Beatons Christmas Quiz

It has become a tradition for Beatons to set a quiz for Spotlight on Felixstowe at Christmas.   This Christmas will be 25 December 25 so we celebrate the number 25 in our quiz.

• If you gifted someone £25 every Christmas since 2000, how much would you have given by Christmas 2025 (ignoring interest)?
  (Answer: £625)
  
• Christmas 1990 — Which festive family film was released in UK cinemas that year?  (Answer: Home Alone)
  
• Elves & Percentages — Santa says 25 % of his elves are on wrapping duty. If he has 200 elves, how many are wrapping? (Answer: 50)
  
• 25 people are standing in a circle.  Every 5th person is eliminated until one remains.  Who survives the 1st, 2nd or 3rd person? (Answer: 2nd person)
  
• If you write all the numbers from 1 to 25 how many times does the number 2 appear (Answer: 9 times)
  
• Felixstowe flashback — Which famous local landmark turned 125 in 2025 (five times 25)?(Answer: Felixstowe Pier, opened 1900
  
• Fiction — Charles Dickens was 25 when he published The Pickwick Papers. What year was that?
  (Answer: 1836)
  
• “On the first day of Christmas…” — What is the 25th gift given in total by that point in the song? (Answer: The 9th “ladies dancing” – total gifts reach 25 midway through the 9th day.)