Christmas Quiz - The Tudor Society

Merry Christmas from all of us here at the Tudor Society! Have a wonderful festive period! If you have a spare few minutes then why not test yourself with this fun quiz.

Q1) How many weeks is Advent?

Correct! Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.

Wrong! It's four weeks. Advent begins on the fourth Sunday before Christmas.

Q2) The Monday after the Twelve Days of Christmas was known as ....

Christingle

Candlemas

Plough Monday

Childermas

Correct!

Wrong! It was Plough Monday.

Q3) How many ingredients would a Tudor "minced pye" traditionally contain?

Correct!

Wrong! It was thirteen.

Q4) What did the "minced pye"'s ingredients symbolise?

The shepherds who were visited by the Angel Gabriel

Jesus Christ and the Apostles

The tribes of Israel

The promises of God

Correct!

Wrong! They symbolised Jesus Christ and the Apostles.

Q5) Although the Tudors did celebrate the Roman festival of New Year on 1st January, when did the calendar year start?

25 March

25 April

25 February

12 May

Correct! It was Lady Day or the Feast of the Annunciation.

Wrong! The year started on 25th March, Lady Day or the Feast of the Annunciation.

Q6) Which feast day is commemorated/celebrated on 28th December?

Epiphany

Candlemas

Immaculate Conception

Childermas

Correct!

Wrong! It's Childermas.

Q7) Which event is commemorated by Childermas?

The visit of the Kings to the infant Christ

The massacre of the baby boys in Bethlehem

Christ's escape to Egypt

Christ meeting the teachers in the temple

Correct! commemorates the massacre of the baby boys which King Herod ordered in Bethlehem, in an attempt to kill the infant Jesus Christ. The innocent babies were seen by the Catholic Church as the very first martyrs.

Wrong! It commemorated the massacre of the baby boys in Bethlehem.

Q8) Over the Christmas period, Henry VII had a Lord of Misrule and an Abbot of ......

Tomfoolery

Mischief

Unreason

Apery

Correct!

Wrong! It was an Abbot of Unreason.

Q9) What does "wassail" mean?

Enjoy!

Your good health

Be merry and bright

God's blessing

Correct! It means "your good health" or "be whole" and comes from Anglo-Saxon.

Wrong! It means "your good health" or "be whole" and comes from Anglo-Saxon.

Q10) Although the Twelve Days of Christmas came to an end with Epiphany and Plough Monday, which feast day brought the Christmas season officially to a close?

St Stephen's Day

Candlemas

New Year

Childermas

Correct!

Wrong! It was Candlemas on 2nd February.

Q11) According to the poem by Robert Herrick, what would you see if you didn't take your Christmas decorations down on Candlemas Eve (1st February)?

The Devil

Pixies

Goblins

A witch

Correct!

Wrong! It was goblins.