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Queen Lyrics Quiz – The following are all opening lyrics by the band Queen – but can you identify which songs they have been taken from?

1. “Fear me you lords and lady preachers…”

Seven Seas of Rhye

2. “She keeps Moët and Chandon in her pretty cabinet…”

Killer Queen

3. “Ooh, you make me live…”

You’re My Best Friend

4. “Is this the real life?”

Bohemian Rhapsody

5. “I’ve paid my dues time after time…”

We Are the Champions

6. “I’d sit alone and watch your light…”

Radio Ga Ga

7. “One man, one goal…”

One Vision

8. “While the sun hangs in the sky and the desert has sand…”

Innuendo

9. “Every drop of rain that falls in Sahara Desert says it all…”

The Miracle

10. “Sometimes I get to feeling, I was back in the old days long ago…”

These Are the Days of Our Lives

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1. Which American pop rock band have released albums entitled ‘Songs about Jane’, ‘Hands All Over’ and ‘Red Pill Blues’?

Maroon 5

2. What was the name of Desmond Dekker’s backing band?

The Aces

3. What is the name of Miley Cyrus’s father?

Billy Ray Cyrus

4. How many crochets are equal to one semibreve?

Four

5. In which modern-day country was the composer Gustav Mahler born?

Czech Republic

6. Who had a number two hit in the late Eighties with ‘Don’t Worry, Be Happy’?

Bobby McFerrin

7. What was the name of Tom Jones’s first ever single?

Chills and Fever

8. Billy Corgan is the lead singer of which alternative rock band?

The Smashing Pumpkins

9. Who had the last UK number one of 2018 with her single ‘Sweet but Psycho’?

Ava Max

10. Who released the 1986 single ‘Anyone Can Fall in Love’ which was a version of the EastEnders theme tune?

Anita Dobson

Rock bands quiz – Can your contestants identify the rock band from the first names of the members of the original line-up.

1. Jimmy, Robert, John and John

Led Zepelin

2. Roger, Pete, Keith and John

The Who

3. John, Tico, Richie, Alec and David

Bon Jovi

4. Jim, Ray, Robbbie and John

The Doors

5. James, Lars, Ron and Dave

Metallica

6. Axl, Slash, Izzy, Duff and Steven

Guns N’ Roses

7. Syd, Nick, Roger and Richard

Pink Floyd

8. Freddie, Brian, Roger and John

Queen

9. Tony, Geezer, Ozzy and Bill

Black Sabbath

10. Mark, David, John and Pick

Dire Straits

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1. Who debuted at number one in the UK in October 2011 with ‘We Found Love’?

Rihanna (ft. Calvin Harris)

2. Which American singer stars as ‘Ally’ in the 2018 film ‘A Star is Born’?

Lady Gaga

3. Who wrote and originally recorded ‘Make You Feel My Love’ which later provided Adele with a hit in the UK?

Bob Dylan

4. What is Madonna’s middle name?

Louise (born Madonna Louise Ciccone)

5. What was the name of Billy J. Kramer’s backing band?

The Dakotas

6. What is the first track on the original ‘Greatest Hits’ album by Queen?

Bohemian Rhapsody

7. Which American singer had hits in the 1980s with ‘Toy Soldiers’ and ‘I Feel the Earth Move’?

Martika

8. Brian Jones, Jimi Hendrix, Janis Joplin, Kurt Cobain, Amy Winehouse and other famous singers were all the same age when they died. How old was this?

27

9. Millie Small is a Jamaican singer best known for her 1964 version of which song?

My Boy Lollipop

10. The Righteous Brothers were brothers in real-life. True or false?

False (They were Bobby Hatfield and Bill Medley)

1. In which year did Blondie have a number one hit in the UK with ‘Heart of Glass’?

1979

2. Which brother was the youngest member of the Bee Gees?

Maurice Gibb (younger than his twin, Robin, by 35 minutes)

3. Which Swedish pop group had a UK number one hit with ‘Cotton Eye Joe’ in 1995?

Rednex

4. Name the widow of Nirvana lead singer Kurt Cobain.

Courtney Love

5. In Lou Reed’s ‘Walk on the Wild Side’, who ‘thought she was James Dean for a day’?

Jackie (Jackie is just speeding away, thought she was James Dean for a day.)

6. Which 1991 single by P.M. Dawn used samples of Spandau Ballet’s ‘True’?

Set Adrift on Memory Bliss

7. Which American singer has recorded albums entitled ‘One of the Boys’, ‘Prism’ and ‘Teenage Dream’?

Katy Perry

8. Who kept Ultravox’s ‘Vienna’ off the top spot in the UK in 1981 with the novelty song ‘Shaddap You Face’?

Joe Dolce (Known at the time as ‘Joe Dolce Music Theatre’)

9. Which female singer’s name is an anagram of ‘Presbyterians’?

Britney Spears

10. How many studio albums were released in the UK by the Beatles?

Twelve (Please Please Me, With the Beatles, A Hard Day’s Night, Beatles For Sale, Help, Rubber Soul, Revolver, Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Club Band, Magical Mystery Tour, The Beatles, Yellow Submarine, Abbey Road and Let it Be)

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1. What is the name of Miley Cyrus’s father, whose biggest hit was ‘Achy Breaky Heart’ in 1992?

Billy Ray Cyrus

2. English singer and songwriter Rory Graham is better known by what stage name?

Rag’n’Bone Man

3. The American musician Larry Adler was best known for playing which instrument?

Harmonica

4. Derek and the Dominoes are best known for their 1972 hit Layla. Can you name a member of Derek and the Dominoes apart from Eric Clapton?

One of: Bobby Whitlock, Carl Radle, Jim Gordon, Dave Mason or Duane Allman

5. Which song spent the longest time as UK number one during 2017?

Shape of You – Ed Sheeran (14 weeks)

6. How many strings are there on a ukulele?

Four

7. What are the first names of the four members of ABBA?

Benny, Björn, Agnetha and Anni-frid

8. In which year did Elvis Presley die?

1977

9. Which band released albums entitled ‘Morrison Hotel, ‘Waiting for the Sun’ and ‘L.A. Woman’?

The Doors

10. What is the first word in Gloria Gaynor’s ‘I Will Survive’?

At (At first I was afraid, I was petrified)

1. What is the real name of rapper Eminem?

Marshall Bruce Mathers III (accept Marshall Mathers)

2. Which original member of Take That released the solo album “In Your Own Time” in 2003?

Mark Owen

3. In which year did the Lightning Seeds, David Baddiel and Frank Skinner release the original version of “Three Lions”?

1996

4. Which two artists duet on the song “Me Against the Music”, released in 2003?

Madonna and Britney Spears

5. Which British artist can be seen performing “The Hits” show at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas from November 2018?

Rod Stewart

6. Which comedian wrote the music and lyrics to the musical “Matilda”?

Tim Minchin

7. Who performed the song “The A Team” with Ed Sheeran at the 2013 Grammy Awards?

Elton John

8. Who featured on the 2002 single “A Little Less Conversation” with JXL?

Elvis Presley

9. What was the name of the tour and subsequent documentary that Michael Jackson was rehearsing for in 2009 when he died?

This Is It

10. Whose 10th solo album, released in 1978, was called “Modern Priscilla”?

Cilla Black

Debut Album Quiz – Can you identify the famous band/singer from title of their debut album?

1. Empty Sky

Elton John

2. My Generation

The Who

3. My Aim is True

Elvis Costello

4. Blowin’ Your Mind!

Van Morisson

5. Leisure

Blur

6. My People Were Fair and Had Sky in Their Hair…But Now They’re Content to Wear Stars on Their Brows

T.Rex (Known as Tyrannosaurus Rex at the time)

7. Frank

Amy Winehouse

8. Definitely Maybe

Oasis

9. The Kick Inside

Kate Bush

10. Parachutes

Coldplay

Album title quiz – The following are distinctive album titles – but do you know who recorded each one?

1. The Spaghetti Incident

Guns N’ Roses

2. Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness

The Smashing Pumpkins

3. Electric Ladyland

The Jimi Hendrix Experience

4. Brain Salad Surgery

Emerson, Lake & Palmer

5. Tumbleweed Connection

Elton John

6. Supposed Former Infatuation Junkie

Alanis Morissette

7. Beautiful Trauma

P!nk

8. American Idiot

Green Day

9. The Dark Side of the Moon

Pink Floyd

10. Sticky Fingers

The Rolling Stones

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1. Who had a number one hit in the UK in 1987 with a cover version of ‘I Think We’re Alone Now’, originally released by Tommy James and the Shondells?

Tiffany

2. Which was the first ‘Kinks’ single to reach number one in the UK?

You Really Got Me (1964)

3. Which American rapper was born Shawn Corey Carter in New York City in 1969?

Jay-Z

4. Adam Levine in the lead singer of which US pop rock band?

Maroon 5

5. “When I was six years old I broke my leg, I was running from my brother and his friends…” These are the opening lyrics of which 2017 hit?

Castle on the Hill – Ed Sheeran

6. Which American vocal quartet provided backing vocals for Elvis Presley between 1956 and 1972?

The Jordanaires

7. Which UK rock band’s albums include ‘Black Holes and Revelations’ and ‘The 2nd Law’?

Muse

8. The ‘Explorer’, the ‘Flying V’ and the ‘Les Paul’ are guitar models by which manufacturers?

Gibson

9. Don Lusher and J.J. Johnson were famous players of which musical instrument?

Trombone

10. “Street’s like a jungle, so call the police, following the herd down to Greece on holiday…” These are the opening lyrics to which 1994 hit?

Girls and Boys – Blur

UK Music Quiz – In which UK cities were the following bands formed?

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1. Black Sabbath

Birmingham

2. The Hollies

Manchester

3. Massive Attack

Bristol

4. Supergrass

Oxford

5. Kasabian

Leicester

6. The Specials

Coventry

7. The Beatles

Liverpool

8. Architects

Brighton

9. The Clash

London

10. Arctic Monkeys

Sheffield

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