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Christmas Edition · Year 7 to 9 · Question 1
“In Catalonia, children hit a log with sticks on Christmas Eve until it poos out sweets.”
Teams decide whether it is fact or myth. The answer is on the slides, along with the story behind it.
Students work in teams of three or four, with one printed answer sheet shared between each team.
There are ten questions: four fact or myth, then three multiple choice and three where teams write the answer out in full. Read each question out as it goes up, and give teams time to agree on an answer before they write it down.
Teams swap sheets with the team next to them. The answers go up one at a time, each with a line on why, so give the room a moment on each one.
The last two slides are blank for questions of your own, and every answer sheet has two spare rows for them.
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Get the quiz
Pick the slides for your form. The only printing is one answer sheet per team. It suits the last week of the autumn term. For the rest of the year there is The Form Time Quiz, in two volumes, and you can sign up here to hear when the next quiz goes up.
Quiz for Year 7 to 9
Christmas in Catalonia, Japan, Italy and China, and why Santa’s reindeer are probably girls. Ten questions, the answers, and two blank slides for your own.
Download PowerPointQuiz for Year 10 and 11
From Coca-Cola’s Santa to Sweden’s straw goat and Iceland’s Christmas Book Flood. Ten questions and the answers.
Download PowerPointQuiz for sixth form
Cromwell and the mince pie, what presents are really worth, and why Christmas falls on different dates. Ten questions and the answers.
Download Printable PDFTeacher resource pack
Five pages: the guide, an answer key for all three quizzes, and a team answer sheet for each key stage.
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