Can You Guess Which Christmas Food Facts Are True?

It's the most wonderful time of the year! And one of the best bits is...the food! But how much do you really know about what you eat at Christmas? Let's find out with this trivia quiz! Answer some questions about Christmas food and its history and see how you do! And if you're still in the festive spirit, we've got more Christmas stuff here! How about this ultimate Christmas 2023 trivia quiz? Or maybe you fancy this unusual Christmas quiz? You might even be in the mood for this Christmas geography quiz!

1/10

True or false: mince pies used to contain real meat?

True

False

2/10

True or false: People used to eat the holly they put on Christmas puddings?

True - weird!

False, please don't do this

True but it only happened once, to Queen Victoria

False, they used to use the berries to dye clothes

3/10

True or false: Henry VIII used to enjoy eating turkey?

True, we can picture it!

False, Turkeys hadn't been discovered by Europeans yet

False the Tudors thought the birds were sacred so didn't eat them

False, the Tudors thought the birds were bad luck, so didn't eat them

4/10

True or false: Bread sauce is a very British Christmas dish?

True, no one else likes it!

False, it's actually Italian

False, it's actually American

False, it's actually Vietnamese

5/10

True or false: In Japan they eat McDonalds on Christmas day?

True!

False, they eat Pizza Hut

False, they eat KFC

False, they eat ramen

6/10

True or false: Oliver Cromwell banned mince pies?

True - boo!

False, he banned turkeys

False, he loved mince pies

False, he banned apple pies

7/10

True or false: Britons will eat 250 million sprouts this xmas?

True - yeuch!

False, it's only 2 million

False, it's 1 billion!

False, they won't eat any (Well, we won't anyway!)

8/10

True or false: It's bad luck to eat any Christmas food after the 25th?

True, don't do it!

False - eat up!

9/10

True or false: the Georgians used to eat turtle soup at Christmas?

I hope it's not, but I've got a horrible feeling it's true

False, they ate tortoise soup

False, they ate dolphin soup

False, soup hadn't been invented yet

10/10

True or false: Celebrations are the most popular chocolate tin at Christmas?

True - yummy!

False, it's Roses

False, it's Quality Street

False, it's Heroes

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