Try Mencap’s Christmas Quiz

Try Mencap’s Christmas Quiz

Want to test your general knowledge this Christmas – we’ve printed the first round of Mencap’s festive quiz for Hello Lincoln viewers.

The whole rounds are not for the faint-hearted, but avid quizzers will love them – visit https://tinyurl.com/59x3byyy

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learning disability, giving them a reason to leave their homes and socialise this Christmas or £83 could pay for a family to receive an hour of specialist support on Mencap’searly intervention programme.

Round one – general knowledge questions

  1. What day of the year was Christmas Day in 2020?
  2. Which animal carried Mary before she gave birth to Jesus?
  3. Which world leader celebrates his birthday on Christmas Day?
  4. When do the 12 Days of Christmas start?
  5. Which country annually sends a Christmas tree to be erected in London’s Trafalgar Square?
  6. Which monarch delivered the first Royal Christmas Day Message?
  7. Which country is credited with starting the Christmas tree tradition?
  8. What happened in the 1914 Christmas Day truce during the First World War? 
  9. In which year was the first Christmas card sent? 
  10. What indispensable item for the Christmas table did Tom Smith, a confectioner, invent? 
  11. Which ocean can Christmas Island be found in? 
  12. In what type of building was the baby Jesus born in? 
  13. What is your star sign if you are born on Christmas Day? 
  14. How many of Rudolph’s fellow reindeers’ names start with ‘D’? 
  15. What gifts did The Three Wise Men give Jesus on his birthday? 
  16. Who was crowned King of England on Christmas Day in 1066? 
  17. Which country traditionally plays the Boxing Day Test Match every year? 
  18. Which plant-based Christmas tradition was started by servants in Victorian Britain? 
  19. Which plant has bright red and green leaves and is sometimes known as the Christmas Flower?
  20. How many ghosts appear in A Christmas Carol?

Date

24 December 2025

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