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Kirsten McStay

'Don't Forget The Lyric' Christmas music quiz to enjoy with all the family

Music quizzes are a excellent way to entertain the family this Christmas, so we've put together a special one with a twist for you and your loved ones to enjoy this festive period.

This 'Don't forget the lyric' quiz is a bit different to your average pub quiz and is guaranteed to get competitive.

So here's the rules, good luck and may the best team win!

  • The 'quiz master' will read out/sing out the questions to both the Red and Green team
  • Nominate a team captain for each team who will choose who will play each round.
  • There are 3 points up for grabs each round: finishing the lyric, naming the song and naming the artist. However, musicals and movies categories have an extra point for naming the movie or musical.
  • First team picks category from the list and the lyric is read aloud – only the nominated person can answer.
  • If you pass, the opposing team will then be read the lyric and anyone can answer.
  • If it is passed back to the first team, all team members can guess.
  • If you are still unsure the opposing team will have the lyric sung to them.
  • Winning team with the most points at the end of the game

Both Teams will have a category sheet to pick from:

  • Christmas
  • Movies
  • 80s
  • 00s
  • Country
  • Rock
  • Musicals
  • Dance
  • Football
  • Random

Red Team Answer Sheet

Christmas

"I don't care about the presents underneath the Christmas tree".

Rest of lyric: "I just want you for my own, more than you could ever know.

Answer: Mariah Carey - All I want for Christmas Is You

Movies

"The wind is howling like the swirling storm inside. Couldn't keep it in, heaven knows I tried..."

Rest of lyric: "Don't let them in, don't let them see, be the good girl you always have to be."

Answer: Frozen - Let It Go - Idina Menzel

80s

"Gina works the diner all day, working for her man..."

Rest of lyric: "She brings home her pay for love, for love."

Answer: Bonjovi - Living on a Prayer

00s

"We've got to all stick together, good friends there for each other."

Rest of lyric: "Never ever forget that I've got you and you've got me so..."

Answer: Reach - S Club 7

Country

"I ain't going to act politically correct I only wanna have a good time."

Rest of lyric: The best thing about being a woman, is the prerogative to have a little fun."

Answer: Shania Twain - Man! I Feel Like A Woman

Rock

"You're so self satisfied I don't need you."

Rest of the lyric: "I've got to break free, God knows, God knows I want to break free."

Answer: Queen - I Want To Break Free

Musicals

"So tell me do you wanna go?"

Rest of lyric: "Where it's covered in all the coloured lights, where the runaways are running the night."

Answer: The Greatest Showman - Hugh Jackman - The Greatest Show

Dance

"If you try and believe, my baby you'll succeed.

Rest of lyric: "And your eyes will make you see - You're a superstar."

Answer: Love Inc - You're a Superstar

Random

"Nothing left to make me feel small, luck has left me standing so tall..."

Rest of lyric: "Gold! Always bellieve in your soul. You've got the power to know, you're indestructable."

Answer: Spandau Ballet - Gold

Football

"They fly so high, they reach the sky, and like my dreams they fade and die."

Rest of lyric: "Fortunes always hiding, I've looked everywhere. I'm forever blowing bubbles, pretty bubbles in the air."

West Ham - I'm Forever Blowing Bubbles

Green Team Answer Sheet

Christmas

"I'd like to sing about all the things, your eyes and mind don't see, so hope aboard the turntable..."

Rest of lyric: "Oh step into Christmas with me. Step into Christmas, let's join together, we can watch the snow fall forever and ever."

Answer: Elton John - Step Into Christmas.

Movies

"Far across the distance and spaces between us..."

Rest of lyric: "You have come to show you go on... Near, far, wherever you are..."

Answer: Celine Dion - My Heart Will Go On - Titanic

80s

"I come home in the morning light my mother says when you gonna live your life right?"

Rest of lyric: "Oh mother dear we're not the fortune ones and girls they wanna have fun."

Answer: Cyndi Lauper - Girls Just Wanna Have Fun

00s

"Reaching for something in the distance, so close you can almost taste it..."

Rest of lyric: "Feel the rain on your skin, no one else can feel it for you."

Answer: Natasha Beddingfield - Unwritten

Country

"If you're gonna play the game boy, you gotta learn to play it right..."

Rest of lyric: "You've got to know when to hold em, know when to fold em."

Answer: Kenny Rodgers - The Gambler

Rock

"She's got a smile that it seems to me reminds me of childhood memories"

Rest of lyric: "Where everything was as fresh as the bright blue sky."

Answer: Guns N' Roses - Sweet Child O' Mine

Musicals

"Anybody could be that guy..."

Rest of lyric: "Night is young and the music's high."

Answer: Abba - Dancing Queen - Mamma Mia

Random

"She acts like summer and walks like rain, reminds me that there's time to change."

Rest of lyric: "Since her return from the stay on the moon, she listens like spring and she talks like June, hey."

Answer: Train - Drops of Jupiter

Dance

"Forgive me my weakness but I don't know why - without you it's hard to survive."

Rest of lyric: " Cause everytime we touch, I get this feeling, and everytime we kiss I swear I could fly."

Answer: Cascada - Everytime We Touch

Football

"When you walk through a storm, hold your head up high, and don't be afraid of the dark."

Rest of lyric: "At the end of a storm, there's a golden sky, and the sweet silver song of a lark."

Answer: Celtic/Liverpool - You'll Never Walk Alone

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