Monday, January 17, 2011

Daily Trivia Quiz #55 - Musicians and Music Trivia

Selection of miscellaneous music trivia questions about musicians
and music with the answers.
  1. Which Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men song became the first to spend
    16 weeks at No 1?
     
  2. What type of train did Veteran Rod Stewart chart with?
     
  3. Who had hits with El Paso and Devil Woman?
     
  4. Who co-wrote Fame with David Bowie?
     
  5. What does the V stand for in SWV?
     
  6. Victoria Principal sang All I Have To Do Is Dream with which
    Gibb?
     
  7. Who recorded Macarena (bayside boys mix)?
     
  8. Who reached No 1 with Unbelievable?
     
  9. Which group had 80s hits with Hard To Say I'm Sorry and Look
    Away?
     
  10. What was the first No 1 single for Hall & Oates?
     
  11. Who was described as "a woman who pulled herself up by her bra
    straps?"
     
  12. Who hit the top ten with the Unskinny Bop?
     
  13. What was Heart's first No 1 hit?
     
  14. Which Gibb brother is the eldest?
     
  15. I'll Be There For You was the theme to which hit TV show?>
     
  16. Which liquid product featured the hit Like A Prayer in its
    advertisement?
     
  17. Which year was the title of Zager & Evans' only No 1?
     
  18. On what date did Elton John first sing his biggest-selling single
    in public?
     
  19. Which girl got Kiss into the singles top ten for the first time?
     
  20. Who duetted with Peabo Bryson on Beauty and the Beast?
     
  21. Who knocked themselves off No 1 position with their follow up On
    Bended Knee?
     
  22. On which label does Mariah Carey record?
     
  23. Who had a 1978 No 1 with Boogie Oogie Oogie?
     
  24. Who wrote under the pseudonym Bernard Webb?
     
  25. What kind of Bites provided Def Leppard with a No 1 single?
     
  26. Which country does Eddy Grant originate from?
     
  27. Which film revived the 70s song You Sexy Thing?
     
  28. Who had a No 1 hit with Here Comes the Hot Stepper?
     
  29. Who was the first John to have four solo No 1 hits?
     
  30. Who wrote the song The Last Thing On My Mind?
     
  31. What was Nirvana's third album called?
     
  32. Who did Janet Jackson sing The Best things in Life Are Free with?
     
  33. In which state did 2 Pac and Dr Dre find Love?
     
  34. In which state did Kurt Cobain die?
     
  35. What was Michael Jackson's debut hit away from the Jackson 5?
     
  36. Which artist was the subject of a 1991 biography by Randy
    Taraborelli?
     
  37. Which band was fronted by Courtney Love?
     
  38. Who duetted on the 1993 hit I've Got You Under My Skin with Frank
    Sinatra?
     
  39. Who had a giant hit with Nobody Knows?
     
  40. Which label did Toni Braxton's Un-Break My Heart appear on?
     
  41. Who was the first female to reach 30 top ten hits?
     
  42. Which 60s No 1 began with the French national anthem?
     
  43. Which Club went to the Wild, Wild West?
     
  44. Which female vocalist was a member of the Eurythimics?
     
  45. What was the first single of The Spice Girls?
     

Daily Trivia Quiz #55 -  Music
Trivia
Quiz Answers

  1. One Sweet Day.
  2. Downtown Train.
  3. Marty Robbins.
  4. John Lennon.
  5. Voices.
  6. Andy.
  7. Los Del Rio.
  8. EMF.
  9. Chicago.
  10. Rich Girl.
  11. Madonna.
  12. Poison.
  13. These Dreams.
  14. Barry.
  15. Friends.
  16. Pepsi.
  17. 2525.
  18. 6th September 1997.
  19. Beth.
  20. Celine Dion.
  21. Boyz II Men.
  22. Columbia.
  23. A Taste Of Honey.
  24. Paul McCartney.
  25. Love.
  26. Guyana.
  27. The Full Monty.
  28. Ini Kamoze.
  29. Denver.
  30. Tom Paxton.
  31. In Utero.
  32. Luther Vandross.
  33. California.
  34. Washington.
  35. Got To Be There.
  36. Michael Jackson.
  37. Hole.
  38. Bono.
  39. The Tony Rich Project.
  40. Arista.
  41. Madonna.
  42. All You Need Is Love.
  43. the Escape Club.
  44. Annie Lennox.
  45. Wannabe.
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