Keep the festive cheer going with our Boxing day trivia questions (Image: Getty)
As the excitement of winds down, offers the perfect opportunity for families and friends to come together for some lighthearted fun.
And what better way to do so than with a spirited round of ?
Whether you’re testing your knowledge of history, science, and geography or revisiting your favourite moments from festive films, trivia is a fantastic way to spark friendly competition, share a few laughs, and keep the holiday cheer alive.
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Questions:
1. What is the chemical symbol for the element tungsten?
2. Which treaty ended the First World War?
3. What is the smallest planet in our solar system?
4. Which famous British monarch is said to have popularised Boxing Day gift-giving?
5. In Shakespeare’s Macbeth, what title is Macbeth given after his victory in battle?
Test your general knowledge with these 20 trivia questions (Image: Getty)
6. What is the square root of 1,296?
7. Which scientific principle explains why planes are able to fly?
8. What is the name of the layer of the Earth’s atmosphere where the auroras occur?
9. What is the oldest university in the English-speaking world?
10. December 26 is known by what names in Ireland?
Boxing Day gifts were popularised by Queen Victoria (Image: Getty)
11. Which European country was the first to adopt the euro as its currency?
12. Who was the first Roman emperor?
13. In which year was Boxing Day first declared a public holiday in the UK?
14. Which British monarch had the longest reign before Queen Elizabeth II?
15. What is the SI unit of electrical resistance?
University of Oxford is the oldest english-speaking university (Image: Getty)
16. Who wrote the Communist Manifesto?
17. What ancient structure in Rome is considered one of the greatest examples of Roman engineering?
18. What is the name of the ship that Charles Darwin sailed on during his voyage to the Galapagos Islands?
19. Which battle marked the end of Napoleon’s rule as Emperor of France?
20. What is the name of the paradox where a cat is simultaneously alive and dead, according to quantum mechanics?
Ireland has an alternative name for Boxing Day (Image: Getty)
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Answers
- W
- Treaty of Versailles
- Mercury
- Queen Victoria
- Thane of Cawdor
- 36
- Bernoulli’s Principle
- Thermosphere
- University of Oxford
- Saint Stephen’s Day
- Germany (as part of the Eurozone in 1999)
- Augustus
- 1871
- Queen Victoria
- Ohm
- Karl Marx and Friedrich Engels
- The Colosseum
- HMS Beagle
- Battle of Waterloo
- Schrödinger’s Cat