1. Name the only two non-US/UK bands to achieve a No.1 hit in both the UK and the US ?

2. Who did Lil Wayne collaborate with for the single Right Above It ?

3. Which 1982 song by the punk rock group 'The Clash' is about Iran's outlawing of rock music, and also become the unofficial anthem for the Armed Forces during the Gulf War conflicts ?

4. Who came to fame after Bette Midler hired him as her pianist, arranger, and musical director in 1971?

5. In the Police hit "Message in a bottle" how many bottles were washed up on the shore

6. Which instrumental song played on screen by Ronny Cox and Billy Redden won the 1974 Grammy Award for Best Country Instrumental Performance?

7. Which land did Peter, Paul and Mary's Puff The Magic Dragon live in?

8. 'The Doors' generated a controversy with the single "Hello, I Love You" in 1968 when the press pointed out it's resemblance to which 1965 hit ?

9. Which 1992 song by the punk band Body Count, co-written by the group's vocalist provoked a national debate about freedom of speech in the US?

10. What genre of music regarded as the first truly American musical form is identified with the composer Scott Joplin?

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ANSWERS

1. Men at Work for "Down Under" in 1982 and ABBA for "Dancing Queen" in 1976.

2. Drake / Aubrey Drake Graham

3. Rock the Casbah

4. Barry Manilow

5. 100 billion bottles

6. "Dueling Banjos" from Deliverance ... The song was originally composed by Arthur "Guitar Boogie" Smith and Don Reno as Feuding Banjos in 1955.

7. Honalee

8. The Kinks song "All Day and All of the Night"

9. Cop Killer

10. Ragtime

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JULY 2010
MUSIC QUIZ

1. What numbers were Bob Dylan's rainy day women?

2. Which Beatles' title was the first to become both a No.1 single and album?

3. Who was the first rock star to be arrested on stage ?

4. According to the Rolling Stones in "Paint it Black", what colour is the door they want to paint?

5. What was the first single to be released from Michael Jackson's 'Dangerous' album?

6. In 1972 radio stations across the USA banned which of John Denver's hit songs?

7. Who was Ziggy Stardust's backup band in David Bowie's "Ziggy Stardust"?

8. The first Les Paul Electric Guitar appeared in which year?

9. Who sang the theme song for the TV series Chico & The Man?

10. Which legendary 60's American female singer said, "Onstage I make love to 25,000 people, then I go home alone"?

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ANSWERS

1. 12 & 35

2. 'A Hard Day's Night'

3. Jim Morrison - lead singer of the 60's rock group The Doors.

4. Red

5. 'Black or White'

6. "Rocky Mountain High" fearing that the song's "high" refers to drugs.

7. The Spiders from Mars

8. 1952

9. Jose Feliciano

10. Janis Joplin

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