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Why do we call it Boxing Day?
It is a reference to alms boxes left for the poor and needy in the Middle Ages
It is a reference to fights staged for Henry VIII in the Tudor era during Christmas festivities
It is a reference to gifts left for tradespeople to thank them for their service
Which team scored the most goals in Englands top division in a Boxing Day football game?
Sheffield United
Blackburn
Fulham
Which saints day is celebrated on December 26th?
St. George
St. David
St. Andrew
St. Stephen
Which of the following countries does not celebrate Boxing Day?
Argentina
New Zealand
Canada
Australia
Which former Yugoslavian country celebrates Independence and Unity Day on Boxing Day, to commemorate the result of the independence referendum held in the country in 1990?
Slovenia
Croatia
Montenegro
Macedonia
Which English mathematician and inventor of the Differential Machine (a precursor to the computer) was born on Boxing Day 1791?
Ada Lovelace
Charles Babbage
Ernest Rutherford
Alan Turing
Which Chinese revolutionary and founder of the Peoples Republic of China was born on Boxing Day 1893?
Deng Xiaoping
Chiang Kai-shek
Mao Zedong
Zhou Enlai
Which American president passed away on Boxing Day 2006?
Gerald Ford
Richard Nixon
Ronald Reagan
Lyndon B. Johnson
Which American president passed away on Boxing Day 1972?
Harry S. Truman
Franklin D. Roosevelt
Lyndon B. Johnson
Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which actor, best known for his role in Game Of Thrones, was born on Boxing Day 1986?
Richard Madden
Kit Harington
Alfie Allen
Rory McCann
What was once a popular way to mark Boxing Day in Ireland?
Hunting wren
Hunting mice
Hunting deer
What sport was traditionally played on Boxing Day before it was banned?
horse racing
fox hunting
cricket
polo
What major holiday does Boxing Day follow?
Christmas
Bonfire night
Queens birthday
Easter
The Junkanoo street parade takes place on Boxing Day on which island nation of the West Indies?
Dominican Republic
The Bahamas
Saint Lucia
Barbados
St Stephens Day is celebrated in Sweden with a game of bandy, but what is bandy?
A tabletop game involving moving coins
A version of football but with four nets
A game played on ice with sticks and a ball
Some historians think that Boxing Day was created to give servants a day off so they could go see their families. In the past, what did employers give their servants on Boxing Day?
cakes
ribbons
money
gift boxes
On Boxing Day, it is traditional to give presents to people who have rendered a service in the past year. People who work in which of the following professions would not be given a present on Boxing Day?
doorman
porter
Lawyer
mail carrier
On Boxing Day, costumed Gombey dancers perform through which mid-Atlantic island (which is a British Overseas Territory)?
Montserrat
British Virgin Islands
Bermuda
Turks and Caicos Islands
On Boxing Day 1898, Pierre and Marie Curie announced to the French Academy of Sciences that they had discovered which radioactive chemical element?
Thorium
Plutonium
Radium
Uranium
Its a bank holiday in the UK but which country does not regard it as a public holiday?
USA
New Zealand
Nigeria
