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The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 10-05-2010
I love it when a plan comes together.
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 15-05-2010
Q1 - What is the real name of U2's Bono?
Ans - Paul Hewson
Q2 - Who were the members of Cream?
Ans - Eric Clapton, Jack Bruce, Ginger Baker
Q3 - What soul group (1 original member) just celebrated 50 years as an entity with a new album release?
Ans - The Temptations
Q4 - What teen Nickelodeon tv star just released their first album?
Ans - Miranda Cosgrove (iCarly)
Q5 - What group went 22 years between chart topping singles (1966-1988)?
Ans - The Beach Boys
Q6 - What was Barry Manilows first #1 single?
Ans - Mandy
Q7 - What film produced a best selling soundtrack for Whitney Houston?
Ans - The Bodyguard
Q8 - What is the other word in the title of The Pina Colada Song?
Ans - Escape
Q9 - Who was the guest guitarist on Michael Jacksons Dangerous album?
Ans - Slash
Q10 - Who is the only trumpeter to score a chart topping single?
Ans - Louis Armstrong (Hello Dolly)
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 16-05-2010
4,5,8,9, &10 wrong.
Only 50% this time. My ass is ready for a whupping on request...
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 22-05-2010
Righty, here's this week's. Get quizzing, people...
Q1 What is the real name of U2’s The Edge ?
Ans David Evans
Q2 In which country was Pop singer Shakira born ?
Ans Colombia
Q3 Which singer was known as the Chairman of The Board, and why ?
Ans Frank Sinatra, because he became the head of his own label, Reprise Records
Q4 Which musician was killed in New York by Mark Chapman ?
Ans John Lennon
Q5 What is the name of Kraftwerk’s private recording studio ?
Ans Kling Klang
Q6 Which Hip Hop star’s real name is Shawn Carter ?
Ans Jay-Z
Q7 Name all four original members of the Rock band, Queen
Ans John Deacon, Brian May, Freddie Mercury, & Roger Taylor
Q8 Which Bluesman was reputed to have sold his soul to the devil at the crossroads ?
Ans Robert Johnson
Q9 Which UK Punk Rock impresario, & Sex Pistols manager died in early 2010 ?
Ans Malcolm McLaren
Q10 Who was Elvis Presley’s manager during most of his career ?
Ans Colonel Tom Parker
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 22-05-2010
Six for me
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 23-05-2010
My best week.
Missed 1,5,6
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 28-05-2010
MD Quiz Six
Q1 ELP drummer , but not Carl Palmer.....??
Ans Cozy Powell
Q2 Spoken work only record label launched by the Beatles .
Ans Zapple
Q3 Which song begins with the line” There is a house in New Orleans.............”
Ans House Of The Rising Sun.
Q4 Who was “Still crazy after all these years “?
Ans Paul Simon
Q5 What does MCPS STEMRA OR GEMMA mean when you see it on a recording?
Ans It is the society which collects copy write money * GEMMA and STEMRA are the world wide ones ).
Q7 Why did shellac records revolve at 78 RPM ?
Ans 1 That was slow enough to get five minutes of material (then, as now, the average length of a popular song) onto one of Edison's five-inch cylinders, and fast enough to provide what passed in those days for decent fidelity
Ans 2 Formal standardization--at 78.26 RPM--didn't come until 1925, when the phonograph was married to the electric motor. 78.26 happened to be the speed a common, mass-produced 3600 RPM motor would yield if fitted with an equally common 46:1 gear.
Q8 What was the ate of Michael Jacksons Death ?
Ans 25 June 2009
Q9 What were Abba called before Abba ?
Ans Björn & Benny, Agnetha & Anni-Frid
Q10 Which was the first Beatle album released on CD anywhere in the world ?
Ans Abbey Road in Japan
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 28-05-2010
Only got 3,4,10
I suck
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 28-05-2010
1, 3, 4, & 7b.
I suck almost as much as you, Ed...
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 31-05-2010
Just putting this back to the top