Christmas Quizzes 1 & 2 Christmas Quiz 1: For younger secondary students - designed for KS3. Christmas Quiz 2: For older secondary students - designed for KS4 and above Both quizzes are mixed bags, see summary of rounds at the bottom, and tried to cover as many bases as possible over many rounds. Lots of multiple choice questions and answers follow after each round. Hope it helps at the end of term! Quiz 1 example questions… Rd. 1 -Christmas Geography Example: In Canada, Santa has been given his own postcode - ‘HOH OHO’. True or false? Rd. 2 - Christmas History Example: In the court of King Henry II (1154-1189), what unusual form of entertainment did a jester called Roland perform for the king every Christmas? a. Farting b. Burbing c. Picking his nose Rd. 3 - Name that creature (that is loosely connected to Christmas)! Example: In The Simpsons, what is the Simpson’s family dog called? Rd. 4 - Christmas Sport Example: In ten pin bowling a ‘turkey’ is the odd term for how many strikes in a row? Rd. 5 - Christmas Movies Example: In the film Elf, Buddy says elves stick to four main food groups: candy, candy canes, candy corns - and what else? Rd. 6 - World Christmas! Match the tradition to the correct country. Example: Hide your broom! People hide brooms as they believe witches come out on Christmas Eve looking for brooms to ride on! (Norway) Rd. 7 - Christmas Music! Example: In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, what did a true love give on the 6th day of Christmas? a. 6 pipers piping b. 6 drummers drumming c. 6 geese-a-laying Rd. 8 - Collective nouns! Match the collective noun to the correct Christmas animal. Example: A caravan or train of… (Camels) Rd. 9 - Christmas Science & nature Example: Which scientist, born on Christmas Day, discovered the law of gravity? Clue: He saw an apple fall from a tree! Rd. 10 - Christmas Potluck Example: What colour was Santa’s suit until Coca Cola rebranded him in red? Quiz 2 example questions… Rd. 1 -Christmas Geography Example: In which country do people traditionally eat KFC for Christmas dinner? a. USA b. Japan c. South Korea Rd. 2 - Christmas History Example: In 1647 Christmas festivities were banned in England. Who was the 17th Century ‘Grinch Who Stole Christmas’? Rd. 3 - Christmas Sport Example: American sprinter Wilma Rudolph (see the Christmas link!?) won three gold medals at the 1960 Olympic Games in Rome. What colours are the Olympic rings? Rd. 4 - Christmas Movies Example: Name one of the bumbling burglars in Home Alone. Rd. 5 - Collective nouns. Match the collective noun to the correct Christmas creature. Example: An aurora or celebration of … polar bears. Rd. 6 - Christmas Music Example: Who first released ‘‘All I Want for Christmas Is You” in 1994? Rd. 7 - Christmas Science & Nature Example: What is the only element in the periodic table which has no letters in common with “Christmas Present”? Rd. 8 - Christmas Potluck Example: If you were born on Christmas Day, what is your star sign? Rd. 9 - Christmas Maths Example: There are 60 baubles on a Christmas tree. Their colors are red, gold, and green. 1/3 of the marbles are green and 1/4 of the marbles are gold. How many red baubles are there on the tree?