CHRISTMAS QUIZ

See if you can do our Christmas quiz! Answers at the end.

Christmas Quiz 2014

1.  What name do we give to the 24th December?
2.  What name do we give to the 25th December?
3.  What name do we give to the 26th December?
4.  A Christmas religious song is called a Christmas - - - - - .
5.  The answer to question 4 is also the title of a famous book about Christmas by Charles - - - - - - - .
6.  In Britain and the USA people usually eat roast - - - - - - on Christmas Day.
7.  After the meat course people eat a dessert called Christmas - - - - - - - .
8.  We send Christmas  - - - - - to all our friends, neighbours and colleagues.
9.  At 3 pm on Christmas Day the  - - - - - speaks to the British nation and the Commonwealth.
10. What name do we give to the 31st December?
11. What name do we give to the 1st January?
12. What is the New Year celebration called in Scotland?
13. Who wrote the traditional poem Auld Lang Syne, which is sung to welcome the New Year?
14. Which famous children's book opens with the words, "Christmas won't be Christmas without any presents"?
15. A special carol service takes place on Christmas Eve at King's College in - - - - - - - - - , UK.
16. Who says, "Ho, ho, ho!" at the beginning of every sentence?
17. What will probably happen if you stand or sit under the mistletoe [vischio] ?
18. Can you complete this song line? "We - - - - you a merry Christmas, we - - - - you a merry Christmas..."
19. Mince - - - - are traditional Christmas sweet pastries.
20. New Year's - - - - - - - - - - - are promises that we often break.

Merry Christmas!

Please highlight the space below to see the quiz answers:

1. Christmas Eve  2. Christmas Day  3. Boxing Day  4. carol  5. Dickens  6. turkey  7. pudding  8. cards  9. Queen  10. New Year's Eve  11. New Year's Day  12. Hogmanay  13. Robert Burns  14. Little Women  15. Cambridge  16. Father Christmas / Santa Claus  17. Someone will kiss you! 18. wish  19. pies  20. resolutions

EASTER WORDSEARCH

Can you find the Easter words?

G N I R P S Q N C H S O E Y K

T T B H L A J H K A U S A R C

V E I U P R O U Q M L D O Y I

F D N M N C R N Y N N U B R H

E R H N O S E T H U W K N V C

T U I L O W T S S U V P M U T

I G A D U B S M O N D A Y P N

V T G A A X A E V O D R Y X H

E W X E R Y E G O O D A Y B Z

U T A B T I X B S Z H D O W N

A O P C V F Z I Q Q U E N I S

J H G W F W M J E T D B X Q K

H L A H W N H F X L M K Q N L

H M P I E M R Z T A T N V H F

E B E L Y Z B L L S C L F B Q

BONNET

BUNNY

BUNS

CHICK

CHOCOLATE

CROSS

DOVE

EASTER

EGG

FRIDAY

GOOD

HIDE

HOT

HUNT

LAMB

MONDAY

PARADE

SIMNEL

SPRING

SUNDAY

Notes:

Easter bonnet - a special hat worn by women in the Easter parades in London and New York.

Good Friday - the Friday before Easter; venerdì santo

Easter Sunday - Pasqua

Easter Monday - Pasquetta

Easter egg hunt - a traditional game in which parents hide Easter eggs in the garden and children try to find them.

Simnel cake - a traditional cake made at Easter

Hot cross buns - traditional cakes, a bit like brioches, made at Easter. They have the form of the cross on top.

bunny - a small or baby rabbit

dove - colomba 

hide - nascondere

lamb - agnello

a chick




Traditional song - Hot Cross Buns

MERRY CHRISTMAS, EVERYONE!

tidings = news

GUY FAWKES NIGHT WORDSEARCH

Guy Fawkes

The 5th November is Guy Fawkes Night or Bonfire Night in Britain. We remember the Gunpowder Plot of 1605, when some conspirators led by a man called Guy Fawkes tried to blow up [far saltare] Parliament. We have bonfires [dei falò] and eat hot food like soup, jacket potatoes and sausages. We also eat a spicy cake called Parkin. You can read more here.

GUY FAWKES NIGHT WORDSEARCH

C N N N F L Q J J F C R P N S

L O S O B O N F I R E E A I O

T D N O I F W R E B S T R K U

T R Z S A S E B M R A A L R P

M I E W P W O E N W U E I A M

A S K A O I V L S V S F A P O

R E L R S O R Y P O A E M Z R

S A K E N O T A Y X G E E U Z

J S A P P X N A C R E B N D H

T E K C A J P E T Y E Z T T M

R E D W O P N U G O Q U F C L

P E N N Y F L E J L P I A I Y

Z D G L T F Z O Q H F K H S Q

A N D G U M P G T B E H T K W

A J G Y U G K J L P T O O R S

BEEFEATER

BONFIRE

CAKE

CONSPIRACY

EXPLOSION

FAWKES

FIFTH

FIREWORKS

GUNPOWDER

GUY

JACKET

NOVEMBER

PARKIN

PARLIAMENT

PENNY

PLOT

POTATO

SAUSAGE

SOUP

TREASON

Beefeaters or Yeomen of the Guard.
They search Parliament for gunpowder [polvere da sparo]
every year before the Queen opens the session.
Image - Wikipedia

PANCAKE DAY WORDSEARCH

Pancake with red orange juice

Pancake Day or Shrove Tuesday is the day before Ash Wednesday and in 2013 it is on Tuesday 12th February.  Shrove is the past simple of an archaic verb which means “to confess”.

People had to use up all the cooking fat in the house before Lent [quaresima] so they made pancakes.  You make them in a frying pan and you have to toss and catch them!

In some parts of Britain there are special pancake races on this day. People have to run and toss the pancakes in their frying pans at the same time!  The most famous pancake race in Britain takes place in Olney in Buckinghamshire and it has been held since 1445.

W E M U E S I F G E F G R N G

N E B E K U B X G S T T I Y N

Y L D Y R G B G F U S S O T I

W R A N T A S C E V O R H S Y

Q D E G E R Z S M L F A T N R

V T X T H S D T R L E G G B F

P T A A T A D P Y R R M R W B

W A V N Y U C A T C H U O C Y

G W N M P F B N Y K O Y A N I

T Y R V Z K H C G L Y E S A D

U N H D P I I A F H H C H Y M

A Z E N B T S K B T A A B R B

Z A Q L Z Z R E Q F T R L M F

G N V X L J F H X R P M Q P Q

C M Z W R M D J L M Q N H H M

ASH

BUTTER

CATCH

DAY

EGGS

FAT

FLOUR

FRYING

LEMON

LENT

PAN

PANCAKE

RACE

SHROVE

SUGAR

TOSS

TUESDAY

WEDNESDAY

FOR LITTLE STARS EVERYWHERE

It's St Lawrence's Night and in Italy, we are all going to be outside looking for shooting stars later!

Here is a traditional nursey rhyme for "little stars" everywhere:

Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star

And whether you're three or 103 years old, if you see a shooting star, don't forget to make a wish, because..... 

Mickey and Friends [Disney] - When You Wish Upon a Star