Computing Christmas Quiz 2021

An all new computing Christmas quiz for 2021 to make your final computer science lesson of the term both fun and educational!

Fun AND educational? I know – it’s a Christmas miracle!

If you’ve never used one of my Christmas quizzes before here’s a run-down of what to expect.

HOW CAN IT BE USED?

This end of term quiz is easy to use with virtually no preparation (apart from a tiny bit of photocopying). Here are the 4 steps to your end of term Christmas contentment!

Step 1 – Download this free quiz now and unzip it. What have you got to lose, it’s FREE?

Step 2 – Print and photocopy the 1-page PDF answer sheet. Trust me, this is really necessary this year as they need to read the program printed on it in order to answer one of the questions. Team size suggestion is 5 or 6 pupils per team and they need one answer sheet per team. So for a class of 30 pupils that would require a maximum of 6 copies of the answer sheet.

Step 3 – When you want to use the quiz in your lesson load up the PowerPoint presentation and run through it with your class. All the instructions and answers are included in the presentation.

Step 4 – At the end of the lesson accept the accolades from your class graciously because they think you are the coolest teacher ever!!! Okay, I can’t guarantee they will shower you with praise. But you may get a shrug of thanks as they shuffle out the room with a Christmas song still ringing in their heads.

WHAT IS IN THE QUIZ?
The quiz contains 9 rounds with 5 points per round. I would say 5 questions per round but in one of the rounds… oh, you’ll see when you open it.

After each round they swap their answer sheet with another team (Covid permitting) and you go through the answers as a whole class together (answers included in the PowerPoint).

This means that if you need to cut the quiz short (because of a special assembly or any other annoying reason) you can do so easily as you will have already marked the previous questions.

The rounds each have a theme, some of them are computing related and should be suitable for year 7 to year 11 which will keep SLT happy. And some rounds are just there for a bit of festive fun, which should keep your class happy.

In this year’s quiz the rounds are as follows:

• Round 1: Hardware memory game (this is the only round that involves an automatic timer built into some slides. Check this works on your computer network otherwise you’ll need to move the slide on after 15 seconds have elapsed)
• Round 2: Christmas codes
• Round 3: Programming questions
• Round 4: Hidden celebrities
• Round 5: Cyber security (can you spot a phishing email?)
• Round 6: Christmas trivia
• Round 7: Fill in the blanks (technical terms)
• Round 8: Computing guestimation
• Round 9: Christmas song lyrics
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What are you waiting for? Download this fun computing Christmas quiz now and give your computer science pupils an end of term activity they’ll love.