The following are all questions about things that happened on Christmas Day.
1. Which member of the Beatles got engaged on Christmas Day 1967 although the couple would never marry?
Paul McCartney (to Jane Asher)
2. Mikhail Gorbachev formally resigned from his post as President of the USSR on Christmas day in which year?
1991
3. Which King of England was crowned on Christmas Day?
William the Conqueror (1066)
4. In 1971 an horrific hotel fire killed 163 at the Taeyokale Hotel. In which country was this?
South Korea/Republic of Korea (Seoul)
5. Which hugely successful Leonardo DiCaprio film was released on Christmas Day 2013?
The Wolf of Wall Street
6. Which well-known female Scottish singer was born in Aberdeen on Christmas Day 1954?
Annie Lennox
7. Who became Emperor of Japan on Christmas Day 1926?
Emperor Hirohito
8. On December 25th 2003, scientists lost contact with a British-built space probe which was due to land on Mars that day. What was its name?
Beagle 2
9. Which American singer and actress died on Christmas Day 2008 at the age of 81?
Eartha Kitt
10. In which year was the famous ‘Christmas Truce’, when German and English soldiers stopped fighting to play football, sing carols and exchange gifts?
1914