Welcome to our Christmas Eve Quiz
What do you know about Christmas Eve? Find out in this quiz.
Twenty questions about the day before Christmas, December 24, to get you into the quizmas spirit. Trivia on Die Hard, the Soviet Union and festive births.
Christmas Eve Quiz - Questions
- Which African country gained independence under King Idris on Christmas Eve 1951?
- A Catholic tradition is to eat what sort of dish on this day?
- 'Christmas Eve' is a song on whose 2011 Under the Mistletoe album?
- A large part of which European country's population watches Donald Duck cartoons every Christmas Eve?
- Which English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms such as The Royle Family died on December 24, 2016?
- In which film does John McClaine battle terrorists who have seized control of an airport on Christmas Eve?
- Whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve 1945 brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody?
- Christmas Eve is referred to as 'Heilige Nacht' in German, what is the exact translation of this in English?
- In 2009, what did Vatican officials scheduled to start at 10 pm so that Pope Benedict XVI would not be up past his bedtime?
- Who visited the coral atoll Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Eve, 1777?
- Can you name the poem that starts with the line: "Twas the night before Christmas"?
- Sadly, which English novelist and writer of Watership Down died on this day in 2016?
- On December 24, 1877, exactly which device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound did Thomas Edison files a patent for?
- Which English writer, comedian and actress born on Christmas Eve, 1963, narrated Channel 4's Googlebox from its inception in 2013 until April 2016?
- The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas of which year?
- Which popular Christmas carol was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire?
- Which Italian operatic tenor gave his last public performance at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, on Decmeber 24, 1920?
- The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December the 24th of which year?
- The Treaty of Ghent was signed on 24 December 1814 to end which war?
- Considered to be the best English batsman of the 1930s, which cricketer made his test debut for England against South Africa on December 24, 1927?
Christmas Eve Quiz - Questions and Answers
- Which African country gained independence under King Idris on Christmas Eve 1951?
Answer - Libya - A Catholic tradition is to eat what sort of dish on this day?
Answer - Fish - 'Christmas Eve' is a song on whose 2011 Under the Mistletoe album?
Answer - Justin Bieber - A large part of which European country's population watches Donald Duck cartoons every Christmas Eve?
Answer - Sweden's - Which English character actress, known for her roles in BBC sitcoms such as The Royle Family died on December 24, 2016?
Answer - Liz Smith - In which film does John McClaine battle terrorists who have seized control of an airport on Christmas Eve?
Answer - Die Hard - Whose imminent suicide on Christmas Eve 1945 brings about the intervention of his guardian angel, Clarence Odbody?
Answer - George Bailey's (in It's a Wonderful Life) - Christmas Eve is referred to as 'Heilige Nacht' in German, what is the exact translation of this in English?
Answer: Holy Night - In 2009, what did Vatican officials scheduled to start at 10 pm so that Pope Benedict XVI would not be up past his bedtime?
Answer - Midnight Mass - Who visited the coral atoll Kiritimati (also known as Christmas Island) in the Pacific Ocean on Christmas Eve, 1777?
Answer - Captain James Cook - Can you name the poem that starts with the line: "Twas the night before Christmas"?
Answer - A Visit from St Nicholas - Sadly, which English novelist and writer of Watership Down died on this day in 2016?
Answer - Richard Adams - On December 24, 1877, exactly which device for the mechanical recording and reproduction of sound did Thomas Edison files a patent for?
Answer - Phonograph - Which English writer, comedian and actress born on Christmas Eve, 1963, narrated Channel 4's Googlebox from its inception in 2013 until April 2016?
Answer - Caroline Aherne - The Christmas truce was a series of widespread unofficial ceasefires along the Western Front of the First World War around Christmas of which year?
Answer - 1914 - Which popular Christmas carol was first performed on Christmas Eve 1818 at St Nicholas parish church in Oberndorf, a village in the Austrian Empire?
Answer - Silent Night - Which Italian operatic tenor gave his last public performance at The Metropolitan Opera in New York City, on Decmeber 24, 1920?
Answer - Enrico Caruso - The Soviet Union invaded Afghanistan on December the 24th of which year?
Answer - 1979 - The Treaty of Ghent was signed on 24 December 1814 to end which war?
Answer - The War of 1812 - Considered to be the best English batsman of the 1930s, which cricketer made his test debut for England against South Africa on December 24, 1927?
Answer - Walter Hammond