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.. DECEMBER 2008
MUSIC QUIZ

1. In the classic Christmas hit Fairytale of New York, by The Pogues and Kirsty MacColl, which Irish bay is referred to in the chorus ?

2. Grammy Awards: was the first artist to win Record of the Year in two consecutive years for the years in the early 70's ?

3. With whom did Robbie Williams duet on 2001 Christmas No.1 Somethin' Stupid?

4. American musician Rustee / Rusty Allen is an best known for playing which musical instrument in the influential funk band Sly & the Family Stone

5. In Charles Dicken's A Christmas Carol, Scrooge got angry when he heard which merry Christmas song being sung ?

6. Which English rock band, is noted for giving three of rock's famous guitarists Jimmy Page, Jeff Beck and Eric Clapton an early start to their careers ?

7. According to song Elvis's Christmas song 'Blue Christmas' what colours are the decorations on 'a green Christmas tree' ?

8. What was the title U2's first No.1 Album ?

9. Name the Aerosmith auto-biography which was released in October 1997, written by Stephen Davis, co-written by Aerosmith and published by HarperCollins

10. When many of the music icons gathered in a London studio to record the original version of "Do They Know it's Christmas?", who was the first singer brave enough to perform the song in its entirety in front of his peers?

 

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1. Galway Bay

2. Roberta Flack in 1972 with "The First Time Ever I Saw Your Face" and 1973 with "Killing Me Softly With His Song". This would happen again when the group U2 would win for the years 2000 with "Beautiful Day" and 2001 with "Walk On".

3. Nicole Kidman

4. Bass guitar

5. "God Rest Ye Merry Gentlemen"

6. The Yardbirds

7. Red.

8. "War" March 12th 1983

9. Walk This Way: The Autobiography of Aerosmith

10. Tony Hadley of Spandau Ballet, he gave a faultless performance.

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DECEMBER 2007
MUSIC QUIZ

1. Which Eagles member played a drug-running pilot on Miami Vice?

2. Thin Lizzy's Philip Lynott and Gary Moore were reunited once more in 1985,
with the recording of which album ?

3. Name the English music mogul Michael Jackson took on as his new manager in 2006.

4. David, Jimmy, Robb, and Mike where members of which soft rock band
between 1968 – 1977 ?

5. Brian Hugh Warner is better known as who on stage & his records.

6. Which rock star is said to be the inspiration for Sheryl Crow's song
"My Favorite Mistake."

7. Where was Freddie Mercury born ?

8. Who played lead guitar on the Beach Boys "Dance, Dance, Dance"
and "Good Vibrations"?

9. Bernard "Pretty" Purdie is best known for playing which instrument?

10. Which US female singer managed ladies wrestling champion Wendy Richter

 

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1. Glenn Frey

2. "Out in The Fields".

3. Guy Holmes

4. Bread

5. Marilyn Manson

6. Eric Clapton

7. Zanzibar, an island in the Indian Ocean 25–50 km off the coast of East Africa, which is part of Tanzania.

8. Glenn Campbell

9. The drums

10. Cyndi Lauper