Q 01/05

In which year did Mariah Carey's 1994 'All I Want for Christmas Is You' finally reach No. 1 on the Hot 100?

A) 2004

B) 2009

C) 2014

D) 2019

Answer · why

D) 2019

It topped the Hot 100 in December 2019, 25 years after its release, then the longest climb to No. 1 in chart history. Carey co-wrote it with Walter Af...

Q 02/05

In which year did Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' finally reach No. 1 in the UK?

A) 1985

B) 2004

C) 2021

D) 2017

Answer · why

C) 2021

It reached No. 1 on the chart of 1 January 2021, 36 years after release. George Michael wrote it, and Wham! gave the royalties to Band Aid's Ethiopian...

Q 03/05

On which date does the Whamageddon game of avoiding Wham!'s 'Last Christmas' end?

A) 25 December

B) 31 December

C) 24 December

D) 6 January

Answer · why

C) 24 December

Whamageddon runs from 1 December to midnight on 24 December; hearing the original Wham! recording knocks you out, while covers and remixes do not coun...

Q 04/05

In Home Alone (1990), the McCallisters leave Kevin behind while flying to which city?

A) London

B) Miami

C) New York

D) Paris

Answer · why

D) Paris

The McCallisters fly to Paris for Christmas and only realise mid-flight that Kevin is missing. Chris Columbus directed from a John Hughes script, and ...

Q 05/05

In Elf (2003), Buddy travels to New York to find his birth father, Walter Hobbs, played by which actor?

A) James Caan

B) Bob Newhart

C) Ed Asner

D) Peter Falk

Answer · why

A) James Caan

James Caan plays Walter Hobbs, a children's-book publisher who is on Santa's naughty list. Bob Newhart plays Buddy's adoptive elf father and Ed Asner ...