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  • Which singer in the 1970s topped the US charts with the single Killing Me Softly With His Song?
    Gladys Knight
    Roberta Flack
    Dionne Warwick
    Minnie Ripperton
  • Often referred to as CCR, who had a 1970 hit with Have you ever seen the rain?
    Cool Crash Revolution
    Creedence Clearwater Revival
    Coffee and Cream Restitution
    Camp Clashing Riders
  • Which singer married Sean Penn in 1985?
    Madonna
    Whitney Houston
    Cyndi Lauper
    Cher
  • 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)
    Candy Rain (Soul for Real)
    This Is How We Do It (Montell Jordan)
    Cotton Eye Joe (Rednex)
  • Which song by the Rolling Stones was a tribute to David Bowie's ex-wife?
    Satisfaction
    Heart of Stone
    Wild Horses
    Angie
  • Who recorded “Groove is in the Heart“?
    Technotronic
    Deee-Lite
    The B-52’s
    Q-Tip
  • Who won the 2001 Grammy Award for Best New Artist?
    Meghan Trainor
    Alessia Cara
    Amy Winehouse
    Sam Smith
  • Which American punk band had their breakthrough with the album Dookie in 1994?
    The Offspring
    Blink-182
    Green Day
    Rancid
  • Who wrote the composition, "Rhapsody in Blue"?
    Claude Debussy
    Leonard Bernstein
    Cole Porter
    George Gershwin
  • What is the the all-time bestselling movie soundtrack?
    My love is your love
    I have nothing
    Waiting to Exhale
    The Bodyguard
  • Which artist released the album The Rise and Fall of Ziggy Stardust and the Spiders from Mars in 1972?
    Lou Reed
    Elvis Costello
    David Bowie
    George Harrison
  • Under what name did band members T-Boz, Left Eye and Chilli have hits with Creep and Waterfalls?
    TLC
    En Vogue
    SWV
    Xscape
  • Which singer's real name was Ellas Otha Bates?
    Chuck Berry
    Bo Diddley
    Little Richard
    Muddy Waters
  • What is Snoop Dogg's real name?
    Calvin Broadus
    O'Shea Jackson
    William Griffin Jr.
    Tracy Marrow
  • 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’.
    Don't Be Cruel
    Heartbreak Hotel
    Blue Suede Shoes
    Hound Dog
  • Name one of the three platinum-selling rock guitarists who started out playing together in the Yardbirds in the mid-1960s?
    Keith Richards, Jeff Beck, Jimi Hendrix,
    Eric Clapton, Keith Richards, Jimmy Page
    Jimi Hendrix, Eric Clapton, Keith Richards
    Jeff Beck, Jimmy Page, Eric Clapton
  • Where was the Fresh Prince “born and raised”?
    West Philidelphia
    Compton
    Harlem
    Bel Air
  • 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
    Fu-Schnickens
    Company Flow
  • Which hip hop act recorded It’s Like That and a cover of Aerosmith’s Walk This Way?
    Outkast
    Run DMC
    The Fat Boys
    The Furious Five
  • In which borough of New York was hip hop created?
    Manhattan
    The Bronx
    Brooklyn
    Queens
  • Which 80s hit had a world-famous video that featured a live-action pencil sketch scene
    Take on Me (Ah-Ha)
    Karma Chameleon (Culture Club)
    Total Eclipse of the Heart (Bonnie Tyler)
    Girls Just Want to Have Fun (Cyndi Lauper)
  • The theme from the 1971 movie Shaft was a hit for Isaac ______.
    Hilton
    Hampton
    Hayes
    Harper
  • Which city on the West coast of the US is the home of Sub Pop records and the birthplace of Grunge music?
    Portland
    San Francisco
    Seattle
    Los Angeles
  • Chuck D and Flavor Flav are members of which hip hop group?
    Public Enemy
    The Fearless Four
    Wu-Tang Clan
    De La Soul
  • 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
    Buddy Holly
    Jimi Hendrix
    Sam Cooke
  • Which lead singer was born Farrokh Bulsara?
    Freddie Mercury
    Rami Malek
    Brian May
    Jim Hutton
  • Which singer who released the album, Here, My Dear?
    Elvis Costello
    Bruno Mars
    Marvin Gaye
    Elton John
  • Which hugely influential British band of the late 70s and early 80s, were named after Nazi prostitution rings?
    Depeche Mode
    New Order
    Joy Division
    Ultravox
  • Charlie Watts and Ronnie Wood are longstanding members of which legendary band?
    The Rolling Stones
    Pink Floyd
    The Who
    Led Zeppelin
  • Which Michael Jackson single tells the story of a woman falsely claiming that the protagonist had fathered her child?
    Smooth Criminal
    Girlfriend
    Billie Jean
    Beat It
  • What took place on Max Yasgur’s farm in Sullivan County, New York from 15th to 18th August 1969?
    The recording of Bob Dylan's first album
    Woodstock
    John Lennon and Yoko Ono's wedding
    The Monkey's first concert in the U.S.
  • Who was the first person to appear on the cover of Rolling Stone magazine?
    Richard Gere
    John Lennon
    Tom Petty
    Peter Bowes
  • What was the name of the Queen album featuring Bohemian Rhapsody and Love of My Life?
    The Game
    Sheer Heart Attack
    News of the World
    A Night at the Opera
  • Bjork was lead singer of what Icelandic band before pursuing a solo career?
    Cocteau Twins
    Kukl
    The Sugarcubes
    The Elgar sisters
  • Which legend was found dead on the 16th of August in 1977?
    Jimi Hendrix
    Buddy Holly
    Elvis Presley
    Janis Joplin
  • Who released Rivers of Babylon, Ra Ra Rasputin and Mary’s Boy Child?
    Boney M
    Abba
    Village People
    Milli Vanilli
  • 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’.
    Got to Give it up (Marvin Gaye)
    Tonight's the Night (Rod Stewart)
    We Will Rock You (Queen)
    Feels like the first time (Foreigner)
  • 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 hard rock band formed in Sydney, Australia was started by the brothers Angus and Malcolm Young?
    Metallica
    Black Sabbath
    Rush
    AC/DC
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