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Question 1: When is St David’s Day, the national
day of Wales?
option 1: 1st March
option 2: 17th March
option 3: 23rd April
option 4: 30th November
Question 2: When is St Patrick’s Day, the
national day of both Northern Ireland and the
Republic of Ireland?
option 1: 1st March
option 2: 17th March
option 3: 23rd April
option 4: 30th November
Question 3: When is St George’s Day, the
national day of England?
option 1: 1st March
option 2: 17th March
option 3: 23rd April
option 4: 30th November
Question 4: When is t Andrew’s Day, the
national day of Scotland?
option 1: 1st March
option 2: 17th March
option 3: 23rd April
option 4: 30th November
Question 5: During Christmas why do children
hang up a long sock, stocking, or pillowcase at the
foot of their bed, or around the fireplace?
option 1: It brings good luck
option 2: It makes them happy
option 3: For the parents to fill with
presents.
option 4: For Father Christmas to fill with
presents.
Question 6: The British Father Christmas
travels from an area close to the South Pole
option 1: TRUE
option 2: FALSE
Question 7: When is the Boxing day
celebrated.
option 1: 1st December
option 2: 26th December
option 3: 31st December
option 4: 1st January
Question 8: Mothering Sunday is the Sunday
immediately after Easter
option 1: TRUE
option 2: FALSE
Question 9: When is rememberance day
option 1: 14th February
option 2: 1st April
option 3: 5th November
option 4: 11th November
Question 10: When is Easter?
option 1: Spring
option 2: Summer
option 3: Autumn
option 4: Winter
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Answer 1: (1)
Answer 2: (2)
Answer 3: (3)
Answer 4: (4)
Answer 5: (4) For Father Christmas to fill
with presents.
Answer 6: FALSE. The British Father Christmas
is a cheerful old man with a beard, dressed in a red
suit trimmed with fur. He travels from an area close
to the North Pole on a sledge pulled by reindeer,
delivering presents to children.
Answer 7: (2). Boxing Day, the 26th December,
refers to a time when servants, gardeners, and other
trades people used to receive money (a Christmas
box) in appreciation for the work they had done
throughout the year.
Answer 8: FALSE. Mothering Sunday, three
weeks before Easter, is a day on which children,
young and old, remember their mothers by giving them
flowers or chocolates and trying to make their day
as easy and enjoyable as possible.
Answer 9: (4). Remembrance Day, November
11th, keeps alive the memory of those who died in
both World Wars and in later conflicts. Many people
now hold a two minute silence at 11.00am in
remembrance of this, for it was at the eleventh
hour, of the eleventh days of the eleventh month in
1918 that the First World War (often called the
Great War) finally came to an end.
Answer 10: (1) Spring.
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