Christmas Quiz using Twitter polls

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In December we hosted a Christmas quiz with content from across the Government Statistical Service (GSS).

We used Twitter polls to ask multiple choice questions with the answer revealed 24 hours after the question. This showed how accurate people’s perceptions are of different stats.

The most popular quiz question was taken from our baby names data with 376 votes and 72% of participants getting the answer correct.

Of the following names, which was the most popular for baby boys born in England and Wales in 2014? #quizmas

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) December 14, 2015

Here are some other popular questions:

Satsuma in your stocking? What did the average household spend on citrus fruit per week in 2014? #quizmas

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) December 21, 2015

In 2014, what value of turkeys did the UK export to the rest of the world? @HMRCgovuk @srahmanBIS #quizmas

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) December 18, 2015

What proportion of retail sales was spent in food stores in December 2014? #quizmas

— Office for National Statistics (ONS) (@ONS) December 22, 2015

The quiz was popular so we hope to do more in future!

https://twitter.com/PlatoSays/status/678183720164159488

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— Katie Martin (@katie_martin_fx) November 30, 2015

An ONS Xmas stats quiz – how can I resist! https://t.co/iGoNX9aLHc

— David Milliken (@david_milliken) December 1, 2015

To view all our quiz questions, check out #quizmas.

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