Christmas Quiz Game |
| Sandra's guide pages |
Instructions: Have a set of answer cards for each team (six, patrol, whatever). Jumble all the sets up on the floor at one end of the hall. Read out each question in turn & one person from each team runs to find the right answer. Give points for the first, second & third teams to bring you the correct answer. (Don’t forget to tell the girls if you’ll accept more than one guess or not). Most of the questions should be fairly easy, but there will be a lot of cards to search through. You could use the backs of old Christmas cards to write the answers on, or print off the last page of this document on different coloured paper for each team. I’ve put the answer straight after each question for ease of reference, and there’s a template for answer cards at the bottom. Questions: 1. The name of one of Santa’s reindeer Dasher 2. The biggest selling holiday single ever: White Christmas by Bing Crosby 3. The first Whitehouse Christmas tree was decorated in 1856. who by? President Franklin Pierce 4. Which Canadian province is the leading exporter of Christmas trees? Nova Scotia 5. The first postage stamp commemorating Christmas was issued in Austria. When? 1937. 6. Over one billion Christmas cards are sent in the UK each year, but the first Christmas card ever printed was in 1843. How many copies did it sell? 1000. 7. In 1818 Austrian Priest Joseph Mohr found his church organ would not be working in time for Christmas, so he wrote a carol that didn’t need an organ accompaniment. What do we know that carol as now? Silent Night. 8. In the UK, before roast turkey was traditional, what was the popular Christmas dinner? Roast swan 9. The Romans started the tradition of kissing under a symbol of peace. We still have the tradition. What is that symbol? Mistletoe 10. Between 1649 and 1660 Christmas carols were banned. Who by? Oliver Cromwell 11. Which country calls Christmas “Weihnachten”? Germany 12. What is Christmas called in Spain? La Natividad 13. Name someone born on Christmas Day (other than Jesus!) Charlie Chaplin 14. The first Christmas Tree was brought to the UK in 1834. Who by? Prince Albert 15. The first US state to declare Christmas a legal holiday did so in 1836. Which state? Alabama 16. In Greece if you haven’t been good for the year, what do you get in your stocking? An onion |