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The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 12-06-2010
Q1 Which band recorded the 1972 album Exile on Main Street ?
Ans Rolling Stones
Q2 Which Alt-Metal band’s Ãnema album was dedicated to deceased comedian Bill Hicks ?
Ans Tool
Q3 Which German Operatic composer is celebrated annually at the Bayreuth Festival ?
Ans Richard Wagner
Q4 Which Rock & Roll performer was killed in an air crash in 1959, along with Ritchie Vallens, & The Big Bopper ?
Ans Buddy Holly
Q5 Who wrote “Maple Leaf Rag”, which was the first sheet music to sell one million copies ?
Ans Scott Joplin
Q6 Which Pop star’s surname is Gudmundsdóttir ?
Ans Björk
Q7 Who won an Academy Award for the soundtrack to the film Chariots of Fire ?
Ans Vangelis
Q8 How many of the members of US Punk band Ramones actually shared the surname Ramone ?
Ans None
Q9 Who is the musical daughter of Indian Sitar player Ravi Shankar ?
Ans Norah Jones
Q10 This picture is part of which 2006 album cover, by which band ?
![[Image: th_cover.jpg?t=1276348089]](http://i68.photobucket.com/albums/i14/Tiggi_2006/General/th_cover.jpg?t=1276348089)
Ans St Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley
Get quizzing, and that includes all you scaredy cats who haven't had a go before...
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 12-06-2010
Sad, sad, sad, I Got 1,4,and 5 correct.
Strange thing is, when I took it the second time, I got them all right.
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 12-06-2010
I've found the same thing: Every one I do, I get 10/10. Don't understand...
Am I making these too tough ??
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 12-06-2010
Obviously for me these were too tough.
But overall, no.
Just lets me test my knowledge.
Fine with me.
My comment on taking it twice was referring to your double post.
When I took it, it was still out there twice.
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 12-06-2010
I got five both times !!
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 12-06-2010
gryphon Wrote:I got five both times !!
Reminds me of what my old man used to say
damn boy, don't you learn nothin'
The MD Pop Quiz - Tiggi - 12-06-2010
gryphon Wrote:I got five both times !!
Were they the same five ?? :bounce:
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 12-06-2010
Yeah ! Strange that !:eek:
The MD Pop Quiz - gryphon - 18-06-2010
MD Pop Quiz Nine
Q1 Who was â Best Man â at Uri Gellarâs wedding?
Ans Micheal Jackson
Q2 Which Sex Pistol formed the follow on band âRich Kids â?
Ans Glen Matlock
Q3 George Harrison faced a million dollar law suit over his song â My Sweet Lordâ but which two songs was he said to have plagiarized ?
Ans Heâs So Fine by the Chiffons and âOh Happy Day â by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.
Q4 Mike Oldfieldâs second album is called Hergest Ridge but, where is Hergest Ridge ?
Ans On the border between England and Wales .( Near a village called Kington)
Q5 What is Boy Georgeâs last name?
Ans OâDowd
Q 6 At first they were calledâ The High Numbersâ but who did they become ?
Ans The Who
Q7 Which English public school did he original members of Genesis attend ?
Ans Charterhouse
Q8 Deep Purple named an album âMachine Head â but what is a âMachine headâ?
Ans A [FONT="]machine[/FONT][FONT="]head[/FONT] [FONT="]is[/FONT] part of the tuning mechanism of some stringed instruments.
Q9 On what date did âThe Music Die ? ( Buddy Hollyâs death ?)
Ans On February 3, 1959,
Q10 Who recorded Music For The Jilted Generation ?
Ans The Prodigy
The MD Pop Quiz - Music Head - 18-06-2010
Only got 5,6 and half of 3, so score me 2 1/2.