Christmas Stocking Fillers

What do you put in a child's Christmas stocking? A fun festive quiz.

Can you tell the Christmas stocking filler from the description. Pocket toys, chocolate, sweets and fruit.

Christmas Sockings Quiz

1. The name of this toy means "play well"?
2. A fruit named after a seaport in Morocco?
3. A chocolate bar with a picture of the Matterhorn mountain on its packaging?
4. Invented in 1974 by an Hungarian professor of architecture?
5. Foil covered and very eatable, these are thought to be inspired by the deeds of Saint Nicholas in the 4th century?
6. A precompressed toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s, often used as a classroom teaching tool?
7. This toy, called a bandalore in the 17th century, is thought to have possibly been an ancient Filipino weapon?
8. This product was created in York in 1932 - tap it and unwrap it?
9. Originally launched in 1978 with eleven different packs by a company named Dubreq?
10. This was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s but launched as a toy in the 1950s?
11. This toy has a name derived from three Greek words: the first meaning "beautiful", the second meaning "that which is seen", and the third meaning "to look"?
12. You'll become the best with these if you win the annual World Chamionship held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex?
13. It's anagram time: local nubby?
14. A fruit named after a monk which is a hybrid between a mandarin orange and a sweet orange?
15. A set of picture cards, featuring illustrations of fictional families of four, based on occupation types?
16. Invented by the owner of a pharmacy in Germany in 1880, it's a popular choice of material for stop-motion animation?
17. A product produced by an Italian company with a name that means children in German?
18. A British brand of porcine-shaped confectionary from Marks & Spencer?

Christmas Stockings - Questions and Answers

1. The name of this toy means "play well"?
   Answer – LEGO (lego means 'play well' in Danish)
2. A fruit named after a seaport in Morocco?
   Answer – Tangerine
3. A chocolate bar with a picture of the Matterhorn mountain on its packaging?
   Answer – Toblerone
4. Invented in 1974 by an Hungarian professor of architecture?
   Answer – Rubik's Cube
5. Foil covered and very eatable, these are thought to be inspired by the deeds of Saint Nicholas in the 4th century?
   Answer – Chocolate coins
6. A precompressed toy invented by Richard James in the early 1940s, often used as a classroom teaching tool?
   Answer – Slinky spring
7. This toy, called a bandalore in the 17th century, is thought to have possibly been an ancient Filipino weapon?
   Answer – Yo-yo
8. This product was created in York in 1932 - tap it and unwrap it?
   Answer – Terry's chocolate orange
9. Originally launched in 1978 with eleven different packs by a company named Dubreq?
   Answer – Top Trumps
10. This was first manufactured as a wallpaper cleaner in the 1930s but launched as a toy in the 1950s?
    Answer – Play-Doh
11. This toy has a name derived from three Greek words: the first meaning "beautiful", the second meaning "that which is seen", and the third meaning "to look"?
    Answer – Kaleidoscope
12. You'll become the best with these if you win the annual World Chamionship held at Tinsley Green, West Sussex?
    Answer – Marbles
13. It's anagram time: local nubby?
    Answer – Bouncy ball
14. A fruit named after a monk which is a hybrid between a mandarin orange and a sweet orange?
    Answer – Clementine
15. A set of picture cards, featuring illustrations of fictional families of four, based on occupation types?
    Answer – Happy Families
16. Invented by the owner of a pharmacy in Germany in 1880, it's a popular choice of material for stop-motion animation?
    Answer – Plasticine
17. A product produced by an Italian company with a name that means children in German?
    Answer – Kinder Surprise
18. A British brand of porcine-shaped confectionary from Marks & Spencer?
    Answer – Percy Pig Sweets