Dig It with Jo Whiley and Zoe Ball - 45: Disco Steve’s Christmas Quiz

Episode Date: December 15, 2025

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Coming up on Digit. Rudolf walked in, but it wasn't like a normal Rudolph. It was this sexy, smutty, the tiniest outfit I've ever seen. And everyone went from going, oh my God, for the Christmas stuff. Oh my God, get out. I actually do the voice of the DJ in this particular scene. You do more in love, actually. Oh, my God.

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Drum roll please. Disco Steve's Christmas Quiz. Woo! Now listen, girls, listen girls, calm down, calm down. Father Christmas here, because Steve can't make it, I'm really sorry. Can we have an R, a sad R? Aw. But luckily, I'm standing in for him today.

I'm in the North Pole. It's really cold here. Loving the pod. Loving the pod. Me and Mrs. Claus are loving it, right? Absolutely great. Mrs. Claus says the HRT feature she loved. She thought it was amazing, right?

Yay. She said Zoe asked some amazing questions that she'd always wanted to know the answer to. Oh my God. And also, before we start, I've got a couple of Ferrellweas in front of me ever night. I've got Zoe, a Ferrell weir. And I've got India who likes to Ferrell Weir. Oh, my God. Thanks, Father Christmas, for God's sake.

Well, listen, all I'd say, listen, when I'm delivering the presents... I can't believe you did that. Listen, I'm a big fan of the show. That's fantastic. When I'm delivering presents, I mean, I've got to be honest, girls, I'm with you. I'll part the sleigh, quick farewell you back on carrying delivering the presents. Exactly. It's really good to know that you are on our side for the Christmas.

Joe, should we introduce our teams? Okay, I'd like to introduce my teammates. So we have the delectable Coco just to my right here. Hi. Hi, Coco. And then we have the delectable India to the right of Coco. So this is my squad, this is girls' squad. We rule the house.

This is the bunch of rules the house, really. Yeah, absolutely. And Zoe, who do you have on your team? On my team, I have Nellie. Hello. Yeah, her brother was going to do the quiz, but he had to do gigs, didn't he? Oh, thanks, ma'am.

Oh, sorry, no, that's not supposed to be. Oh, hang on, no. She was always going to do the quiz because she was my first choice. Because she's my favourite child. There we go. That's better. On this sofa right now. There we go.

Oh, what are our team names, by the way? We are the three wise wiles. Yeah. I don't know wise. We're not actually that wise. We're not actually that wise. But we're going to try. With the Zobbles, snowballs. Oh, I like that. I love that.

Zobo snowballs. I wanted my team to be cool mom. But that's not fair to do. I was actually going to point out that all of you except for one person are on the good list and one person's on the naughty list. Oh. Coco, you're on the good list. I'd just check. Thank you.

India, you're on the good list. Zoe, you're on the good list. Nellie, you're on the good list. Hey. Okay, where's this going? Where's this going? What have I done? However, there's a couple of red flags on one person's name.

Okay, here we go. Apparently, Joe, you've suggested that your husband's dress sense could be improved on your podcast. Guess why he's getting for Christmas, he's getting a pink bobble hat. Well, I mean, all I'm saying is the elves said that you said that when you open up his ward row. It's blue black, blue black, blue black, with a tiny bit of green. Diggers, if you've never actually watched an episode of Digget, you've just merely listened to it. Maybe today is the time that you want to see us visually. So you can watch us on YouTube and on Spotify

because you will want to see Father Chris, we're up close and personal before he goes out on his slay doing our quiz, aka Disco, Steve. Father Christmas, we are ready for you. There's four rounds of three questions. At the end of each round, we'll read out and get the answers and find out how well you did. One point for the correct answer. There's a tiebreaker at the end, if you're a draw. And apparently says in, no arguing with disco Steve on Christmas Eve.

That's what it says here. That's going to be a challenge. What do we win? What are we playing for? It is a very nice nutcracker. Whoever wins gets this, okay? And you have to have it at your house for a whole year and it has to stay on the set until next year.

Yes, this is an annual thing. I love it. Here we go. Question number one is... I'm nervous. Come on, girls. According to the Independent, which Christmas song earns the most UK royalties each year?

Is it, A, fairy tale in New York. Is it B, Merry Christmas, everybody. Slade, or is it C, White Christmas by Bin Crosby? Oh, yeah, I thought it was going to be Mariah. She's on there. Oh, that's not what I thought. Oh, right.

Okay, man. Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Stop singing. Oh, God, we agree. Yeah. We'll go with you. All right. Question number two, guys.

Ho-hofobia is the fear of Father Christmas. True or false? I love that. I'm going to say. we think. Zoya Nelly are looking very serious at this. What do you reckon? I think it's... Yeah. Yeah. Yeah. No? We are

disagreeing on every answer. This is the worrying. Oh, God. We're going with mum's answers. So if they're wrong, then it's good. No, go with your answer. No. Because if we go with your answer and it's wrong, then it's not my fault. I like the tactic now. Yeah. I was down. Right. Question number three.

A yule's hard. A yule's hard is an old English word for someone who, A, has overindulged, B, doesn't know what day it is, or C, is still preparing for Christmas on Christmas Eve. Oh, I love that phrase. You're hard. We actually have agreed on that. Finally agreed.

I just hope to God it's right. That's all I was so. It's the Christmas truce. Good phrase, though. I'm going to use that. Right. So that's the end of the first round. So should we get, I think we should get the answers on that one.

Yeah, let's do that. So question number one, according to the Independent, which Christmas song earns the most UK royalties each year? Zoe, Nelly, what did you say? We said B, Slade. B. Slade. We went with a different one. What did you go for, Jojo?

We went for fairy tale of New York. I'm trying to be like a Father Christmas kind of Chris Tarrant and get in the tension building. No, like, it's doing very well. Jeremy Clarkson, maybe. Jeremy Clarkson. Well, okay, I was going for the original one. I mean, come on.

I'm a kid of the 90s. You are more cars and dad. Exactly. Okay, so the answer to the question is, Merry Christmas, everybody. Slate! Oh, no! Yes.

Oh, that's a few more to five. Oh, God. Zoe's taking a slug of a coffee in celebration. This is Bailey's. Oh, nice. You know, they do Bailey's whipped cream now? Whoa. So if you have, like, the Bailey's hot chocolate,

you can put the whipped cream on. Sounds lovely. Good intel. Right, question number two. That was the only one I was confident about. Okay, ho-ho-phobia is the fear of Father Christmas. True or false? Zoe.

I want it to be true, but we said false. Okay, Joe. We went for false. The answer is false. Yay! Yay! Okay, third question. A yule's heart is an old English word for someone who, A, has over-indulged,

B doesn't know what day it is or C is still preparing for Christmas on Christmas Eve Joe Well I kind of want to change the answer now I think it's B If you've written it, it's final Okay A, overindulged

We also put A We put A The answer is C is still preparing For Christmas on Christmas Eve Wow Wow That was the other one I said You did say that

You did say that I am amazed that Joe didn't get that right. Right, let's go to round two. We need to up our game. Yeah, yeah, come on. Okay, which is reported it to be more environmentally friendly, real trees or artificial trees? Oh, that's such a good question.

Some really good questions. Oh, I feel like you should know. Yeah, go on. You're wearing Christmas tree. Yeah, because you've got a Christmas tree on your head. I have no idea. Well, I mean, like that. Let's go with what you.

Again and again. Exactly. But it might be made of terrible plastic. I think it will give for cakes There's quite a serious discussion going on here It is, yeah I'm reading the answer I'm not sure it makes sense

but we'll talk about that when I give it to you Often your answers don't really make sense do they for Christmas on our quizzes Okay question number two How many gifts were given

in the total in the 12 days of Christmas closest wins So if you do the whole song from start to end And you know them all up Oh God I should know this

It's like Luckily we're very hot on matter Yeah, so this is right up our street. What you need to do on this is just come up with a number and it's the closest person gets it right, or team gets it right. Nellie, are you trying to work it out? Yeah, what's that?

Have you got a calculator? No, I'm writing it all down. Just checking, I'm just checking. On the first day of Christmas. That's good. No. Disco Santa. Coco, you've got to put that.

That's insane. Third question. Where is the Christmas tree growers association winning tree displayed. I think I know this. Do you know this? A, number 10 down his street. B. Trafalgar Square.

C. Buckingham Palace. Oh, no. If you're wrong, that's it. It's one of your presents coming out of your stocky. Okay, the answers. The first question, which is reported to be the more environmentally friendly,

real trees or artificial trees? Joe Coco, India. We had a lot of dispute on this one. So I'm going to let Coco answer it. So everyone else said fake trees, but I said real trees, but now I'm really worried that I don't think that's right. Okay, thank you, Coco. That's your answer.

I will take that on board. Zoe Nell. We put fake because we thought you can reuse them every year. Like we have a fake tree and we use it every single year. Oh, I don't even think of that. I'm going to give you the answer, but I'm even confused by this answer. The answer is real trees. Yes.

But it says an artificial tree can be reused for over 20 years to match. So I guess that means the real trees are right. Well, we're done. Well done. Well done, Coco. Sorry, I doubt. How many gifts were given in the total of the 12 days of Christmas closest wins? Oh, my God.

Please, can you let Coco write this? Actually, I'm nearly. No, I'm going to go for now first, but she spent so long doing it. I want to see what her answer is. Mum didn't let me finish working it out. I would have. Give you all right. But you didn't let me finish working out.

So I've guessed and gone 160. Okay. Okay. Coco, please ask you. Coco. Coco. Okay. Mom added a bunch of numbers up and then I just times them by 12 and I took away 12.

So I got 1,032. This is brilliant. Mom said 78 originally. I said 78. because I thought I'd added it up correctly. What was your mass teacher's name, Coco? Miss Starkey, Michaela Starkey. Right, Michaela Starkey, I'm going to be calling you after this quiz.

That is completely wrong. The answer is 364. So, Nell and Doe win. You win it, though. You get the prize. When you have that in a quiz, anytime remember it is similar to the amount of days of the year. That is a very good point. Ah, good one.

Because it is, isn't it? Yeah. I said it's like 300 something. You said 78. No, that's when I did the math. But do you remember I said it's like... I really hope that this is resonating with everybody listening and everybody watching this at the moment.

They'll be like, they are just like us. The rouse, the fighting. The rouse over quizzes. The big family festive fallout. It's happening in front of you. Answer number three. Where is the British Christmas Tree Growers Association winning tree displayed? Our answer was Buckingham Palace.

We thought it would go to Buckingham Palace. Oh, Zoe. now we also we also did buckingham palace we've gone for bucking palace should we've gone for downing street oh sweep is talking to us now and sweep is shaking his head and i think sweep is saying it was downing street downing street sorry man damn it you did that to me in the last round i crossed that out i've got a bit of an update for you on how the scores are going zoe's team they've got three points joe and the wise wileys or the three wise wileys have got two points zoe in nell winning so far. It's all to play for though. It's all to play for. This is round three. In Elf,

what is the name of the department store where Buddy works? And the options are? There are no options, Joe. You've got to think of it. Oh, no. Debenhams. Debenams? Is it John Lewis? No, it's not John Lewis. We can hear what you're saying. I'm saying it out loud. I think go for it because we don't have any cool. Yeah. What about this? Plus, Zoe just said it out loud as well, so I think it might be. I think it's a made-up one.

We've written it, guys. All right, let's go for the next question. Okay. You're ready for the next question? Question number two, what is the name of the print, the prints in Frozen? Oh, easy. No, that's... Yes, it is, mum.

Do not doubt me. Okay. We've got to go and nearly have got this. We've finished each other's sandwiches. That's what I was going to say. Oh. Okay. Question number three then, guys.

Right. Now, this is a good one. You've got to really start thinking, name any five of Santa's original reindeer. Yes. Excluding Rudolph. Okay. That's easy.

India, can you not take the Mickey out of me when I read the questions? Sorry, did you see that? It's going to have a huge impact on your presence this year. Oh, yeah, that's it. Should I tell the story of when we first met Father Christmas? Please do. Cooks?

I don't think you have to do that. Okay, so it was... I think we want to hear the story. It was Christmas Eve. And all through the house. The four of us always on Christmas Eve, like, line bed and watch Home Alone. Was it Home Alone?

Yeah. Oh. And we were all drifting off and it was really... It was very cosy and it was very festive and it was very wholesome. And then we heard this knock at the door. No, there were bells. There were bells through the hallway and we were like, oh my God, where's it coming from?

And then... And then, and then father... Don't have to do this. Father Christmas. Yes, you do. We opened the door and then Father Christmas was there. And all four of us were like, oh my God, he's here. He's here.

Like, I can't believe it. And then behind him, we heard this, we heard this neighing. And this... And this... And this... Rudolph walked in, but it wasn't like a normal Rudolph. It was this sexy, smutty. Oh, my God.

The tiniest outfit. ever seen and everyone went from going oh my god father christmas stuff oh my god oh how magical that you had a sexy reindeer turned up with father christmas on christmas and and the rudolf just kept making this weird neighing sound and this like and summer's like no and cocoa was going get on oh they're photos we have got photos somewhere but i don't even know if they're safe for web all the diggers need to see the sexy rudolph I wonder if sexy reindeer will be coming back again this year. Sexy Rangers made,

sexy Rangers made an appearance again for the last two Christmases, but every time anyone hears her, everyone screams. It's literally the nightmare before Christmas. Thanks, but sorry, I just remembered it. But Coco looks like she is forever traumatized by this experience. I think they all are. Jude and Cass as well were like weird. We're like, leave, leave.

Please go. And Father Christmas kept going, I think she looks lovely. I bet Father Christmas thought she looked lovely. To be fair, I loved it, but you know, I'll think it's great. That's the best story. Round three answers. In Elf, what is the name of the department store where Buddy works?

Zoe Nell. We put Barneys. Oh, okay. India has made us put Macy's, but I thought you could be wrong. Right, now, I'm going to tell you something. You know the David Attenborough movie. Father Christmas. Oh,

Miracle on 34th Street. Richard Atenborough. Not David Attenborough. Yeah, he's got like a, he's got binoculars and a land rover. Miracle on 34th Street. Yeah, well, that was Macy's. Oh.

The answer is Gimbals. Of course it is. Oh, I knew that. Gimbles. Oh, darn it. It's just disappointing. Question number two. What is the name of the Prince in Frozen?

Now, Prince Hans of the Southern Isles. Bloody hell, I only needed one name, but that's great. It is Hans. Okay, he's evil. Correct, correct. Yay. Now, question three, now this is important. You can't rewrite these name Fiver Sanchez's original reindeer, excluding Rudolph, Joe.

Oh, now I'm going to get Coco do it. She's got the paper in front. Coco. They're not in the right order. You just read them out slowly and I'll tick them off. Okay, dasher. Okay. Dancer

Yeah Prancer Comet and Cupid Oh my God Amazing, well done Very good Yay Do we get five points

No you get one point Zoe now Yeah we have Dasher Dancer Prancer Vixen Oh very good Donner and Blitzin

Comet Cupid Donna Literally you've named them all Well done Fantastic great stuff Oh Sweep's made an appearance Hang on Apparently

Zoe's team are on Five Thank you sweep Joe's team are very close with four Give yourself the chill. Oh, okay, right, come on. We're close.

Right, yeah, come on. Fourth and final round, everybody. Okay. Don't forget what you're playing for. It's the nutcracker. I love that. I hate nutcrackers. I thought one wants us to lose.

Do you think they're a bit spooky? I cannot bear them. There's probably a phobia of nutcrackers. I think they're quite spooky, don't you? They look... Eerie, those weird mouths. The girls are looking really sad now. Not when it's a nice pastel one, though.

Yeah. It's a pastel... You can't be scared of a pastel coloured nutcracker. Guys, are you ready for the next round? Right, this is the final round, very exciting. One point for each. In what year was Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas released? Oh, God, I hate quizzes.

I hate quizzes. She says. Should you go for that? Okay. Maybe what you said. Yeah. Question number two. In Love Actually, now this is a bit of an unfair one.

Guys, this is an unfair one. If Joe doesn't get this, it's trouble. In Love Actually, which songs does Hugh Grant's Prime Minister to dance to in number 10? Okay, write it then. I don't know. I don't know. I need to know the artist and the song. Yeah.

I can't, I can't read what that says. A golden oldie for a golden oldie. This one's for you, Prime Minister. We should clarify that I actually do the voice of the DJ in this particular scene. You do? You're in love actually. So that's what the girls were just saying. A golden oldie for a golden oldie.

This is for you, Prime Minister. And it's you, Grant. Oh, my God. I never realised that it's you. And it's you. It's you. Coco's got the t-shirt on. Joe is in love, actually.

It's definitely the coolest thing you've ever done. Yeah, yeah. That is the coolest thing you've ever done. The question is, it's unlikely she's going to remember the song anyway. Yeah, that's true. Right, now this is the final... No, no, no, no, no, no, that was years later. No, it's the original.

Final question, everybody. Now, this is a great question, and I've checked this one out. It's definitely true, but it's amazing. What food is popularly eaten in Japan on Christmas Day? Easy. What? Why do you know that? Easy, easy, easy, easy, easy, easy.

Easy, peasy. 100%. Yeah. Really? Because Eleni went to Japan for Christmas and they had to order her. You're joking. I think go for it.

Go for your gut. Nothing says Christmas like... D'a-Doo. Shush. That's bonkers. Really? Right, here we go, guys. Does it come across?

Just it's been quiet. Okay, sorry. Question number one, the answers. Here we go. In what year was where I care is all I want for Christmas released. Zoe? We've gone for 1999.

Okay, Joe. Let India do this. 98. 1984. Oh, really? But we're closest. We're closer. Yeah, the point.

I'm going to be us, guys. No, no. I wanted the exact answer. You're not getting closer on that. Oh, Dad, get lost. Hang on a minute. They got the Christmas one. Family.

Family. Mom, no, we want to win. He's family. We want to win. Stop defending. And then we'll be tied, please. It is Christmas. Mom, stop.

And it is Christmas. Thanks, sir. He's related to them. Guys, go, no, stop. Listen, there's only one way to decide this. Okay. Fight. What's sweep saying to you?

Unfortunately, we're going to go for closest. Yes. Yes. That's very good. Sorry, Nell. You're not on their team. We want to win. Stop.

Damn it. There we go. Oh, we really needed that. What's your Christmas spirit? I want to. win the quiz. It helps to be related to Santa Claus. Sorry, now. I want the nutcracker. Question number two. Right, question number two, in love actually. Which song does Hugh Grant's Prime Minister Dance to dance? Now Joe, can you give us the intro before you give us the answer? Here's one for our

asking Prime Minister. A golden oldie for a golden oldie. And I think the song is Jumped by the Pointer Sisters. Correct. Yay. Oh, my God for that. How much you put girls allowed first? I did put Girls are loud first. I'll take you down. I'll take you down. And no one has gone before. And if you want more, more. If you want more, more, more.

He hated doing that, didn't he? Yeah, no, he loathed it. Did he? Yeah. He said he absolutely hated it. Right. Now, this is the final question of the quiz. As it stands, if you both get this right, It's a draw and there's a tiebreaker.

Oh. Maybe we have to saw the nutcracker in half and we get half each. Yeah. Should we have the leg? You don't want the head, do you? It's scary. You can have the legs. Right.

Okay. Go for it. What food is eaten in Japan on Christmas Day now? The one and only Kentucky fried chicken. Oh my God. Oh my God. I just whispered that's Coca at the last minute. I've put the wrong.

thing. What did you say? I put McDonald's. It'll be really embarrassing if I'm wrong now. Yeah, you were so sure. You're so right now. What is it? It's going to Brighton. It's going to Brighton. It's going to. Oh, yay. Thank you, sweet. You are my secret weapon now, and I never knew. Wow, what can I say? Macdonald's was funny. Okay, listen, Merry Christmas, everybody. Thank you. Thank you, Santa. That was a great quiz. Brilliant quiz. That was great. Enjoy your Nutcracker. I'm looking forward to seeing that in the background for the next year.

Yeah, you got me there for the next year. Constant reminder. And can we come to your family for Christmas next year? It's really, it's really so fun at the way. Mother Merrier, I'd love that. We're just inviting yourself. It'll be great. Zohi just wants to see the outfit, the, uh, the Rudolph out of her.

I just want to see sexy Rudolph to the honesty. I think all our diggers want to see sexy Rudolph. Can I thank my. teammates as well. They've been amazing and Nell, you've been brilliant. Thank you so much. This has been the most fun, Digit, that you've done. I've loved it. So much fun. And Diggers, let us know how you and your families get on with

Disco's Deed Santa's Christmas quiz. It's been an absolute blast. Bravo! Yeah, bravo. Amazing pleasure, you guys. Thank you, everybody. Merry Christmas. Merry Christmas. To all and to all good nights. Thank you all the good nights. Digit is a Persephonica production.