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  • Who was the first person to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
    Tom Petty
    Richard Gere
    John Lennon
    Peter Bowes
  • What took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County, New York from 15th to 18th August 1969?
    Woodstock
    John Lennon and Yoko Ono's wedding
    The Monkey's first concert in the U.S.
    The recording of Bob Dylan's first album
  • The theme from the 1971 movie Shaft was a hit for Isaac ______.
    Hampton
    Harper
    Hilton
    Hayes
  • Which hugely influential British band of the late 70s and early 80s, were named after Nazi prostitution rings?
    Ultravox
    New Order
    Depeche Mode
    Joy Division
  • 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
    Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page
    Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards
    Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix,
  • Which hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia was started by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
    Rush
    Black Sabbath
    AC/DC
    Metallica
  • Chuck D and Flavor Flav are members of which hip hop group?
    Public Enemy
    The Fearless Four
    Wu-Tang Clan
    De La Soul
  • Who won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best New Artist?
    Sam Smith
    Amy Winehouse
    Meghan Trainor
    Alessia Cara
  • What is Snoop Dogg's real name?
    O'Shea Jackson
    William Griffin Jr.
    Tracy Marrow
    Calvin Broadus
  • 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’?
    This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan)
    Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)
    Candy Rain (Soul for Real)
    Here Comes the Hotstepper (Ini Kamoze)
  • Which singer who released the album, Here, My Dear?
    Elton John
    Bruno Mars
    Marvin Gaye
    Elvis Costello
  • Under what name did band members T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli have hits with Creep and Waterfalls?
    Xscape
    SWV
    En Vogue
    TLC
  • 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’?
    Eye of Tiger (Survivor)
    Shock the Monkey (Peter Gabriel)
    Abracadabra (Steve Miller Band)
    Africa (Toto)
  • 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.
    Fu-Schnickens
    The Pharcyde
    Company Flow
    Wu-Tang Clan
  • Bjork was lead singer of what Icelandic band before pursuing a solo career?
    The Sugarcubes
    The Elgar sisters
    Cocteau Twins
    Kukl
  • 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 lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara?
    Brian May
    Rami Malek
    Jim Hutton
    Freddie Mercury
  • 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?
    Otis Redding
    Sam Cooke
    Buddy Holly
    Jimi Hendrix
  • Which singer married Sean Penn in 1985?
    Madonna
    Cyndi Lauper
    Whitney Houston
    Cher
  • Which American punk band had their breakthrough with the album Dookie in 1994?
    Blink-182
    The Offspring
    Green Day
    Rancid
  • What is the the all-time bestselling movie soundtrack?
    The Bodyguard
    My love is your love
    I have nothing
    Waiting to Exhale
  • Which song by the Rolling Stones was a tribute to David Bowie's ex-wife?
    Angie
    Satisfaction
    Wild Horses
    Heart of Stone
  • 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
  • Which city on the West coast of the US is the home of Sub Pop records and the birthplace of Grunge music?
    Los Angeles
    Seattle
    San Francisco
    Portland
  • Which 80s hit had a world-famous video that featured a live-action pencil sketch scene
    Take on Me (Ah-Ha)
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
    Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)
    Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)
  • Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are longstanding members of which legendary band?
    Pink Floyd
    The Rolling Stones
    Led Zeppelin
    The Who
  • Often referred to as CCR, who had a 1970 hit with Have you ever seen the rain?
    Cool Crash Revolution
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Camp Clashing Riders
    Coffee and Cream Restitution
  • Which hip hop act recorded It’s Like That and a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way?
    Run DMC
    The Furious Five
    The Fat Boys
    Outkast
  • Who released Rivers of Babylon, Ra Ra Rasputin and Mary’s Boy Child?
    Boney M
    Milli Vanilli
    Abba
    Village People
  • Where was the Fresh Prince “born and raised”?
    Bel Air
    West Philidelphia
    Compton
    Harlem
  • Which legend was found dead on the 16th of August in 1977?
    Janis Joplin
    Elvis Presley
    Jimi Hendrix
    Buddy Holly
  • In which borough of New York was hip hop created?
    Brooklyn
    Manhattan
    Queens
    The Bronx
  • Which singer in the 1970s topped the US charts with the single Killing Me Softly With His Song?
    Minnie Ripperton
    Gladys Knight
    Dionne Warwick
    Roberta Flack
  • Who wrote the composition, "Rhapsody in Blue"?
    Claude Debussy
    Leonard Bernstein
    George Gershwin
    Cole Porter
  • What was the name of the Queen album featuring Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Life?
    The Game
    A Night at the Opera
    Sheer Heart Attack
    News of the World
  • Which singer's real name was Ellas Otha Bates?
    Chuck Berry
    Muddy Waters
    Little Richard
    Bo Diddley
  • Which artist released the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972?
    Lou Reed
    David Bowie
    George Harrison
    Elvis Costello
  • 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’.
    Feels like the first time (Foreigner)
    Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart)
    We Will Rock You (Queen)
    Got to Give it up (Marvin Gaye)
  • Who recorded “Groove is in the Heart“?
    The B-52’s
    Deee-Lite
    Q-Tip
    Technotronic
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