Christmas Speed Quiz
CHRISTMAS SONGS
Identify the hits of the following artists in the given years. All contain the
word Christmas/Xmas
1 1973 Slade
2 1955 Dickie Valentine
3 1994 Mariah Carey
4 1984 Wham
5 1964 Elvis Presley
6 1985 Shakin’ Stevens
7 1983 Elton John
8 1973 Wizzard
9 1963 Dora Bryan
10 1992 Gloria Estefan
CHRISTMAS LYRICS
Identify the festive songs from the lyric
1 Bells on bobtail ring making spirits bright
2 He’s making a list and checking it twice
3 The ox and lamb kept time, pa rum pum pum pum
4 Tis the season to be jolly
5 The stars in the heavens looked down where He lay
6 You would even say it glows
7 O tidings of comfort and joy
8 Where a mother laid her baby
9 Born is the King of Israel
10 Holy infant so tender and mild
TOP OF THE CHRISTMAS POPS
Identify the Christmas chart topping songs from their initials and years
1 1982 SYL
2 2000 CWFI
3 1995 ES
4 1986 RP
5 1981 DYWM
6 1975 BR
7 1964 IFF
8 1990 SD
9 1979 ABITW
10 1968 LTP
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS SONGS
1 Merry Xmas Everybody
2 A Christmas Alphabet
3 All I Want for Christmas is You
4 Last Christmas
5 Blue Christmas
6 Merry Christmas Everyone
7 Cold As Christmas
8 I Wish it Could be Christmas Every Day
9 All I Want for Christmas is a Beatle
10 Christmas Through your Eyes
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS LYRICS
1 Jingle Bells
2 Santa Claus is Coming to Town
3 Little Drummer Boy
4 Deck the Halls
5 Away in a Manger
6 Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer
7 God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen
8 Once In Royal David’s City
9 The First Noel
10 Silent Night
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS TOP OF THE POPS
1 Save Your Love
2 Can We Fix It?
3 Earth Song
4 Reet Petite
5 Don’t You Want Me
6 Bohemian Rhapsody
7 I Feel Fine
8 Saviour’s Day
9 Another Brick in the Wall
10 Lily the Pink
SCROOGED
Identify the actors who played Scrooge from their initials and film/TV show
1 1951 Scrooge
AS
2 1970 Scrooge AF
3 1997 A Christmas Carol (animated)
TC
4 1935 Scrooge SH
5 1938 A Christmas Carol RO
6 1992 Muppet’s Christmas Carol
MC
7 1995 A Christmas Carol (TV) PS
8 2001 Christmas Carol the Movie (animated)
SC
9 1977 A Christmas Carol (TV) MH
10 2000 A Christmas Carol (TV)
RK
THE CHRISTMAS LINK
The answers to the following 10 questions all contain a gift from the song, The
Twelve Days of Christmas
1 Which song did Abba sing when they lost the
Eurovision Song Contest?
2 What was the name of the oil production platform that witnessed 167 deaths in
1988?
3 In which group did David Cassidy appear alongside Shirley Jones?
4 The 70s TV show Rock Follies told the story of which all girl pop trio?
5 What was the name of the first land battle in the Falklands War?
6 Which 1963 film was set at Bodega Bay?
7 Who played Steve McGarrett in Hawaii 5-0?
8 In which song did Marc Bolan sing the line, “Wear a tall hat like a druid”?
9 Which festive hit was collaboration between the stars of the films Labyrinth
and High Society?
10 Which 1934 cartoon marked the screen debut of Donald Duck?
THE TOY OF THE YEAR
Identify the toy of the year from their initials
1 1966 AM
2 1967 S
3 1975 L
4 1981 RC
5 1984 M of the U
6 1986 T
7 1991 NGB
8 1993 TTI
9 1998 F
10 2003 B
ANSWERS TO SCROOGED
1 Alastair Sim
2 Albert Finney
3 Tim Curry
4 Seymour Hicks
5 Reginald Owen
6 Michael Caine
7 Patrick Stewart
8 Simon Callow
9 Michael Hordern
10 Ross Kemp
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS LINKS
1 RING RING
2 PIPER Alpha
3 The PARTRIDGE Family
4 The Little LADIES
5 The Battle of GOOSE Green
6 The BIRDS
7 Jack LORD
8 Ride a White SWAN
9 Little DRUMMER Boy
10 The Little Wise HEN
ANSWERS TO TOY OF THE YEAR
1 Action Man
2 Spirograph
3 Lego
4 Rubik’s Cube
5 Masters of the Universe
6 Transformers
7 Nintendo Game Boy
8 Thunderbirds Tracy Island
9 Furbies
10 Beyblades
CHRISTMAS PAST – On December 25th…
1 1918 which future Egyptian President was
born?
2 1066 who was crowned King of England?
3 1899 which star of The African Queen was born?
4 1642 which famous scientist was born?
5 1995 which member of the Rat Pack died?
6 1926 who became Emperor of Japan?
7 1991 who resigned as Leader of the Soviet Union?
8 1998 which former snooker world champion died?
9 1989 which Romanian dictator was executed?
10 1954 which member of UB 40 was born?
CHRISTMAS PEOPLE
1 Who did Jim Carrey play in the film Dumb
and Dumber?
2 Who hosted house parties at Crinkly Bottom?
3 Who had a hit with the song Rent A Santa?
4 Which Bond movie featured the Bond girl Christmas Jones?
5 Who wrote the song Don’t Look Back In Anger?
6 Who played the title role in the film Bad Santa?
7 Who wrote the Father Christmas letters?
8 Who penned the children’s tale The Grinch Who Stole Christmas?
9 Whose Westminster epitaph reads A talent to amuse?
10 Who wrote the poem Twas the Night Before Christmas?
CHRISTMAS ANAGRAMS – Unravel the anagrams to give two word phrases relevant to Xmas
1 STRETCH A MISER
2 NESTLING HIT
3 SULTANA SAC
4 RUSTLED VOTE
5 TYKE GLUER
6 THAI NAILS CONS
7 AXING BODY
8 MICE PENIS
9 WE YEARN
10 OR OBSCENE GEEZER
11 STOLEN ICE BOX
12 SNOW YET
13 GRAPE PRAWN PIP
14 TAFFY COPIER
15 CAST RICH MORALS
16 NAZI BLURT
17 A CHICKS STORM STING
18 SHEP SEQUENCE
19 A CHEMIST REVS
20 HUB BAG HUM
ANSWERS TO A CHRISTMAS PAST
1 Anwar Sadat
2 William the Conqueror
3 Humphrey Bogart
4 Isaac Newton
5 Dean Martin
6 Hirohito
7 Mikhail Gorbachev
8 John Pulman
9 Nicolae Ceausescu
10 Robin Campbell
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS PEOPLE
1 Lloyd Christmas
2 Noel Edmonds
3 Chris Hill
4 The World Is Not Enough
5 Noel Gallagher
6 Billy Bob Thornton
7 JRR Tolkien
8 Dr Seuss
9 Noel Coward
10 Clement Moore
ANSWERS TO CHRISTMAS ANAGRAMS
1 Christmas tree
2 Silent Night
3 Santa Claus
4 Turtle doves
5 Turkey leg
6 Saint Nicholas
7 Boxing Day
8 Mince pies
9 New Year
10 Ebenezer Scrooge
11 Selection box
12 New toys
13 Wrapping paper
14 Office party
15 Christmas carol
16 Brazil nut
17 Christmas stocking
18 Queens Speech
19 Christmas Eve
20 Bah humbug