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