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Office Christmas trivia
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Office Christmas trivia
Questions for the work party that nobody needs to have seen a film for, a round about your own team, and a host to run it on the big screen.
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The office Christmas icebreaker
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Office Christmas quiz questions and answers
Light enough for everyone in the room, with a couple to settle a tie.
Who commissioned the first commercial Christmas card, in London in 1843?
Answer Sir Henry Cole
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas cardIn 1955, an ad invited children to call Santa and helped start the tradition now called NORAD Tracks Santa. Which store placed it?
Answer Sears
The tradition began with NORAD's predecessor, CONAD.
Source: Wikipedia: NORAD Tracks SantaSource: army.milWho is regarded as the father of electric Christmas tree lights?
Answer Edward H. Johnson
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas lightsMince pies are fruit and spice today. What were they once made with?
Answer Meat
Source: Wikipedia: Mince pieIn which year did Christmas Day become a public holiday in Scotland?
Answer 1958
Boxing Day followed in 1974.
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas in ScotlandEggnog is made with milk or cream, sugar and what else?
Answer Whipped eggs
Source: Wikipedia: EggnogIn Secret Santa, how is each person given someone to buy for?
Answer At random
Source: Wikipedia: Secret SantaIn 1848, a newspaper picture of the royal family's tree in which castle helped make Christmas trees fashionable?
Answer Windsor Castle
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas treeWhat is a bûche de Noël?
Answer A Yule log cake
It is a Christmas dessert, popular in France, Belgium, Switzerland and Quebec.
Source: Wikipedia: Yule log (cake)In which year did the Christmas truce happen on the Western Front?
Answer 1914
A series of unofficial ceasefires in the First World War.
Source: Wikipedia: Christmas Truce
Try a hosted round. The office Christmas icebreaker: 7 questions, scored for you.
Play nowRound two
Who in this office…
Read one out, count to three, and everyone points. No answers to check: the room decides.
- …will be first to the mince pies?
- …was wearing a Christmas jumper before December?
- …has the most decorated desk?
- …would win the carol-singing contest?
- …is most likely to forget their Secret Santa present?
- …has already written the out-of-office?
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Is the Christmas quiz free to play?
Yes. The hosted round on this page plays in your browser with no account and no download. Playing is free. A new account starts with 500 coins; a show is 50 coins with 5 questions included.
How do we run it at the office party?
Open the icebreaker with "Play on the TV" on the laptop that feeds the office screen, or share it on the call. Everyone joins on their phone with the room code or QR at trivana.ai/join, the questions go up on the big screen and the scores land at the end. No app and no accounts.
Will it work for a remote or hybrid team?
Yes. Share your screen on the call: people in the room and at home join with the same code on their phones.
Are the answers on this page checked?
Yes. Every answer was checked against a published source before the page went up, and the source is linked under each answer. If you think one is wrong, tell us at [email protected] and we will look again.
Can I make my own Christmas quiz?
Yes. "Make your own" opens the Trivana.ai studio with a Christmas topic already typed in. Change it to anything (your family, your office, your class), pick a host, and you get a quiz to share as one link. Nothing is made or charged until you press Create show.
Answers checked on November 11, 2026 against the sources linked under each one.