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  • 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)
  • Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are longstanding members of which legendary band?
    Led Zeppelin
    The Rolling Stones
    The Who
    Pink Floyd
  • Which legend was found dead on the 16th of August in 1977?
    Buddy Holly
    Jimi Hendrix
    Elvis Presley
    Janis Joplin
  • Which hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia was started by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
    Rush
    Metallica
    AC/DC
    Black Sabbath
  • Where was the Fresh Prince “born and raised”?
    Compton
    West Philidelphia
    Bel Air
    Harlem
  • Which Michael Jackson single tells the story of a woman falsely claiming that the protagonist had fathered her child?
    Girlfriend
    Beat It
    Billie Jean
    Smooth Criminal
  • What took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County, New York from 15th to 18th August 1969?
    The Monkey's first concert in the U.S.
    The recording of Bob Dylan's first album
    John Lennon and Yoko Ono's wedding
    Woodstock
  • Which hugely influential British band of the late 70s and early 80s, were named after Nazi prostitution rings?
    Joy Division
    New Order
    Ultravox
    Depeche Mode
  • Which hip hop act recorded It’s Like That and a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way?
    The Fat Boys
    Run DMC
    The Furious Five
    Outkast
  • What is the the all-time bestselling movie soundtrack?
    I have nothing
    Waiting to Exhale
    The Bodyguard
    My love is your love
  • Who recorded “Groove is in the Heart“?
    Technotronic
    Deee-Lite
    The B-52’s
    Q-Tip
  • Which singer married Sean Penn in 1985?
    Madonna
    Whitney Houston
    Cher
    Cyndi Lauper
  • 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)
    We Will Rock You (Queen)
    Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart)
    Got to Give it up (Marvin Gaye)
  • Who was the first person to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
    Richard Gere
    John Lennon
    Peter Bowes
    Tom Petty
  • Who released Rivers of Babylon, Ra Ra Rasputin and Mary’s Boy Child?
    Milli Vanilli
    Abba
    Village People
    Boney M
  • Which city on the West coast of the US is the home of Sub Pop records and the birthplace of Grunge music?
    Los Angeles
    San Francisco
    Seattle
    Portland
  • Bjork was lead singer of what Icelandic band before pursuing a solo career?
    Kukl
    Cocteau Twins
    The Elgar sisters
    The Sugarcubes
  • Who wrote the composition, "Rhapsody in Blue"?
    George Gershwin
    Leonard Bernstein
    Claude Debussy
    Cole Porter
  • Often referred to as CCR, who had a 1970 hit with Have you ever seen the rain?
    Coffee and Cream Restitution
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Camp Clashing Riders
    Cool Crash Revolution
  • Chuck D and Flavor Flav are members of which hip hop group?
    The Fearless Four
    Public Enemy
    De La Soul
    Wu-Tang Clan
  • Which lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara?
    Freddie Mercury
    Jim Hutton
    Brian May
    Rami Malek
  • Which song by the Rolling Stones was a tribute to David Bowie's ex-wife?
    Angie
    Satisfaction
    Heart of Stone
    Wild Horses
  • Who won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best New Artist?
    Meghan Trainor
    Amy Winehouse
    Alessia Cara
    Sam Smith
  • Name one of the three platinum-selling rock guitarists who started out playing together in the Yardbirds in the mid-1960s?
    Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page
    Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards
    Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton
    Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix,
  • Which 80s hit had a world-famous video that featured a live-action pencil sketch scene
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
    Take on Me (Ah-Ha)
    Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)
    Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)
  • 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 ______.
    Harper
    Hampton
    Hilton
    Hayes
  • 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)
    Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)
    Here Comes the Hotstepper (Ini Kamoze)
    This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan)
  • What was the name of the Queen album featuring Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Life?
    Sheer Heart Attack
    The Game
    News of the World
    A Night at the Opera
  • Which singer in the 1970s topped the US charts with the single Killing Me Softly With His Song?
    Gladys Knight
    Roberta Flack
    Minnie Ripperton
    Dionne Warwick
  • Which artist released the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972?
    Elvis Costello
    Lou Reed
    George Harrison
    David Bowie
  • Which American punk band had their breakthrough with the album Dookie in 1994?
    Blink-182
    The Offspring
    Green Day
    Rancid
  • What is Snoop Dogg's real name?
    Calvin Broadus
    O'Shea Jackson
    William Griffin Jr.
    Tracy Marrow
  • Under what name did band members T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli have hits with Creep and Waterfalls?
    SWV
    Xscape
    En Vogue
    TLC
  • 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.
    Company Flow
    Wu-Tang Clan
    The Pharcyde
    Fu-Schnickens
  • In which borough of New York was hip hop created?
    Manhattan
    Brooklyn
    The Bronx
    Queens
  • Which singer's real name was Ellas Otha Bates?
    Bo Diddley
    Muddy Waters
    Chuck Berry
    Little Richard
  • 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
    Jimi Hendrix
    Otis Redding
    Sam Cooke
  • Which singer who released the album, Here, My Dear?
    Bruno Mars
    Marvin Gaye
    Elton John
    Elvis Costello
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