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Chuck D and Flavor Flav are members of which hip hop group?

Public Enemy

Wu-Tang Clan

The Fearless Four

De La Soul

What is Snoop Dogg's real name?

Calvin Broadus

O'Shea Jackson

William Griffin Jr.

Tracy Marrow

In which borough of New York was hip hop created?

The Bronx

Brooklyn

Manhattan

Queens

Which singer's real name was Ellas Otha Bates?

Bo Diddley

Chuck Berry

Muddy Waters

Little Richard

Which song by the Rolling Stones was a tribute to David Bowie's ex-wife?

Angie

Wild Horses

Satisfaction

Heart of Stone

Which singer who released the album, Here, My Dear?

Marvin Gaye

Bruno Mars

Elton John

Elvis Costello

Bjork was lead singer of what Icelandic band before pursuing a solo career?

The Sugarcubes

Kukl

Cocteau Twins

The Elgar sisters

Who was the first person to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?

John Lennon

Peter Bowes

Richard Gere

Tom Petty

Which lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara?

Freddie Mercury

Rami Malek

Jim Hutton

Brian May

Who wrote the composition, "Rhapsody in Blue"?

George Gershwin

Leonard Bernstein

Claude Debussy

Cole Porter

Who recorded “Groove is in the Heart“?

Deee-Lite

Q-Tip

Technotronic

The B-52’s

Who won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best New Artist?

Amy Winehouse

Meghan Trainor

Sam Smith

Alessia Cara

What is the the all-time bestselling movie soundtrack?

The Bodyguard

I have nothing

My love is your love

Waiting to Exhale

Which hugely influential British band of the late 70s and early 80s, were named after Nazi prostitution rings?

Joy Division

New Order

Depeche Mode

Ultravox

Which 90s hip hop collective took their name from a 1978 Kung Fu film? Several of the rappers also took their individual stage names from films of the same period and genre.

Wu-Tang Clan

Fu-Schnickens

The Pharcyde

Company Flow

Who released Rivers of Babylon, Ra Ra Rasputin and Mary’s Boy Child?

Boney M

Abba

Village People

Milli Vanilli

The theme from the 1971 movie Shaft was a hit for Isaac ______.

Hayes

Hilton

Hampton

Harper

Which singer in the 1970s topped the US charts with the single Killing Me Softly With His Song?

Roberta Flack

Minnie Ripperton

Dionne Warwick

Gladys Knight

Which legend was found dead on the 16th of August in 1977?

Elvis Presley

Jimi Hendrix

Buddy Holly

Janis Joplin

Often referred to as CCR, who had a 1970 hit with Have you ever seen the rain?

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Cool Crash Revolution

Coffee and Cream Restitution

Camp Clashing Riders

What was the name of the Queen album featuring Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Life?

A Night at the Opera

Sheer Heart Attack

News of the World

The Game

Which artist released the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972?

David Bowie

Elvis Costello

Lou Reed

George Harrison

Released in 1977, name the song with the lyrics ‘Buddy, you’re a boy, make a big noise’, ‘Playing in the street, gonna be a big man some day’.

We Will Rock You (Queen)

Feels like the first time (Foreigner)

Got to Give it up (Marvin Gaye)

Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart)

Released in 1956, name the song recorded by Elvis Presley with the lines, ‘You can knock me down, step in my face’, ‘Slander my name all over the place’, ‘And do anything that you want to do’.

Blue Suede Shoes

Don't Be Cruel

Hound Dog

Heartbreak Hotel

Released in 1995 which song includes the lines ‘Act like you know, Rico’,’I know what Bo don’t know’, ‘Touch them up and go, uh-oh!’ ‘Ch-ch-chang chang’?

Here Comes the Hotstepper (Ini Kamoze)

Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)

This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan)

Candy Rain (Soul for Real)

Released in 1982 what song includes the lyrics ‘As sure as Kilimanjaro rises like Olympus above the Serengeti’ and ‘I seek to cure what’s deep inside, frightened of this thing that I’ve become’?

Africa (Toto)

Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band)

Eye of Tiger (Survivor)

Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)

Which city on the West coast of the US is the home of Sub Pop records and the birthplace of Grunge music?

Seattle

Portland

San Francisco

Los Angeles

Which hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia was started by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?

AC/DC

Black Sabbath

Metallica

Rush

Name one of the three platinum-selling rock guitarists who started out playing together in the Yardbirds in the mid-1960s?

Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton

Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards

Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix,

Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page

Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are longstanding members of which legendary band?

The Rolling Stones

Led Zeppelin

The Who

Pink Floyd

What took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County, New York from 15th to 18th August 1969?

Woodstock

The recording of Bob Dylan's first album

John Lennon and Yoko Ono's wedding

The Monkey's first concert in the U.S.

In Don McLean’s American Pie, “the day the music died” refers to the plane crash that killed Richie Valens, The Big Bopper and which other pioneer of rock and roll?

Buddy Holly

Sam Cooke

Otis Redding

Jimi Hendrix

Which American punk band had their breakthrough with the album Dookie in 1994?

Green Day

Blink-182

The Offspring

Rancid

Where was the Fresh Prince “born and raised”?

West Philidelphia

Bel Air

Harlem

Compton

Under what name did band members T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli have hits with Creep and Waterfalls?

TLC

SWV

En Vogue

Xscape

Which Michael Jackson single tells the story of a woman falsely claiming that the protagonist had fathered her child?

Billie Jean

Beat It

Smooth Criminal

Girlfriend

Which hip hop act recorded It’s Like That and a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way?

Run DMC

The Fat Boys

Outkast

The Furious Five

Which 80s hit had a world-famous video that featured a live-action pencil sketch scene

Take on Me (Ah-Ha)

Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)

Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)

Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)

Which singer married Sean Penn in 1985?

Madonna

Cher

Whitney Houston

Cyndi Lauper