A fun Christmas quiz about music featuring questions about festive pop music, carols, and music across the decades. Test your Christmas music knowledge with these 30 questions and answers in this fun Christmas music quiz.
Christmas Music Quiz – Questions
1. Who recorded the original version of ‘White Christmas’ in 1942?
2. Which group had a hit with ‘Last Christmas’?
3. In the twelves days of Christmas, how many lords were leaping?
4. How many versions of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ have been released?
5. Which music legend had a 1964 hit with ‘Blue Christmas’?
6. Complete the lyric: ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, another year over …’
7. Which single topped the charts in 1992/3 for 10 weeks in the UK and 14 weeks in the USA i?
8. How many ‘las’ are after the ‘fa’ in ‘Deck the Halls’?
9. In the lyrics Santa Baby, what colour auto space convertible does Eartha Kitt ask Santa to bring her?
10. Which Christmas song begins ‘It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank…’?
11. Who had a huge hit in 1976 with the soothing Christmas classic ‘When a Child is Born’?
12. What’s the second line of “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”?
13. What is the only band in the history of the UK singles charts to have achieved Christmas number one twice with the same song?
14. Who duetted with Mariah Carey on a re-release of her festive hit ‘All I Want for Christmas’ in 2011?
15. Complete the next line of this song – ‘Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? Does he turn up on the his sleigh?…’
16. Who sings the opening line of the original Band Aid single in 1984?
17. Which famous Christmas song begins with the lyrics: ‘the mood is right, the spirit’s up, we’re here tonight and that’s enough’?
18. Who had a hit with the song ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ in 2019?
19. Which band scored an unlikely Christmas No. 1 in 2009 thanks to a public revolt against winners of ‘The X Factor’?
20. Which Chris Rea song includes the lyrics ‘Top to toe in tailbacks, oh I got red lights all around?
21. Who had a hit with ‘Underneath the Tree’ in 2013?
22. Which boy band had the UK Christmas Number one spot in 1994 with ‘Stay Another Day’?
23. Eartha Kitt had a hit with Santa Baby in the 1950s. Who re-recorded it in 2003?
24. Who had a hit in 1985 with the theme tune to ‘The Snowman’ Walking in the Air?
25. Which movie star turned to singing during Christmas 2001 scoring a number one hit single across the world in a duet with pop star Robbie Williams?
26. Which Spanish language Christmas hit features the line: ‘I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart’?
27. ‘One More Sleep’ was a Christmas song by which former X Factor winner?
28. In which year did John Lennon and Yoko Ono release Happy Xmas (War is Over)?
29. Name the song featuring the lyric: “The child is a king, the carolers sing”
30. Name the Christmas carol featuring the line: ‘Oh, star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright’
Christmas Music Quiz – Questions and Answers
1. Who recorded the original version of ‘White Christmas’ in 1942?
Bing Crosby
2. Which group had a hit with ‘Last Christmas’?
Wham
3. In the twelves days of Christmas, how many lords were leaping?
Ten
4. How many versions of ‘Do They Know It’s Christmas’ have been released?
Four – 1984, 1989, 2004, 2014
5. Which music legend had a 1964 hit with ‘Blue Christmas’?
Elvis Presley
6. Complete the lyric: ‘And so this is Christmas, and what have you done, another year over …’
And a new one just begun.
7. Which single topped the charts in 1992/3 for 10 weeks in the UK and 14 weeks in the USA i?
I Will Always Love You by Whitney Houston
8. How many ‘las’ are after the ‘fa’ in ‘Deck the Halls’?
Eight
9. In the lyrics Santa Baby, what colour auto space convertible does Eartha Kitt ask Santa to bring her?
Light Blue
10. Which Christmas song begins ‘It was Christmas Eve, babe, in the drunk tank…’?
Fairy Tale of New York
11. Who had a huge hit in 1976 with the soothing Christmas classic ‘When a Child is Born’?
Johnny Mathis
12. What’s the second line of “I’m dreaming of a white Christmas”?
Just like the ones I used to know
13. What is the only band in the history of the UK singles charts to have achieved Christmas number one twice with the same song?
Queen – with Bohemian Rhapsody in 1975 and 1991
14. Who duetted with Mariah Carey on a re-release of her festive hit ‘All I Want for Christmas’ in 2011?
Justin Bieber
15. Complete the next line of this song – ‘Does he ride a red-nosed reindeer? Does he turn up on the his sleigh?…’
Do the fairies keep him sober for a day?
16. Who sings the opening line of the original Band Aid single in 1984?
Paul Young
17. Which famous Christmas song begins with the lyrics: ‘the mood is right, the spirit’s up, we’re here tonight and that’s enough’?
Wonderful Christmastime by Paul McCartney
18. Who had a hit with the song ‘Christmas Tree Farm’ in 2019?
Taylor Swift
19. Which band scored an unlikely Christmas No. 1 in 2009 thanks to a public revolt against winners of ‘The X Factor’?
Rage Against The Machine
20. Which Chris Rea song includes the lyrics ‘Top to toe in tailbacks, oh I got red lights all around?
Driving Home for Christmas
21. Who had a hit with ‘Underneath the Tree’ in 2013?
Kelly Clarkson
22. Which boy band had the UK Christmas Number one spot in 1994 with ‘Stay Another Day’?
East 17
23. Eartha Kitt had a hit with Santa Baby in the 1950s. Who re-recorded it in 2003?
Kylie Minogue
24. Who had a hit in 1985 with the theme tune to ‘The Snowman’ Walking in the Air?
Aled Jones
25. Which movie star turned to singing during Christmas 2001 scoring a number one hit single across the world in a duet with pop star Robbie Williams?
Nicole Kidman
26. Which Spanish language Christmas hit features the line: ‘I want to wish you a Merry Christmas from the bottom of my heart’?
Feliz Navidad
27. ‘One More Sleep’ was a Christmas song by which former X Factor winner?
Leona Lewis
28. In which year did John Lennon and Yoko Ono release Happy Xmas (War is Over)?
1971
29. Name the song featuring the lyric: “The child is a king, the carolers sing”
Mistletoe and Wine
30. Name the Christmas carol featuring the line: ‘Oh, star of wonder, star of night, Star with royal beauty bright’
We Three Kings