Sing Me a Christmas Song Trivia Quiz

Answer: Rudolph

"Rudolph the Red Nosed Reindeer" was a song first recorded in 1949 by Harry Brannon, but a version by Gene Autry a few weeks later went to number one in the US during the Christmas week in 1949. The song went on to sell about 25 million copies. It has been covered by Bing Crosby, Spike Jones and His City Slickers and Dean Martin, to name a few.

Answer: Deck the Halls

The tune for "Deck The Halls" dates back to Wales in the sixteenth century and over the years the lyrics have drastically changed. The first few lines of the most common lyrics in use today are:

"Deck the halls with boughs of holly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la, la, la, la.
Tis the season to be jolly
Fa-la-la-la-la, la, la, la, la".

Answer: Gene Autry

Gene Autry and the Cass Country Boys recorded "Frosty the Snowman" in 1959. It tells the story of a snowman that comes to life after some children place a magic hat on his head. The song has been covered many times over the years by artists such as The Partridge Family, Alvin and the Chipmunks, Bing Crosby, The Jackson 5 and Ella Fitzgerald.

Answer: Three

"I Saw Three Ships (Come Sailing In)" is a song from the seventeenth century in England"

"I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day, on Christmas day
I saw three ships come sailing in
On Christmas day in the morning."

Answer: Eartha Kitt

Eartha Kitt also sang this song in the 1954 film "New Faces" and recorded it again in 1963. The song has been covered many times by artists such as Madonna, Britney Spears, Faith Evans, The Pussycat Dolls and Taylor Swift.

Answer: Silver Bells

"Silver Bells" was originally going to be called "Tinkle Bells" but was changed before it was recorded. The song featured in the 1951 movie "The Lemon Drop Kid" and was performed by Bob Hope and Marilyn Maxwell in that movie. Bing Crosby also recorded the song in 1950,

Answer: Holiday Inn

"White Christmas" was written by Irving Berlin in 1941 and the version sung by Bing Crosby was, according to the 2009 "Guinness Book of World Records", the best selling single of all time. It was featured in the 1942 movie "Holiday Inn" starring Bing Crosby, Fred Astaire and Marjorie Reynolds.

Answer: Coming To

"Santa Claus is Coming to Town" was first performed by Eddie Cantor on his radio show in 1934. This favourite Christmas song has been covered many times by such artists as Frank Sinatra, Frankie Valli & The Four Seasons, Alice Cooper, Peggy Lee, Perry Como, Dolly Parton and many, many more,

Answer: I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas

"I Want a Hippopotamus for Christmas" rose to number twenty-four on Billboard magazine Pop Chart in 1953. The song was very popular in Oklahoma City where Gayla Peevy came from and the local zoo acquired a baby hippopotamus and named it Matilda.

Answer: An old man kangaroo

"Six White Boomers" tells the story of a joey (a baby kangaroo) in a zoo somewhere outside Australia and he is very unhappy because he wants his mum. Santa hears his cries and decides to take him back home to Australia on his sleigh. Because Australia is in the Southern Hemisphere, it is summer at Christmastime, and too hot for the reindeer, so Santa hitches up six white boomers to pull the sleigh on his Australian run. Of course the joey and his mum are reunited. This is such a favourite Australian Christmas song so here are the first two verses and the chorus:

"Early on one Christmas Day, a joey kangaroo
Was far from home and lost in a great big zoo
'Mummy, where's my mummy? They've taken her away'
'We'll help you find your mummy son, hop on the sleigh'.

Up beside the bag of toys, little Joey hopped
But they hadn't gone far when Santa stopped
Unharnessed all the reindeer and Joey wondered why
Then he heard a far off booming in the sky.
Chorus: Six white boomers, snow white boomers
Racing Santa Claus through the blazing sun
Six white boomers, snow white boomers
On his Australian run."