Christmas Day Quiz

Our Christmas Day quiz with questions and trivia all about the big day itself!

It's the best day of the year to have a quiz! We'll get yours going with a festive bang with questions and answers all about December the 25th.

Christmas Day Quiz - Questions

1. If New Year's Day is the first day of the year, what number day is Christmas Day in a non-leap year?
2. Which part of the world was occupied by Japanese forces on Christmas Day 1941?
3. Which Scottish singer-songwriter was born on Christmas Day, 1954?
4. Who was handed divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986?
5. Born on Christmas Day 1908 and known for wearing make-up and painting his nails, by what name was writer and actor Denis Charles Pratt better known?
6. The Peter Pan Cup is an annual swim race on Christmas Day that takes place in which lake in Hyde Park?
7. The General Post Office stopped delivering letters in England and Wales on Christmas Day in which year: 1940, 1950, 1960 or 1970?
8. If you were born on Christmas Day, what's your star sign?
9. Which 2018 UK television Christmas Special was set in December 1964?
10. "On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day" is the second line to which popular Christmas carol written in 17th century England?
11. Which American actor, Oscar winner and cultural icon was born on Christmas Day in 1899?
12. Sadly, George Michael died on the 25th of December 2016 - yes or no, was he older than 50?
13. Which EU country with a 2020 population of about 10 million was founded on Christmas Day 1000 by King Stephen I?
14. What links John Bercow in 2019, Jamie Oliver in 2005 and Brigitte Bardot in 1995?
15. In which country did Charlie Chaplin die on 25 December 1977?
16. On what day of the week was Christmas Day 2019?
17. Which monarch was crowned on Christmas Day in Westminster Abbey?
18. What was taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students on Christmas Day in 1950?
19. On 25 December 1989, Leonard Bernstein gave a concert to celebrate what?
20. On December 25, 1013, who was proclaimed king of England after taking control of the Danelaw?
21. The single biggest Christmas Day UK TV audience recorded was in 1989 when nearly 22 million watched the UK premiere of which film?
22. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in which English county?
23. At what time on Christmas Day does the Queen broadcast to the nation?
24. In the 2019 Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special how many children did Gavin and Stacey now have?

Christmas Day Quiz - Questions and Answers

1. If New Year's Day is the first day of the year, what number day is Christmas Day in a non-leap year?
   Answer - 359th day of the year
2. Which part of the world was occupied by Japanese forces on Christmas Day 1941?
   Answer - Hong Kong
3. Which Scottish singer-songwriter was born on Christmas Day, 1954?
   Answer - Annie Lennox
4. Who was handed divorce papers on Christmas Day 1986?
   Answer - Angie Watts (Eastenders)
5. Born on Christmas Day 1908 and known for wearing make-up and painting his nails, by what name was writer and actor Denis Charles Pratt better known?
   Answer - Quentin Crisp
6. The Peter Pan Cup is an annual swim race on Christmas Day that takes place in which lake in Hyde Park?
   Answer - Serpentine
7. The General Post Office stopped delivering letters in England and Wales on Christmas Day in which year: 1940, 1950, 1960 or 1970?
   Answer - 1960
8. If you were born on Christmas Day, what's your star sign?
   Answer - Capricorn
9. Which 2018 UK television Christmas Special was set in December 1964?
   Call the Midwife
10. "On Christmas Day, on Christmas Day" is the second line to which popular Christmas carol written in 17th century England?
    Answer - I Saw Three Ships
11. Which American actor, Oscar winner and cultural icon was born on Christmas Day in 1899?
    Answer - Humphrey Bogart
12. Sadly, George Michael died on the 25th of December 2016 - yes or no, was he older than 50?
    Answer - Yes, he was 53
13. Which EU country with a 2020 population of about 10 million was founded on Christmas Day 1000 by King Stephen I?
    Answer - Hungary
14. What links John Bercow in 2019, Jamie Oliver in 2005 and Brigitte Bardot in 1995?
    Answer - the alternative Christmas message (broadcast by Channel 4 since 1993)
15. In which country did Charlie Chaplin die on 25 December 1977?
    Answer - Switzerland
16. On what day of the week was Christmas Day 2019?
    Answer - Wednesday
17. Which monarch was crowned on Christmas Day in Westminster Abbey?
    Answer - William I or William the Conqueror (1066)
18. What was taken from Westminster Abbey by Scottish nationalist students on Christmas Day in 1950?
    Answer - Stone of Scone
19. On 25 December 1989, Leonard Bernstein gave a concert to celebrate what?
    Answer - the end of the Berlin Wall
20. On December 25, 1013, who was proclaimed king of England after taking control of the Danelaw?
    Answer - Sweyn Forkbeard
21. The single biggest Christmas Day UK TV audience recorded was in 1989 when nearly 22 million watched the UK premiere of which film?
    Answer - Crocodile Dundee
22. Isaac Newton was born on Christmas Day, 1642, in which English county?
    Answer - Lincolnshire
23. At what time on Christmas Day does the Queen broadcast to the nation?
    Answer - 3pm
24. In the 2019 Gavin and Stacey Christmas Special how many children did Gavin and Stacey now have?
    Answer - Three