50 (FIFTY!!) clips from 5 quiz rounds all mixed up, including
Christmas Number ones 1980-89 (Name the YEAR and PERFORMER, 2pts); Bond Themes (Name the FILM, 1 pt); Hits from 2012 (Name the PERFORMER, 1pt); What IS That Tune?(Name the TUNE, 1pt); The Top Ten hits of the Noughties (Name the YEAR and PERFORMER, 2pts).
33 minutes of music gold of what variety. Bach to Band Aid, Gotye to Offenbach, Adele to Elgar.
Enjoy Band Aid (3 ways), Tony Christie, St Winifred’s School Choir, Cliff Richard, Pet Shop Boys, Will Young, The Flying Pickets, Neil Morissey, Human League, A-Ha, Jackie Wilson, Renee and Renato, Carly Rae Jepsen, Louis Armstrong, Gotye, Tina Turner, Adele, Sam Smith, Loena Lewis, Alexandra Burke…….and so many more
10 Classics. The official best selling single of each year of the decade
1pt for Performer, 1 pt for song title, and 3 points for the year (remember they are all different)
Enjoy classics from Police, Culture Club, Rick Astley, Cliff Richard, Jennifer Rush, Human League, Band Aid, Dexys Midnight Runners, The Communards, Black Box
Songs about, for or by fathers. Some serious, some terrible, some comedy, some melancholy, some angry, some loving
I’ll settle for the performers – 2 points each
Enjoy some Temptations, Madonna, Cat Stevens, Kid Creole and The Coconuts, Mike and the Mechanics, Tommy Cooper, Harry Chapin, Meghan Trainor, Cliff Richard, Beyonce, Eric Clapton, Jim Gilstrap
Christmas is a wonderful time of year. Let me spoil it somewhat with this challenging painful quiz
15 Classic Christmas Classics (the ones you suffer as you do your Xmas shopping) played backwards; can your guests identify the songs and performers before reaching for the aspirin
Suffer: John Lennon & Plastic Ono Band, Shakin’ Stevens, Dean Martin, Paul McCartney, East 17, Chris Rea, Greg Lake, Brenda Lee, Mud, The Pogues & Kirsty MacColl, Maria Carey, Elton John, Cliff Richard, Jona Lewie, Slade
10 very varied musical clips all with something in common.
Your contestants have to identify that something (5 pts) and the performers 2 pts each
Enjoy David Bowie, John Lennon, Jason Donovan, Charles and Eddie, Danni Minogue & The Soul Seekerz, Leo Sayer, Donna Summer, Ed Sheeran, Pink Floyd, Cliff Richard
10 more Christmassy classics identify from their intros.
Can you get them before the sleigh bells sound?
Some of these are short so, beware. Includes clips from Greg Lake,Girls Aloud,Alma Cogan,The Crystal,Cliff Richard,David Essex,Shakin’ Stevens,East 17,Rage Against The Machine,Bob Dylan
10 more Christmassy classics identify from their intros.
Can you get them before the sleigh bells sound?
Some of these are short so, beware. Includes clips from Aled Jones,Adam Faith,Elton John,Cliff Richard, Kylie Minogue,The Pretenders,Coldplay,The Ronettes,Chris Rea, The Ronettes
Newsreel clips and music from 1959, but can your guests identify the year the sounds come from.
Much of the news focusses on the Cold War, the Queen’s pregnancy, Fidel Castro. the new M1, Le Mans 24 hour classic, Mike Hawthorn’s death, Billy Wright feted, Kruschev, De Gaulle, Ike, Harold Macmillan
Listen to Emile Ford and the Checkmates,Carl Douglas,Buddy Holly,Russ Conway,Cliff Richard ,Bobby Darrin,The Platters,Adam Faith,Elvis Presley
Ten audio clips – some music and some spoken – for you to recognise the person speaking/singing. It’s a Who Are You round with a difference. All you have to do is identify which ones are now in prison and which aren’t (at January 2015).
WARNING BAD LANGUAGE (even in excerpt below): Warning some of the language is very adult – and not suitable for children
