Octagon's Christmas Quiz🎄

Sport ⚽

1 - In which decade was top flight football last played in England on Christmas Day?

2 - The King George VI chase is held every Boxing Day at which course?

3 - The football club FC Santa Claus are based in which country?

4 - In 1541 which monarch banned sport on Xmas Day?

5 - At which ground do Australia and England play the Boxing Day Test?

Clue - They were born on Christmas Day 🎅

6 - Born in 1899 Starred as Sam Spade in the Maltese Falcon

7 - Born in 1908 The original Englishman in New York

8 - Born in 1957 An “unbelievable” ex footballer now a pundit on Sky Sports

9 - Born in 1944 Comedian who gave us Sid Snot and Cupid Stunt

10 - Born in 1949 American actress won an Oscar for “The Coal Miner’s Daughter

Food and Drink 🍗🥂

11 - Which indispensable item for the Xmas table did confectioner Tom Smith invent in 1846?

12 - In which direction should you stir mincemeat for good luck?

13 - What is the name of the skin that hangs from a turkeys neck?

14 - Who was the unlikely writer commissioned by the British Council in 1946 to contribute recipes for Christmas Pudding and plum cake?

15 - Which monarch was known as the “Pudding King” because he requested plum pudding for his first Christmas dinner in England?

TV and Film 📺 📽

16 - Who provided the voice for Santa Claus in the 2011 film Arthur Christmas and played Santa Claus in the 2014 film Get Santa?

17 - Which Welsh singer made her acting debut in the 2010 Doctor Who Christmas special?

18 - Who wrote and co-produced the 1993 film The Nightmare before Christmas?

19 - Who starred as Scrooge in the 1970 film of the same name?

20 - The leader of which country gave the Channel 4 alternative Christmas message in 2008?

Good luck.

Answers to be sent by email to webenquiries@octagonconsultancy.co.uk

Closing date is 31st December.