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