Post turkey and crackers, relax into that sumptuous armchair, don your festive thinking hat and tackle Ephraim Hardcastle's Boxing Day Quiz on the stars, as quoted by the master columnist in 2023.

1 Which actress did King Charles dance with and then remark: 'She had an unbelievable cleavage all raised up and presented as if on a tray.' Was it (a) Miriam Margolyes (b) Brigitte Nielsen (c) Elizabeth Hurley (d) Joan Collins?

2 Who said: 'I'm so old now and have been doing this for so long I kind of have nothing left to quit.' (a) John Cleese (b) Sheila Hancock (c) Gwyneth Paltrow (d) Maggie Smith.

3 Asked by ghostwriter Hunter Davies if they had any memorabilia, which personality asked: 'What's memorabilia?' (a) Wayne Rooney (b) Harry Styles (c) Robbie Williams (d) Adele.

4 Which movie star did Emma Thompson ask on Zoom: 'Are you having good sex at the moment?' (a) Jack Nicholson (b) Daniel Radcliffe (c) Paul Mescal (d) Colin Farrell.

5 A BBC personality, asked if his sacking still rankled, replied: 'Feeling resentment is like drinking poison and waiting for the other person to die'. Who was it? (a) Richard Bacon (b) Ed Stourton (c) Tony Blackburn (d) Greg Dyke.

6 Who was the Irish heartthrob who was so hungry he devoured all the sausages for a TV advert? (a) Colin Farrell (b) Gabriel Byrne (c) Michael Fassbender (d) Paul Mescal.

7 Which Labour politician failed to raise a laugh on meeting Titanic star Leonardo DiCaprio, making a poor taste joke about a raft? (a) Keir Starmer (b) Jeremy Corbyn (c) Sadiq Khan (d) Emily Thornberry.

8 One Hollywood star admitted she was a late convert to marriage, saying: 'It just wasn't to my taste like – turnips.' Who was it? (a) Helen Mirren (b) Tilda Swinton (c) Kate Winslet (d) Emily Mortimer

9 Who was the staunch royalist writer who wrote a congratulatory note to Meghan on her marriage to Harry and had it returned from Frogmore Cottage as 'not known at this address'? (a) Tina Brown (b) Sarah Bradford (c) Antonia Fraser (d) Lucy Worsley.

10 Which jilted TV star adapted the 'broken heart diet' saying: 'I shall take my flaws and wobbly bits and splay out on a towel... and have the time of my life?' (a) Lorraine Kelly (b) Sophie Raworth (c) Vanessa Feltz (d) Kay Burley.

11 Which British actress accidentally flew the Union Jack upside down (a distress signal) at her Hollywood Fourth of July party? (a) Helen Mirren (b) Jane Seymour (c) Kate Winslet (d) Kate Beckinsale.

12 A BBC female newscaster carried on regardless when a male colleague unzipped his flies off camera and 'ostentatiously fiddled around'. Who was it? (a) Jan Leeming (b) Angela Rippon (c) Sophie Raworth (d) Fiona Bruce.

Answers: 1 d, 2 c, 3 a, 4 d, 5 b, 6 d, 7 c, 8 a, 9 c, 10 c, 11 d, 12 b