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BRITISH CHRISTMAS QUIZ ADVENT CALENDAR

Veronica Alconchel

Created on November 20, 2023

How much do you know about Christmas in the UK. Advent Calendar to take a quiz.

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How much do you know about British Christmas?

Advent Calendar

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Challenge 1

Though this way of celebrating Christmas was already known, it was Prince Albert who popularised this German tradition. Prince Albert was German.

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Most families have a Christmas tree, or even two, at home. Do you know who popularised this tradition?

Prince Albert, Queen Victoria's husband
Henry VIII
William the Conqueror

2023

Challenge 2

The night before Christmas is usually called ‘Yule Even’ in Old Scots language.

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Where in the UK do people say "Blithe Yule" to wish a merry Christmas?

Scotland
Wales
The East End in London

2023

Challenge 3

Surprisingly, these pies are filled with dried fruit and spices. There's no meat in them! Tradition says you must always make a wish on the first mince pie you eat during Christmas.

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What snack do British children traditionally leave for Santa and his reindeers?

M;ince pies and brandy
Apple pie
Milk and biscuits

2023

Challenge 4

The word 'eve' means the day or period of time before an occasion or event. So Christmas Eve literally means 'the day before Christmas.

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What's the name for the day before Christmas Day?

Christmas Eve
Boxing Day
New Yeaar's Day

2023

Challenge 5

From Middle Ages, Boxing Day is also associated to St. Stephen's Day. It took the name from the tradition of churchs of opening collecting boxes that day. That day, servants also had a day off and took homes boxes with food.

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When do we celebrate "Boxing Day"?

26th December
1st April
28th December

2023

Challenge 6

The 12 days of Christmas is the period between the birth of Christ and Epiphany.

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When do "The 12 days of Christmas" take place?

25th December to 6th January
24th December to 5th January
12 days before Christmas

2023

Challenge 7

Irish Catholics began lighting candles in their windows and leaving their doors unlocked at Christmas as a sign it was safe for a priest to visit under the cover of darkness.

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One old custom is placing lighted candles in windows during Christmas season. Where did it originate?

Ireland
Scotland
Wales

2023

Challenge 8

“Nollaig Shona Duit” sounds like ‘NO-lihg HO-nuh ghwich’. It is translated as “Happy Christmas to you”.

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Where in the UK do people say "Nollaig Shona Duit" to wish a merry Christmas?

Ireland
Scotland
Wales

2023

Challenge 9

In 1843 John Calcott Horsley sent the first printed Christmas card for his friend, Sir Henry Cole.

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When was the first Christmas card sent in the UK?

1843
1800
1910

2023

Challenge 10

Mulled wine is usually red wine heated with added sugar and spices. It is drunk warm as a traditional winter drink.

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What's the perfect complement for the mince pies you eat at Christmas?

Mulled wine
Beer
Hot chocolate

2023

Challenge 11

The word Carol means a song of praise and joy! In pre Christian times, carols used to be sung in all four seasons, but only the tradition of singing them at Christmas survived and so Christmas Carols were born.

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How do you call those traditional songs that are sung at Christmas to celebrate the birth of Jesus Christ?

Christmas Carols
Psalm Hymns
Christian Songs

2023

Challenge 12

Children burn letters in the fire. The draught carries them up the chimney and Santa reads the smoke.

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British children also write letters to Santa listing their requests. What's the traditional method of sending them?

Tossing them into the fireplace
Putting them into the post
Putting them inside mince pies

2023

Challenge 13

King George V started the tradition in 1932 with a radio broadcast via the British Broadcasting Corporation (BBC).

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What time is the Royal Christmas Message broadcast?

3:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m.
9:00 p.m.

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Challenge 14

The Twelfth Night is the night before the coming of the Three Wise Men or The Three Magi. It's the last day of "The 12 days of Christmas".

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Apart from being one of Shakespeare's comedy, what is Twelfth Night?

The night before Epiphany
12nd January
The last night of the year

2023

Challenge 15

In ancient times, myrrh was a costly ingredient used in perfumes, incense, and cosmetics as well as in medicines and embalming.

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The Three Wise Men presented to the baby Jesus gold, frankincense and myrrh? Do you know what myrrh is?

Tree resin
Smoked food
A gem

2023

Challenge 16

Oliver Cromwell, and the Puritan movement, made illegal all Christmas celebrations: cooking a Christmas meal, singing carols or attent to church. The law was overtuned in 1660.

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Christmas are banned!!!!!There was a time when celebrating Christmas was prohibited. When did it happen?

1644
1945
1066

2023

Challenge 17

It was during the Tudor period that eating turkey was seen as an exotic delicacy. Turkeys were walked from Norfolk and Suffolk all the way to the London market, that's more than 150 Km.

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Traditional Christmas dishes can include goose, beef or turkey, being turkey the last to be introduced. What King did first have turkey at Christmas?

King Henry VIII
Queen Victoria
Queen Elizabeth II

2023

Challenge 18

Traditionally, a silver sixpence coin was put inside the pudding. Finding the coin brings you luck and wealth for the following year.

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Christmas Pudding is the traditional dessert in a British Christmas dinner. What's the tradition related to it?

Placing a coin in the mixture
Wrapping it with bacon
Hiding a riddle in it

2023

Challenge 19

Christmas Crackers contain small gifts, jokes or party hats with the shape of a crown. The cracker is opened when two people hold each end and after a snapping sound, the cracker split in two.

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When you sit at the table for Christmas dinner, you'll probably see, next to your plate, a cardboard tube wrapped in coloful paper. What is it?

A Christmas Cracker
A small present
Some chocolates

2023

Challenge 20

In the UK, it doesn't snow very often. Statistics show that in the UK, they get an official White Christmas about every 4 or 5 years and have real snow at Christmas about 1 in 10 years.

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Christmas in UK are "White Christmas" if the UK Meteorological Office says so. How much snow is needed to declare "White Christmas"?

1 snow flake during Christmas Day
1 meter of snow
24 hours snowing no stop

2023

Challenge 21

The Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is a present given to the British people, by the city of Oslo, every year since 1947. It's sent as a token of gratitude for British support to Norway during the Second World War

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An over 20-meter-tall Christmas Tree, with 500 whites lights, is placed in Trafalgar Square.Where does this tree come from?

Norway
Scotland
France

2023

Challenge 22

The first examples of the abbreviation Xmas can be found in some 15th century ecclesiastical writings. The X originally represented the first letter of the Greek word Xριστóς, meaning Christ.

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The word "Christmas" comes from Christ's mass, the church ceremony to celebrate Jesus.But, why do we say Xmas?

The X comes from Greek
The X comes from Latin
The X represents the sound of "Christ"

2023

Challenge 23

"A Christmas Carol" by Charles Dickens, published in 1843, was widely popular at the time. He popularised the idea of spending time with family and helping the less fortunate. These values were also transmitted by Queen Victoria and Prince Albert.

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The way Brits celebrate Christmas has varied through the passing of time. Do you know what writer helped to consolidate today's image of the ideal Christmas?

Charles Dickens
William Shakespeare
The Venerable Bede

2023

Challenge 24

Yes!! Surprisingly, beer was a common present for the youngest at home in early 19th century. Later on, this tradition faded away. It was also during the Victorian period that presents started to be wrapped.

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It was also during Victorian era that the tradition of Christmas gift-giving widely spread. While books were given to adults, what present was popular among children?

Beer
Fruit
Mince pies

2023