Christmas music quiz

Christmas music quiz questions and answers

25 questions. Tap a question’s answer line to see it.

1. How many UK Christmas number one singles did the Beatles have during the 1960s?

   1. Four
   2. Two
   3. Three
   4. Five
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   A. Four Three of the wins came in consecutive years, from 1963 to 1965.

2. Who had the 1985 UK Christmas number one with 'Merry Christmas Everyone'?

   1. Cliff Richard
   2. Elton John
   3. Shakin' Stevens
   4. Paul McCartney
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   C. Shakin' Stevens The next year's Christmas number one was Jackie Wilson's Reet Petite.

3. Which television character had the 1993 UK Christmas number one with a single carrying his own name?

   1. Orville the Duck
   2. Mr Blobby
   3. Bob the Builder
   4. Basil Brush
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   B. Mr Blobby The chart listed both the artist and the title simply as Mr Blobby.

4. Which singer reached the UK top five in December 1985 with 'Walking in the Air'?

   1. Hayley Westenra
   2. Aled Jones
   3. Charlotte Church
   4. Peter Auty
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   B. Aled Jones His single entered the chart in November 1985 and peaked at number five.

5. What was the highest position 'Fairytale of New York' reached on the UK singles chart in 1987?

   1. Number eight
   2. Number four
   3. Number one
   4. Number two
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   D. Number two The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl climbed from number eight to number two in Christmas week 1987, their peak.

6. Which Spice Girls single was the official UK Christmas number one of 1996?

   1. Mama
   2. Too Much
   3. Goodbye
   4. 2 Become 1
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   D. 2 Become 1 Too Much and Goodbye followed it to the Christmas top spot in 1997 and 1998.

7. In 2022, which act became the first in UK chart history to claim five Christmas number ones?

   1. Spice Girls
   2. LadBaby
   3. Cliff Richard
   4. The Beatles
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   B. LadBaby Food Aid in 2022 completed a run of five consecutive festive wins that began in 2018.

8. Which act's version of 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' was the official UK Christmas number one in 2004?

   1. Band Aid II
   2. Band Aid 40
   3. Band Aid 20
   4. Band Aid 30
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   C. Band Aid 20 It was the third time a version of the song had topped the UK festive chart.

9. Queen's 'Bohemian Rhapsody' was the UK Christmas number one in 1975 and again in which year?

   1. 1991
   2. 1995
   3. 1989
   4. 1986
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   A. 1991 The 1991 chart-topper was a double A-side with These Are the Days of Our Lives.

10. Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' first reached UK number one how many years after its 1984 release?

    1. 33
    2. 36
    3. 30
    4. 25
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    B. 36 It finally reached number one in January 2021 after 9.2 million streams in a week.

11. What was the title of LadBaby's first UK Christmas number one, in 2018?

    1. I Love Sausage Rolls
    2. We Built This City
    3. Sausage Rolls for Everyone
    4. Don't Stop Me Eatin'
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    B. We Built This City LadBaby followed it with I Love Sausage Rolls in 2019 and Don't Stop Me Eatin' in 2020.

12. Which group had the 1994 UK Christmas number one with 'Stay Another Day'?

    1. Take That
    2. Boyzone
    3. East 17
    4. Westlife
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    C. East 17 It kept Mariah Carey's All I Want for Christmas Is You at number two that Christmas.

13. Which group scored three UK Christmas number ones in a row during the 1990s?

    1. Steps
    2. Eternal
    3. Spice Girls
    4. All Saints
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    C. Spice Girls Their three festive chart-toppers came one a year from 1996 to 1998.

14. Which Beatles single was the official UK Christmas number one of 1963?

    1. A Hard Day's Night
    2. She Loves You
    3. I Want to Hold Your Hand
    4. Hello, Goodbye
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    C. I Want to Hold Your Hand The Beatles repeated the feat in 1964 with I Feel Fine.

15. Which rock band was the official UK Christmas number one in 2009 with 'Killing in the Name'?

    1. System of a Down
    2. Foo Fighters
    3. Red Hot Chili Peppers
    4. Rage Against the Machine
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    D. Rage Against the Machine The following year's Christmas number one was Matt Cardle's When We Collide.

16. Which band spent Christmas 1977 at number one in the UK with 'Mull of Kintyre'?

    1. Wings
    2. Smokie
    3. Hot Chocolate
    4. 10cc
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    A. Wings The single was listed as a double A-side with Girls' School.

17. Which song gave Cliff Richard the official UK Christmas number one in 1988?

    1. Mistletoe and Wine
    2. Saviour's Day
    3. Living Doll
    4. The Millennium Prayer
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    A. Mistletoe and Wine Cliff Richard returned to the Christmas top spot in 1990 with Saviour's Day.

18. Which charity single was the official UK Christmas number one of 1984?

    1. Perfect Day
    2. Do They Know It's Christmas?
    3. He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
    4. We Are the World
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    B. Do They Know It's Christmas? Band Aid's original spent five weeks holding Wham!'s Last Christmas at number two.

19. Band Aid II took 'Do They Know It's Christmas?' back to the top of the UK Christmas chart in which year?

    1. 1994
    2. 1991
    3. 1989
    4. 1987
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    C. 1989 It was the song's second spell as Christmas number one, five years after Band Aid's original.

20. Which group had the official UK Christmas number one in 1973 with 'Merry Xmas Everybody'?

    1. Slade
    2. Wizzard
    3. Mud
    4. Sweet
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    A. Slade Mud took the following year's Christmas number one with Lonely This Christmas in 1974.

21. In which year did Mariah Carey's 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' first reach number one in the UK?

    1. 1994
    2. 2020
    3. 2017
    4. 2022
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    B. 2020 It reached the summit in December 2020, in its 70th week inside the Top 40.

22. Who sang 'Walking in the Air' in the 1982 animated film The Snowman?

    1. Peter Auty
    2. Aled Jones
    3. Anthony Way
    4. Declan Galbraith
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    A. Peter Auty Auty was a choirboy at St Paul's Cathedral; Aled Jones's hit version was recorded later for a television advert.

23. Which duo spent Christmas week 1987 at UK number one with their version of 'Always on My Mind'?

    1. Tears for Fears
    2. Erasure
    3. Pet Shop Boys
    4. Eurythmics
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    C. Pet Shop Boys They held the top spot on the chart covering 20 to 26 December 1987.

24. Which children's TV character reached Christmas number one in 2000 with 'Can We Fix It?'

    1. Fireman Sam
    2. Thomas the Tank Engine
    3. Postman Pat
    4. Bob the Builder
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    D. Bob the Builder Can We Fix It? was the first UK Christmas number one of the 2000s.

25. Which group took 'Mary's Boy Child – Oh My Lord' to the UK Christmas number one spot in 1978?

    1. Boney M
    2. ABBA
    3. Brotherhood of Man
    4. The Three Degrees
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    A. Boney M Harry Belafonte had taken Mary's Boy Child to the Christmas top spot back in 1957.