Christmas Quiz
Hothouse Theatre

Accelerated Literacy Project

Hothouse Theatre’s Accelerated Literacy Project is a response to Covid-19 and the loss of dedicated learning time for many young people.

The aim is to make literacy fun using podcasts, audio plays and other such nonsense.

This quiz was put together as part of one of our session especially for publication here.

The some of the answers to the questions can be found in the various posts on the Oh My Nottz Advent Calendar.

The answers will be placed on Oh My Nottz before Christmas.

Round 1
So you think you know Christmas?

1. What day of the week is New Year's Day 2022?

2. In what country did St Nicholas live?

3. In what year was The Night Before Christmas (A Visit from St Nicholas) first published?

4. Which day of Christmas is wassailing most strongly associate with?

5. What ingredients would you need to make a traditional Christmas pudding? (a point for each ingredient - 10 altogether)

6. What is the most popular item in a British Christmas dinner?

Total points possible – 15

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Round 2
Festivities Around the World

1. In which country is Santa Claus is called Papai Noel & Bom Velhinho, which means Good Old Man in Portuguese?

2. In which country is Santa known as 'Sheng dan lao ren' which means Old Christmas Man?

3. What percentage of the population (to the nearest 5%) of the people now living in the country where Jesus is said to have been born, celebrate Christmas as a religious festival?

4. What month will Diwali, the festival of light, fall in 2022?

5. How long does Hanukkah, the Jewish Festival of Lights, last?

6. In which country is Christmas called 'Bara Din' (which in Urdu and Punjabi means the 'Big Day')?

Total points possible – 6

Round 3
Christmas films

1. This film was made in 1990 and remains the biggest box office success for a Christmas Film with £217 million. What is the film?

2. In the Muppet’s Christmas Carol who played Scrooge?

3. What was the first Christmas film to be nominated for Best Film at the Oscars?

4. In what year were the following Christmas Films released? Christmas Unwrapped, Holidate, Holly & Ivy and The Christmas Aunt

5. What 2021 British Christmas fantasy film, is based on a book of the same name by Matt Haig?

6. Which Christmas Film has been remade the most with at least 26 different versions?

Total points possible – 6

Round 4
Other Stuff

1. What was the Italian form of theatre that led to Pantomime?

2. What was the Christmas number 1 in the UK charts in 2020?

3. Which nation donates the Christmas Tree that goes up in Trafalgar Square every year?

4. How many ghosts show up in A Christmas Carol?

5. To the nearest 10, how many gifts in total were given in “The Twelve Days of Christmas” song?

6. What popular Christmas song was actually written for Thanksgiving?

Total points possible – 6

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