Tuesday, December 20, 2011

Trivia Quiz #212 - Trivia Quiz About Music, Singers

Music, Singers, Songs, Bands - Trivia - Questions and Answers
  1. Who sang "Brown-Eyed Handsome Man which was a hit after he died?
     
  2. What six words are the most famous words spoken in The Jazz
    Singer, the first movie with a sound track?
     
  3. As a child, what opera star was featured as a singing orphan on a
    radio soap opera?
     
  4. Why was opera singer Enrico Caruso's first film, My Cousin, a big
    flop?
     
  5. How did the lead singer and lyricist of the Irish rock band U2,
    Bono, get his name?
     
  6. Who was the original lead singer with the group The Wailers?
     
  7. What famous country singing star starred in the movie 9 to 5?
     
  8. Who was the lead singer with INXS?
     
  9. What musical instrument was singer Nat King Cole also very
    talented with?
     
  10. What environmental campaigner and UK pop singer appeared in the
    movie Dune?
     
  11. The Way We Were was the first number one hit for what singer?
     
  12. In Woody Allen's 1977 movie hit, Annie Hall, what famous American
    singer-songwriter played the part of slick record promoter Tony
    Lacey?
     
  13. In 1985 what famous female singer married Sean Penn?
     
  14. What's Love Got To Do With It? was a movie about what famous
    female vocalist?
     
  15. Author Peter Benchley was born on exactly the same day as what
    singer?
     
  16. The Jazz Singer was made by what film company?
     
  17. Time Inc merged with what movie company in 1989 to make Time
    Warner?
     
  18. Which singer "ain't gonna work on Maggie's farm no more?
     
  19. What was singer Sinead O'Coner re-dubbed when she became a
    priestess of the Catholic Latin Tridenine Church?
     
  20. What was the name of the male vocalist backed by the Zodiacs?
     
  21. What are veteran pop singer Stewarts first names?
     
  22. Daryl Hanna once performed as a singer in an all-girl band known
    as what?
     
  23. At 54 years old, which famous singer took everything but her
    boots off for a playboy cover?
     
  24. What major Hollywood studio signed the first black performer,
    singer Lena Horne, in 1942?
     
  25. Bob Marley's birthday, February 6, is a national holiday in what
    country?
     
  26. What is the name of the country singer who recorded The IRS
    Tapes; Who'll Buy My Memories to help pay a $16.7 million tax bill?
     
  27. After getting out of jail in 1991, what famous soul singer said,
    "I feel good"?
     
  28. When three alternative rock producers spied singer Shirley Manson
    on MTV and asked her to play with them, what hit band got its start?
     
  29. In 1991, which famous rock n roll band resurrected Bob Dylan's
    Knockin on Heaven's Door?
     
Answers to Daily Trivia Quiz #212 - Music - Singers, and Artists Trivia

  1. Buddy Holly.
  2. Al Jolson's first words: "You ain't heard nothing yet, folks!"
  3. Beverly Sills, on the radio serial Our Gal Sunday.
  4. It was a silent movie - not a big box office draw for a
    professional singer.
  5. From a hearing aid store in Dublin called Bono Voz adapted from
    Latin meaning "good voice".
  6. Junior Braithwaite.
  7. Dolly Parton.
  8. Michael Hutchence.
  9. Piano.
  10. Sting.
  11. Barbra Streisand.
  12. Paul Simon.
  13. Madonna.
  14. Tina Turner.
  15. Rick Nelson.
  16. Warner Brothers.
  17. Warner Brothers.
  18. Bob Dylan.
  19. Mother Bernadette Mary.
  20. Maurice Williams.
  21. Roderick David.
  22. "Psychotic Kindergarten".
  23. Nancy Sinatra.
  24. Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer.
  25. Bob Marley's.
  26. Willie Nelson.
  27. James Brown.
  28. Garbage.
  29. Guns N' Roses.