Christmas history quiz – genius edition
A festive challenge for the real history boffins out there! Use it with your gifted and talented GCSE students, your A-level classes or even your colleagues.
There are three rounds for 30 points plus bonuses:
- The first round has 20 quiz questions about Christmas traditions and about historical events that took place on Christmas Eve, Christmas Day and Boxing Day. Clues are provided in the notes field in case your contestants aren't quite the brain boxes they'd imagined!
- The second round has five forfeit challenge questions on a general festive theme.
- The third round has five House of Games questions on historical general knowledge, with a chance to win bonus points.
For a less challenging version for normal mortals, try Christmas history quiz.
One of the Round 1 quiz questions:
Whose crew founded a colony in Haiti after their ship ran aground on Christmas Day 1492?
Clues: a) Marco Polo, b) Christopher Columbus, c) Walter Raleigh
One of the House of Games questions:
Fill in the blanks and put the words together to make the nickname of Richard I.
The ______ is a big cat found across sub-Saharan Africa.
The ______ pumps blood around the body.
Bonus point: What was his nickname in French?