British Music

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1. The Rolling Stones song (I Cant Get No) Satisfaction was used in 1991 for which chocolate bar advertisement?
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2. Which brothers starred in the 1990 film The Krays?
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3. Which British group had their own television series in the 1970s entitled Shang a Lang?
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4. Which British band sang Theres No Other Way on Top of the Pops in 1991?
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5. How did Marc Bolan, the lead singer of T Rex, die?
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6. Who was the main lead vocalist and songwriter for the boy band Take That?
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7. The 1964 hit Im Into Something Good was released by which group?
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8. What performer released the 1985 album Hounds of Love?
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9. The indie rock group Supergrass came from which UK city?
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10. What artist recorded the song Hand in Glove with the band The Smiths?
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11. In 1994, which band released the album Changegiver?
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12. Whos 1982 song Modern Girl was both a debut song and a huge hit for the artist?
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13. Which UK rock bands debut album was called The Psychomodo?
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14. Which English band released the 1996 best-selling album Blue is the Colour?
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15. The song Caravan of Love was a number one hit in the 1980s for which band?
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16. Who had a hit with the song Ebeneezer Goode in 1992?
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17. In the 1970s, Are Friends Electric was a number one hit in the UK for which band?
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18. In 1990, what group joined Robert Palmer to release the song Ill Be Your Baby Tonight?
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19. What was George Michaels first solo number one hit in the US and the UK?
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20. What Australian artist had the best selling album in the UK in 1988?
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21. Joe Strummer was the lead singer in which 1970s punk band?
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22. Which band was Rod Stewart the lead singer of until 1975?
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23. Singer Annie Lennox was born in which decade?
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24. In 1975 the song Bye Bye Baby was a number 1 hit for which band?
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25. What Queen song was their first number 1 in the US, and is often mistaken for an Elvis Presley tune?
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26. In the David Bowie song Space Oddity, who or what was Major Tom conversing with?
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27. Which member of the Rolling Stones named the song Dandelion after his daughter?
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28. Which legendary British band contributed music to movies such as Flash Gordon, Highlander, and Waynes World?
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29. Which Elton John song has the opening line: She packed my bags last night, pre-flight?
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30. What was the name of the number 1 selling album by the Spice Girls in late 1996?
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31. What two celebrities are the famous parents of Brooklyn, Romeo, and Cruz?
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32. In which year did TVs Top of the Pops begin?
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33. What is the next line of the Monty Python song: Pray that there is intelligent life somewhere in space, cause …..
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34. Susanne Sulley and Joanne Catherall were members of which 80s band?
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35. Which English football International released the song ‘Fog on the Tyne’?
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36. Who wrote and performed the song Three Lions which was released on three separate occasions as the Official FIFA World Cup song for England?
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37. At the very end of the UK sitcom The Young Ones, the gang drive a double decker through a billboard advertising which famous singer?
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38. Which English rocker was born on July 26, 1943, in Dartford, Kent?
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39. Whos 1973 album, Goodbye Yellow Brick Road was voted Australias most successful Album of all time in 2004?
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40. What is the name of the all girl best selling string quartet featuring two Australian and two British members?
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41. What country was Aussie rocker Jimmy Barnes born in?
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42. Which English 1970s singer often dressed as a pierrot style circus clown?
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43. Melanie Brown or Mel B is better known as which former Spice Girl?
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44. What instrument does musician Nigel Kennedy play?
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45. In the recording industry, does a gold or platinum record indicate the most sales?
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46. What do you call the five horizontal lines on and between which musical notes are written?
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47. What classic song asks the questions am I hard enough, am I rough enough, am I rich enough?
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48. How many beats are there in a semibreve?
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49. What deceased rocker was born by the name Frederick Bulsara?
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50. What British pop singer lost his multi-million pound law suit against Sony Music and then moved to Virgin?
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51. What is the most common first word of pop song titles?
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52. Which member of the Osbourne family has been repeatedly admitted to rehab for an addiction to prescription painkillers?
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53. What song by the group The Who has the line: I hope I die before I get old?
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54. Blue Monday was a hit song in 1983 for which band?
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55. What nationality is music legend Van Morrison?
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56. What rocker wed band manager Sharon Arden in 1982?
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57. What group was once called Johnny and the Moondogs along with a variety of other names?
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58. What does the word fine (finee) on a piece of sheet music indicate?
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59. What was the name of rocker Stings first band after he gave up the teaching profession?
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60. What group originally released the song Wild Thing in 1966?
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61. What is the musical definition of the word presto?
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62. What does the term Pianissimo mean in music?
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63. What rock legend was once known as The Thin White Duke?
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64. Ozzy Osbourne was the lead singer of which heavy metal band?
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65. Rick Allen, the drummer from which legendary band, lost his arm in a 1984 auto accident?
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66. Robbie Williams came to public prominence in which boy band?
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67. Sid Vicious of the Sex Pistols was accused of murdering his girlfriend.. What was her name?
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68. What band does Gwyneth Paltrows partner, Chris Martin, play in?
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69. What country was Cliff Richard born in?
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70. What is ex-Spice Girl Victoria Beckhams maiden name?
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71. What is the name of the musical based on the music of Queen?
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72. What rock star was born by the name Gordon Sumner?
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73. What was 80s group Culture Clubs first number one single?
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74. Which Irish boy band made history when their first 5 singles went straight to number one in the UK charts?
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75. Which Scottish singer shot to the top of the American Singles chart with To Sir With Love in 1967?
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76. Who re-released Gloria Joness song Tainted Love in the 1980s?
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77. Freddie Mercury died just prior to his Barcelona Olympics performance in which year?
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78. What ‘Wham!’ song proclaims: ‘I’m never gonna dance again, guilty feet have got no rhythm’?
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79. What was the former stage name of Muslim convert Yusuf Islam?
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80. What was the name of the lead singer of the ‘Sex Pistols’?
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81. Reggae group ‘UB40’ had a hit with the song ‘Red, Red Wine,’ but who wrote it and sang it before they did?
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82. What group released the album ‘What’s the Story (Morning Glory)’?
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83. Who re-released the song ‘Mack the Knife’ in 2001 on his Swing When Youre Winning CD?
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84. Which singer claimed he has bedded 15 of FHM magazine’s ‘2004 Top 100 Women’, as well as most of his female friends?
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85. What Little Eva song was covered by Kylie Monogue in 1988 and Atomic Kitten in 2001?
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86. In 1988, who had a hit with Elvis Presley’s song ‘Always on my Mind’?
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87. What group recorded the album ‘Emotional Rescue’ in 1980?
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88. Who originally sang ‘It’s Raining Men’ re-released by Geri Halliwell from the ‘Spice Girls’ in 2001?
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89. What Welsh entertainer goes by the nickname ‘Tiger’?
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90. John Farnham toured Australia with whom in Febuary 2005?
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91. Who covered the Beatles song ‘Helter Skelter’ in 1988?
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92. Who covered the song ‘Love is All Around’, originally by the Troggs, for the movie ‘Four Weddings and a Funeral’?
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