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Take our Christmas No1 quiz to find out if you’re a musical Noel-it-all

BRITAIN’S 67th Christmas No1 will be announced tomorrow, with YouTube prankster LadBaby and pop sensation Lewis Capaldi in the running.

But it seems landing the festive top spot is not the musical milestone it once was.

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Slade topped the charts in 1973 and got a Christmas No1 song which became a classic trackCredit: Getty - Contributor
Youtuber and prankster LadBaby might well be getting his second Christmas No1 song this weekCredit: Dan Jones - The Sun

Just four per cent of people can name last year’s chart-topper, according to research by ticket site StubHub. And a massive 95 per cent of us can’t remember a single Christmas No1 from the past decade.

So are you a musical Noel-it-all? Find out with our fun quiz.

Who's the Quizmas No1?

1. Can you name a Christmas No1 from the past decade?

2.Which record was a Christmas No1 in 1975 and 1991?

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3. What is the only eponymous Christmas No1?

4. What was Elvis’ only Christmas No1, achieved in 1962?

5. How many Christmas No1s have The Beatles had?

6. What is the name of Slade’s classic Christmas track, which topped the charts in 1973?

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7. Which band said they would be lonely this Christmas in 1974?

8. What was No1 at the turn of the millennium?

9. How many Christmas No1s has Cliff Richard had?

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10. There have been 66 Christmas No1s. How many have Christmas or Xmas in the title?

11. Which band had three consecutive Christmas No1s in the Nineties?

12. Which artist sings the second line in the original Band Aid?

Who said they would be 'lonely this Christmas' in 1974?
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13. The first Christmas No1 to be about Christmas was released by Dickie Valentine in 1955. What was the title?

14. In 2009 Rage Against The Machine stopped X Factor winners from being No1 for the first time in five years, with which song?

15. Which of these Christmas classics actually made it to No1? A. Fairytale Of New York by The Pogues B. All I Want For Christmas by Mariah Carey C. When A Child Is Born by Johnny Mathis

16. Which actress duetted with Robbie Williams on 2001’s Christmas No1?

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17. Which X Factor winner had the show’s first Christmas No1?

18.  . . . And what was the year?

What was the title of Dickie Valentine's first ever Christmas No1 in 1995?Credit: Getty - Contributor

19. How many X Factor winners have had Christmas No1s?

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20. What was the name of the children’s choir which had 1980 Christmas No1 There’s No One Quite Like Grandma?

21. “Snow is falling all around me, children playing, having fun” is the first line of which Christmas No1?

22. Which artist was festive No1 eight times as part of different groups?

23. Whitney Houston’s 1992 Christmas No1, I Will Always Love You, was a cover of a song by which artist?

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24. “Disco dancing with the lights down low, Beats are pumping on the stereo” is the first line of which Christmas No1?

25. Mad World, by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules, was Christmas No1 in 2003. Which movie was the song recorded for?

Whitney Houston's I will always Love You was a cover of which artist?Credit: Getty - Contributor

26.  . . . And which bookies’ favourite Xmas-themed song did they beat to the No1?

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27.  Mull Of Kintyre, by Wings, was a double A side with which other song?

28. Which British Prime Minister picked 1971 Christmas No1 Ernie (The Fastest Milkman In The West) by Benny Hill when he was on Desert Island Discs?

29. “Baby’s good to me, you know, she’s happy as can be” is the first line of which Christmas No1?

30. Which of these artists did not appear on Band Aid 20, released in 2004? A. Kate Nash B. Joss Stone C. Rachel Stevens

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31. Bob The Builder reached Christmas No1 in 2000 with Can You Fix It. Which actor provided Bob’s voice?

32. A ten-year-old Myleene Klass was part of the choir on which iconic Cliff Richard Christmas No1?

33. Michael Jackson had just one UK Christmas No1. What was the title?

Bob The Builder's Can You Fix It was the Christmas No1 in 2000, who was Bob's voice-over?Credit: Handout
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Can you remember Elvis Presley's only Chrsitmas No1 in 1962?Credit: Hulton Archive - Getty

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34. Jimmy Osmond’s 1972 No1 was about a Long Haired Lover from where?
35. LadBaby is tipped to get his second Christmas No1 this week. What is his real name?
36-40. Name the Christmas No1 from these video stills:

XMAS No1s QUIZ ANSWERS

1. When We Collide - Matt  Cardle (2010); Wherever  You Are - Military Wives with Gareth Malone (2011); He Ain’t Heavy,  He’s My Brother - The Justice Collective (2012); Skyscraper - Sam Bailey (2013); Something I Need - Ben Haenow (2014); A Bridge Over You - Lewisham & Greenwich NHS Choir (2015); Rockabye - Clean Bandit ft Sean Paul and  Anne-Marie (2016); Perfect - Ed Sheeran (2018); We Built This City - LadBaby (2019)
2. Bohemian Rhapsody
3. Mr Blobby
4. Return To Sender
5. Four
6. Merry Xmas Everybody
7. Mud
8. I Have A Dream/  Seasons In The Sun by  Westlife
9. Four, two as a solo artist, one with The Shadows and one as part of Band Aid II
10. Seven
11. Spice Girls
12. Boy George
13. Christmas Alphabet
14. Killing In The Name
15. C. When A Child Is  Born by Johnny Mathis
16. Nicole Kidman
17. Shayne Ward
18. 2005
19. Seven (Shayne Ward, Leona Lewis, Leon Jackson, Alexandra Burke, Matt Cardle, Sam Bailey, Ben Haenow)
20. St Winifred’s School Choir
21. Shakin’ Stevens, Merry Christmas Everyone
22. Paul McCartney
23. Dolly Parton
24. Sound Of The Underground, Girls Aloud
25. Donnie Darko
26. Christmas Time (Don’t Let The Bells End) by The Darkness
27. Girls’ School
28. David Cameron
29. I Feel Fine, by The Beatles
30. A - Kate Nash
31. Neil Morrissey
32. Mistletoe And Wine
33. Earth Song
34. Liverpool
35. Mark Hoyle
36. Boney M, Mary’s Boy Child
37. East 17, Stay
38. The Human League, Don’t You Want Me
39. Ed Sheeran, Perfect
40. Cliff Richard, Saviour’s Day

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