How it works
How is a panettone cooled so it keeps its height, and which candy hangs on the Christmas tree in Hungary? These Christmas food trivia questions fill five rounds, one of them on Christmas drinks.
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What is eaten at Christmas, and where
The roast and its trimmings covers the turkey, the glazed ham, bread sauce and a Norwegian rib dinner. Christmas Eve suppers sits down to the Feast of the Seven Fishes, a French réveillon and the thirteen desserts of Provence. Puddings, cakes and sweet breads has Christmas pudding, panettone, the Yule log and turrón. Christmas tables around the world goes from the Philippines and Japan to Venezuela and Hungary.
Christmas food and drink trivia
Christmas drinks is a round of its own: cocoa, atole, champurrado, a flower drink from Jamaica and the hot fruit punch of a Mexican posada. Tap one of the four choices and the card shows the right answer, why, and the article it was read in.
Questions and answers
What are some Christmas food trivia questions?
Try these three. Which spice studs a sugar-glazed Christmas ham? What kind of sweet is turrón? Which drink comes with the Christmas Eve panettone in Peru? The answers are cloves, a nougat and thick hot chocolate.
What is a traditional Christmas dinner?
It depends on the country. In the United Kingdom it is usually roast turkey with stuffing, gravy, roast potatoes and Brussels sprouts, then Christmas pudding. In Germany the main dishes are roast goose and roast carp.
What is the Feast of the Seven Fishes?
An Italian American Christmas Eve meal of fish and other seafood, eaten over several hours. It took shape in cities of the Northeast and Upper Midwest from the 1880s to the 1930s. There is no general agreement on why the number is seven.
What is Christmas pudding made of?
Early recipes used dried fruit, suet, breadcrumbs, flour, eggs and spice. The pudding is very dark, almost black, because of the dark sugars and black treacle in most recipes and its long cooking time.
How were the answers checked?
Each was read on October 8, 2026 in the English Wikipedia article linked under it, such as Christmas dinner, Christmas pudding, Panettone or Tamale. Wine, beer and spirits, brands, living people and records are left out. Cookies have a pack of their own.