Pop Quiz
Pop Quiz Questions
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Round 1
Who returned to the album charts in 2001 with Driving Rain?
From which British city does the Human League come?
Who is the lead male vocalist with the Human League?
Which song gave the Pet Shop Boys their first number one single?
What was Kylie Minogue’s last hit single of 2001?
10CC recorded three number one hits during the 1970s. Name one
Who had a hit singing about his Crocodile Shoes?
What item of clothing took David Dundas into the top ten in 1976?
Who had the most UK number one singles: Abba or Slade?
Name the last number one hit for The Jam.
Round 2
2001 saw the release of a greatest hits album called Echoes. Name the band.
Which group consists of Beyonce, Kelly and Michelle?
What is the main instrument played by British jazz musician Courtney Pine?
Back to the sixties: What was the first charting hit for the Scaffold?
Mike McGear one-time member of the Scaffold has a very famous brother. Who is he?
Which Motown star recorded duets with Kim Weston, Tammi Terrell, Mary Wells and Diana Ross?
Name the title of the song by Dido that was used by Eminem for his hit single Stan.
What has been the highest-charting hit for the band James?
The title of which Oasis single is mentioned twice in the lyrics of the Travis single Writing To Reach You?
In which year did Kurt Cobain commit suicide?
Round 3
How are Ed Simons and Tom Rowlands better known on the dance scene?
Moby is a descendent of which famous 19th century American writer?
Which chart-topping band was Wyclef Jean originally a member of?
Name the vocalist with American band REM.
What was Britney Spears first chart-topper in the UK singles chart?
For a point each, which two 60s favourites did DJ Otzi have hits with in 2001?
What nationality are Savage Garden?
Marc Almond first achieved success as a member of which duo?
Justin Hayward and John Lodge are members of which enduring rock band?
Who had the number one hit Because I Got High in 2001?
Round 4
What was the first Spice Girls single not to reach number one in the UK?
Who produced Madonna’s album Ray of light?
Richard Ashcroft sang with which band prior to their break-up?
Yes or No: Have the Charlatans ever had a UK number one single?
Which singer/songwriter who had a top ten hit in 1973 with Gaye, sadly died in December 2001?
By what single initial is Ian Watkins better known?
For a point each, which two songs have reached number one in the UK with the word “Fandango” in their lyrics?
Whose last solo studio album Cloud 9 was released in 1987?
Which influential act has released the albums Bluenes, Protection and Mezzanine?
Which band took their name from a Tolkien book and originally featured Derek William Dick on lead vocals?
Round 5
Who had a hit with (Don’t Fear) The Reaper in 1978?
Which boy band featured Jason Orange in their line-up?
The song Grey Seal features on which Elton John double album from 1973?
Which Rodgers and Hart standard did the Marcels take to number one in 1961?
What colour Machine gave Hawkwind their only top ten hit?
Which heavy rock band sang about a Strange Kind of Woman and a Black Night?
Which former Haircut 100 singer took Blue Hat For A Blue Day into the charts in 1983?
Which Scottish band’s first chart entry was Dignity in 1988 and, on re-release, also provided them with their last hit in 1994?
Who sang about a Grey Day in 1981?
Which American band led by Billy Jo Armstrong released their greatest hits album International Superhits in 2001?
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