Christmas Music & Carols Trivia

Christmas Music & Carols Trivia

1. 1.Who sings 'All I Want for Christmas Is You'?easy

   Answer: Mariah Carey

2. 2.In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', what is given on the fifth day?easy

   Answer: Five golden rings

3. 3.Which reindeer had a very shiny nose?easy

   Answer: Rudolph

4. 4.Who originally recorded 'White Christmas' for the film Holiday Inn?easy

   Answer: Bing Crosby

5. 5.Which band released 'Last Christmas' in 1984?easy

   Answer: Wham!

6. 6.'Jingle Bells' was originally written for which holiday?medium

   Answer: Thanksgiving

7. 7.What country did 'Silent Night' originate in?medium

   Answer: Austria

8. 8.In 'Frosty the Snowman', what brought Frosty to life?medium

   Answer: An old silk hat

9. 9.Which carol mentions 'figgy pudding'?medium

   Answer: We Wish You a Merry Christmas

10. 10.What is the best-selling single of all time?medium

    Answer: White Christmas by Bing Crosby

11. 11.Who wrote the music for 'O Holy Night'?hard

    Answer: Adolphe Adam

12. 12.Which Christmas song was the first ever played in space (1965)?hard

    Answer: Jingle Bells

13. 13.Who composed The Nutcracker ballet?medium

    Answer: Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

14. 14.Which band sang 'Fairytale of New York' with Kirsty MacColl?hard

    Answer: The Pogues

15. 15.Which reindeer song was first sung by Gene Autry in 1949?medium

    Answer: Rudolph the Red-Nosed Reindeer

16. 16.Complete the lyric: 'Have yourself a merry little...'easy

    Answer: Christmas

17. 17.Who sang 'Rockin' Around the Christmas Tree' at age 13?hard

    Answer: Brenda Lee

18. 18.What did 'my true love' give on the first day of Christmas?easy

    Answer: A partridge in a pear tree

19. 19.In 'Deck the Halls', what do we deck the halls with?easy

    Answer: Boughs of holly

20. 20.Which singer released the album 'Christmas' with 'Mistletoe' in 2011?medium

    Answer: Justin Bieber

21. 21.Who sang 'Blue Christmas' most famously?easy

    Answer: Elvis Presley

22. 22.In 'Santa Baby', what car does the singer ask for?hard

    Answer: A '54 convertible (light blue)

23. 23.What colour Christmas does Elvis sing about?easy

    Answer: Blue

24. 24.Which band recorded 'Merry Xmas Everybody' in 1973?hard

    Answer: Slade

25. 25.What are the bells doing in 'Silver Bells'?medium

    Answer: Ringing in the city ('it's Christmas time in the city')

26. 26.Which carol begins 'Hark! The herald angels...'?easy

    Answer: Hark! The Herald Angels Sing

27. 27.Who wrote 'Happy Xmas (War Is Over)' with Yoko Ono?medium

    Answer: John Lennon

28. 28.Which charity single by Band Aid was released in 1984?medium

    Answer: Do They Know It's Christmas?

29. 29.What is roasting on an open fire in 'The Christmas Song'?easy

    Answer: Chestnuts

30. 30.Who first recorded 'The Christmas Song' in 1946?medium

    Answer: Nat King Cole (The King Cole Trio)

31. 31.What is the name of the drummer boy's instrument?easy

    Answer: A drum

32. 32.Which song features the line 'Baby, it's cold outside'?easy

    Answer: Baby, It's Cold Outside

33. 33.Which composer wrote the 'Messiah' with its Hallelujah Chorus?medium

    Answer: George Frideric Handel

34. 34.What 'little town' do we sing about in a famous carol?easy

    Answer: Bethlehem

35. 35.Which Christmas song did Wizzard release in 1973?hard

    Answer: I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday

36. 36.How many 'lords a-leaping' are given in The Twelve Days of Christmas?medium

    Answer: Ten

37. 37.What language was 'O Come, All Ye Faithful' originally written in?hard

    Answer: Latin (Adeste Fideles)

38. 38.Which Ukrainian folk tune became 'Carol of the Bells'?hard

    Answer: Shchedryk

39. 39.Who sang 'Feliz Navidad'?easy

    Answer: José Feliciano

40. 40.Which song begins 'Dashing through the snow'?easy

    Answer: Jingle Bells

41. 41.In 'Jingle Bells', how many horses pull the sleigh?easy

    Answer: One ('one-horse open sleigh')

42. 42.Who sang 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town' in a famous 1970s version?medium

    Answer: The Jackson 5 (also Bruce Springsteen)

43. 43.In 'Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town', what is Santa making?easy

    Answer: A list (and checking it twice)

44. 44.Who sang 'Here Comes Santa Claus' first in 1947?hard

    Answer: Gene Autry

45. 45.What did Grandma get run over by?easy

    Answer: A reindeer

46. 46.In 'Winter Wonderland', what do we pretend the snowman is?hard

    Answer: Parson Brown

47. 47.Who released 'Underneath the Tree' in 2013?medium

    Answer: Kelly Clarkson

48. 48.Which Michael Bublé album became one of the best-selling Christmas albums?medium

    Answer: Christmas (2011)

49. 49.Who sang 'Christmas Tree Farm' in 2019?medium

    Answer: Taylor Swift

50. 50.Who sang 'Santa Tell Me'?easy

    Answer: Ariana Grande

51. 51.Which group sang 'Step into Christmas'?medium

    Answer: Elton John (solo)

52. 52.Who sang 'Wonderful Christmastime'?medium

    Answer: Paul McCartney

53. 53.What song asks 'Do you hear what I hear?'easy

    Answer: Do You Hear What I Hear?

54. 54.In 'The Twelve Days of Christmas', what is given on day seven?medium

    Answer: Seven swans a-swimming

55. 55.Day eight of The Twelve Days of Christmas?medium

    Answer: Eight maids a-milking

56. 56.Day nine of The Twelve Days of Christmas?hard

    Answer: Nine ladies dancing

57. 57.Day eleven of The Twelve Days of Christmas?hard

    Answer: Eleven pipers piping

58. 58.Day twelve of The Twelve Days of Christmas?medium

    Answer: Twelve drummers drumming

59. 59.Day two of The Twelve Days of Christmas?easy

    Answer: Two turtle doves

60. 60.Day three of The Twelve Days of Christmas?easy

    Answer: Three French hens

61. 61.Day four of The Twelve Days of Christmas?medium

    Answer: Four calling (colly) birds

62. 62.Day six of The Twelve Days of Christmas?medium

    Answer: Six geese a-laying

63. 63.What is the Nutcracker's enemy in the ballet?medium

    Answer: The Mouse King

64. 64.Which fairy dances to the celesta in The Nutcracker?easy

    Answer: The Sugar Plum Fairy

65. 65.What instrument gives the Sugar Plum Fairy dance its tinkling sound?hard

    Answer: The celesta

66. 66.Which carol says 'Joy to the world, the Lord is come'?easy

    Answer: Joy to the World

67. 67.Who wrote the words of 'Joy to the World'?hard

    Answer: Isaac Watts

68. 68.Which carol tells of a king who looked out on the Feast of Stephen?medium

    Answer: Good King Wenceslas

69. 69.Which carol begins 'God rest ye merry, gentlemen'?easy

    Answer: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

70. 70.What three things does 'We Three Kings' say the kings travel 'afar' over?hard

    Answer: Field and fountain, moor and mountain

71. 71.In 'Rudolph', which reindeer games was Rudolph not allowed to join?easy

    Answer: Any reindeer games

72. 72.Which Chuck Berry song features Santa and a guitar?medium

    Answer: Run Rudolph Run

73. 73.Who sang 'Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)' in 1963?hard

    Answer: Darlene Love

74. 74.Who sang 'Little Saint Nick'?medium

    Answer: The Beach Boys

75. 75.What did the singer want for Christmas in the 1948 novelty song by Spike Jones?medium

    Answer: My two front teeth

76. 76.Which Disney film features 'Let It Go', a winter anthem?easy

    Answer: Frozen

77. 77.Who sang 'Merry Christmas Everyone' in 1985?hard

    Answer: Shakin' Stevens

78. 78.Which band sang 'Driving Home for Christmas'?medium

    Answer: Chris Rea (solo artist)

79. 79.What colour are the 'Silver Bells'?easy

    Answer: Silver

80. 80.Who sang 'I'll Be Home for Christmas' in 1943?medium

    Answer: Bing Crosby

81. 81.Which song features 'Let it snow! Let it snow! Let it snow!'?easy

    Answer: Let It Snow!

82. 82.In 'Let It Snow', what has the weather outside become?easy

    Answer: Frightful

83. 83.Who sang 'Sleigh Ride' famously in 1963?hard

    Answer: The Ronettes

84. 84.What composer wrote the orchestral 'Sleigh Ride'?hard

    Answer: Leroy Anderson

85. 85.Which song says 'It's the most wonderful time of the year'?easy

    Answer: It's the Most Wonderful Time of the Year (Andy Williams)

86. 86.Who sang 'Jingle Bell Rock' in 1957?hard

    Answer: Bobby Helms

87. 87.Which song mentions 'Mommy kissing Santa Claus'?easy

    Answer: I Saw Mommy Kissing Santa Claus

88. 88.Who sang 'Christmas Lights' in 2010?medium

    Answer: Coldplay

89. 89.Which Mariah Carey song was released in 1994 and topped charts again in 2019?easy

    Answer: All I Want for Christmas Is You

90. 90.Which band sang 'Christmas Wrapping' (1981)?hard

    Answer: The Waitresses

91. 91.Who released the album 'A Charlie Brown Christmas' soundtrack?hard

    Answer: Vince Guaraldi Trio

92. 92.What Christmas carol is sung about 'the first Noel the angel did say'?easy

    Answer: The First Noel

93. 93.What carol contains the line 'O tidings of comfort and joy'?medium

    Answer: God Rest Ye Merry, Gentlemen

94. 94.What carol asks 'What child is this, who, laid to rest'?easy

    Answer: What Child Is This?

95. 95.To which tune is 'What Child Is This?' sung?hard

    Answer: Greensleeves

96. 96.Which song says 'You'd better watch out, you'd better not cry'?easy

    Answer: Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town

97. 97.Which Christmas classic did Irving Berlin write?medium

    Answer: White Christmas

98. 98.Who sang 'Mele Kalikimaka'?hard

    Answer: Bing Crosby (with the Andrews Sisters)

99. 99.What does 'Mele Kalikimaka' mean?medium

    Answer: Merry Christmas in Hawaiian

100. 100.Which song features Frosty with 'a corncob pipe'?easy

     Answer: Frosty the Snowman

101. 101.Who recorded 'Last Christmas' as the lead singer of Wham!?easy

     Answer: George Michael

102. 102.Which group sang 'Mistletoe and Wine'?medium

     Answer: Cliff Richard (solo)