" Music.

A cover of the 80’s song 'Mad World' who had a Christmas number one in the UK 2003?

The third single from his ninth studio album, what was the Michael Jackson Christmas number one in 1995?

Two groups have had three consecutive UK Christmas No 1's, the first was the Beatles, in 1963-64-65, who are the second?

After just two weeks in the charts, Hallelujah was the best-selling single of 2008, with almost 888,000 copies sold by which X Factor winner?

Who did David Bowie duet with on the Christmas Hit 'Little Drummer Boy'?

Which re-released Queen anthem topped the Christmas charts in 1991?

Which duo had a 1987 Christmas hit with a cover of the Elvis song 'Always On My Mind'?

Which Famous Singer / Drummer Played Drums On The Band Aid Single 'Do They Know It's Christmas'?

Mary's Boy Child has hit Christmas Number 1 twice by separate artists. Whose disco-lite version from 1978 is probably best known?

Which band had a UK Christmas number 1 with the song 'Stay Another Day'?

Round 3: Pictures - Films

10 questions about "Christmas" films.

What film is this?

The Grinch

How The Grinch Stole Christmas

What film is this?

Round 4: Music Intros - Christmas Songs

You will hear 10 clips of around 20 seconds of a song with a pause between each song. Identify the artist of each song.

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Round 5: General Knowledge

10 "Christmas" General Knowledge questions.

Which state in the South Central region of the United States, became in 1907 the last to declare Christmas a legal holiday?

The USA's official national Christmas tree is in Kings Canyon National Park in which state?

Complete the verse - 'Twas the night before christmas, when all through the house. Not a creature was stirring not even a'?

Which book begins 'Christmas wouldn't be Christmas without any presents?'

In the Charles Dickens novel 'A Christmas Carol' who was Scrooge's dead business partner?

Who wrote the book, that was the basis for the 1982 animated film, 'The Snowman'?

In which city/county in South West England would you find The Christmas Steps?

What did Harry Potter get for Christmas in his first semester at Hogwarts School?

The Christmas tree displayed in London's Trafalgar Square is traditionally donated by which country?

According to the nursery rhyme, who, 'sat in the corner eating a Christmas Pie'?

Christmas Quiz #2 – 2020

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