Christmas quiz

Bring festive fun to your classroom with this ready-to-use Christmas quiz for schools – the perfect end-of-term activity to engage students across all key stages.

What's included

• Three rounds of festive trivia covering general knowledge, anagrams and playful forfeits
• A creative 'House of Games' inspired round that adds extra excitement and variety
• Complete answer key for hassle-free marking and smooth delivery

Subscribers can access this Christmas quiz as an editable PowerPoint presentation.

How to use this Christmas quiz for schools

Divide your class or form group into small teams to encourage collaboration and healthy competition. This Christmas quiz for schools works brilliantly as an end-of-term reward activity – consider offering small prizes to boost engagement. You can easily adapt questions to suit different ability levels, ensuring all students can participate. For KS3, KS4 and KS5, try running an inter-form competition where the winning team earns a special privilege, making it an excellent icebreaker and morale booster during form time.

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Christmas quiz for schools – questions and answers

Round 1 of our Christmas quiz for schools features 20 Christmas trivia questions. Download the PowerPoint for all three Christmas quiz rounds!

Questions

1. Which Christmas film is about Buddy, a human being raised in Santa’s workshop at the North Pole?
2. Which Christmas film is about Buddy, a human being raised in Santa’s workshop at the North Pole?
3. What is traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding?
4. Which country sends a Christmas tree to London every year?
5. In which film is 8-year-old Kevin accidentally left behind when his family go on holiday?
6. Who were nicknamed ‘robins’ because of their red uniforms in Victorian times?
7. Who wrote A Christmas Carol?
8. In the traditional Christmas song ‘Twelve Days Of Christmas’, how many lords are leaping?
9. Which Christmas song does this line come from? ‘All is calm, all is bright…’
10. Which European capital city is this at Christmas?
11. In which Christmas panto does the character Buttons appear?
12. How many times does the number 1 appear on an advent calendar with 24 doors?
13. What’s the name for sausages wrapped in bacon, traditionally eaten with Christmas dinner?
14. What’s the name of the main villain in The Nightmare Before Christmas?
15. Which country started the tradition of putting up a Christmas tree?
16. How do you say “Merry Christmas” in Spanish?
17. Three of Father Christmas’ reindeer have names beginning with the letter ‘D’. What are those names?
18. Work out this anagram to reveal a Christmas-related word: timesolet
19. Work out this anagram to reveal a Christmas-related word: knownsfale
20. Work out this anagram to reveal a Christmas-related word: srepnest

Answers

1. Elf
2. Bethlehem
3. Coin
4. Norway
5. Home Alone
6. Postmen
7. Charles Dickens
8. 10
9. Silent Night
10. Rome
11. Cinderella
12. 13
13. Pigs in blankets
14. Oogie Boogie
15. Germany
16. Feliz Navidad
17. Dasher, Dancer, Donner
18. Mistletoe
19. Snowflake
20. Presents