Take the Country Life Christmas Quiz: 40 fiendish questions on everything from the Beatles to lobsters
Each year, Country Life's editor Mark Hedges sets a fiendish quiz – see how you get on, and don't forget to share your results with friends and family to establish who gets bragging rights this year.


The quiz takes in a bit of everything: food & drink, nature, sport and current affairs.
The questions will pop up in the box below – best of luck!
Want more quizzes?
Take the Country Life editor's quiz from 2016
Take the Country Life editor's quiz from 2017
Country Life Cracking Christmas Quiz 2009
Try our fiendish Christmas Quiz as you relax by the fire this Christmas
The Editor’s Christmas Quiz 2014
How will you fare with our collection of festive brain-teasers? Try our Christmas Quiz to test your seasonal general knowledge.
The Editor’s Easter Quiz 2015
Are you an egghead or an April Fool?
The Ultimate Queen Quiz
Are you a prince or a pauper? Find out by taking our fiendish quiz royal on Queen Elizabeth II
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