Whether it's while you're waiting for a sumptuous Christmas dinner to appear on the table or after you've indulged, a Christmas quiz is a great way to keep family entertained.
The perfect way to unleash that competitive streak in each of you, you'll have to battle it out through several rounds in our whopper of a quiz.
Regardless of if you're enjoying Christmas Day with the family, or doing a virtual Christmas if you're having to isolate after testing positive, these questions will keep you busy for hours.
To really lure your family in for this festive bonanza, have a think about prizes you can throw in for the winner or winning team, too.
Ther are five categories to get stuck into, and 20 questions per round, so what are you waiting for?
The answers are under each section, so no cheating. Good luck and Merry Christmas!
Christmas quiz questions
Christmas general knowledge questions
1. What day of the year is Christmas Day in 2021?
2. Which animal carried Mary before she gave birth to Jesus?
3. Which world leader celebrates his birthday on Christmas Day?
4. When do the 12 Days of Christmas start?
5. Which country annually sends a Christmas tree to be erected in London’s Trafalgar Square?
6. Which monarch delivered the first Royal Christmas Day Message?
7. Which country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition?
8. What happened in the 1914 Christmas Day truce during the First World War?
9. In which year was the first Christmas card sent?
10. What indispensable item for the Christmas table did Tom Smith, a confectioner, invent?
11. Which ocean can Christmas Island be found in?
12. In what type of building was the baby Jesus born in?
13. What is your star sign if you are born on Christmas Day?
14. What time is the Queen’s speech traditionally broadcast?
15. What gifts did The Three Wise Men give Jesus on his birthday?
16. Who was crowned King of England on Christmas Day in 1066?
17. Which country traditionally plays the Boxing Day Test Match every year?
18. Which plant based Christmas tradition was started by servants in Victorian Britain?
19. Which plant has bright red and green leaves and is sometimes known as the Christmas Flower?
20. How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol?
Christmas general knowledge round answers
1. 360th day (Saturday will be accepted)
2. Donkey
3. Justin Trudeau
4. Christmas Day
5. Norway
6. King George V
7. Germany
8. A game of football between British and German soldiers
9. 1843
10. The Christmas cracker
11. Indian Ocean
12. A stable
13. Capricorn
14. 3pm
15. Gold, Frankincense and Myrrh
16. William the Conqueror (William I)
17. Australia
18. Kissing under mistletoe
19. Poinsettia
20. Four
Christmas music round questions
1. True or false. Mariah Carey’s All I Want For Christmas Is You never made it to number one in the UK charts.
2. Who had a festive number one with Lonely This Christmas?
3. What is the biggest-selling Christmas single of all time?
4. Which song (exact same song and artist) has been Christmas number twice, 16 years apart?
5. Which band beat X Factor winner Joe McElderry to the Christmas number one spot in 2009 thanks to an online campaign?
6. Name the only two bands to have a Christmas number one in three consecutive years
7. Who was the only singer to perform the same line in Do They Know It's Christmas? for Band Aid in 1984 and Band Aid 20 in 2004?
8. Which Christmas carol features these lyrics: “The stars in the sky, Look down where He lay, The little Lord Jesus Asleep on the hay”?
9. Which chart-topping Christmas hit single spent the most consecutive weeks at number one?
10. How many gifts in total were given in the 12 Days of Christmas?
11. In Slade’s Merry Xmas Everybody, who is “up and rock 'n' rollin' with the rest”?
12. Who was the only artist to add lyrics to Do They Know It’s Christmas? for Band Aid 20 in 2004?
13. Which carol was sung by British and German soldiers in the trenches during the 1914 Christmas truce?
14. Which actress sang with Robbie Williams for their 2001 Christmas number one Somethin' Stupid?
15. Which animated film features Aled Jones’ version of Walking in the Air?
16. Who was Christmas number one in 2018 and 2019?
17. Which Christmas carol tells the story of a duke of Bohemia (now modern-day Czech Republic)?
18. Which Christmas number one opens with the lines “Baby if you've got to go away Don't think I could take the pain”?
19. What would the other reindeer not let Rudolph do in the song Rudolph, the Red-Nosed Reindeer?
20. Which song beat Wham!’s Last Christmas to number one in 1984?
Christmas music round answers
1. True - it finally reached number 1 on December 11 this year!
2. Mud
3. White Christmas by Bing Crosby
4. Bohemian Rhapsody by Queen (1975 and 1991)
5. Rage Against the Machine
6. The Beatles and The Spice Girls
7. Bono
8. Away in a Manager
9. I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston (10 weeks)
10. 364
11. Granny
12. Dizzee Rascal
13. Silent Night
14. Nicole Kidman
15. The Snowman
16. Ladbaby
17. Good King Wenceslas
18. Stay Another Day by East 17
19. Play in any reindeer games
20. Do They Know It’s Christmas? by Band Aid
Christmas TV and film round questions
1. Who plays Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol?
2. When was Love Actually released?
3. Which city is Die Hard set in?
4. Where are the McCallisters going on vacation when they leave Kevin behind in Home Alone?
5. Who dresses up as an armadillo in the Friends episode ‘The One with the Holiday Armadillo’?
6. Which British actor starred as Kris Kringle in the 1994 remake of Miracle on 34th Street?
7. What happens to Del Boy and Rodney in the 1996 Only Fools and Horses Christmas special?
8. Last year’s John Lewis advert starred a young and excitable dragon. What was his name?
9. When was the last episode of Gavin and Stacey before last year’s Christmas special?
10. The 2012 follow-up to The Snowman is called The Snowman and what?
11. What does Father Ted Crilly win in the Father Ted Christmas special?
12. In which 2004 animated film about a magical adventure to the North Pole does Tom Hanks voice six characters?
13. Which villainous EastEnders character served his wife with divorce papers in the Christmas Day edition of the show in 1986?
14. Who did Nick save from a house fire in Coronation Street on Christmas Day in 2011? 1
15. Which US President made a cameo appearance in Home Alone 2: Lost in New York?
16. Who plays Buddy’s love interest Jovie in Elf?
17. Which classic sitcom is returning for a series of Christmas specials in 2020?
18. Which former EastEnders actress does Hugh Grant's Prime Minister fall for in Love Actually?
19. Which actor made his first appearance as the Doctor in the 2013 Doctor Who Christmas special?
20. Which celebrity won last year’s Strictly Come Dancing Christmas special?
Christmas TV and film round answers
1. Michael Caine
2. 2003
3. Los Angeles
4. Paris
5. Ross
6. Richard Attenborough
7. They become millionaires
8. Edgar
9. 2010
10. The Snowdog
11. The Golden Cleric award
12. The Polar Express
13. ‘Dirty’ Den Watts
14. Becky
15. Donald Trump
16. Zooey Deschanel
17. The Vicar of Dibley
18. Martine McCutcheon
19. Peter Capaldi
20. Debbie McGee
Christmas food and drink round questions
1. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
2. In which country is it now traditional to eat a KFC for Christmas dinner?
3. Which fruit is traditionally put inside a Christmas stocking?
4. What is the most popular vegetarian alternative to a turkey dinner at Christmas?
5. What name is given to small sausages wrapped bacon?
6. Butter is traditionally mixed with which spirit to make Christmas pudding?
7. Which ruler allegedly banned mince pies in Britain in the 1600s?
8. Traditionally, which way should mincemeat only be stirred to bring good luck?
9. Stollen is the traditional fruit cake of which country?
10. Before turkey, the traditional Christmas dinner included a pig’s head smothered in mustard. True or false?
11. What is “roasting on an open fire” in the famous Christmas song?
12. What’s the fastest time to eat three mince pies?
13. Back in Tudor times, what did women who wanted to find a husband eat in the hope of finding a partner?
14. Which country first introduced eggnog?
15. What fruit can be stored alongside Christmas cake to keep it moist?
16. What would you traditionally find under the icing of a Christmas cake?
17. Which tin of chocolates often found at Christmas features ‘the purple one’?
18. Who served up figgy pudding in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?
19. What did turkeys in Norfolk wear in Victorian England when they were walked to London?
20. Which creature replaces turkey on the Christmas menu in Hungary?
Christmas food and drink round answers
1. A coin
2. Japan
3. Orange/Tangerine
4. Nut roast
5. Pigs in blankets
6. Brandy
7. Oliver Cromwell
8. Clockwise
9. Germany
10. True
11. Chestnuts
12. 52.21 seconds
13. Gingerbread men
14. The UK
15. An apple
16. Marzipan
17. Quality Street
18. Mrs Cratchit
19. Boots
20 Carp
Father Christmas round questions
1. In which modern-day country was St. Nicholas born in?
2. And in which year?
3. What was the original colour of Santa Claus’s suit?
4. Can you name the two US states with a town called Santa Claus?
5. What food and drink is traditionally left out for Santa on Christmas Eve?
6. Name all nine of Santa’s reindeer
7. The red and white costume of Father Christmas was allegedly first introduced by which company?
8. What country is Lapland, Father Christmas’, home located in?
9. What address does the Royal Mail ask people to send letters to Santa to?
10. How many children does Santa deliver presents to on Christmas Eve?
11. What two lists of Santa do children normally go on?
12. Which country sends the most letters to Santa?
13. In which century was Santa given a spouse?
14. What’s the largest gathering of people dressed as Santa Claus?
15. What has Santa confessed to doing in this year’s Tesco Christmas advert?
16. What is Father Christmas’ name in French?
17. How does Father Christmas traditionally get into people’s homes?
18. In what year was the song Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town first recorded?
19. How many times is St Nicholas name-checked in the poem ‘Twas the Night Before Christmas?
20. Who has an uncredited role playing Father Christmas, who stabs Nicholas Angel in the hand in the comedy film Hot Fuzz?
Father Christmas round answers
1. Turkey
2. 280
3. Green
4. Indiana and Georgia
5. Mince pie and sherry
6. Rudolph, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Prancer, Vixen
7. Coca-Cola
8. Finland
9. Santa's Grotto, Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ.
10. 735million
11. Naughty and nice
12. France
13. 19th century
14. 18,112
15. Might have gone on holiday
1. Turkey
2. 280
3. Green
4. Indiana and Georgia
5. Mince pie and sherry
6. Rudolph, Blitzen, Comet, Cupid, Dasher, Dancer, Donner, Prancer, Vixen
7. Coca-Cola
8. Finland
9. Santa's Grotto, Reindeerland, XM4 5HQ.
10. 735million
11. Naughty and nice
12. France
13. 19th century
14. 18,112
15. Might have gone on holiday
16. Père Noël
17. Down the chimney
18. 1934
19. Four
20. Peter Jackson
