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Pop Music XXXIII Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 You Really Got Me, a classic song from the 60s by the Kinks, was covered in another famous version by which American band in 1978 ?
2 Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) was a 1973 chart-topper for which singer and band ?
3 Which country singer married actress Julia Roberts in 1993, the two divorcing in 1995 ?
4 Who won the 1994 Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Folk Album with Other Voices, Other Rooms ?
5 a) A No 1 hit in America in 1967, who recorded the title song to the movie To Sir With Love ?
5 b) Whom did she marry in 1969 ?
6 Which rapper's roster of recordings includes the albums Da Crime Family, Ghetto D, and Ice Cream Man ? (Lelliott bonus)
7 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree and Knock Three Times were No.1 singles for which 1970s band ?
8 Which Seattle band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto ?
9 What title is common to a 1971 album by Weather Report and a short story by Ray Bradbury ?
10 In which song does Tammy Wynette disclose that "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman" ? (tommo's cat bonus)
11 In 1977, which influential punk band was formed by Exene Cervenka and John Doe in Los Angeles ?
12 What links the London address of Sherlock Holmes and the title of a smash hit for Gerry Rafferty in 1978 ?
13 Whose first (1992) compilation album was entitled Greatest Misses ?
14 Who released two compilation albums in 1996 - one called Hits and the other called Misses ?
15 Up Up And Away and Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In were two of the most successful singles of which 1960s band ?
16 Which 1960 Bobby Darin hit song was derived from La Mer, written by Frenchman Charles Trenet in 1943 ?
17 Whose song Steve McQueen won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Female Vocalist ?
18 Margo Timmins is the vocalist with which Canadian band which specialises in its own style of country and rock music ? (Margo bonus)
19 Which band released a 'best of' compilation double album Gold in 2005 ?
20 Which member of the Beach Boys was engaged in a 5-year battle with the draft board from 1967 ?
21 Walk Don't Run is a timeless classic originally released in 1960 by which instrumental band ?
22 The Village People comprised 'the native American', 'the construction worker', 'the guy in leather', 'the military man', 'the police officer' and which other ?
23 In 1962 the babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin was favoured to record a song they had just written: who was that babysitter and what was the song ?
24 Who is the singer/songwriter son of John Lennon, for whom Paul McCartney wrote Hey Jude ?
25 Coolio's worldwide hit rap song Gangsta's Paradise was a rearrangement of whose Pastime Paradise of 1976 ?
26 The song Turn, Turn, Turn, written and first recorded by Pete Seeger and later covered by The Byrds, has lyrics taken from which work of literature ?
27 In June 1970, which rock band was the first ever to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera House ?
28 In 2002, Sea Change became the first album by which singer to enter the Top Ten ?
29 Formed in 1967, which 5-man line-up had a hit with their first album, Music From Big Pink ?
30 The band America was formed in which country ?
31 Which member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was previously with the Hollies ?
32 Who was the lead singer and co-founder of the band Hole ?
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 You Really Got Me, a classic song from the 60s by the Kinks, was covered in another famous version by which American band in 1978 ?
2 Neither One Of Us (Wants To Be The First To Say Goodbye) was a 1973 chart-topper for which singer and band ?
3 Which country singer married actress Julia Roberts in 1993, the two divorcing in 1995 ?
4 Who won the 1994 Grammy Award For Best Contemporary Folk Album with Other Voices, Other Rooms ?
5 a) A No 1 hit in America in 1967, who recorded the title song to the movie To Sir With Love ?
5 b) Whom did she marry in 1969 ?
6 Which rapper's roster of recordings includes the albums Da Crime Family, Ghetto D, and Ice Cream Man ? (Lelliott bonus)
7 Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round The Old Oak Tree and Knock Three Times were No.1 singles for which 1970s band ?
8 Which Seattle band was formed in 1984 by Chris Cornell and Hiro Yamamoto ?
9 What title is common to a 1971 album by Weather Report and a short story by Ray Bradbury ?
10 In which song does Tammy Wynette disclose that "Sometimes it's hard to be a woman" ? (tommo's cat bonus)
11 In 1977, which influential punk band was formed by Exene Cervenka and John Doe in Los Angeles ?
12 What links the London address of Sherlock Holmes and the title of a smash hit for Gerry Rafferty in 1978 ?
13 Whose first (1992) compilation album was entitled Greatest Misses ?
14 Who released two compilation albums in 1996 - one called Hits and the other called Misses ?
15 Up Up And Away and Aquarius/Let The Sunshine In were two of the most successful singles of which 1960s band ?
16 Which 1960 Bobby Darin hit song was derived from La Mer, written by Frenchman Charles Trenet in 1943 ?
17 Whose song Steve McQueen won the 2002 Grammy Award for Best Rock Female Vocalist ?
18 Margo Timmins is the vocalist with which Canadian band which specialises in its own style of country and rock music ? (Margo bonus)
19 Which band released a 'best of' compilation double album Gold in 2005 ?
20 Which member of the Beach Boys was engaged in a 5-year battle with the draft board from 1967 ?
21 Walk Don't Run is a timeless classic originally released in 1960 by which instrumental band ?
22 The Village People comprised 'the native American', 'the construction worker', 'the guy in leather', 'the military man', 'the police officer' and which other ?
23 In 1962 the babysitter for Carole King and Gerry Goffin was favoured to record a song they had just written: who was that babysitter and what was the song ?
24 Who is the singer/songwriter son of John Lennon, for whom Paul McCartney wrote Hey Jude ?
25 Coolio's worldwide hit rap song Gangsta's Paradise was a rearrangement of whose Pastime Paradise of 1976 ?
26 The song Turn, Turn, Turn, written and first recorded by Pete Seeger and later covered by The Byrds, has lyrics taken from which work of literature ?
27 In June 1970, which rock band was the first ever to perform at the New York Metropolitan Opera House ?
28 In 2002, Sea Change became the first album by which singer to enter the Top Ten ?
29 Formed in 1967, which 5-man line-up had a hit with their first album, Music From Big Pink ?
30 The band America was formed in which country ?
31 Which member of Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young was previously with the Hollies ?
32 Who was the lead singer and co-founder of the band Hole ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
