Christmas quiz questions and answers: 25 fun trivia games to enjoy with friends and family this year

For many British families, Christmas isn’t complete without a series of terrible jokes and trivia questions.

But if you’re tired of settling for Christmas crackers on offer, split into teams this year and switch on your quiz brains.

From the history of Christmas to the best-loved festive films, you may think your seasonal knowledge is in top form.

But how much do you actually know about ‘the most wonderful time of the year’?

Here, MailOnline has put together 25 festive quiz questions for the whole family to participate in this Christmas.

To ask

1. Which character sang ‘Christmas Is All Around’ in the 2003 Christmas rom-com Love Actually?

2. How many of Santa’s reindeer names start with ‘D’? And what are they called?

3. What is traditionally hidden in a Christmas pudding for good luck?

4. Which city has donated the Trafalgar Square Christmas tree to London every year since 1947?

5. What is your zodiac sign if you were born on December 25?

6. According to the Guinness Book of Records, what is the best-selling Christmas single of all time?

7. What gift was given on the seventh day in the song “The Twelve Days of Christmas”?

8. What funny gifts does Nessa give to everyone in Gavin & Stacey’s beloved 2008 Christmas special?

9. What is Iris’ job in the 2006 rom-com The Holiday?

10. Stollen is a traditional fruitcake from which country?

11. How many reindeer, including Rudolph, pull Santa’s sleigh?

12. Who plays eccentric toymaker Jeronicus Jangle in the 2020 musical Jingle Jangle?

13. What is the name of the mythical tribe in Disney’s 2019 animated film Frozen 2?

14. How many Home Alone movies with Macaulay Culkin have been made?

15. Which famous ballet with dances on candy traditionally takes place at Christmas?

16. When is it thought that decorative gingerbread houses were first invented?

17. Who dresses up in an armadillo costume in the 2001 Friends episode “The One with the Holiday Armadillo”?

18. What Christmas song do the Plastics play in the 2004 teen comedy Mean Girls during the talent show?

19. What time is the Queen’s Christmas speech traditionally broadcast on TV in Britain?

20. What color are mistletoe berries?

21. In ‘Home Alone’, where does Kevin’s family travel to when they leave him behind?

22. In ‘Elf’, what is the first line of The Code of Elves?

23. Which plant is known as the Christmas flower?

24. Which Christian group banned Christmas in Boston from 1659 to 1681?

25. In which modern-day country was Sinterklaas born?

Answers

1. Billy Mack
2. Three: Dasher, Dancer and Donner
3. Silver coins
4. Oslo, Norway
5. Ibex
6. White Christmas by Bing Crosby
7. Seven swans swimming
8. A single Celebrations chocolate
9. A columnist for the Daily Telegraph
10. Germany
11. Nine
12. Forest Whitaker
13. The Noorduldra
14. Two
15. the Nutcracker
16. The 16th century
17. Rose
18. jingle Bell Rock
19. 3:00 PM
20. White
21. Paris
22. Treat every day like Christmas
23. Christmas star
24. The Puritans of New England
25. Turkey