Friday 19th December
As promised, my Christmas Quiz. Answers at the bottom…so don’t cheat 🤣🤣 Good luck...
Greys Inn Christmas Christmas Quiz, December 2025
Round 1: General Knowledge
1. Which of Santa’s Reindeer comes 1st alphabetically?
2. 1/2 pt each, which 2 bands are the only ones to have a Christmas no.1 in 3 consecutive years?
3.What country is Europe’s largest exporter of Christmas trees?
4.In which modern day country was St Nicholas born?
5.In which ocean would you find Christmas Island?
Round 2: Christmas Carols
In which Christmas Carols do the following lines appear?
6. " Born the king of angels"
7. "With the poor and mean and lonely"
8. "Above thy Deep and Dreamless Sleep"
9." Until Morning is Nigh"
10. " Round Yon Virgins Mother and Child"
Round 3: Families
11. Which family left Kevin "Home Alone" in the movies?
12.Which family spent 10 Christmas's on a remote desert island in the East Indies after being ship wrecked?
13.Which family spent Christmas in a Gothic mansion on Cemetery Ridge near a swamp?
14. Which family spent Christmas in Nelson Mandela House?
15.In "National Lampoons” Christmas Vacation" which families holiday was plagued by comedic mishaps and family tensions?
Round 4: Christmas Traditions around the World Multiple Choice.
16. After a poor family watched a Christmas tree grow in their garden, they couldn’t afford to decorate it. The mother hung nuts and fruit in the tree to surprise the children on Christmas morning. During the night spiders spun their silky webs of silver and gold in the tree which delighted the family on Christmas day. So. which country decorated their Christmas trees with spiders webs?
a) Russia b) Ukraine c) Sweden d) Austria
17. Which country has a terrifying Yule Cat that prowls the countryside and eats people not dressed properly for the harsh, winter weather. This countries family tradition of gathering together to protect each other against The Yule cat was probably designed to scare the children into good behaviour? But which country?
a) Sweden b) Switzerland c) Iceland d) Norway
18.Which country has, the now, huge tradition of eating KFC on Christmas Day after a 1974 KFC campaign " Kentucky For Christmas" ?
a) Turkey b) New Zealand c) Japan d) China
19. In this country " Nacimientos" is where many people replace traditional Christmas trees in their homes and gardens with beautiful vibrant nativity scenes. Local communities also create public ones designed by local artists. Which country?
a) Spain b) Mexico c) Brazil d) Portugal
20. So, not on Christmas Day but on the evening of 4th January
the witch called Belfana visits all the children and leaves them sweets and presents if they've been good. Like Santa she enters via the chimney and is left wine and food by the families. Which country is this a tradition?
a) France b) Italy c) Greece d) Ireland
Round 5: Follow the clues and Name The Year
21. Top Xmas Presents: Strawberry Shortcake Doll
Millennium Falcon Model
Sony Walkman Player
Xmas No.1: "Another Brick in The Wall" Pink Floyd
World Events: Margaret Thatcher elected as Britain’s first woman P.M
12th victim of The Yorkshire Ripper discovered in September
Sid Vicious dies of an overdose in February.
Films: Star Treck The motion Picture
The Electric Horseman
Kramer v Kramer
22. Top Xmas Presents: Who wants to be a millionaire board game
Pokémon Game Boy
WWF Wrestling Figures
Xmas No.1 "I have a Dream/ Seasons in The Sun" Westlife
World Events: Blackberry Smart Phone introduced
Concorde makes its final flight
Millennium Dome and London Eye were constructed
Films: The Green Mile
Toy Story 2
Stuart Little
23. Xmas Presents : Ghostbusters Proton Pack
Sylvanian Families
Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle figures
Xmas No.1 "Mistletoe and Wine" Cliff Richard
World Events: Lockerbie Pan Am 103 Disaster
Oil platform Piper Alpha disaster
Summer Olympics were in Seoul, South Korea
Xmas Films: Rain Man
Mississippi Burning
The Island Before Time
24. Xmas Presents: Smart Watches
Amazon Echoe
Frozen and Minion Toys
Xmas No.1 " A Bridge Over You"
Lewisham and Greenwich School choir charity record
World Events: Paris terrorist attacks
International agreement to fight climate change
Jeremy Clarkson sacked from Top Gear.
Xmas Films: Star Wars(The Force Awakens)
The Revenant
Hateful Eight
25.Xmas Presents: Hot Wheels
Sindy Doll
Space Hopper
Xmas No.1 " Lily The Pink" The Scaffold
World Events: Assassination of Martin Luther King and Robert F. Kennedy
Apollo 8 orbits the moon
"Hey Jude " released by The Beatles
Xmas Films: Chitty Chitty Bang Bang
The Lion in Winter
Oliver
Round 6: The Anagram Round
The first letters of your 5 answers form an anagram which is question 31..
26. What did Tom Smith invent in 1847 which have become a traditional Christmas favourite?
27. Which city gifts an annual Christmas Tree to Trafalgar Square ?
28. What popular Christmas toy of 1980 was designed by a Professor of Architecture in order to teach his pupils about spacial awareness?
29.What Christian word means "coming" or "arrival" relating to the period running up to Christmas?
30. What 2003 film written by Richard Curtis is an annual Christmas favourite?
31. Anagram: A seasonal Song
Answers:
1. Blitzen
2. Beatles/Spice Girls
3. Denmark
4. Turkey
5. Indian Ocean
6. O Come All Ye Faithful
7. Once in Royal David’s City
8. O Little Town of Bethlehem
9. Away in a Manger
10. Silent Night
11. The McCallisters
12. Swiss Family Robinson
13. Adams Family
14. The Trotters
15. The Grizwalds
16. Ukraine
17. Iceland
18. Japan
19. Mexico
20. Italy
21. 1979
22. 1999
23. 1988
24. 2015
25. 1968
26. Christmas Crackers
27. Oslo
28. Rubiks Cube
29. Advent
30. Love Actually
31. Anagram: A seasonal Song: carol