50 Christmas Quiz Questions and Answers for Families

Print this free warm-up round, split into teams, and watch the room wake up. Use it before your full quiz night — or as a ten-minute table starter while the potatoes finish.

Round: Films

1. In Home Alone, where are the McCallisters going when they leave Kevin?
   Answer: Paris
2. Which film features a magical train to the North Pole?
   Answer: The Polar Express
3. Who voiced the Grinch in Illumination’s 2018 film?
   Answer: Benedict Cumberbatch
4. What is the town in It’s a Wonderful Life?
   Answer: Bedford Falls
5. In Elf, Buddy was raised at…?
   Answer: The North Pole
6. Which ballet is a Christmas staple?
   Answer: The Nutcracker
7. Who plays Scrooge in The Muppet Christmas Carol?
   Answer: Michael Caine
8. Love Actually is set mainly in which city?
   Answer: London
9. Die Hard’s party is on which date?
   Answer: Christmas Eve
10. Who directed the 2009 film A Christmas Carol with Jim Carrey?
    Answer: Robert Zemeckis

Round: Songs

1. Who sang Fairytale of New York with The Pogues?
   Answer: Kirsty MacColl
2. Complete: All I want for Christmas is ___
   Answer: You
3. Which Wham! song returns every December?
   Answer: Last Christmas
4. Who sang Merry Christmas Everyone?
   Answer: Shakin’ Stevens
5. Band Aid’s song title?
   Answer: Do They Know It’s Christmas?
6. Mariah Carey’s signature Christmas hit?
   Answer: All I Want for Christmas Is You
7. Who wrote White Christmas?
   Answer: Irving Berlin
8. Slade’s Christmas hit?
   Answer: Merry Xmas Everybody
9. On the first day of Christmas, my true love sent to me…?
   Answer: A partridge in a pear tree
10. Wizzard’s Christmas classic?
    Answer: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

Round: Food & drink

1. Traditional roast bird for many UK Christmas dinners?
   Answer: Turkey
2. Sausages wrapped in bacon are called?
   Answer: Pigs in blankets
3. What do many families stir and wish on?
   Answer: Christmas pudding mixture
4. Mulled wine is served…?
   Answer: Warm / hot
5. Dried-fruit pies at Christmas are called?
   Answer: Mince pies
6. Brussels sprouts belong to which vegetable family?
   Answer: Cabbage / brassica
7. Eggnog usually includes which spice on top?
   Answer: Nutmeg
8. Panettone is associated with which country?
   Answer: Italy
9. What do you pull at a UK Christmas table?
   Answer: Crackers
10. What hangs for a kiss?
    Answer: Mistletoe

Round: Traditions

1. Boxing Day is the day after?
   Answer: Christmas Day
2. Advent calendars usually have how many doors?
   Answer: 24
3. Father Christmas is also commonly called?
   Answer: Santa Claus
4. Poinsettias are native to which country?
   Answer: Mexico
5. Prince Albert helped popularise which Christmas tradition in Britain?
   Answer: Christmas trees
6. Epiphany is on which date?
   Answer: 6 January
7. St Nicholas Day is often which date?
   Answer: 6 December
8. A traditional Christmas cracker joke is meant to be…?
   Answer: Awful / groan-worthy
9. What do carol singers traditionally do?
   Answer: Sing door to door / sing carols
10. Nativity plays are usually performed by?
    Answer: Schoolchildren

Round: Mixed / kids-friendly

1. How many sides does a snowflake typically have in school science?
   Answer: Six
2. Capital of Norway?
   Answer: Oslo
3. Red Planet?
   Answer: Mars
4. Minutes in 2.5 hours?
   Answer: 150
5. UK emergency number?
   Answer: 999
6. Bees make?
   Answer: Honey
7. Largest ocean?
   Answer: Pacific
8. Strings on a violin?
   Answer: Four
9. Chemical formula for water?
   Answer: H2O
10. How many reindeer traditionally pull Santa’s sleigh in popular lists (excluding Rudolph)?
    Answer: Eight

How to use this free round

Read questions aloud or hand out sheets. Score one point each. Keep phones away unless you declare open-book for kids. When you want a full eighty-question night with host guide, picture round and certificates, step up to a complete pack.

Scoring this free set

Fifty questions is a generous warm-up. For a short starter, play one category of ten. For a fuller mini-quiz, play three categories and keep mixed for last. One point per correct answer. Accept close spellings on film titles. Where two answers are reasonable, reward the spirit of the question — you are hosting Christmas, not marking A-levels.

If children are playing, let them steal the mixed round and soft-score films. Adults can take songs and traditions. The goal is shared noise, not a perfect leaderboard.

Printing and paper craft

Copy the questions into a document without the answers for teams, keep this page as your host key, or simply read aloud. Reading aloud is kinder to ink levels and stops accidental scrolling to answers on shared phones. Number answers clearly when you mark — shout the score updates so remote-feeling cousins at the end of the table stay in it.

What a full pack adds

A complete Quiz Tin night adds a timed host guide, separate answer key, team sheets, emoji picture round, Joker score sheet, winners’ certificate, and editable Word files. That is the difference between a clever free round and a whole evening that runs itself while you still look like the calm centre of the room.