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Christmas pub quiz: There are 13 questions to tackle in this seasonal Saturday Social

By Lynn News Reporter

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newsdesk@lynnnews.co.uk

Published: 06:00, 20 December 2025

Compete against friends and family in our online Christmas quiz – the Seasonal Saturday Social!

There are 13 festive questions in total – simply scroll down to the bottom of the page for the answers.

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QUESTION 2

1. TRUE OR FALSE? Mince pies were originally made with minced meat.

2. WHO AM I? Name the famous face pictured above?

3. ODD ONE OUT: Which one of these famous names is the odd one out – and why?

George Michael, Marc Almond, Paul Young, Simon Le Bon, Sting, Tony Hadley

4. REMEMBER WHEN? The following events all occurred in a year in living memory. Do you know the year?

▶ The biggest BBC1 programme on Christmas Day was a One Foot in the Grave festive special

▶ In her Christmas Day message, Queen Elizabeth II reflected on her recent visit to South Africa as a guest of its president, Nelson Mandela

▶ Earth Song by Michael Jackson was the UK Christmas No.1 single

▶ Entertainer Dean Martin died on Christmas Day

5. WHAT’S COOKING: Can you name this traditional German Christmas bread?

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QUESTION 5

6. QUESTION OF SPORT: In which city will the traditional Boxing Day Ashes Test start this week?

7. POPTEASER: What huge Christmas single contains these lines?

Top to toe in tailbacks

Oh, I got red lights all around

8. WORDWISE: Can you translate these three festive French phrases?

▶ Bonhomme de neige

▶ Dinde rôtie

▶ La veille de Noël

9. WHO… wrote “Christmas doesn’t come from a store; maybe Christmas, perhaps, means a little bit more?”

10. WHAT… according to the song, what did my true love give to me on the tenth day of Christmas?

11. WHICH… King of England was crowned at Westminster Abbey on Christmas Day?

12. HOW… many ghosts show up in Charles Dickens’ A Christmas Carol?

13. WHERE AM I? Where was the photo below taken?

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QUESTION 13

ANSWERS: 1 True; 2 Former cricketer and Question of Sport star Phil Tufnell; 3 They all sang on the Band Aid No.1 single Do They Know It’s Christmas? in 1984 apart from Marc Almond; 4 1995; 5 Stollen; 6 Melbourne; 7 Driving Home for Christmas by Chris Rea; 8 Snowman, Roast turkey, Christmas Eve; 9 Dr Seuss; 10 Ten lords a-leaping; 11 William I in 1066; 12 Four – the ghost of Jacob Marley, the Ghost of Christmas Past, the Ghost of Christmas Present, and the Ghost of Christmas Yet to Come; 12 At the Brandenburg Gate in Berlin, Germany.

Christmas Kings Lynn Native Lynn News Reporter

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