Welcome to our festive quiz! We're giving you the chance to win one of five copies of Birds - Their Hidden World. There's three rounds; general questions on yuletide plants and animals, pictures of mystery Christmas nature and finally, can you unscramble our festive anagrams? Some will be multiple choice, some not, but I hope you find it interesting. Best of luck!
Plants and animals in Christmas
1) Because of the colour of their uniforms, which UK bird were Victorian postmen named after, resulting in card illustrations showing these birds delivering letters at Christmas?
2) Prior to the introduction of turkeys to England by French Jesuits in the 16th Century, the head of what animal was sometimes served with mustard at Christmas?
A.pig B.frog C.goose D.deer
3) Reindeer have been a mascot for Christmas since the 17th century poem ‘a visit from St. Nicholas’, but what feature do both male and female reindeer have that makes this species unique among deer?
A.red noses B.antlers C.spotty coats D.they can roar at the same volume
4) Mistletoe is used as decoration during Christmas. How does it grow in the wild?
A.as a tree B.as a bush C.as a parasite on other trees D.in water
5) In the Twelve Days of Christmas, after the five gold rings come four colly birds (not calling birds as in some later versions), but what species are these?
A.robin B.song thrush C.blackbird D.wood-pigeon
Can you tell what it is?
These are of things snippets all somehow linked with Christmas.
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Anagrams
Unscramble the Christmas word.
11) In a famous Christmas song there are two of these:
EDOVRTLETU
12) A part of the world associated with Christmas:
AAPNDLL
13) A rare heron formerly eaten in the Fens at this time of year:
TRNTEBI
14) A massive piece of festive of wood historically burned in open hearths:
YLLEUOG
15) A UK mammal that hibernates at this time of year:
GHOEHEGD
Please clearly assign numbers to all your answers in an email. We will choose at random from the highest scorers (or perfect scorers if you get them all right!). You only get one go, so any duplicate entries will not be counted.
The rules
Email your answers to us as enews@rspb.org.uk. Best of luck and have a great Christmas!
I didn't receive the email until 8th January which is a shame as I would of liked to enter