Printable Christmas quiz

Christmas Quiz

1. A Christmas Carol went on sale on 19 December 1843; by which date had the first 6,000 copies sold out?

   1. Christmas Eve
   2. Shrove Tuesday
   3. Twelfth Night
   4. New Year's Eve

2. The film The Snowman has no talking at all. What is the name of its one famous song?

   1. Walking in the Air
   2. Floating on the Breeze
   3. Flying Through the Night
   4. Dancing in the Snow

3. Which civil servant, the V&A's founding director, sent the first commercial Christmas card in 1843?

   1. Rowland Hill
   2. Henry Cole
   3. Anthony Trollope
   4. Charles Dickens

4. In the stories, which animals pull Father Christmas's flying sleigh?

   1. Horses
   2. Huskies
   3. Polar bears
   4. Reindeer

5. 'Silent Night' was performed for the first time on Christmas Eve of which year?

   1. 1818
   2. 1878
   3. 1788
   4. 1848

6. In A Christmas Carol, what is the first name of Scrooge's late business partner, Marley?

   1. Thomas
   2. Samuel
   3. Jacob
   4. Ebenezer

7. In The Snowman, who do the boy and the Snowman meet after flying to the North Pole?

   1. Father Christmas
   2. Jack Frost
   3. The Easter Bunny
   4. The Snow Queen

8. In the Nativity story, what did the wise men follow to find their way to Jesus?

   1. A comet
   2. The moon
   3. A star
   4. The northern lights

9. Which character in A Christmas Carol says 'God bless us every one!'?

   1. Ebenezer Scrooge
   2. Bob Cratchit
   3. Tiny Tim
   4. Jacob Marley

10. Who composed 'Walking in the Air', the theme of The Snowman?

    1. George Fenton
    2. Howard Blake
    3. John Rutter
    4. Rachel Portman

11. What is the name of the villainous penguin in Wallace & Gromit: The Wrong Trousers?

    1. Preston
    2. Piella Bakewell
    3. Feathers McGraw
    4. Wendolene Ramsbottom

12. On which date does the Christian feast of Epiphany fall?

    1. 25 March
    2. 6 January
    3. 2 February
    4. 1 January

13. In the 2003 film Love Actually, Hugh Grant plays which character?

    1. The American President
    2. The Mayor of London
    3. The Prime Minister
    4. The Foreign Secretary

14. In 1958, Christmas Island in the Indian Ocean became a territory of which country?

    1. Indonesia
    2. The United Kingdom
    3. New Zealand
    4. Australia

15. In the film Arthur Christmas, how is Arthur related to Santa?

    1. He is his nephew
    2. He is his grandson
    3. He is his brother
    4. He is his son

16. In The Twelve Days of Christmas, which gift does 'my true love' send five of?

    1. Calling birds
    2. Gold rings
    3. French hens
    4. Swans a-swimming

17. In which year did Coca-Cola's 'Holidays Are Coming' Christmas truck advert first appear on screens?

    1. 1985
    2. 1990
    3. 2000
    4. 1995

18. Who sang 'Walking in the Air' in the 1982 animated film The Snowman?

    1. Peter Auty
    2. Aled Jones
    3. Anthony Way
    4. Declan Galbraith

19. Reindeer are the same species as which North American animal?

    1. Caribou
    2. Musk ox
    3. Moose
    4. Elk

20. Which actor played Ebenezer Scrooge opposite the Muppets in The Muppet Christmas Carol (1992)?

    1. Michael Gambon
    2. Michael Caine
    3. Patrick Stewart
    4. Anthony Hopkins

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