Christmas Food Trivia Questions
Eighteen questions to serve between courses. Pairs perfectly with a Christmas charcuterie board.
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Christmas food trivia: Panettone comes from Milan, stollen from Germany, mince pies were once filled with real meat, figgy pudding is another name for Christmas pudding and in the Philippines a whole roast pig (lechon) is the centrepiece.
What is the main ingredient of traditional eggnog besides eggs?
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Milk and/or cream
Which spice-cake treat is traditionally decorated as a house?
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Gingerbread
Panettone, the sweet Christmas bread, comes from which Italian city?
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Milan
Stollen is a Christmas bread from which country?
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Germany
Dresden is famous for it.
What dessert is set on fire with brandy at a British Christmas dinner?
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Christmas pudding
What were mince pies originally filled with?
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Meat (minced meat with fruit and spices)
What is a Bûche de Noël?
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A French Yule log cake
Which country eats 'lechon' (roast pig) as a Christmas centrepiece?
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The Philippines
What fruit-studded cake has a reputation for lasting for years?
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Fruitcake
What do people traditionally leave out for Santa in the US?
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Milk and cookies
In the UK, it's often a mince pie and a glass of sherry.
What vegetable is traditionally left out for the reindeer?
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Carrots
Which nut is traditionally roasted 'on an open fire'?
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Chestnuts
What is the most traditional Christmas dinner meat in the UK?
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Turkey
What is wassail?
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A hot spiced drink, often cider or ale
Which Christmas cookie is traditionally rolled in powdered sugar and called 'snowballs'?
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Russian tea cakes (Mexican wedding cookies)
Which British treat is a cracker-shaped tube that bangs when pulled?
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A Christmas cracker (not food, but on every table!)
Invented by London confectioner Tom Smith in the 1840s.
What is 'figgy pudding' another name for?
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Christmas pudding
In Mexico, what corn-dough parcels are popular at Christmas?
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Tamales