Christmas Food Quiz for Adults: 15 Festive Trivia Questions and Answers
How much do you really know about your favourite Christmas foods?
Christmas is full of delicious traditions, from pigs in blankets and roast dinners to festive desserts and sweet treats. But there's more to Christmas food than meets the eye!
We've created a Christmas food quiz for adults featuring 15 fun trivia questions about traditional Christmas dishes, festive food facts and treats from around the world.
It's a great addition to a Christmas dinner party, festive gathering or family quiz night. Think you can score 15 out of 15? Let's find out!
15 Christmas Food Quiz Questions
- In the UK, what are the two main ingredients in pigs in blankets?
- Which spice gives gingerbread its name?
- What type of nuts are traditionally used to make marzipan?
- Panettone is a traditional Christmas sweet bread from which country?
- What fruit is used to make the red sauce commonly served with Christmas turkey?
- Which vegetable shares its name with the capital of Belgium?
- Which nuts are famously described as "roasting on an open fire" in a popular Christmas song?
- Which red and white striped Christmas sweet is traditionally peppermint-flavoured?
- What type of pudding is mentioned in the Christmas carol We Wish You a Merry Christmas?
- Which fruit is traditionally placed inside a Christmas stocking?
- What is the name of the traditional British dish made by frying leftover potatoes and vegetables, often enjoyed after Christmas dinner?
- Which bird was commonly served for Christmas dinner in Britain before turkey became popular?
- Which traditional British Christmas dessert is also known as plum pudding?
- What colour is the wrapper of a Quality Street Toffee Penny?
- What small silver coin was traditionally hidden inside a Christmas pudding to bring good luck to whoever found it?
Christmas Food Quiz Answers
- Sausages and bacon
- Ginger
- Almonds
- Italy
- Cranberries
- Brussels sprouts
- Chestnuts
- Candy cane
- Figgy pudding
- An orange or satsuma
- Bubble and squeak
- Goose
- Christmas pudding
- Gold
- A silver sixpence
Christmas Food Quiz: Did You Get Full Marks?
That's a wrap on our Christmas food quiz! Did you manage to score 15 out of 15, or did a few festive food facts catch you out?
Why not challenge your friends and family to beat your score? It's a fun way to add a little friendly competition to your next Christmas gathering.
Looking for more festive fun?
Head over to the SuperCamps blog for more Christmas quizzes, family games and seasonal activity ideas.
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