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The MD Pop Quiz
#31
I love it when a plan comes together.
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#32
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)

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#33
4,5,8,9, &10 wrong.

Only 50% this time. My ass is ready for a whupping on request...
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#34
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

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#35
Six for meCool
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!

It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown.
.............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
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#36
My best week.

Missed 1,5,6

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#37
MD Quiz SixCool


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
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!

It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown.
.............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
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#38
Only got 3,4,10

I suck

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#39
1, 3, 4, & 7b.

I suck almost as much as you, Ed...
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#40
Just putting this back to the topCool
Nice to be able to go back to trust and friendship!!!!!!!!!

It's a mixed up sensation this being alive
Oh! it wears a man down into the ground
It's the strangest elation
I can't describe it
Oh it leaves a man weary
It makes a man frown.
.............................Chris Simpson ( "Mixed Up Sensations" 1975 Martin's Cafe )
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