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it was christmas eve babe

Quiz: How well do you remember Christmas No 1s of the 80s and 90s?

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GIVEN HOW MUCH is changed in how we listen to music over the past few decades, it’s as likely you’ll remember the Christmas Number One from 1987 as 2017  (it was Ed Sheeran’s Perfect apparently). 

With that in mind, we thought we’d test you on your knowledge of Christmas Number Ones in Ireland during the 1980s and 1990s. 

Best of luck…

Which comedian scored the Number One in 1985 with Thank You Very Much Mr Eastwood?
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Brendan Grace
Dermot Morgan

Dave Allen
Frank Carson
A pair called Renee and Renato had the Number One in 1982... with what song?
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Away In A Manger
Jesus Loves Us All

Just One More Kiss
Save Your Love
Zig and Zag had a Christmas Number One: true or false?
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True
False
Which Band Aid member(s) came a close second in the charts when their hit was beaten to Number One by Do They Know It's Christmas?
Paul Young
Duran Duran

Wham
U2
What Westlife song topped the 1999 Christmas charts?
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I Have A Dream
Flying Without Wings

If I Let You Go
Fool Again
How many times did the Spice Girls have a Christmas Number One in Ireland in the 1990s?
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None
One

Two
Three
Richie Kavanagh's Aon Focal Eile was the Number One in 1996?
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True
False
Finish the line: "Christmas time, mistletoe and wine. Children singing..."
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"the songs of our time"
"Christian rhyme"

"songs and their rhymes"
"wasting their time"
Who sang the line "There's a world outside your window/And it's a world of dread and fear" in Band Aid's Do They Know it's Christmas?
Bono
George Michael

Tony Hadley
Simon Le Bon
The Pogues' Fairytale of New York was Number One... in which year?
1986
1987

1988
1989
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Clever Cat!
Almost purrfect
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Fintastic
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Baaaaaad
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