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Music 659 questions.
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Pub quiz question 6003 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: The 'Matchroom Mob' featured on which hit?
  2. Answer: A: Snooker Loopy
  3. Notes: *: With Chas and Dave. 1986
  4. Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) Television (6) 1980s (6)
Pub quiz question 4441 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What's the name of the oddly dressed Finnish band who's 'Hard Rock Hallelujah' won the 2006 Eurovision Song Contest?
  2. Answer: A: Lordi
  3. Categories: Music (7) Eurovision (7) Entertainment (7) 2000s (7)
Pub quiz question 1244 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On 4 February 1978, Althea and Donna had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
  2. Answer: A: "Uptown Top Ranking"
  3. Notes: *: Ill-advised follow-up, "Puppy Dog Song" proved to be their downfall.
  4. Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) One Hit Wonders (7) 1970s (7)
Pub quiz question 5591 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Name the three members of ZZ Top.
  2. Answer: A: Frank Bear, Billy Gibbons and Dusty Hill
  3. Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) MultiAnswer3 (6)
Pub quiz question 5728 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which British composer wrote A Child of Our Time and The Ice Break?
  2. Answer: A: Sir Michael Tipett
  3. Notes: *: Child of Our time written between 1939 and 1941, Ice Break first produced 1977
  4. Categories: Entertainment (8) Music (8) 1930s (7) 1950s (7) 1970s (8)
Pub quiz question 1314 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which film did Prince star in, with a hit song of the same name in 1984?
  2. Answer: A: Purple Rain
  3. Categories: Music (5) Film/Movies (5) 1980s (5)
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Pub quiz question 4448 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which early oasis track riff did noel Gallagher admit taking directly from T-Rex's 'Get It On?'
  2. Answer: A: Cigarettes and Alcohol
  3. Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6)
Pub quiz question 7969 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: Which 1970s rock group was named after a Willard Manus novel?
  2. Answer: A: Mott The Hoople.
  3. Categories: Music (8) Entertainment (9)
Pub quiz question 2904 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which Bob Dylan classic was a top-ten hit for Guns'n'Roses?
  2. Answer: A: Knockin' on Heaven's Door
  3. Notes: *: Dylan 1973, Guns'n'Roses 1992
  4. Categories: 1970s (4) 1990s (4) Entertainment (4) Music (4)
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Pub quiz question 5396 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which rapper has had hits with "Lonely," "Right Now Na Na Na" and "Ghetto?"
  2. Answer: A: Akon
  3. Notes: *: Released (in order) 2005, 2008, 2004
  4. Categories: Entertainment (6) Music (6) 2000s (6)