(December 31, 2025) – Happy New Year everyone! Welcome to the 34th edition of Music Jeopardy! As always, the blog provides the clues… and you provide the responses. Each clue has point values — no dollars! The player(s) with the most points gets bragging rights.
This round’s category — “What Year Is It, Anyway?” — is about songs or albums with years in their titles. Your task: name the songs or artists based on the clues given.
These should all be pretty easy and hopefully you’ll find time to play along before you start celebrating 2026! Think you can guess these? There’s only one way to find out: read on!
You can post your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box below (they’ll be withheld from view until the contest closes), DM me on social media, or email me. Please don’t be that person who posts answers publicly on social media and spoils it for everyone.
All correct entries will be recognized in the next Music Jeopardy! post. The prize, as always: eternal bragging rights.
Below are this week’s five clues plus three bonuses. Answers to MJ33 (“About That Christmas-Only Chart”) are at the end, along with last week’s results. This week’s contest closes at 11:59 pm on Monday, Jan. 5, 2026.
Clue 1 (100 pts):
Clue 2 (200 pts):
Clue 3 (300 pts):
Clue 4 (400 pts):
Clue 5 (500 pts):
Bonus 1: (1000 pts):
Bonus 2 (1500 pts):
Bonus 3 (2000 pts):
That’s it. Remember to provide your responses in the “Your Thoughts” box way at the bottom of the article (we will moderate your answers and they won’t appear until the contest closes) or DM me on any of the social media platforms where this is posted.
Here are the Results from Music Jeopardy 33! – Category: “About That Christmas-Only Chart”
Clue 1 (100 pts): What is “Santa Claus Is Comin’ to Town”?
Clue 2 (200): Who is Elvis Presley?
Clue 3 (300): Who are Kelly Clarkson and Ariana Grande?
Clue 4 (400): Who is Perry Como?
Clue 5 (500): What is “Christmas (Baby Please Come Home)”?
Bonus 1 (1000): Who is John Legend?
Bonus 2 (1500): Who is Bing Crosby?
Bonus 3 (2000): Who is Jimmy Durante?
Winners: Matt Mullen (6000 pts), Shout out to: Bob Ridge (3000).
Again, Happy New Year and good luck with Music Jeopardy 34! The answers and results will be revealed next week.
DJRob
DJRob (he/him) is a freelance music blogger from the East Coast who covers R&B, hip-hop, disco, pop, rock and country genres – plus lots of music news and current stuff! You can follow him on Bluesky at @djrobblog.bsky.social, X (formerly Twitter) at @djrobblog, on Facebook or on Meta’s Threads.
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