Competition 2 "Christmas Quiz"

Find out the answers to the questions using the Internet or by asking your family and friends.

Fill out the answers on the answer sheet – copies from The Primary English Department.

Give your answer sheet to Abi, Linda, Rob or Richard before the end of MONDAY 17^th DECEMBER 2012.

Prizes will be awarded for the highest scores in each age group. Spelling counts! In the event of several students with the same score, then the tie-breaker (I like Christmas because…) will be used.

Happy hunting! Good luck!

Richard Warboys

Primary English Department 2012                                

                                                    

1. In what town was Jesus born?

2. In what book is the story of Jesus’ birth recorded? 

3. Name the mother of Jesus?

 

4. Charlemagne, King of the Franks, was crowned the first Holy Roman Emperor on the 25^th of December of what year?

5. An informal ceasefire was called between the British and German forces fighting in World War I on the 25^th of December of what year?

6. If the year contains 365 days, on what number day does Christmas Day fall?

7. What spacecraft, made by Britain, was lost on Mars at Christmas 2003?

8. If written alphabetically, which of Santa's reindeer would come last?

9. Which famous English scientist and mathematician was born on Christmas Day 1642?

10. True or False: only male reindeer have antlers?

 

 

 

11. Santa Claus’ home is said to be at the North Pole. The North Pole is located in which ocean?

12. What ‘s’ does Santa use to travel around the world?

13. Which country did St Nicholas come from?

14. In which country does Santa Claus have his own individual postcode HOH OHO?

15. What is the chemical formula of snow?

16. The Boxing Day Tsunami in the Indian Ocean took place in what year?

17. Kiritimati, an island in the Indian Ocean, is more commonly known as what?

18.  London's Trafalgar Square Christmas tree is traditionally given by which country?

19. Which bird (pictured below) is a favourite winter garden visitor in Britain?        

20. What was the nationality of the priest Josef Mohr, who wrote the carol ‘Stille Nacht’ or ‘Silent Night’ in 1818?

 

 

21. Mistletoe is a plant that people kiss under at Christmas. What colour are its berries?

22. William Strickland from England is believed to have brought the first of these birds to Britain from North America in 1526. What is it?

23. What did US President Theodore Roosevelt ban from the White House?

24. What ‘b’ (pictured below) is put on a Christmas tree?

25. What Christmas decoration takes its name from the old French word ‘estincelle’, meaning spark?                                                           

26. What ‘f’ are the lights put on Christmas trees?

27. From which country does the poinsettia plant originate?

28. From what number does the month of December take its name?

29. How many states in the United States have towns called Christmas?

30. If you add up all the gifts in the song ‘The Twelve Days of Christmas’, how many gifts are given in total?

 

 

 

 

31. How many times does the word ‘Christmas’ appear in the song, ‘We Wish You a Merry Christmas’?

32. What ‘s’ (pictured below) is hung up at Christmas for presents to be put inside?

33. What is the birth sign of people born on the 25th of December?

34. What Christmas item was invented in 1847 by Tom Smith, a London baker and wedding-cake specialist?                                 

35. What ‘p’ is wrapping paper used to cover?

36. In 1843 what Christmas item did John Callcott Horsley design that was the first commercial Christmas item of its type?  

37. Who is in the picture below?                                           

38. How many points does a snowflake have?

39. How many reindeer are there in the ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas’ poem?

40. How many wise men brought gifts to the baby Jesus? 

41.  What Christmas item is pictured below?

42. The song ‘White Christmas’ was first performed in which 1942 film? 

 

 

 

43. In what year was Band-Aid's ‘Do They Know It's Christmas’ the UK Christmas chart-topping record? 

44. Who wrote ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas?’

45. Who is the main character in the film ‘It's a Wonderful Life’?

46. Which reindeer had a red and very shiny nose?

47. Who is the main character in Charles Dickens’ book ‘A Christmas Carol?

48. Name the plant (below) that people use to decorate their houses at Christmas?

49. What’s the name of the Christmas song composed by James Pierpont in 1857?

50. Peter Auty sang ‘Walking In The Air’ in what film?