Christmas in the UK
General Knowledge
Wildlife & Nature
Disney
Riddles
100

This festive plant is traditionally hung in doorways for kissing.

Mistletoe

100

This planet is known as the Red Planet.

Mars

100

This process allows some animals to slow their metabolism during winter months.

Hibernation

100

This Disney film was the first to be fully animated using CGI.

Toy Story

100

I have a face and two hands, but no arms or legs. What am I?

Clock

200

British children often leave out mince pies and this drink for Father Christmas.

Milk

200

This country has the longest coastline in the world.

Canada

200

This bird species undertakes the longest known migration of any animal.

Arctic tern

200

In The Lion King, this character’s name means “king” in Swahili.

Simba

200

I am not alive, but I grow. I don’t have lungs, but I need air. What am I?

Fire

300

This Christmas song begins with the line “We wish you a Merry Christmas…”.

  • and a Happy New Year

  • Channel 4

300

This language has the most native speakers worldwide.

Mandarin Chinese

300

This Scottish animal was declared functionally extinct before being reintroduced in the 21st century.

Eurasian beaver

300

This Disney villain sings the song “Poor Unfortunate Souls”.

Ursula

300

 I am taken before you can give me. What am I?


Breath

400

This TV channel famously broadcasts The Snowman every Christmas.

Channel 4

400

This chemical element is named after a Scandinavian god.

Thorium

400

Which bird is famous for its laughter-like call?

Kookaburra

400

This Disney film is set almost entirely in the city of Agrabah.

Aladdin

400

I can fly without wings and cry without eyes. What am I?

Clouds

500

This monarch delivered the first televised UK Christmas message in 1957.

Queen Elizabeth II

500

This is the longest river in the world.

Nile

500

Which amphibian can fully regenerate its limbs, spinal cord, heart, and other organs?

Salamanders

500

This Disney movie was the first animated film to receive a Best Picture nomination at the Academy

Beauty and the Beast

500

The person who makes it doesn’t need it. The person who buys it doesn’t use it. The person who uses it doesn’t know they’re using it. What is it?

Coffin