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QUIZMAS
Quiz: How well do you know these classic Christmas hits of the 70s?
It’s Christmaaaaass
EVERY YEAR, NEW songs are released in the hope of becoming Christmas classics with the longevity of the ones below.
Some of these songs are 50 years old but how well do you know them?
John Lennon was the first of the Beatles to release an original Christmas song during this decade. Who do John and Yoko wish a Happy Christmas to at the beginning of 1971's Happy Xmas (War Is Over)?
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Kyoto and Julian
John and Yoko
Nixon and Brezhnev
Paul, George, and Ringo
Technically a New Years' song, what's the name of George Harrison's 1974 festive single?
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Ring out the old, ring in the new
Ding Dong, Ding Dong
Happy New Year
Jingle Jingle
Paul McCartney's Wonderful Christmastime followed in 1979, can you finish these lyrics?: The word is out, About the town, To lift a glass....
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The spirit's up
And that's enough
And don't look down
Ding dong, ding dong
I Wish It Could Be Christmas Everyday was written by Wizzard frontman Roy Wood, but what rock group had he previously been a founding member of?
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Supertramp
The Moody Blues
Electric Light Orchestra (ELO)
Dire Strats
Who infamously screams 'It's Christmaaaaaas' during Slade's Merry Xmas Everybody?
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Jim Lea
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Roy Wood
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Noddy Holder
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Noddy
Who sang 'It's Gonna Be a Cold, Cold Christmas' in 1975, and was later elected to the European Parliament in 1999?
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Joe Dolan
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Dana
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Margo
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Red Hurley
Boney M had the 1978 Christmas number one with Mary's Boy Child, but what legendary crooner originally had a hit with it in 1956?
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Dean Martin
Harry Belafonte
Andy Williams
Johnny Mathis
1974’s Christmas number one Lonely This Christmas is performed in the style of Elvis Presley, but who is the artist behind it?
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Showaddywaddy
Brendan Bowyer
Mud
Slade
Can you finish the lyrics to Elton John's Step Into Christmas?: Welcome to my Christmas song, I'd like to thank you for the year, So I'm sending you this Christmas card, To say....
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we can watch the snow fall forever and ever
it's nice to have you here
step into Christmas
it's nice to have some cheer
There are six Spanish words in Feliz Navidad - José Feliciano's bilingual earworm from 1970. How many English words are in the song?
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13
19
10
6
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You're Wizzard, Harry.
Let the bells ring out for Quizmas
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So here it is, merry Quizmas
You've hung your stocking on your wall, and every Santa had a ball
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A decent effort, you may Step into Christmas
Eat, drink and be merry
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You're here tonight, that's enough
Someone didn't practice all year long
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This is Christmas, what have you done?
Hope you had fun
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