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MAY 2012
. . . MUSIC QUIZ

1. Who was the only constant member of UK rock band Pink Floyd since its formation in 1965 ?

2. Robert Milkwood Thomas is better known as which US musical icon ?

3. Who duetted with Alice Cooper on "Billion Dollar Babies"?

4. The fictional Muppet rock band from The Muppet Show, goes by what name ?

5. Which British scientist and TV presenter was featured on the international hit "She Blinded Me With Science" the New Wave song by Thomas Dolby, released in 1982.

6. Which multi-musician founded the US alternative rock band Foo Fighters in 1994.

7. Alice Cooper, Ringo Starr, Keith Moon appeared in which 1978 film ?

8. What band was Midge Ure in 1975 to early 1977 ? (before Ultravox)

9. The Michael Jackson hit 'She's out of my life' penned by Tom Bahler, which singer was the song allegedly written about?

10. Who took over the vocals from Johnny Rotten on "No One is Innocent" after Johnny;s departure from the Sex Pistols in 1978 ?

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1. Drummer Nick Mason

2. Bob Dylan ~ Bob has had many pseudonyms:- Lucky/Boo Wilbury, Elston Gunnn, Blind Boy Grunt, Bob Landy, Robert Milkwood Thomas, Tedham Porterhouse, Jack Frost, Sergei Petrov, including Bob Dylan

3. Donovan

4. Dr. Teeth and The Electric Mayhem

5. Magnus Pyke

6. Nirvana drummer Dave Grohl ~ originally as a one-man project following the death of Kurt Cobain

7. Mae West's final film "Sextette"

8. Slik aka PVC2 ~ after which between 1977 and 1979; Midge also did stints with The Rich Kids, Visage and Thin Lizzy before forming Ultravox in 1979.

9. Karen Carpenter ~ Although it is widely claimed that Tom Bahler wrote the song about Karen Carpenter, Bahler stated, "The fact is, I had already written that song by the time Karen and I became romantic. That song was written more about Rhonda Rivera . . . Rhonda and I had been together for two years, and it was after we broke up that I started dating Karen."

10. Ronnie Biggs ~ the British criminal notorious for his part in the Great Train Robbery of 1963. At the time of No One is Innocent Biggs was living in Brazil, still wanted by the British authorities, but immune from extradition. The song was credited to Paul Cook, Steve Jones, and Biggs

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MAY 2011
MUSIC QUIZ

1. In the 1998 MTV's Season 1 "Celebrity Deathmatch", who did Mick Jagger stab through the chest with his gigantic tongue ?

2. Which UK keyboard player has been a member of Colosseum II, Rainbow, Ozzy Osbourne band, Deep Purple and played with so many others great acts.

3. How did American boy band 'N Sync come by thier name ?

4. Which was the first Spanish band ever to have an international hit single reaching No.2 hit in the UK, No.4 America and No.1 in Canada in 1966 ? and the song ?

5. Which early AC/DC track was featured in the 2006 comedy film "Talladega Nights: The Ballad of Ricky Bobby" and was also played in the commercials for the American comedy film Napoleon Dynamite ?

6. As well as being a conductor, record producer, musical arranger, film composer, television producer, the award winning Quincy Jones, Jr. is famous for playing which instrument ?

7. Who was the mysterious lead singer of the Strawberry Alarm Clock's hit "Incense and Peppermints" ?

8. Which super model is featured on cover of Brian Ferry's 2010 album "Olympia" ?

9. U2's Bono wrote which song in memory of his personal assistant, Greg Carroll, a New Zealand Moari, after his tragic death in 1986; and which album did U2 devote to Greg ?

10. Who replaced John Belushi as Dan Aykroyd's partner in the Blues Brothers Band, first appearing as "Mighty" Mack McTeer on Saturday Night Live on March 25th 1995 and co-starred in the film Blues Brothers 2000.

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1. Aerosmith's Steve Tyler

2. Don Airey

3. The band name 'N SYNC is made up from the last letter of each band member's name: justiN, chriS, joeY, lanstoN and jC.

4. Los Bravos, with the song "Black Is Black"

5. T.N.T.

6. Trumpet

7. 16 year old friend of the band, Greg Munford ~ he was lead singer in a band called Shapes of Sound

8. Kate Moss

9. The song "One Tree Hill" ~ the album The Joshua Tree (1987)

10. John Goodman

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