Answers and Winner to the Festive Fun Christmas Quiz

I hope you all had a lovely Christmas and enjoyed the festivities.

Thank you to everyone who took part in the little Festive Fun quiz I set on Christmas Eve.

 Here are the correct answers:

1. The last Sunday before Advent was known as 'Stir-Up Sunday' where, in the kitchen it was considered good luck for everyone to give the mixture a stir. What was the mixture for?

Answer: Christmas Pudding

2. Name three spices you're likely to find in mulled wine.

Answer: cinnamon, ginger, cloves, nutmeg, allspice

3. 'A Christmas Carol' by Charles Dickens was about Ebenezer Scrooge - name three other characters from the book.

Answer: Bob Cratchit, Tiny Tim, Jacob Marley

4. Name the inventor of the Christmas Cracker.

Answer: Thomas Smith

5. Why are mince pies so called, when they contain no mince at all?

Answer: In Victorian times, the ‘mincemeat’ filling contained just that - minced meat, mixed with beef suet, dried and fresh fruits, citrus peel, almonds, sugar, spices - and plenty of alcohol!

6. Name the well known poem written by Clement Clark Moore about the night time visit by Santa Claus.

Answer: ‘The Night Before Christmas’


7. Which Royal introduced the decorated Christmas tree to England in 1841?

Answer: Prince Albert



8. The Twelve Days of Christmas - when do they begin and end?

Answer: 26th December and 6th January.

I double checked the answer to the last question as apart from one, all the entries said 25th December to 5th January. 

(Source: The Victorian Christmas - Wharncliffe History Magazine)

There was only one winner with all eight correct answers -

Congratulations Viv 

 The Sleeping Jester Doll prize will be in the post to you.

All that remains is to say a big THANK YOU for visiting and commenting on my blog posts throughout the year, 

and

I wish everyone a very Happy and Healthy New Year.