Welcome to our Music Quiz - Quiz 2
Music Quiz I
- Which Russian punk band appeared at the 2015 Glastonbury Festival?
- Which British novelty pop group had the most weeks in the charts in 1974?
- Which composer and pianist, who died in 1917, was known as the 'King of Ragtime Writers'?
- Who replaced Kerry Katona in the chart-topping band Atomic Kitten in 2001?
- Whose debut studio album Spirit has sold more than 3 million copies?
- Which American rock band features three brothers with the last name Followill and their cousin Jared Followill?
- Released as a single in June 1977, Angelo is a song by which pop group?
- Two songs have reached number one in the UK charts four times by different artists, Do They Know It's Christmas? is one, can you name the other?
- Georgy Girl is the 1966 song performed for the film of the same name by which group?
- Which 1980s new wave band was created by Malcolm McLaren to promote his (and Vivienne Westwood's) New Romantic fashion lines?
Answers:
- Pussy Riot
- The Wombles
- Scott Joplin
- Jenny Frost
- Leona Lewis
- Kings of Leon
- Brotherhood of Man
- Unchained Melody (Jimmy Young (1955), The Righteous Brothers (1990), Robson & Jerome (1995) and Gareth Gates (2002))
- The Seekers
- Bow Wow Wow
Music Quiz II
- Which singer-songwriter played Andrea in the 2007 British comedy film St. Trinians?
- Mariachi is a form of folk music from which country?
- 'Fly' is a 2009 song by which Brazilian recording artist?
- Which singer-songwriter wrote and played songs for the children's TV programmes Alphabet Zoo and Tickle on the Tum?
- Marc Bolan is best known as the frontman of which glam rock group?
- Marshall Bruce Mathers III is better known by what stage name?
- 'Jennifer Eccles had terrible freckles' is a line from which late sixties hit song?
- 'Be Without You' was rated the top R&B song of the 2000s by Billboard magazine for which singer?
- Who was the original lead guitarist of Guns N' Roses?
- Later referred to as a 'wardrobe malfunction', who exposed Janet Jackson's breast for about half a second during Super Bowl 2004?
Answers:
- Paloma Faith
- Mexico
- Wanessa
- Ralph McTell
- T.Rex
- Eminem
- Lily the Pink
- Mary J. Blige
- Slash (Saul Hudson)
- Justin Timberlake
Music Quiz III
- Park Jae-sang, born in 1977, is better known by what stage name?
- 'Moves like Jagger', featuring Christina Aguilera, is a song by which American band?
- Who composed the Pomp and Circumstance Marches?
- 'Evergreen/Anything Is Possible' was the biggest selling single of the 2000s until June 2015, when it was overtaken by which song?
- Who performed 'I Knew You Were Waiting (For Me)' as a duet with George Michael in 1987?
- Who had hit singles in the seventies with 'Atomic' and 'Heart of Glass'?
- 'I'm Gonna Wash That Man Right Outa My Hair' and 'Some Enchanted Evening' are songs from which musical?
- Which composer was ordained in 1703 and soon nicknamed 'The Red Priest'?
- Which instrument similar to the Tanpura was used in the Beatles 'Love You To' and the Rolling Stones 'Paint It Black'?
- Who was The Velvet Underground's famous manager in the mid sixties?
Answers:
- Psy
- Marooon 5
- Sir Edward Elgar
- Happy (by Pharrell Williams)
- Aretha Franklin
- Blondie
- South Pacific
- Antonio Vivaldi
- Sitar
- Andy Warhol
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