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Christmas music quiz – 20 questions about Christmas songs, with answers

Christmas is the music quiz's high season: everyone knows the songs, no one knows the artists, and the years are even worse. Here are twenty questions about Christmas songs with answers – Swedish and international side by side – and a format that fits between the courses.

Published · By Rickard Javanainen

How do you plan a Christmas quiz?

Play in teams, one per family branch, so the generations can help each other: the kids know Ariana Grande, the parents know Wham!, grandma knows Adolphson & Falk. Ten questions before the meal, ten after – a Christmas quiz in one go is too long when there's food on the table.

Scoring: right artist two points, right year one point, and a bonus point to whoever can sing the next line. That last one is what makes the Christmas quiz a Christmas quiz.

Can you play the Christmas quiz with song clips?

Musikräven doesn't have a ready-made Christmas list – Christmas music is its own universe that doesn't fit in the hit catalogue – but Custom playlists build one from a single sentence: type "Christmas songs" or "Swedish carols" and the fox looks up the songs with real clips from Apple Music's catalogue, and then you play it like any other music quiz, with a room code and points.

20 questions with answers

The answer is under each question. Cover it up if you're playing on the same screen.

  1. 1Which duo released Last Christmas in 1984?

    Answer: Wham! (George Michael and Andrew Ridgeley).

  2. 2Who sings All I Want for Christmas Is You, and which year did it come out?

    Answer: Mariah Carey, 1994.

  3. 3Which Swedish group released Tänd ett ljus in 1987?

    Answer: Triad (Niklas Strömstedt, Lasse Lindbom and Mats Ronander).

  4. 4Who is behind Mer jul from 1983?

    Answer: Adolphson & Falk.

  5. 5Which band sings Fairytale of New York (1987) together with Kirsty MacColl?

    Answer: The Pogues.

  6. 6Which charity project recorded Do They Know It's Christmas? in 1984?

    Answer: Band Aid, with Bob Geldof and Midge Ure behind the song.

  7. 7Who sings Happy Xmas (War Is Over) from 1971?

    Answer: John Lennon and Yoko Ono, with the Plastic Ono Band.

  8. 8Which British artist is behind Driving Home for Christmas?

    Answer: Chris Rea (recorded in 1986).

  9. 9Who released Wonderful Christmastime in 1979?

    Answer: Paul McCartney.

  10. 10Which duet did Carola and Tommy Körberg record in 1991?

    Answer: Julen är här.

  11. 11Who sang the original version of Jingle Bell Rock in 1957?

    Answer: Bobby Helms.

  12. 12Which singer had Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree in 1958, only 13 years old?

    Answer: Brenda Lee.

  13. 13Who wrote and sang Feliz Navidad (1970)?

    Answer: José Feliciano.

  14. 14Which artist sings the best-selling version of White Christmas, from 1942?

    Answer: Bing Crosby.

  15. 15Who released Santa Tell Me in 2014?

    Answer: Ariana Grande.

  16. 16Who sings Underneath the Tree from 2013?

    Answer: Kelly Clarkson.

  17. 17Which artist released Step Into Christmas in 1973?

    Answer: Elton John.

  18. 18Which band released Christmas Lights in 2010?

    Answer: Coldplay.

  19. 19Who sang Merry Christmas Everyone, number one in the UK at Christmas 1985?

    Answer: Shakin' Stevens.

  20. 20Which Swedish hymn from 1898 begins with the line "Nu tändas tusen juleljus"?

    Answer: Nu tändas tusen juleljus, words and music by Emmy Köhler.

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