Angela's Food & Drink Xmas Quiz


 Angela dressed as a chef with an ostrich egg, giving a speech. Photo by Angela Lansbury. Copyright.

A The word croissant means

1 Crescent, in French

2 Cooked, in French

3 Cross shaped in French

4 Crescent in Italian 


B Spumante means

1 Sparkling in Italian

2 Sparkling in French

3 Spilled in Spanish


C Rose means

1 Rose coloured in French

2 Rose shaped in Spanish

3 Rose perfumed in Italian


D Whiskey

1 Comes from Scotland

2 Comes from Ireland

3 Comes from Native Indians


E Whisky

1 Comes from Scotland

2 Comes from Ireland

3 Comes from Antarctica


F Christmas Pudding

1 Traditionally contains a silver sixpence

2 Traditionally contains a penny

3 Traditionally contains a gold coin or gold foil wrapped fruit


G Christmas Crackers

1 Are named after the sound they make when pulled

2 Are named after the two creases

3 Are named after their appearance when pulled apart


H Christmas Crackers were invented by 

1 Tom Smith

2 Tom Jones

3 Billy Bunter


I In England at tea time you eat

1 Christmas cake

2 Mince Pies

3 Christmas cake or mince pies


J The Yule Log comes from

1 England

2 Scotland

2 France


K Stollen comes from

1 Germany

2 Russia

3 Canada


L Panettone comes from

1 Spain and Italy

2 France and Portugal

3 Australia and New Zealand


M At Christmas in Belize they eat

1 White cake

2 Black cake, sometimes with Yellow cake

3 Green cake 


N Champagne comes from

1 France

2 Spain

3 Italy


O Cava comes from

1 France

2 Spain

3 Italy


P Prosecco comes from

1 Spain

2 Italy

3 Portugal


Q Sherry comes from

1 France

2 Spain

3 Madeira


R Madeira comes from

1 Spain

2 Madeira

3 Italy


S Christmas Day is Dec 25

1 In the lunar calendar

2 In the Gregorian Calendar

3 In the Julian Calendar


T Dec 26 Is

1 Boxing Day only

2 St Stephen's Day only

3 Both Boxing Day and St Stephen's Day in different countries


U A hanukiah is

1 The same as the menorah - 7 branches, for 7 days of the week

2 Has only 8 branches, for the 8 day festival

3 Has 9 branches, 8 plus the helper candle to light the others


V

Champagne is 

1 The shape of the bottle

2 A region of France

3 The name of the man who invented the bubbly drink

4 The name of a grape


W The Jewish star

1 Has 5 points

2 Has 8 points

3 Has six points

4 Has any number of points


X Feliz Navidad is Spanish for

1 Happy Birthday

2 Congratulations

3 Happy New Year

4 Happy Christmas


Answers

A1 B1 C1 D2 E1 F1 G1 H1 I3 J2 K1 l  L1 M2 N1

O2 P2 Q2 R2 S2 T3 U3 V2 W3 X4

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