Figgy Pudding
What figgy pudding ingredient is both a preservative and a fire starter?
What is brandy (or alcohol)?
Where are Christmas Crackers most popular?
Where is the U.K.? (or England or Great Britain)
From which period of history did Christmas Crackers originate?
What is the Victorian Era? (or the mid to late 1800s)
What do modern-day British people mean by the word "pudding"?
What is "any kind of dessert."
Who was the author of the story "A Christmas Carol?"
Who is Charles Dickens?
Who banned celebrations and celebratory foods?
Who were the Puritans?
What ingredient makes the signature sound of a Christmas Cracker?
What is gunpowder?
What was the original figgy pudding recipe most similar to?
What are sausages (or savory soups)?
What is a Cossack?
What is a Russian soldier? (or a nickname for Christmas Crackers)
What French candy inspired the creation and design of Christmas Crackers?
What are sugared almonds?
What is "Stir-up Sunday?"
What is the Sunday before Advent when people make their Christmas Puddings?
What three items are always in a Christmas Cracker?
What is a tissue paper crown, a trinket, and a motto/joke?
What did wealthy people serve to their community members on Christmas eve?
What is figgy pudding?
What is a trinket?
What is a small, inexpensive toy or figurine?
Describe the outer appearance of a Christmas Cracker.
What is a cardboard tube covered in colorful paper shaped like a piece of wrapped candy?
Which ingredient made the biggest change in the transformation of figgy pudding's recipe?
What is sugar?
Who was "The King of Christmas Crackers?"
Who is Tom Smith?
How did Charles Dickens affect the popularity of figgy pudding and Christmas crackers?
What is: his novella "A Christmas Carol" prominently featured both items in the most important scene in the story.
What is a motto?
What is a meaningful quote or short poem? (or one of the items found inside a Christmas Cracker)
What do Christmas Pudding and Christmas Crackers have in common?
What is: they are both Victorian holiday traditions still practiced in the U.K.
What good luck charm might be included in a figgy pudding?
What is a coin?
How has the motto in a Christmas Cracker changed?
What is a joke?
What "new" traditions did Queen Victoria and her husband Prince Albert add to Christmas celebrations?
What are: having decorated trees in our homes and giving gifts to children.
What was figgy?
What is a soup-like meal where all the ingredients are cooked in the same pot?
What did Mrs. Cratchit mean when she said the pudding smelled like washing day?
What is: she cooked it in the same pot she uses for doing laundry.