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Pop Music XXII Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 In 1973, ten years after her death, who was the first woman to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ?
2 What was the first No.1 hit single by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers ?
3 Why wasn't Tupac Shakur able to go out on the town and celebrate on the success of his album Me Against The World when it reached No.1 in 1995 ?
4 Whose solo album Bare reached No.4 in America in 2003 ?
5 Freddie Mercury and opera singer Montserrat Caballe duetted on which song - a theme song to the Olympic Games of 1988 ?
6 How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ? is the lengthy title of which band's 10th album, released in 2007 ?
7 What was the nationality of the band Los Bravos, who had a worldwide hit Black Is Black, in 1966 ?
8 Which Texas-based 23-member 'choral symphonic rock' group was founded in 2000 ?
9 Betty Hutton, of early movie fame, recorded a song entitled Blow A Fuse in the 1950s: In 1995, who covered the song under the title It's Oh So Quiet ?
10 Which Californian hard rock band is fronted by Jesse 'the devil' Hughes ?
11 Complete the title of the 2007 album from Electric Six: I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me.......
12 Absolution and Black Holes And Revelations are albums by which British alternative rock band ?
13 Which pop and country singer released her seventh album Perfectly Clear in 2008 ?
14 Give Us Your Poor is a 2007 compilation album with songs from Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Keb Mo, and others: Its charitable aim is to aid which kind of social problem ?
15 Who released his songs-for-children album All Aboard just prior to his accidental death in 1997 ?
16 In 1995, with whom did Bryan Adams duet on the song (written with Gretchen Peters) Rock Steady ?
17 Grandes Luces De Fuego, by OV7, a Mexican pop band, was a rendition in Spanish of which Jerry Lee Lewis hit ?
18 Happy Together (1967) was possibly the biggest hit for which band ?
19 Which Abba recording was sampled on Madonna's 2005 single Hung Up ?
20 From which European country did the 'black metal' band Mayhem originate ?
21 From which band did Phil Collins quit to go solo in 1981 ?
22 What was the final song Elvis Presley sang at his last live concert appearance in 1977 ?
23 The Beatles song, With A Little Help From My Friends was very successfully covered in a 1969 bluesy version by which solo artist ?
24 Games People Play, a song covered by many artists, including Dolly Parton, was written and originally released by which singer in 1968 ?
25 Who played the title role in the 1979 made-for-TV movie Elvis ?
26 When A Man Loves A Woman was the biggest-selling single for which American blues/R&B singer ?
27 Bing Crosby's White Christmas had the reputation of being the biggest-selling ever, until overtaken by which Elton John single ?
28 Which Prince song led to the introduction of the Parental Advisory warning sticker being placed on certain (ie explicit) record and video covers ?
29 Which alternative rock band's second album was entitled Version 2.0 ?
30 Decksanddrumsandrockandroll was the 1998 debut album of which band ?
31 Who declined to record Son Of A Preacher Man in 1969, leaving a big opportunity for Dusty Springfield, who had a big hit with the song ?
32 The singles Krafty and Jetstream are taken from Waiting For The Siren's Call, a 2005 album by which band ?
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 In 1973, ten years after her death, who was the first woman to be inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame ?
2 What was the first No.1 hit single by the Red Hot Chilli Peppers ?
3 Why wasn't Tupac Shakur able to go out on the town and celebrate on the success of his album Me Against The World when it reached No.1 in 1995 ?
4 Whose solo album Bare reached No.4 in America in 2003 ?
5 Freddie Mercury and opera singer Montserrat Caballe duetted on which song - a theme song to the Olympic Games of 1988 ?
6 How You Sell Soul To A Soulless People Who Sold Their Soul ? is the lengthy title of which band's 10th album, released in 2007 ?
7 What was the nationality of the band Los Bravos, who had a worldwide hit Black Is Black, in 1966 ?
8 Which Texas-based 23-member 'choral symphonic rock' group was founded in 2000 ?
9 Betty Hutton, of early movie fame, recorded a song entitled Blow A Fuse in the 1950s: In 1995, who covered the song under the title It's Oh So Quiet ?
10 Which Californian hard rock band is fronted by Jesse 'the devil' Hughes ?
11 Complete the title of the 2007 album from Electric Six: I Shall Exterminate Everything Around Me.......
12 Absolution and Black Holes And Revelations are albums by which British alternative rock band ?
13 Which pop and country singer released her seventh album Perfectly Clear in 2008 ?
14 Give Us Your Poor is a 2007 compilation album with songs from Bruce Springsteen, Pete Seeger, Keb Mo, and others: Its charitable aim is to aid which kind of social problem ?
15 Who released his songs-for-children album All Aboard just prior to his accidental death in 1997 ?
16 In 1995, with whom did Bryan Adams duet on the song (written with Gretchen Peters) Rock Steady ?
17 Grandes Luces De Fuego, by OV7, a Mexican pop band, was a rendition in Spanish of which Jerry Lee Lewis hit ?
18 Happy Together (1967) was possibly the biggest hit for which band ?
19 Which Abba recording was sampled on Madonna's 2005 single Hung Up ?
20 From which European country did the 'black metal' band Mayhem originate ?
21 From which band did Phil Collins quit to go solo in 1981 ?
22 What was the final song Elvis Presley sang at his last live concert appearance in 1977 ?
23 The Beatles song, With A Little Help From My Friends was very successfully covered in a 1969 bluesy version by which solo artist ?
24 Games People Play, a song covered by many artists, including Dolly Parton, was written and originally released by which singer in 1968 ?
25 Who played the title role in the 1979 made-for-TV movie Elvis ?
26 When A Man Loves A Woman was the biggest-selling single for which American blues/R&B singer ?
27 Bing Crosby's White Christmas had the reputation of being the biggest-selling ever, until overtaken by which Elton John single ?
28 Which Prince song led to the introduction of the Parental Advisory warning sticker being placed on certain (ie explicit) record and video covers ?
29 Which alternative rock band's second album was entitled Version 2.0 ?
30 Decksanddrumsandrockandroll was the 1998 debut album of which band ?
31 Who declined to record Son Of A Preacher Man in 1969, leaving a big opportunity for Dusty Springfield, who had a big hit with the song ?
32 The singles Krafty and Jetstream are taken from Waiting For The Siren's Call, a 2005 album by which band ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
