Each year since 2006 I’ve made a Christmas Quiz. Each year’s quiz has a theme and the style typically alternates between cryptic clues and more number based clues. Each year sees a fierce contest for the honour and glory that goes to the winning team.
I originally sent these out in my Christmas Cards and, while I still do that, the quiz is now available here from the start of Advent, with answers coming out on Epiphany. Subscribe to ensure you don’t miss the next one.
I’ve also published the first twelve quizzes in a book, The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas. Buy the book here.
A friend, Chris Bush, has made an App with a number of the quizzes in – complete with hints and achievements. Download the QuizTime! Cryptic Challenge App free.
Quiz Archive
Christmas Quiz XVIII
180KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Letters and Numbers
Winners: Nick Wood; Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
DownloadChristmas Quiz XVII
184KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Science (Cryptic)
Winner: Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
DownloadChristmas Quiz XVI
212KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: History
Winners: Friends of Julia; Tom Booth and Friends
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Christmas Quiz XV
161KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: People (Cryptic)
Winner: Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
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Christmas Quiz XIV
175KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Sequences
Winner: Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
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Christmas Quiz XIII
118KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Countries and Regions (Cryptic)
Winners: Julia and Friends; Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
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Christmas Quiz XII
368KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Letters and Numbers
Winner: Julia, Iain G and Gareth
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Christmas Quiz XI
358KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Animals (Cryptic)
Winner: Alex Morris, Alex Craven and Friends
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Christmas Quiz X
339KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Dates
Winner: Martin and Ruth
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Christmas Quiz IX
247KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Geography (Cryptic)
Winner: Julia and her 6 more geographical friends Owen, Nick, Blaise, Rosie, Graham and Janet
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Christmas Quiz VII
352KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Surnames of MPs (Cryptic)
Winner: Owen Jones and Janice Chan
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Christmas Quiz VI
435KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Sequences
Winner: Ben and Jo Pellereau
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Christmas Quiz V
173KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Book Titles (Cryptic)
Winner: Graham Stratton and Laura Hill
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Christmas Quiz IV
164KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Letters and Numbers
Winner: Steve Burgess and Poppy Stagg
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Christmas Quiz III
155KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: Cities (Cryptic)
Winners: Owen Jones; Julia Goedecke and the Emmanuelite Mathematicians
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Christmas Quiz II
115KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: 7 D in a W
Winner: Ed Hutchinson
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Christmas Quiz I
117KB ∙ PDF file
Theme: London Underground (Cryptic)
Winner: Owen Jones
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