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‘Tis the season for a festive pub quiz, and Express.co.uk has collated four rounds of questions and answers for you to enjoy with friends and family at your Christmas celebrations this year. Start with our Festive Facts round, then test your knowledge of global traditions with the Christmas Around the World section. Finally, show off your skills in the Film & TV and the Music rounds. Answers can be found at the end of the page.

Round 1 – Festive Facts

  1. How many days of Christmas are there traditionally?
  2. Which residence does the Royal Family usually spend Christmas at?
  3. What is the famous milky tipple commonly drunk at Christmas called?
  4. Which food danced in children’s heads in the poem Twas The Night Before Christmas?
  5. In which century were the first commercial Christmas cards produced?

Round 2 – Christmas Around the World

  1. Which country started the tradition of Christmas trees?
  2. Where do many people in Japan go for their traditional Christmas dinner?
  3. In Ireland, what colour are the tall candles some place in their windows as a symbol of warmth and shelter for the holiday season?
  4. What fish do people in the Czech Republic traditionally eat on Christmas Eve?
  5. How do people get to church on Christmas Eve in Caracas, Venezuela?

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Round 3 – Film & TV Round

  1. In The Holiday, which English county is Iris’ (played by Kate Winslet) cottage located in?
  2. Where are the McCallisters going on holiday when they leave Kevin behind in Home Alone?
  3. Which actor plays everyone’s favourite Prime Minister in the romantic comedy, Love Actually?
  4. How many full-length films are in the Santa Clause franchise starring Tim Allen?
  5. The 2000 film How the Grinch Stole Christmas was based on the children’s book by which author?

Round 4 – Music Trivia

  1. What is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?
  2. According to her festive hit song All I Want For Christmas Is You, what will Mariah Carey be waiting underneath?
  3. What are the names of Santa’s reindeer in the song Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
  4. In Elvis Presley’s Christmas song, Christmas isn’t white, it’s…?
  5. What is the name of the snowman in the song Winter Wonderland?

Answers

Round 1 – Festive Facts

  1. 12
  2. Sandringham House, Norfolk
  3. Eggnog
  4. Sugar plums
  5. 19th Century (1843 by Sir Henry Cole in London)

Round 2 – Christmas Around the World

  1. Germany
  2. KFC
  3. Red
  4. Carp
  5. On roller skates!

Round 3 – Film & TV Round

  1. Surrey
  2. Paris
  3. Hugh Grant
  4. Three – The Santa Clause (1994), The Santa Clause 2 (2002) and The Santa Clause 3: The Escape Clause (2006)
  5. Dr. Seuss

Round 4 – Music Trivia

  1. According to Guinness World Records, White Christmas by Bing Crosby has sold over 100 million records around the world, with at least 50 million sales as singles
  2. Mistletoe
  3. Dasher, Dancer, Prancer, Vixen, Comet, Cupid, Donner, Blitzen and Rudolph
  4. Blue
  5. Parson Brown

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