Saturday, December 13, 2008

Merry Christmas

“I stopped believing in Santa Claus when I was six. Mother took me to see him in a department store and he asked for my autograph.”
Shirley Temple


Christmas Quiz
  1. Which act has had more Christmas number one singles than any other ?
  2. According to the song “Frosty The Snowman”, what were Frosty’s eyes made out of ?
  3. Which Christmas song won an Oscar for Best Song at the 1942 Academy Awards ?
  4. The first line of the song “Do They Know It’s Christmas ?” by Band Aid was originally intended for which singer, who finally got to sing it during Live Aid ?
  5. Which Christmas song includes the line “It seems so long since I could say ‘sister Susie sitting on a thistle’” ?
  6. In 1965, which Christmas song became the first song to be broadcast from space ?
  7. In 1987, the Pogues featuring Kirsty MacColl were denied a Christmas Number One with the song “Fairytale Of New York”. Which song kept them at number 2 with Pogues singer Shane McGowan saying “we were beaten by two queens and a drum machine” ?
  8. From which animated short film does the song “Walking In The Air” come ?
  9. In the song “Twelve Days Of Christmas”, what are there 11 of ?
  10. In 1986, whose song was Christmas number one in the UK, 2 years after he had died ?

We wish you all a very Happy Christmas and a good New Year.
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There will be no more blog entries this year.
The next is scheduled for 3 January 2009.