Quiz 281107
Round One - Music Mix
1. Which music programme started on BBC TV in 1958 with a Saturday Night slot hosted by David Jacobs?
Juke Box Jury
2. 1963, Lesley Gore started a two week run at No.1 on the US singles chart with which song which was also a UK number one for Dave Stewart and Barbara Gaskin in 1981?
‘It’s My Party’
3. 1968, Simon and Garfunkel went to No.1 on the US singles chart with which song, the song was also a UK hit for the Lemonheads in 1992?
‘Mrs Robinson’ - Featured in the Dustin Hoffman and Ann Bancroft film ‘The Graduate’
4. 1982, Madness were at No.1 on the UK singles chart with which song which was the groups only No.1 from 27 UK Top 40 hits?
‘House Of Fun’
5. 1996, the official song of the England Football team went to number one in the UK Charts, who were the artists?
Baddiel and Skinner and The Lightning Seeds - Three Lions
Round Two - Superstars
6. Who is Britain’s most successful female chart artist, who became a Dame in 2000?
Shirley Bassey
7. Who was the first singer to have No 1 hits in five decades?
Cliff Richard
8. Who has recorded singles with Paul McCartney, Julio Iglcsias and Diana Ross?
Stevie Wonder
9. Which American singer had 35 consecutive UK Top Ten Hits between 1984 and 1994?
Madonna
10. Which Frank Sinatra single won him a Grammy, only the ninth ever awarded?
"Strangers In The Night"
Round Three - ‘B’ Groups
11. With which group did Jimmy Somerville provide lead vocals on the hit record ‘Smalltown Boy’?
Bronski Beat
12. Keith Richardson, Nick Carter and Brian Littrell are all members of which US boy band?
Backstreet Boys
13. Which group had their first number one for nineteen years with the 1999 chart topper ‘Maria’?
Blondie
14. Richie Sambora plays the lead guitar for which rock group?
Bon Jovi
15. In which group did Jacqui O’Sullivan replace Siobhan Fahey?
Bananarama
Round Four - Who was first?
16. - Jamaican act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Desmond Decker
17. - French act to have a number one hit in the UK?
Charles Aznavour
18. - Norwegian act to have a number one hit in the UK?
A-Ha
19. - German act to have a number one in the UK?
Kraftwerk
20. - Italian act to have a number one in the UK?
Black Box
Round Five - Musical Pictures Handout
21) Dancing Queen
22) I heard it through the grapevine
23) Footloose
24) St Elmo’s Fire
25) Maneater
(Handout Round)
Round Six - Country Music
26. Who won a 2002 Grammy for Best Country Album, the year before his death?
Johnny Cash
27. Under what name do the country trio Natalie Maines, Martine Maguire and Emily Robinson record?
The Dixie Chicks
28. Who was backed by the First Edition on his first hit record?
Kenny Rogers
29. Which country and western star was born Virginia Pugh?
Tammy Wynette
30. Which legend of country music penned the song ‘Always On My Mind’?
Willie Nelson
Round Seven - The Numbers Game
31. How many number one hits did Take That have in the UK?
Nine
32. According to the lyrics of the song, how old is Abba’s dancing queen?
Seventeen
33. Which group topped the charts in 2000 with the song ‘Never Had A Dream Come True’?
S Club 7
34. Which song, a chart topper for the Commodores features the line ‘and now that we’ve come to the end of our rainbow’?
Three Times A Lady
35. Sheila Ferguson provided lead vocals for which trio?
The Three Degrees
Round Eight - Shared Song Titles
Which song title was a hit for…
36. The Beatles, Bay City Rollers, Samantha Fox and Dollar?
I Want To Hold Your Hand
37. The Bee Gees, Portrait and Take That?
How Deep Is Your Love
38. Buddy Holly, Showaddywaddy and Nick Berry?
Heartbeat
39. Buddy Holly and the Crickets, Leo Sayer and Bobby Vee?
More Than I Can Say
40. The Righteous Brothers, Robson & Jerome and Gareth Gates?
Unchained Melody
Round Nine - Elvis Lyrics
41. You know I can be found, Sittin’ home all alone, If you can’t come around, At least please telephone?
Don’t Be Cruel
42. Your lips excite me, Let your arms invite me, For who knows when, We’ll meet again this way?
It’s Now Or Never
43. Baby let me be around you every night, Run your fingers through my hair and cuddle me real tight?
Teddy Bear
44. If I found a lucky penny, I’d toss it across the bay, Your love is worth all the gold on earth, No wonder that I say?
Good Luck Charm
45. Bright light city gonna set my soul, Gonna set my soul on fire, Got a whole lot of money that’s ready to burn, So get those stakes up higher?
Viva Las Vegas
Round Ten - Musical Pictures Handout
46) Great balls of fire
47) The devil went down to Georgia
48) Roll over Beethoven
49) Video killed the Radio Star
50) Pump up the Jam
(Handout Round)
Tiebreaker - How old was Elton John when he hit No I with the single in memory of Diana Princess of Wales?
Fifty-one
