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Pop Music XXXVI Quiz
Here is another themed quiz.
1pt for each answer unless stated otherwise.
1 Which 'protest' song was written and originally recorded by Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1964, and later covered by Donovan and Glen Campbell ?
2 Kiss Me, sung by Bobby McFerrin, was the theme to which long-running popular TV show during its first three seasons ?
3 With which other pop icon did Michael Jackson sing The Girl Is Mine on his Thriller album ?
4 Which classic album provided the hit singles Mrs Robinson, At The Zoo, Fakin' It and Hazy Shade Of Winter ?
5 The End of the World (1963) was the only No.1 single for which singer ?
6 Several members of which backing band died with Otis Redding in the plane crash in 1967 ?
7 Shelter Me from the album Heartbreak Station was the highest-charting single for which Philadelphia hard rock band ?
8 On which album can you hear Brian Wilson's dogs barking against the background noise of a passing locomotive ?
9 How did Christine Perfect of the British band Chicken Shack become better known with both a name change and bnd change in 1967 ?
10 Dig Your Own Hole, We Are The Night and Exit Planet Dust are albums by which music duo ?
11 In 1991, Aerosmith achieved a first Grammy Award win with which song ?
12 Which New York thrash metal band was formed by Scott Ian and Dan Liker in 1981 ?
13 What title is common to a 1972 song, from the album Obscured By Clouds by Pink Floyd - and a science fiction novel by Arthur C Clarke ?
14 On which 2004 song from the album Confessions, do Usher and Alicia Keys duet ?
15 The Heart Of Saturday Night is the second of which artist's albums ?
16 The Rossington-Collins Band was originally formed by four of the five surviving members of which band, tragically involved in a plane crash in 1977 ?
17 The Quarrymen was a previous name of which famous band ?
18 Which famous album, released in 1972, came wrapped in a pair of girls' disposable panties ?
19 Which band's single Sex And Candy spent a record fifteen weeks at No 1 in the Billboard (US) chart in 1997-8 ?
20 Released in 1996, which Nirvana album was a compilation of live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994 ?
21 Siamese Dream is the second studio album of which Chicago band ?
22 Have I Told You Lately, a big hit for Rod Stewart in 1993, was written and originally recorded by which artist ?
23 What title is common to Curtis Mayfield's final album, the fourth album by Poor Righteous Teachers, and a novel by H G Wells ?
24 Who, on his 1995 album, Circus, announced that 'Rock and Roll is Dead' ?
NB. Only 24 questions on these last two on Pop, so no more than 4 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 Which 'protest' song was written and originally recorded by Buffy Sainte-Marie in 1964, and later covered by Donovan and Glen Campbell ?
2 Kiss Me, sung by Bobby McFerrin, was the theme to which long-running popular TV show during its first three seasons ?
3 With which other pop icon did Michael Jackson sing The Girl Is Mine on his Thriller album ?
4 Which classic album provided the hit singles Mrs Robinson, At The Zoo, Fakin' It and Hazy Shade Of Winter ?
5 The End of the World (1963) was the only No.1 single for which singer ?
6 Several members of which backing band died with Otis Redding in the plane crash in 1967 ?
7 Shelter Me from the album Heartbreak Station was the highest-charting single for which Philadelphia hard rock band ?
8 On which album can you hear Brian Wilson's dogs barking against the background noise of a passing locomotive ?
9 How did Christine Perfect of the British band Chicken Shack become better known with both a name change and bnd change in 1967 ?
10 Dig Your Own Hole, We Are The Night and Exit Planet Dust are albums by which music duo ?
11 In 1991, Aerosmith achieved a first Grammy Award win with which song ?
12 Which New York thrash metal band was formed by Scott Ian and Dan Liker in 1981 ?
13 What title is common to a 1972 song, from the album Obscured By Clouds by Pink Floyd - and a science fiction novel by Arthur C Clarke ?
14 On which 2004 song from the album Confessions, do Usher and Alicia Keys duet ?
15 The Heart Of Saturday Night is the second of which artist's albums ?
16 The Rossington-Collins Band was originally formed by four of the five surviving members of which band, tragically involved in a plane crash in 1977 ?
17 The Quarrymen was a previous name of which famous band ?
18 Which famous album, released in 1972, came wrapped in a pair of girls' disposable panties ?
19 Which band's single Sex And Candy spent a record fifteen weeks at No 1 in the Billboard (US) chart in 1997-8 ?
20 Released in 1996, which Nirvana album was a compilation of live performances recorded from 1989 to 1994 ?
21 Siamese Dream is the second studio album of which Chicago band ?
22 Have I Told You Lately, a big hit for Rod Stewart in 1993, was written and originally recorded by which artist ?
23 What title is common to Curtis Mayfield's final album, the fourth album by Poor Righteous Teachers, and a novel by H G Wells ?
24 Who, on his 1995 album, Circus, announced that 'Rock and Roll is Dead' ?
NB. Only 24 questions on these last two on Pop, so no more than 4 answers per person in any one 4-hour period, please. Good luck !
