When the feast is finished, it’s time to fire up the grey cells and see how you fare against Ashleigh Arnott’s questions. Losing team washes up!
1 Which wine-based Christmas tipple is named after the coastal city it hails from?
2 Penicillium roqueforti is used in the making of which English Christmas favourite?
3 Quality Street has been produced in the same Yorkshire market town (also known as the home of Anne ‘Gentleman Jack’ Lister) for over 85 years. Which is it?
4 Which fast food company cleverly launched an advertising campaign in 1974 that made their food a Christmas tradition in Japan?
5 All the following festive bakes involve dried fruit. Which European countries are they from? a) Julekake b) Bolo-rei c) Cozonac d) Birnbrot
6 The head of which animal was a popular centrepiece at medieval Christmas feasts (and has a 15th-century carol named after it)?
a) Stag b) Boar c) Sheep d) Goose
7 Which of these does not provide your recommended daily dose of vitamin C in one 80g portion?
a) Brussels sprouts b) Red cabbage c) Cranberries
8 TV personality Cheryl Baker was a member of which bubbly pop group?
9 Hannah Glasse’s 1760 book The Compleat Confectioner includes a recipe that requires calves’ feet. Which dessert is it for?
a) Christmas pudding b) Trifle c) Mince pies
10 In which eastern European country is it Christmas Eve tradition to throw a spoonful of kutya (cooked wheat with honey and ground poppy seeds) at the ceiling to see whether it sticks?
a) Latvia b) Estonia c) Ukraine d) Romania
11 The sort of chestnuts you might find roasting on an open fire grow on the sweet chestnut tree. What are the ones from the horse chestnut tree more commonly known as?
12 In December 1989 a bird weighing 39.09kg (86lb), which had been raised in Peterborough, won the Guinness World Record for heaviest turkey. What was its name?
a) Tyrant b) Tyrone c) Tybalt d) Tyson
At the movies
1 Which film producer, best known for her work on the James Bond films, belongs to the family that shares its name with a cruciferous green vegetable?
2 Like Bond, Chitty Chitty Bang Bang was created by writer Ian Fleming. What is the name of the musical confectionery that gets its own song in the film?
