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Number One UK Christmas Songs

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Number One UK Christmas Songs game quiz
"Misleading title? Possibly! These are all songs that were number one in the UK on Christmas day between 1960 and 2000. Not all with a seasonal theme."

15 Points Per Correct Answer - No time limit  



1. We'd better start with 1960. The first Christmas number one of the decade was by Cliff Richard and the Shadows, but what was the song?
    I Love You
    Santa's Sleigh
    A 1960s Christmas
    Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree


2. Christmas 1968 had a number one song called 'Lily the Pink'. Who sang this song?
    The Beatles
    The Scaffold
    The Animals
    The Move


3. In what year did 'I Hear You Knocking' by Dave Edmunds reach number one in the UK on Christmas day?
    1969
    1972
    1971
    1970


4. Everybody who knows the 1970s remembers The Osmonds. The younger brother, Jimmy, had the Christmas hit in 1972 with 'Long Haired Lover from ___.'
    Alabama
    Birmingham
    California
    Liverpool


5. In 1973 Slade reached number one with 'Merry Xmas Everybody'. But was this the number one record on Christmas day in 1973?
    Yes
    No


6. St Winifred's School Choir hit the number one spot in 1980 with 'There's No-one Quite Like Grandpa'.
    True
    False


7. Cliff Richard had a hit again in 1988. His number one for that year was 'Mistletoe and ___'. What is the missing word?
    Gifts
    Wine
    Cake
    Snow


8. It's 1990 and guess who... Yes, it's Cliff Richard again! What was his number one song for Christmas this year?
    Auld Lang Syne
    The Young Ones - With the Young Ones
    Millennium Prayer
    Saviour's Day


9. One group held the Christmas number one spot for three years running in 1996, 1997 and 1998. Any idea which girl-band this was?
    The Bangles
    Destiny's Child
    Bananarama
    The Spice Girls


10. The millennium number one is next. The year is 2000; who had the number one hit to see in the new year?
    Westlife (I Have a Dream)
    Bob the Builder (Can We Fix It)
    Cliff Richard (Millennium Prayer)
    Robbie Williams / Nicole Kidman (Something Stupid)


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Compiled Jun 19 13