The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas

by Frank Paul

Overview

The master of the British pub quiz is back to delight and bamboozle us this Christmas

What do these people share in common, Anne Boleyn, Harry Bailey, Ira Gershwin and Peppa Pig?

Legendary quizmaster Frank Paul invites us into our favourite Christmas stories – with a twist.

Try to outwit a cold-blooded child genius in his empty home, save Christmas from the vengeful monster Grod, and enjoy the cheesy romance of Love Factually. From conundrums told entirely in Seussian verse to Die Hard-inspired riddles, Frank’s puzzles offer an anti-social alternative to all the revelry.

All you need for Christmas is Frank!

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9780861546817
Publisher:	Oneworld Publications
Publication date:	11/07/2023
Pages:	288
Product dimensions:	5.00(w) x 7.60(h) x 0.90(d)

About the Author

Frank Paul is a fine artist and a superstar in the world of quizzes. He is the author of The Cryptic Pub Quiz, The Twelve Quizzes of Christmas and Spin Off. An Only Connect champion, he was proposed to by Victoria Coren Mitchell on TV. He lives in Cambridge where he runs the notoriously difficult Mill pub quiz.

Table of Contents

Preface 1

It's a Wonderful Multiverse 3

Winterlude 1 11

A Christmas Krill 13

Winterlude 2 21

Love, Factually 22

Winterlude 3 37

The Christmas Before 38

Winterlude 4 47

The Grod Who Obliterated Christmas 49

Winterlude 5 60

Sherbert Hicks and the Blue Garfunkel 63

Winterlude 6 76

The Gift on the Thirteenth Day 78

Winterlude 7 87

The Nut-Kraken 89

Winterlude 8 101

The Crow Man 103

Winterlude 9 112

The Boy Who Lived by Himself 114

Winterlude 10 131

Good Queen Wesselsbron 133

Winterlude 11 139

Die, Hardly 141

Winterlude 12 152

Into the Fridge 154

Epilogue 189

Hints 199

Answers 217

Acknowledgements 273

Editorial Reviews

'Frank Paul is a dazzling quizzer.'

Victoria Coren Mitchell

'The sultan of spoonerisms and the Aga Khan of anagrams.'

Alex Bellos

'Frank Paul’s quizzes are always a devious, diverting delight. This is his magnum opus, a fascinating web of trickery, trivia, high and low culture woven with verve and wit.'

Stuart Maconie

'It's brilliant. There is no more perfect book for the more discerning quizzer.'

Emma Kennedy

'There is no other book, to my knowledge, like this one. It is weird and wonderful, bizarre and challenging and thrilling... Frank Paul has created something that defies pigeon-holing... one of the most rewarding books that you could read this year... a quiz book to cherish.'

Gareth Kingston

'I've no idea what is going on in the world that is Frank Paul's brain. But I do enjoy holidaying there.'

The Enigmatist

'I urge you to enter Frank Paul’s world, a more beautiful version of our own.'

Alan Connor

‘Frank Paul is an extremely impressive chap and a dazzling quizzer.’ Victoria Coren Mitchell, presenter of Only Connect

From the Publisher

'It's like a brilliant escape room had a baby with a cryptic crossword.'

Darragh Ennis

‘The love child of Only Connect and Mastermind, born in Discworld.’

Lisa Thiel

'Twelve tales of charming complexity.'

Hugh Stephenson

'Frank Paul is a dazzling quizzer.'

Victoria Coren-Mitchell