Q.1
What is Bûche de Noël?
A French Trifle.
A Christmas ham.
A log shaped dessert that symbolises the large log that traditionally burns continuously on Christmas night?
A Christmas croissant.
Q.2
In the Christmas song what was 'Roasting on an Open Fire'?
Pork
Chestnuts
Chickens
Cashews
Q.3
Which way do you stir the Christmas pudding mixture for good luck?
Clockwise
Anti clockwise
Q.4
What fruit, when put into the container, will keep a stored Christmas cake moist?
Apple
Orange
Pear
Q.5
What should be eaten on each of the 12 days of Christmas to ensure good luck for the year ahead?
A fig
A candy cane
A mince pie
A walnut
Q.6
What pudding is often eaten in the US as an alternative to the English Christmas pudding?
Pumpkin Pie
Persimmon Pudding
Lemon Meringue Pie
Ice Cream
Q.7
Which German city puts on a Stollen festival, complete with a monster version of the cake, in the lead up to Christmas?
Berlin
Dresden
Munich
Frankfurt
Q.8
What bird was skinned before roasting, then put back together again, complete with feathers, to take pride of place at a Tudor Christmas banquet?
Goose
Turkey
Peacock
Quail
Q.9
Eggnog, the popular Christmas breakfast drink is thought to have originated where?
Italy
France
Spain
East Anglia, England
Q.10
The Belgian cougnou is a brioche-type bread baked in the form of whom?
Mary
Baby Jesus
The 3 wise men
Joseph
Q.11
The first mince pies contained meat as well as fruit.
True
False
Q.12
When did King Wenceslas step out?
Christmas Day
On the Feast of Stephen
New Years Day
Q.13
Bread sauce is traditionally flavoured with
Cloves
Sage
Nutmeg
Parsley
Q.14
While peppermint candy sticks were popular beforehand, when did the candy cane appear?
Austria 1920
Germany 1640
France 1520
Denmark 1800
Q.15
What television character attends and consumes 3 Christmas dinners so as not to offend anyone?
Mr Bean
Vicar of Dibley
Mrs Brown
Q.16
Gingerbread is popular at Christmas and historically in England, unmarried women would eat gingerbread "husbands" for luck in meeting the real thing.
True
False