Take the 2024 BCP Christmas Quiz and Test Your Sporting Knowledge!
Merry Christmas from all of us at BCP! What a fantastic year it has been for sports, poker, casino gaming and sports betting enthusiasts!
Seeing as it is the festive season, we’re going to take a break from our usual posts about poker, casino games, bet365 Sport, and major sporting events, and we'll bring you our traditional BCPChristmas quiz instead!
Don’t forget – if you are a quiz fan, then you can check out our BCP Christmas Quiz from 2022, the BCP Christmas Quiz from 2023 or the BCP Summer Quiz from 2024 by following the respective links!
So let’s get started with ten rounds, each of ten questions. One point for a correct answer and as always, the BCP Christmas Quiz answers will be published in one of the early articles in the New Year for you to check your answers!
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round One – Olympic Flags
Can you identify which countries' flags are shown in the ten questions below? Page zoom may help!
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🇿🇦
🇦🇺
🇧🇷
🇬🇧
🇳🇴
🇺🇸
🇷🇴
🇮🇪
🇵🇹
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Two – Sporting Champions in 2024!
Who were the winners of the following tournaments or events in 2024?
The PDC World Darts Championship?
The Men’s 100m at the Paris Olympics?
The Women’s 100m at the Paris Olympics?
The Champions League?
The World Snooker Championship?
The NFL Super Bowl?
The NBA Finals?
The Formula 1 World Championship?
The UEFA European Championship (Euro 2024)?
The Copa Libertadores?
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Three – NFL Stars On The Move in 2024!
All the following NFL stars moved from one franchise to another in 2024. We’ve given you their name and previous team, can you name the team that they moved to this year?
RB Derrick Henry (Tennessee Titans to ?)
QB Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings to ?)
WR Calvin Ridley (Jacksonville Jaguars to ?)
QB Justin Fields (Chicago Bears to ?)
WR Amari Cooper (Cleveland Browns to ?)
WR Stefon Diggs (Buffalo Bills to ?)
WR Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders to ?)
CB Marshon Lattimore (New Orleans Saints to ?)
EDGE Haason Reddick (Philadelphia Eagles to ?)
RB Joe Mixon (Cincinnati Bengals to ?)
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Four – Football Arrivals In 2024!
Outlined below we have given you the name of high profile football managers and/or players that have arrived at their club in 2024. All you need to do is name the club!
Arne Slot & Enrico Chiesa
Sonia Bompastor & Lucy Bronze
Ruben Amorim & Matthijs de Ligt
Endrick & Kylian Mbappe
Thiago Motta & Douglas Luiz
Enzo Maresca & Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall
Julen Lopetegui & Max Kilman
Pau Victor & Dani Olmo
Vincent Kompany & Michael Olise
Davide Frattesi & Marco Arnautovic
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Five – How Many Points?
How many points are scored for each of the sporting occurrences listed below?
The first point in a game of tennis.
The outer ring of the bullseye on a dartboard.
Potting the blue legally in a game of snooker.
A safety in American Football
A try in Rugby League
Winning a Formula 1 Championship race.
If you draw a match in the Ryder Cup.
For hitting the bullseye in archery.
For scoring a basket inside your own half in basketball.
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BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Six – Anagrams
Unscramble the anagrams to reveal the name of a sporting star who was in the news in 2024! We’ve given you a clue by listing the sport they play in brackets.
Answer the questions about some of the major sporting controversies of 2024.
Which Premier League referee has been struck off after being caught on tape making derogatory comments about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp?
Who did Jake Paul beat in his last fight, with critics claiming that the result was pre-arranged?
Which Premier League club was the sole one to vote to get rid of VAR at a meeting of the 20 Premier League clubs pre-season?
Which British equestrian star withdrew from the Olympic games after a video emerged of her beating a horse excessively with a whip?
Which women’s soccer team at the Olympic Games were deducted six points in the tournament, as well as seeing staff members fired for using a drone to try to film their opponents’ training sessions?
In the men’s Olympic Football tournament, a brawl broke out between the players of which two prominent teams after the final whistle?
Boxer Imane Khelif was at the centre of a gender-based scandal when competing in the women’s boxing tournament, representing which country?
Which ex-Premier League manager and former winner made a jibe at Manchester City claiming that he had won his Premier League titles “fairly”?
FIFA has caused controversy by awarding the 2034 World Cup Finals to which country?
Which football team’s entire squad snubbed the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony after Rodri won the award and not one of their players?
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Eight – Football Stars in “Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!”
Check the clues below for the surname or popular name of football stars past and present that can be found using the letters in “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. For help, we have given you a clue to the identity of each star and the number of letters in the name in brackets)
Brazilian footballer, who was once part of MSN at Barcelona? (6)
Argentinean football genius who was also part of MSN at Barcelona! (5)
Liverpool fans were Sad-io to see him leave for Bayern Munich (4)
Alessandro, the cultured Italian centre-back who played for Lazio and AC Milan (5)
Leroy, ex-Man City and current Bayern Munich and Germany winger (4)
Thierry, the France and Arsenal legend (5)
Andreas, ex-Man Utd and current Fulham and Brazil midfielder (7)
Hwang, Wolves and South Korean forward (3-4)
Ryan, the captain of Nottingham Forest (5)
Ian, former Chelsea, Dortmund and current Aston Villa left back (7)
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Nine – Emoji Teams
Can you guess the names of the ten sports teams below, represented by emojis only? Words are separated using a dash – Page Zoom may help you again!
♂️🧰💇- 🏙️(England)
🆕🏰- 🇬🇧 (England)
🍔(Germany)
💕 (Scotland)
🚣🍽️ (Argentina)
🚽🚽 (France)
🦩(Brazil)
⬅️⚒️(England)
🧰💇- 🌆(England Non-League)
⬛🔥- 🐶🐕(England)
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Ten – Answer Smash
As in the TV quiz show Richard Osman’s House of Games, we give you two parts of a question, and you have to smash the answers together. For example, if the answer to the first part of the question was Everton and the second was Tonto, then the answer smashed together would be “Evertonto”. Here are the final ten questions to finish you off! The first part of the question are all sporting teams, the second part may be on any topic.
Lionel Messi’s American Team & Daniel’s Teacher in The Karate Kid
Juventus City rivals in Turin & The annual winter sickness bug.
Spanish Giants from the capital & a statement or question put forth as a puzzle.
Catalan giants & Controversial music-sharing software from the 2000s.
Owners of Old Trafford & Film starring Johnny Depp, who has cutting implements for fingers.
Play at Goodison Park & Muscle that helps you taste.
Cherries on the South Coast – Another name for a Harmonica
Jude Bellingham & Erling Haaland’s former club – Knickers, vests or pants.
They play at Craven Cottage, & Small furry rodents are often kept as pets.
The legendary Dutch team of the 1970s & Famously used the bouncing bomb.
That is our 100-question sporting-themed quiz over! Check back in the new year for the answers, and remember to enjoy a great Christmas!
Answers Below!!!!
It’s The 2024 BCP Christmas Quiz! The Answers!
Happy New Year! We hope you ended 2024 in great fashion and that 2025 delivers all you hope for and more!
You may remember that at the end of last year, we provided you with a 100-question BCP Christmas Quiz to set your minds racing. And as promised, here are the answers to the questions!
If you haven’t yet taken the test, you score one point for each answer and the questions are all available in teh following link – BCP Christmas Quiz 2024.
Outlined below we have all the questions from the quiz – together with the correct answer.
Tot up your score and see how you rank, whether you are a World Cup finalist or out in the qualifiers!
BCP Christmas Quiz 2024 – Answers
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round One – Olympic Flags
Did you use Page Zoom to help you zoom in on the flags? It would make things a lot easier if you did!
🇩🇪 – Germany
🇿🇦 – South Africa
🇦🇺- Australia
🇧🇷 – Brazil
🇬🇧- UK
🇳🇴- Norway
🇺🇸- United States
🇷🇴- Romania
🇮🇪- Ireland
🇵🇹- Portugal
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Two – Sporting Champions in 2024!
You had to name the winners of the following events that all took place in 2024! There’s a couple of tricky ones in there.
The PDC World Darts Championship? – Luke Humphries
The Men’s 100m at the Paris Olympics? – Noah Lyles
The Women’s 100m at the Paris Olympics? – Julian Alfred
The Champions League? – Real Madrid
The World Snooker Championship? – Kyren Wilson
The NFL Super Bowl? – Kansas City Chiefs
The NBA Finals? – Boston Celtics
The Formula 1 World Championship? – Max Verstappen
The UEFA European Championship (Euro 2024)? – Spain
The Copa Libertadores? – Botafogo
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Three – NFL Stars On The Move in 2024!
Perhaps the toughest round of the quiz, certainly if you are not a fan of American Football. Still, the sport is growing across the UK and some of the names listed are amongst the biggest players in the game.
RB Derrick Henry (Tennessee Titans to ?) – Baltimore Ravens
QB Kirk Cousins (Minnesota Vikings to ?) – Atlanta Falcons
WR Calvin Ridley (Jacksonville Jaguars to ?) – Tennessee Titans
QB Justin Fields (Chicago Bears to ?) – Pittsburgh Steelers
WR Amari Cooper (Cleveland Browns to ?) – Buffalo Bills
WR Stefon Diggs (Buffalo Bills to ?) – Houston Texans
WR Davante Adams (Las Vegas Raiders to ?) – New York Jets
CB Marshon Lattimore (New Orleans Saints to ?) – Washington Commanders
EDGE Haason Reddick (Philadelphia Eagles to ?) – New York Jets
RB Joe Mixon (Cincinnati Bengals to ?) – Houston Texans
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Four – Football Arrivals In 2024!
A nice easy one for football fans this one, although there were a couple of tricky ones if you don’t follow women’s or foreign football.
Arne Slot & Enrico Chiesa – Liverpool
Sonia Bompastor & Lucy Bronze – Chelsea Women
Ruben Amorim & Matthijs de Ligt – Man Utd
Endrick & Kylian Mbappe – Real Madrid
Thiago Motta & Douglas Luiz – Juventus
Enzo Maresca & Kiernan Dewsbury-Hall – Chelsea
Julen Lopetegui & Max Kilman – West Ham
Pau Victor & Dani Olmo – Barcelona
Vincent Kompany & Michael Olise – Bayern Munich
Davide Frattesi & Marco Arnautovic – Inter Milan
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Five – How Many Points?
Points are the basis of many games, but how well did you score by knowing how certain events in other sports are scored?
The first point in a game of tennis. – 15
The outer ring of the bullseye on a dartboard. – 25
Potting the blue legally in a game of snooker. – 5
A safety in American Football – 2
A try in Rugby League – 4
Winning a Formula 1 Championship race. – 25
If you draw a match in the Ryder Cup. – ½
For hitting the bullseye in archery. – 10
For scoring a basket inside your own half in basketball. – 3
Points awarded for winning a round in boxing. – 10
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Six – Anagrams
Good old anagrams, people either love them or hate them. Personally, I love them. Did you manage to unscramble these sporting stars of 2024?
FRY SNOUTY (Boxing) – Tyson Fury
LAYMAN EMAIL (Football) – Lamine Yamal
JORDANS SEAMEN (Cricket) – James Anderson
CERT OFT CHIEFLESS (Golf) – Scottie Scheffler
GLEN HAN CRIMEWAVE (Darts) – Michael van Gerwen
ELKY BARMS (Snooker) – Mark Selby
HMP AM CROAKIEST (American Football) – Patrick Mahomes
Simple, just answer the questions about some of the major sporting controversies of 2024!
Which Premier League referee has been struck off after being caught on tape making derogatory comments about former Liverpool manager Jurgen Klopp? – David Coote
Who did Jake Paul beat in his last fight, with critics claiming that the result was rigged or pre-arranged? – Mike Tyson
Which Premier League club was the sole one to vote to get rid of VAR at a meeting of the 20 Premier League clubs pre-season? – Wolves
Which British equestrian star withdrew from the Olympic games after a video emerged of her beating a horse excessively with a whip? – Charlotte Dujardin
Which women’s soccer team at the Olympic Games were deducted six points in the tournament, as well as seeing staff members fired for using a drone to try to film their opponents’ training sessions? – Canada
In the men’s Olympic Football tournament, a brawl broke out between the players of which two prominent teams after the final whistle? – France and Argentina
Boxer Imane Khelif was at the centre of a gender-based scandal when competing in the women’s boxing tournament representing which country? – Algeria
Which ex-Premier League manager and former winner made a jibe at Manchester City claiming that he had won his Premier League titles “fairly”? – Jose Mourinho
FIFA have caused controversy by awarding the 2034 World Cup Finals to which country? – Saudi Arabia
Which football team’s entire squad snubbed the 2024 Ballon d’Or ceremony after Rodri won the award and not one of their players? – Real Madrid
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Eight – Football Stars in “Merry Christmas And A Happy New Year!”
Create the surname or popular name of football stars past and present that can be found using the letters in “Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year”. For help, we gave you a clue to the identity of each star and the number of letters in the name in brackets – did that make it too easy?)
Brazilian footballer who was once part of MSN at Barcelona? (6) – Neymar
Argentinean football genius who was also part of MSN at Barcelona! (5) – Messi
Liverpool fans were Sad-io to see him leave for Bayern Munich (4) – Mane
Alessandro, the cultured Italian centre back who played for Lazio and AC Milan (5) – Nesta
Leroy, ex Man City and current Bayern Munich and Germany winger (4) – Sane
Thierry, the France and Arsenal legend (5) – Henry
Andreas, ex-Man Utd and current Fulham and Brazil midfielder (7) – Pereira
Hwang, Wolves and South Korean forward (3-4) – Hee-Chan
Ryan, the captain of Nottingham Forest (5) – Yates
Ian, former Chelsea, Dortmund and current Aston Villa left back (7) – Maatsen
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Nine – Emoji Teams
If you love Dingbats and Emojis then you’d have loved this round. Lateral thinking is good for some of them. Another tricky round if you didn’t zoom in onto the emojis!
♂️🧰💇- 🏙️(England) – Manchester City (Man, Chest, Hair – City)
🆕🏰- 🇬🇧 (England) – Newcastle United (New, Castle, United Kingdom)
🍔(Germany) – Hamburger
💕 (Scotland) – Hearts
🚣🍽️ (Argentina) – River Plate
🚽🚽 (France) – Toulouse (Two Loo’s)
🦩(Brazil) – Flamengo
⬅️⚒️(England) – West Ham
🧰💇- 🌆(England Non-League) – Chester City
⬛🔥- 🐶🐕(England) – Blackburn Rovers
BCP Christmas Quiz – Round Ten – Answer Smash
Finally, we had our own round of Answersmash, crashing together two answers into one word or phrase by overlapping the same words at the end of the first clue’s name, with the start of the second. If you have seen Pointless on TV, this will make perfect sense!
Lionel Messi’s American Team & Daniel’s Teacher in The Karate Kid – Inter Miamister Miyagi
Juventus City rivals in Turin & The annual winter sickness bug. Torinovovirus
Spanish Giants from the capital & a statement or question put forth as a puzzle. Real Madriddle
Catalan giants & Controversial music-sharing software from the 2000s. – Barcelonapster
Owners of Old Trafford & Film starring Johnny Depp who has cutting implements for fingers. Manchester Unitedward Scissorhands
Play at Goodison Park & Muscle that helps you taste. Evertongue
Cherries on the South Coast – Another name for a Harmonica – Bournemouthorgan
Jude Bellingham & Erling Haaland’s former club – Knickers, vests or pants. – Dortmunderwear
They play at Craven Cottage & Small furry rodent often kept as a pet. – Fulhamster
The legendary Dutch team of the 1970s & Famously used the bouncing bomb. – Ajax Amsterdambusters
Have you added up your score? Let’s see how you ranked in the ratings.
BCP Christmas Quiz 2024 – Ratings!
Up to 25 – Bottom of your World Cup Qualifying Group.
25-35 – Battled hard, but eliminated and missed out on the playoffs.
36-50 – Reached the World Cup Playoffs but were beaten by a better team.
51-65 – Scraped through to the Finals via the playoffs, but are located in Pot D.
66-75 – A solid performance in qualifiers sees you through as one of the strongest second place teams.
76-90 – Made tough work of it but won the group and head into Pot C.
90-95 – Group winners and a potential contender, Pot B.
95+ – Unbeaten in Group Phase and in with a real chance of winning it all. Pot A seeded team!
Check around Christmas 2025 for another BCP Christmas Quiz of 2025!
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