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Pub quiz question 529 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which singer had hits in 2003 with "1973" and "Same Mistake?"
Answer: A: James Blunt
Categories: 2000s (3) Music (3) Entertainment (3)
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Pub quiz question 6012 by pjh2

Question: Q: By what first name was US trumpet player John Birks Gillespie known?
Answer: A: Dizzy
Categories: Entertainment (7) Music (7)

Pub quiz question 8513 by pjh

Question: Q: Which British girl group had a member by the name of Mel B?
Answer: A: Spice Girls
Notes: *: 1994
Categories: Music (1) 1990s (1)

Pub quiz question 2877 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which blues giant wrote the song that gave the Rolling Stones their name?
Answer: A: Muddy Waters
Notes: *: AKA McKinley Morganfield
Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7)
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Pub quiz question 7394 by pjh

Question: Q: Mascagni and Leoncavallo wrote which operatic paring?
Answer: A: Cavalleria Rusticana and Pagliacci
Categories: Music (7)

Pub quiz question 6734 by pjh2

Question: Q: What unfinished work was commissioned by Count von Walsegg?
Answer: A: Motzart's Requiem?
Categories: Art (8) Music (8)

Pub quiz question 7337 by pjh

Question: Q: What 1975 film did Mark Kermode describe as the "Citizen Kane of British pop movies"?
Answer: A: Slade In Flame (or simply 'Flame.')
Categories: Music (7) Film/Movies (6) Entertainment (8)

Pub quiz question 3390 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which city in Tennessee is the USA's Country Music Capital?
Answer: A: Nashville
Categories: Geography (2) Music (1) Entertainment (1)

Pub quiz question 2935 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which hit, by Los del Rio, spawned a flamenco-style dance and came #1 in VH1's list of "100 greatest one-hit wonders" in 2002?
Answer: A: Macarena
Categories: Music (5) Entertainment (5)

Pub quiz question 3369 by pjh2

Question: Q: Which country has an English version of its nation anthem beginning: 'We'll sing a song, a soldier's song?'
Answer: A: Ireland
Categories: Music (4) Geography (4)