It's a holiday classic from the 80s. It's the be-all, end-all of charity singles from supergroups. And if you listened to its writers, it's also one of the worst songs in history (the other being "We Are The World", but that's another quiz). So to kick off the holidays, and because you're probably going to be sick of this song before too long, here's a quiz for a head start.
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Name the only singer to appear on the Band Aid, Band Aid 20, and Band Aid 30 versions of the song.
Designed by British artist Tracey Emin, the cover art of Band Aid 30's version from 2014 featured what eight words appearing in neon handwriting?
"Pictures of Starving Children Sell Records" was released by what anarchist band, who, according to one article, said that the song "drove attention away from the real political causes of world hunger"?
Of all the bands credited on the 1984 recording, only ONE was American. Name the band, composed at the time of members named Robert, JT, and Dennis.
What producer trio, chiefly responsible for producing the likes of Bananarama and Rick Astley, produced 1989's cover by "Band Aid II"?
On the B-side, "Feed the World", Sir Bob Geldof says, "This record was recorded on" a certain date in "1984. It's now 8am on (the morning after). We've been at it for 24 hours, and I think it's time we went home." Give the date.
Of all the singers that appeared in all the Band Aid versions of the song, there were only TWO BROTHER/SISTER pairs. Band Aid 20 featured two singers who had hits with title tracks from their albums. Band Aid 30 featured a pair of vloggers known as Zoella & ThatcherJoe. Give EITHER of their surnames.
The event that led to the writing & recording of "Do They Know It's Christmas?" was a devastating famine crisis that led to at least 400,000 deaths in what TWO present-day countries?
The writers of the song, Sir Bob Geldof & Midge Ure, were both members of prominent New Wave British bands. Name BOTH.
"Do They Know It's Christmas?" was the biggest-selling British single until it was supplanted in 1997 by a song recorded by WHOM?
Give the THREE singers who sang the line "Throw your arms around the world at Christmas time" in 1984, 2004, and 2014.
Two versions of the song were released in 2004. Proceeds from the Band Aid 20 version went to the Band Aid Trust, while proceeds from what Canadian band's version went to the Stephen Lewis Foundation?