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Pop Music XXXIV Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 Lauren Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel were all members of which band ?
2 Can, Faust and Tangerine Dream were all bands originating from which country ?
3 Johnette Napolitano is the vocalist with which Los Angeles band ?
4 What was John Lennon's last No.1 single to be released before he died in 1980 ?
5 What does BRC, an organisation for the promotion and protection of black musicians and artists' interests, stand for ?
6 Rapper/actress Dana Elaine Owens is better known by which stage name ?
7 Which highly controversial Los Angeles band released their live album Omaha to Osaka in 1998 ?
8 What is the full name of Monica, the singer who scored great successes with the singles The Boy Is Mine and Angel Of Mine ?
9 Mama Told Me Not To Come is possibly the best-known single by which band which was formed in 1968 ?
10 Who was the British member of the Monkees ?
11 Who was the former frontman of Genesis who went solo in 1977 with his single Solsbury Hill ?
12 Writer of the blues classic Smokestack Lightning, what was the stage name of Chester Arthur Burnett ?
13 Which band was tagged to Marilyn Manson's name on formation in 1989 ?
14 The 1983 album The Final Cut was the last album of which band in its original form ?
15 In 1988, which Spanish singer did Stevie Wonder duet with on the single My Love ?
16 Dig! Is a 2004 documentary movie based on the careers of the Dandy Warhols and which other band ?
17 What was the title of Bob Dylan's 1962 debut album ?
18 For which glam rock band was Johnny Thunders the lead guitarist ?
19 Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer was the theme tune for which movie starring Eddie Murphy ?
20 Love Train, of 1973, was a No.1 single for which band ?
21 Wowee Zowee was the title of which band's third studio album ?
22 Known as the Dirt Band in its later years, by what name was this band previously known ?
23 The 1997 album Time And Love is an all-female compilation album dedicated to which singer who died in that year, aged 49 ?
24 The Travelling Wilburys was a 'supergroup' comprising George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne - and which other member ?
25 Jimi Hendrix headllined the famous 1969 Woodstock Festival, but at which 1967 music festival did he first achieve fame in America ?
26 Whose song, Mercedes Benz, written as a comment on materialism, was ironically later used by the car company to advertise their wares ?
27 Which singer/instrumentalist took the place of Brian Wilson during the latter's absence from the Beach Boys in 1964/65 ?
28 At what age did the deaths of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all occur ?
29 Which long-running band's chart successes have included the albums Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Living In The Past and War Child ?
30 One Hell Of A Ride is a four disk, retrospective album of the work of which country singer ?
31 Which band's debut album Hybrid Theory propelled them to huge instant success in 2000 ?
32 Whose 1974 Heart Like A Wheel was the first of five No.1 albums ?
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 Lauren Hill, Wyclef Jean and Pras Michel were all members of which band ?
2 Can, Faust and Tangerine Dream were all bands originating from which country ?
3 Johnette Napolitano is the vocalist with which Los Angeles band ?
4 What was John Lennon's last No.1 single to be released before he died in 1980 ?
5 What does BRC, an organisation for the promotion and protection of black musicians and artists' interests, stand for ?
6 Rapper/actress Dana Elaine Owens is better known by which stage name ?
7 Which highly controversial Los Angeles band released their live album Omaha to Osaka in 1998 ?
8 What is the full name of Monica, the singer who scored great successes with the singles The Boy Is Mine and Angel Of Mine ?
9 Mama Told Me Not To Come is possibly the best-known single by which band which was formed in 1968 ?
10 Who was the British member of the Monkees ?
11 Who was the former frontman of Genesis who went solo in 1977 with his single Solsbury Hill ?
12 Writer of the blues classic Smokestack Lightning, what was the stage name of Chester Arthur Burnett ?
13 Which band was tagged to Marilyn Manson's name on formation in 1989 ?
14 The 1983 album The Final Cut was the last album of which band in its original form ?
15 In 1988, which Spanish singer did Stevie Wonder duet with on the single My Love ?
16 Dig! Is a 2004 documentary movie based on the careers of the Dandy Warhols and which other band ?
17 What was the title of Bob Dylan's 1962 debut album ?
18 For which glam rock band was Johnny Thunders the lead guitarist ?
19 Axel F by Harold Faltermeyer was the theme tune for which movie starring Eddie Murphy ?
20 Love Train, of 1973, was a No.1 single for which band ?
21 Wowee Zowee was the title of which band's third studio album ?
22 Known as the Dirt Band in its later years, by what name was this band previously known ?
23 The 1997 album Time And Love is an all-female compilation album dedicated to which singer who died in that year, aged 49 ?
24 The Travelling Wilburys was a 'supergroup' comprising George Harrison, Bob Dylan, Tom Petty, Jeff Lynne - and which other member ?
25 Jimi Hendrix headllined the famous 1969 Woodstock Festival, but at which 1967 music festival did he first achieve fame in America ?
26 Whose song, Mercedes Benz, written as a comment on materialism, was ironically later used by the car company to advertise their wares ?
27 Which singer/instrumentalist took the place of Brian Wilson during the latter's absence from the Beach Boys in 1964/65 ?
28 At what age did the deaths of Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Jim Morrison and Kurt Cobain all occur ?
29 Which long-running band's chart successes have included the albums Aqualung, Thick As A Brick, Living In The Past and War Child ?
30 One Hell Of A Ride is a four disk, retrospective album of the work of which country singer ?
31 Which band's debut album Hybrid Theory propelled them to huge instant success in 2000 ?
32 Whose 1974 Heart Like A Wheel was the first of five No.1 albums ?
No more than 6 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
