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Pop Music XXV Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 Who sang Wand'rin' Star from the soundtrack of the 1970 movie Paint Your Wagon, a single which made a surprising No 1 in the UK ?
2 Breakfast In America was a big success for which 1970s band ?
3 Which classic Led Zeppelin album cover features the facade of old tenements with the album's name spelled out in the windows of the buildings ?
4 Love.Angel.Music.Baby was the debut solo album of which singer ?
5 What was the collective name of Posh, Scary, Sporty, Ginger and Baby ?(Bonus point if you pick tommo's favourite)
6 The front cover of which album by the band No Doubt features a girl in a red dress against a background that suggests a failed harvest ?
7 Which San Francisco garage rock band released their album Stop Drop And Roll in 2008 ?
8 The bands Kings Of Convenience and Broken Social Scene were home to which Canadian singer who released her third solo album The Reminder in 2007 ?
9 Which album by Bob Marley and the Wailers was, in 1998, hailed by Time Magazine as the greatest of the 20th century ?
10 Whose solo career began with the album The Block Is Hot in 1999 ?
11 Who released the album Trilla in 2008 ?
12 Which Kanye West album won Best Rap Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards ?
13 Several members of which band died in a plane crash when it ran out of fuel over Mississippi in October 1977 ?
14 What title is common to a 1997 movie starring Joshua Schaefer, a 2007 TV sitcom and a Beatles' song ?
15 Chris Martin, who has played rhythm guitar for Coldplay and appears on Kanye West's album Graduation, is married to which movie actress ?
16 Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein were the two halves of which band who released their last album Into The Woods in 2005 ?
17 SexyBack was a No 1 hit single from which 2006 album by Justin Timberlake ?
18 In 1992, the management of the Cleveland Orchestra took legal action against Sony Music over unauthorized sampling, on Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, of a 1961 recording of the music of which composer ?
19 The classic song Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) was part-written and first recorded by which singer ?
20 Which band's biggest American hits have been with the albums Evil Heat and Riot City Blues ?
21 Money For Nothing, taken from their equally successful album Brothers In Arms, was a phenomenal hit for which band ?
22 The Miami Sound Machine are famous as the backing band to which female singing star ?
23 Surf City was the first No 1 single for which duo ?
24 No One Knows is a No 1 single taken from which album by Queens Of The Stone Age ?
25 Feeling Good has been covered by dozens of acts since it first appeared in 1965, including a version on which album by the Pussycat Dolls ?
26 Gimme Some More and Break Ya Neck were two hits by which hip-hop and rap star ?
27 Which hip-hop/rap star originally fronted the band A Tribe Called Quest until it broke up in 1998, thereafter pursuing a solo career ?
28 Which Bob Dylan song was a big hit in 1965 for both The Byrds and Cher ?
29 Which 1960s trio made a big impression in the UK and other countries , but less so in America, with hits including The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ?
30 Which famous single by Queen had I'm In Love With My Car as the B-side ?
31 What was the title of the last album by The Doors, released just before the death of Jim Morrison in 1971 ?
32 What is the stage name of John Joseph Lydon ?
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 Who sang Wand'rin' Star from the soundtrack of the 1970 movie Paint Your Wagon, a single which made a surprising No 1 in the UK ?
2 Breakfast In America was a big success for which 1970s band ?
3 Which classic Led Zeppelin album cover features the facade of old tenements with the album's name spelled out in the windows of the buildings ?
4 Love.Angel.Music.Baby was the debut solo album of which singer ?
5 What was the collective name of Posh, Scary, Sporty, Ginger and Baby ?(Bonus point if you pick tommo's favourite)
6 The front cover of which album by the band No Doubt features a girl in a red dress against a background that suggests a failed harvest ?
7 Which San Francisco garage rock band released their album Stop Drop And Roll in 2008 ?
8 The bands Kings Of Convenience and Broken Social Scene were home to which Canadian singer who released her third solo album The Reminder in 2007 ?
9 Which album by Bob Marley and the Wailers was, in 1998, hailed by Time Magazine as the greatest of the 20th century ?
10 Whose solo career began with the album The Block Is Hot in 1999 ?
11 Who released the album Trilla in 2008 ?
12 Which Kanye West album won Best Rap Album at the 2005 Grammy Awards ?
13 Several members of which band died in a plane crash when it ran out of fuel over Mississippi in October 1977 ?
14 What title is common to a 1997 movie starring Joshua Schaefer, a 2007 TV sitcom and a Beatles' song ?
15 Chris Martin, who has played rhythm guitar for Coldplay and appears on Kanye West's album Graduation, is married to which movie actress ?
16 Corin Tucker and Carrie Brownstein were the two halves of which band who released their last album Into The Woods in 2005 ?
17 SexyBack was a No 1 hit single from which 2006 album by Justin Timberlake ?
18 In 1992, the management of the Cleveland Orchestra took legal action against Sony Music over unauthorized sampling, on Michael Jackson's album Dangerous, of a 1961 recording of the music of which composer ?
19 The classic song Wherever I Lay My Hat (That's My Home) was part-written and first recorded by which singer ?
20 Which band's biggest American hits have been with the albums Evil Heat and Riot City Blues ?
21 Money For Nothing, taken from their equally successful album Brothers In Arms, was a phenomenal hit for which band ?
22 The Miami Sound Machine are famous as the backing band to which female singing star ?
23 Surf City was the first No 1 single for which duo ?
24 No One Knows is a No 1 single taken from which album by Queens Of The Stone Age ?
25 Feeling Good has been covered by dozens of acts since it first appeared in 1965, including a version on which album by the Pussycat Dolls ?
26 Gimme Some More and Break Ya Neck were two hits by which hip-hop and rap star ?
27 Which hip-hop/rap star originally fronted the band A Tribe Called Quest until it broke up in 1998, thereafter pursuing a solo career ?
28 Which Bob Dylan song was a big hit in 1965 for both The Byrds and Cher ?
29 Which 1960s trio made a big impression in the UK and other countries , but less so in America, with hits including The Sun Ain't Gonna Shine Anymore ?
30 Which famous single by Queen had I'm In Love With My Car as the B-side ?
31 What was the title of the last album by The Doors, released just before the death of Jim Morrison in 1971 ?
32 What is the stage name of John Joseph Lydon ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
