Christmas quiz 2013
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Time to enjoy the BIG Christmas Quiz 2013!
Which round will you play your joker? (double the points)
1. Films2. News3. Famous
faces 4. Sport
5. Panto
6. Christmas
7. Reindeer
8. Subjects
9 How many in a
How many in a ….
This sheet is on your table. Please complete by the end of the quiz
Films
Name the film
and where
applicable in
clude th
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number
1
2
3
4
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10
Films Answers
1. Great Gatsby
2. Monsters University
3. Wolverine
4. Despicable Me 2
5. We’re the Millers
6. Frozen
7. Smurfs
8. The Croods
9. Wreck it Ralph
10.Gravity
News
News
1. On March 13th, white smoke poured from the chimney of the Sistine
Chapel. Why?
News
2. Which month was Prince George born?
News
3. Gangnam style dancing went viral this year. Which
city is Gangnam in?
News
4. What was the international name of the
typhoon that hit the Philippines called?
News
5. Over which country was this picture of a meteor
taken?
News
6. What sparked the riots in Brazil last June?
News
6. What sparked the riots in Brazil last June?
News
7. Justin Bieber made headlines this year when he
was carried along which wall?
News
8. Which tv series marked its 50th birthday this year?
News
9. In October, Westgate mall was attacked by terrorists. Which city is Westgate in?
News
10. Which famous actor died on 14th December this
year?
News Answer
1. New Pope had been elected
2. July
3. Seoul
4. Haiyan
5. Russia
6. Increase in bus fares
7. Great Wall of China
8. Dr Who
9. Nairobi
10. Peter O’Toole
Famous
Faces
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2
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9
Famous faces
Famous faces Answers
1. Gareth Bale
2. Nelson Mandela
3. Julian Assange
4. Minion
5. Matt Smith
6. Abbie Clancy
7. David Emanuel
8. Nick Clegg
9. Nicole Sherzinger
10. Ban Ki Moon
Sport
Sport
1. The London Olympic Stadium has been leased to
which club?
Sport
2. To the nearest 5 million how much did Gareth Bale
sign to Real Madrid for?
Sport
3. Who resigned in May this year after winning the Premier League title?
Sport
4. Who won the women’s singles at Wimbledon this
year?
Sport5. What was the final score Wales v England in the 6th
nations?
Sport
6. Who did Cardiff play their first premiership side game against in August this year?
Sport
7. Who did Andy Murray beat to win the Wimbledon single title? (last name only
needed)
Sport
8. AP Mccoy on the 7th November rode his ??
Winner?
Sport
9. Ben Ainslie helped the USA to victory over New Zealand in which sailing
cup?
Sport
10.In which sport do teams of two compete in the
Talisker Challenge?
Sport Answer
1. West Ham Football Club
2. 85 million pounds
3. Sir Alex Ferguson
4. Marion Bartoli
5. 30-3
6. West Ham
7. Djokovic
8. 4000
9. America’s Cup
10.Cross-Atlantic rowing
Panto
Panto
1. What is the name of the father of Cinderella and the
Ugly Sisters?
Panto
2. What is Aladdin’s mother called?
Panto
3. From what set of stories does the tale of Aladdin
originate?
Panto
4. From what does the Fairy Godmother create
Cinderella’s footmen?
Panto
5. In which panto does Buttons appear?
Panto
6. From which side of the stage do the “goodies” in a
panto normally appear?
Panto
7. What does Jack get in exchange for his cow?
Panto
8. What name is given to the leading man in a panto usually playing a women?
Panto
9. What is Aladdin’s brother called?
Panto
10. What does the word Pantomime mean?
A – Cheap entertainmentB – Imitating everybody
C – Entertainment for working classesD – Everyone a winner
Panto answers
1. Baron Hard-up
2. Widow Twankey
3. Arabian Nights
4. Mice
5. Cinderella
6. Stage right
7. Beans
8. Principal Boy
9. Wishee Washee
10. Imitating everybody
Christm
as
Christmas
1. Who wrote the book ‘How the Grinch Stole Christmas’?
Christmas
2. Which English King was crowned on Christmas Day?
Christmas
3. In Medieval times, mince pies contained which
ingredient that we no longer use?
Christmas
4. Which famous brand is credited with changing the colour of Father Christmas
from green to red?
Christmas
5. Which ruler once banned the eating of
mince pies on Christmas Day?
Christmas
6. The most used definition of a ‘white Christmas’ is
that a single flake of snow falls during the 24 hours of Christmas Day. When was the last white Christmas in
the UK?
Christmas
7. The custom of sending Christmas cards started during which period of English History?
Christmas
8. Christmas Island is in which ocean?
Christmas
9. After 9 days of ‘Posadas’, or parties, Mexicans celebrate
Christmas on..
Christmas
10. If A=1 and Z=26 what is the sum of the letters in
Christmas?
Christmas
1. Dr Seuss
2. William the Conquerer
3. Shredded meat
4. Coca cola
5. Oliver Cromwell
6. 2010
7. Victorian
8. Indian
9. 25th December
10. 110
Reindeer
Name Santa’s original team of 8 reindeer...
Reindeer (geography)
9. What is the capital city of Haiti?
Reindeer (English)
10. What insects attacked Brian in the Canadian Wilderness in 'Hatchet'?
Reindeer answer
Dasher
Dancer
Donner
Blitzen
Prancer
Vixen
Comet
Cupid
9. Port Au Prince
10. Mosquitoes
Subjects
Subjects English
1. Which 20th Century American novelist defined the ‘lost generation’?
Subjects Physics
2. Where does geothermal energy come from?
Subjects Geography
3. Name a composite development indicator
Subjects PE
4. What acronym is used to progressively overload your body?
Subjects English
5. What is the only food the BFG eats?
Subjects History
6. What plot threatened to kill Elizabeth I?
Subjects ICT
7. Which Roman emperor gave his name to a type of code?
Subjects English
8. What Scottish term did Wilfred Owen use in ‘Disabled’ for girls?
Subjects History
9. What was the name of the first Chinese communist leader?
Subjects Geography
10. How countries make up the EU?
Subjects Answers
1. F. Scott Fitzgerald
2. Earths core
3. HDI
4. FITT
5. Snozzcumbers
6. Babington
7. Ceaser
8. Giddy Jilts
9. Mao
10.27
How many in a ….
1. 26 L O T A
2. 7 D O T W
3. 18 H O A G C
4. 12 D O C
5. 88 K O A P
6. 8 P I T S S
7. 27 C I N E U
8. 3 M I A B
9. 100 CM I A M
10.4 D L O S
How many in a …Answers
1. Letters of the alphabet
2. Days of the week
3. Holes on a golf course
4. Days of Christmas
5. Keys on a piano
6. Planets in the Solar System
7. Countries in the European Union
8. Men in a boat
9. Centimetres in a metre
10.Days left of school