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Christmas history quiz 2017

Join the History Extra team for our annual festive quiz and find out how good your trivia knowledge really is

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The History Extra team present our annual festive quiz, testing your history knowledge with a Christmas twist. The questions have been set, as always, by QI writer Justin Pollard

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