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WorksheetsThe Featherstone Academy Christmas Quiz 2024
Total questions: 75
Worksheet time: 45mins
What gift did Harry Potter receive from the Dursleys during his first Christmas at Hogwarts?
£1 coin
£10 note
50-pence piece
20-pence piece
Can you solve this?
22
20
18
12
If you added up all the gifts your true love brought over the 12 days of Christmas, how many gifts would you have?
68
78
87
88
What is the average temperature in London during December?
0°C
5°C
10°C
15°C
What day of the week will Christmas 2024 fall on?
Monday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
If a Christmas tree is 6 feet tall, how many metres tall is it approximately? (1 foot = 0.3048 metres)
1.5 metres
1.8 metres
2.0 metres
2.5 metres
Which Christmas carol includes the lyrics 'Fa la la la la, la la la la'?
Silent Night
O Holy Night
Deck the Halls
Jingle Bells
Which country is known for the tradition of the Yule log?
Germany
Italy
France
Spain
Who wrote How the Grinch Stole Christmas?
Charles Dickens
Dr Seuss
Stephen King
Paul Sennett
In the movie Home Alone, where does the family go for Christmas when they leave Kevin at home?
New York City
Florida
Venice
Paris
Who does Kermit the Frog play in The Muppet Christmas Carol?
Scrooge
Fozziwig
Bob Cratchet
Tiny Tim
What is the name of the pawnshop owner to whom Scrooge's servants sell his old possessions?
Old Joe
Smoky Bill
Big Tim
Mr Meggins
How many of Rudolph's fellow reindeers' names start with D?
1 Reindeer
3 Reindeers
6 Reindeers
All of them
What year did Mariah Carey’s ‘All I Want For Christmas Is You’ come out?
1994
2004
2020
2007
What was Operation Santa Claus?
An airborne operation to disrupt Nazi communications in Norway.
A full effort to get GI's home before Christmas in 1945.
The first effort to deliver Toys for Tots in the Marine Reserve.
Airdrop of chocolate bars to allied North Africa armies in 1943.
Which president of the United States visited injured troops at Christmas 1862 to brighten their spirits?
James Buchanan
Abraham Lincoln
Andrew Johnson
Ulysses S. Grant
What famous battle took place on Christmas Eve 1776?
The battle of Trenton
The battle of Monmouth
The battle of Philadelphia
The battle of Cold Harbor
This 18-day battle ended on Christmas Day 1941 with Japan seizing this British colony. What colony did they seize?
Singapore
Hong Kong
Sydney
How many years did soldiers in WWI leave their trenches on Christmas day to share gifts with the enemy in no man's land?
One time - it only happened the first year
Twice - the first year and the last year.
Every year of the war soldiers had a Christmas truce.
None - it never happened.
What did the Act of Parliament in 1644 ban?
All of the above
Cooking of traditional Christmas food
Special Christmas church services
Shops closing on Christmas Day
What was the festival known as in Northern Europe before Christianity?
Saturnalia
Yule
Easter
Diwali
Who ruled England in 1644 and banned many Christmas customs?
Constantine
Oliver Cromwell
Charles II
Henry Cole
In which year did sweet shop owner Tom Smith invent the Christmas cracker?
1914
1847
1843
1660
In which year did the first Christmas of the First World War take place?
1660
1914
1843
1644
What did Prince Albert introduce to Britain from Germany?
Christmas carols
Christmas trees
Christmas cards
Christmas crackers
Name the Protestant King of England in 1607.
James IV
James I
James III
James II
Pikachu evolves into
Raichu
Scizor
Gastly
Marshadow
In the Kanto reigon, the three evolution of Eevee are
Jolteon
Vaporeon
Flareon
JigglyPuff
When was Pokemon Go launched in the UK?
July 2016
August 2016
December 2016
January 2017
When was the media franchise of Pokemon launched?
1993
1995
1997
1999
There are enough cookies for each elf to have one. Each elf gets 1 cookie but 8 elves are ill. How many cookies does each elf get if there are 16 cookies?
4
2
1
3
If there are 60 families in York and 30 of them eat turkey. What percentage of families eat turkey?
25%
10%
50%
100%
A rectangular Christmas card is 5cm by 12cm what is the area?
15
30
60
20
If Santa eats 2 mince pies and 1 glass of sherry at each house he visits. He visits 20 houses. How much does he eat and drink?
40 mince pies & 20 glasses of sherry
20 mince pies & 20 glasses of sherry
10 mince pies & 20 glasses of sherry
20 mince pies & 10 glasses of sherry
Four elves recorded how many gifts they wrapped in one hour. The results were 125, 130, 150 and 152.
What was the median number of gifts wrapped?
130
140
150
160
Six Reindeer have flown on Christmas Eve on 8, 6, 5, 6, 6, 5 occasions. What is the modal number of flights they have done?
5
6
7
8
How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?
One
Two
Three
Four
Santa needs to deliver to 822 houses per second on Christmas Eve. How many milliseconds does he spend in each home?
8.22 milliseconds
0.822 milliseconds
0.0822 milliseconds
82.2 milliseconds
What country does Lapland belong to?
Norway
Sweden
Finland
Denmark
Which country won the race to the South Pole?
USA
UK
Russia
Norway
Father Christmas is known as Pai Natal in which European country?
Spain
Portugal
Greece
Italy
Bethlehem is a tiny village in which UK country?
England
Scotland
Wales
Northern Ireland
Which country gets Christmas first?
Japan
New Zealand
Fiji
Russia
Which country does Christmas Island belong to?
Denmark
UK
Argentina
Australia
According to the Met Office, how many white Christmases have there been in England since 1967?
10
25
40
50
Which country has the highest annual snowfall each year?
USA
Russia
Canada
Japan
In which country does Santa have his own personal postcode HOH OHO?
USA
Canada
UK
Australia
In which country is it tradition to eat KFC for Christmas dinner?
China
Japan
Brazil
Mexico
In the Christmas film 'Elf', what is the name of the department store where Buddy works?
Gimbels
Macy's
Walmart
Target
Which comedy Christmas film features a dysfunctional family trying to have a peaceful holiday celebration?
National Lampoon's Christmas Vacation
Elf
The Santa Clause
Home Alone
Which modern Christmas film features a man who is chosen to become Santa Claus after the current Santa falls from his roof?
The Santa Clause
Elf
Home Alone
The Grinch
Which Christmas film features a young boy who doubts the existence of Santa Claus, only to be taken on a magical journey to the North Pole?
The Polar Express
Elf
Home Alone
The Santa Clause
Who sang ‘Last Christmas’?
Cliff Richard
East 17
Justin Bieber
Wham
What is a binary digit referred to as?
Bit
Bits
Byte
Bytes
Which of the following is a possible binary representation of a character using 3 bits?
000
111
101
All of the above
Which country won the Euro 2016 tournament?
Germany
France
Portugal
Spain
MERRY CHRISTMAS IS
JOYEUX NOËL
LA VEILLE DE NOËL
L'HIVER
LA FÊTE DE NOËL
WINTER IS...
LE PRINTEMPS
L'HIVER
L'ÉTÉ
NOËL
What is a 'rouge gorge'?
Santa Claus
an elf
a reindeer
a robin
What does the following mean: Une cloche
A bell
A Christmas tree
A turkey
A sleigh
What nutrient is turkey an excellent source of?
Carbohydrate
Lipid
Protein
Fiber
When Santa is taking off from a rooftop the reindeer are pulling at 100 N. Frictional force is pulling at 65 N. What is the net force?
25 N
35 N
30 N
45 N
The wise men bought Gold, Frankinsense and Myrr. What is the chemical symbol for gold?
Ag
Gd
Hg
Au
A baby reindeer is called a ...
cub
pup
calf
deerling
The clementine in your stocking contains juice, what colour would the juice turn universal indicator?
green
red
blue
purple
The chemical symbols for Sulfur, Chromium, oxygen, oxygen, Germanium spell out which famous Christmas character?
Santa
Snowman
Scrooge
Grinch
