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Pop Music XXIV Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 What was the last single by the Beatles to reach No.1 in the USA while all members of the band were alive ?
2 In 1970, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar were the organizers of which huge event in New York to raise money for the victims of an Asian hurricane ?
3 What do the following No.1 hit songs all have in common? To Know Him Is To Love Him; He's A Rebel; You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling; My Sweet Lord ?
4 Outlandos D'Amour was the American breakthrough albumof which band in 1979 ?
5 Lyrics from which Neil Young song were quoted in Kurt Cobain's suicide note ?
6 Which Scottish band, popular in the 1980s, shares its name with the title of a Western movie of 1958, starring Gregory Peck ?
7 Complete the name of the band: Grandmaster Flash and __________?
8 Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) from the album Club Classics Vol.1 was a hit for which act ?
9 What is the stage name of rapper and former record company CEO Shawn Corey Carter ?
10 Which rap artists's You Make Me Wanna featured in the charts for a long period during 1997/98 ?
11 Which disco/funk band's greatest successes were the singles I Want Your Love, Le Freak and Good Times ?
12 'The Father of Chicago Blues' is a name given to which blues singer/songwriter ?
13 The girl trio Wilson Phillips are the offspring of people from which 1960s bands ?
14 Which rock band, whose name is the same as that of a heroic native American, have been associated with Neil Young since the late 1960s ?
15 Which band takes its name from a dream-associated sleep condition ?
16 Which San Francisco band had their first hit with the single Do You Believe In Love from their album Picture This ?
17 Although he went solo for a time in his later career, which band did Peter Noone front for several years in the 1960s and 1970s ?
18 Led Zeppelin's The Battle of Evermore was a folk-style ballad which appeared on their fourth album in 1971. To which novel (recently made into a trilogy of movies) did the song allude ?
19 Which singer once married to Carly Simon, had a bridge in North Carolina named after him ?
20 To which multi-national coffee-house chain does the record label 'Hear Music' belong ?
21 Also the title of one of his biggest-selling albums, which musician has the nickname 'Slowhand'?
22 Prince's Alphabet Street is a single taken from which of his albums ?
23 Whose 1966 album Wildest Organ In Town was re-released in 2004, two years before his death ?
24 What does the 'WA' stand for in the band name NWA ?
25 Whose Jagged Little Pill album has sold over 14 million copies in the USA alone ?
26 Which record label has used a portrait of a dog named Nipper on its albums, etc, for more than one hundred years ? (topical bonus)
27 Whose album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made the American charts in 1972 ?
28 One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This is the long title of which long-running American band's 2006 album ?
29 Which British girl band had a big hit with Venus in 1986 ?
30 Which American psychedelic rock band's lengthy name is sometimes reduced to BJM ?
31 From which country does the girl band The 5.6.7.8's originate ?
32 Which female rock artist was the leader of the band The Pretenders ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 What was the last single by the Beatles to reach No.1 in the USA while all members of the band were alive ?
2 In 1970, George Harrison and Ravi Shankar were the organizers of which huge event in New York to raise money for the victims of an Asian hurricane ?
3 What do the following No.1 hit songs all have in common? To Know Him Is To Love Him; He's A Rebel; You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling; My Sweet Lord ?
4 Outlandos D'Amour was the American breakthrough albumof which band in 1979 ?
5 Lyrics from which Neil Young song were quoted in Kurt Cobain's suicide note ?
6 Which Scottish band, popular in the 1980s, shares its name with the title of a Western movie of 1958, starring Gregory Peck ?
7 Complete the name of the band: Grandmaster Flash and __________?
8 Back To Life (However Do You Want Me) from the album Club Classics Vol.1 was a hit for which act ?
9 What is the stage name of rapper and former record company CEO Shawn Corey Carter ?
10 Which rap artists's You Make Me Wanna featured in the charts for a long period during 1997/98 ?
11 Which disco/funk band's greatest successes were the singles I Want Your Love, Le Freak and Good Times ?
12 'The Father of Chicago Blues' is a name given to which blues singer/songwriter ?
13 The girl trio Wilson Phillips are the offspring of people from which 1960s bands ?
14 Which rock band, whose name is the same as that of a heroic native American, have been associated with Neil Young since the late 1960s ?
15 Which band takes its name from a dream-associated sleep condition ?
16 Which San Francisco band had their first hit with the single Do You Believe In Love from their album Picture This ?
17 Although he went solo for a time in his later career, which band did Peter Noone front for several years in the 1960s and 1970s ?
18 Led Zeppelin's The Battle of Evermore was a folk-style ballad which appeared on their fourth album in 1971. To which novel (recently made into a trilogy of movies) did the song allude ?
19 Which singer once married to Carly Simon, had a bridge in North Carolina named after him ?
20 To which multi-national coffee-house chain does the record label 'Hear Music' belong ?
21 Also the title of one of his biggest-selling albums, which musician has the nickname 'Slowhand'?
22 Prince's Alphabet Street is a single taken from which of his albums ?
23 Whose 1966 album Wildest Organ In Town was re-released in 2004, two years before his death ?
24 What does the 'WA' stand for in the band name NWA ?
25 Whose Jagged Little Pill album has sold over 14 million copies in the USA alone ?
26 Which record label has used a portrait of a dog named Nipper on its albums, etc, for more than one hundred years ? (topical bonus)
27 Whose album The Rise And Fall Of Ziggy Stardust And The Spiders From Mars made the American charts in 1972 ?
28 One Day It Will Please Us To Remember Even This is the long title of which long-running American band's 2006 album ?
29 Which British girl band had a big hit with Venus in 1986 ?
30 Which American psychedelic rock band's lengthy name is sometimes reduced to BJM ?
31 From which country does the girl band The 5.6.7.8's originate ?
32 Which female rock artist was the leader of the band The Pretenders ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
