The MD Pop Quiz

[Tiggi]

Q1 Which band recorded the 1972 album Exile on Main Street ?


Ans Rolling Stones


Q2 Which Alt-Metal band’s Ænema 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 ?





Ans St Elsewhere by Gnarls Barkley


Get quizzing, and that includes all you scaredy cats who haven't had a go before...

[Music Head]

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.

[Tiggi]

I've found the same thing: Every one I do, I get 10/10. Don't understand...

Am I making these too tough ??

[Music Head]

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.

[gryphon]

I got five both times !!

[Music Head]

I got five both times !!

Reminds me of what my old man used to say

damn boy, don't you learn nothin'

[Tiggi]

I got five both times !!

Were they the same five ?? :bounce:

[gryphon]

Yeah ! Strange that !:eek:

[gryphon]

MD Pop Quiz Nine
Q1 Who was “ Best Man “ at Uri Gellar’s wedding?
Ans Micheal Jackson


Q2 Which Sex Pistol formed the follow on band “Rich Kids “?
Ans Glen Matlock


Q3 George Harrison faced a million dollar law suit over his song “ My Sweet Lord” but which two songs was he said to have plagiarized ?
Ans He’s So Fine by the Chiffons and “Oh Happy Day “ by the Edwin Hawkins Singers.


Q4 Mike Oldfield’s 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 George’s last name?
Ans O’Dowd


Q 6 At first they were called” The High Numbers” 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 “Machine Head “ but what is a “Machine head”?
Ans A [FONT=&quot]machine[/FONT][FONT=&quot]head[/FONT] [FONT=&quot]is[/FONT] part of the tuning mechanism of some stringed instruments.


Q9 On what date did “The Music Die ? ( Buddy Holly’s death ?)
Ans On February 3, 1959,


Q10 Who recorded Music For The Jilted Generation ?
Ans The Prodigy

[Music Head]

Only got 5,6 and half of 3, so score me 2 1/2.