1) From the numerous acts, both groups and individuals, that have won multiple awards at the BRITs .. which act has been the most successful to date ?

2) Which fellow artist decribed Smokey Robinson as 'America's greatest living poet'?

3) Saul Hudson is better known as which rock guitar icon ?

4) Which Beatle held on to his bachelor status the longest ?

5) What was the first compact disc manufactured in the United States for commercial release ?

6) Which of the Mamas and the Papas is an autobiographical song, narrating the story about how the group was formed ?

7) Chris Stainton is famed for playing which musical instrument ?

8) What is the origin of the Swedish group Abba ?

9) In 1985 what related these 15 acts ~ AC/DC, Black Sabbath, Cyndi Lauper, Def Leppard, Judas Priest, Madonna, Mary Jane Girls, Mercyful Fate, Motley Crüe, Prince, Sheena Easton, Twisted Sister, Vanity, Venom, and W.A.S.P. ?

10) True or false .. Frank Sinatra gave Marilyn Monroe a poodle named Mafia

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1) Robbie Williams

2) Bob Dylan

3) Slash ~ former Guns 'n' Roses guitarist, now with Velvet Revolver

4) Paul McCartney was the last bachelor Beatle, he married Linda Eastman in a civil ceremony in London, 1969. Paul's brother Mike was his best man. No other Beatle attended the wedding.

5) Bruce Springsteen's "Born in the USA" became the first compact disc manufactured in the United States for commercial release, when CBS Records opened its CD manufacturing plant in Terre Haute, Indiana in 1984. Discs previously had been imported from Japan.

6) "Creeque Alley"

7) Keyboards (Eric Clapton, Joe Cocker, Roger Waters, plus many more)

8) ABBA got the name from the first letter of each group member's name, Agnetha, Benny, Bjorn, Anni-frid

9) They were the PMRC's "Filthy Fifteen" ... In 1985 the PMRC wrote to music industry presidents and CEOs and requested a rating system for music lyrics and imagery. The letter contained a list of the "filthy fifteen", the artists initially targeted by the PMRC.

10) True and it was a white poodle.

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MAY 2007 QUIZ

1. What have 'Hell On High Heels' by Motley Crue; 'Killer Queen' by Queen; 'Mama' by Genesis and The Police's 'Roxanne' all got in common?

2. 90's and present day vocalist Brian Warner, is better known as who?

3. Which legendary blues singer hit Jim Morrison (of The Doors) over the head with a bottle when he asked her out ?

4. What was Bob Marley's own record label called?

5. Which member of S Club 7 sang lead on the ballad 'Never Had A Dream Come True'

6. What was The Eagles very first chart hit in 1972 (US charts)

7. The Rolling Stones' 2005 "Sweet Neo Con" speaks out against what ?

8. Manuela Testolini and dancer Mayte Garcia have both been married to which flamboyant singer/ musician / songwriter.

9. Who drums for the band Queens Of The Stone Age and fronts the death-metal group Probot. (As well as other mega projects)

10. Steve Marriott, guitarist Peter Frampton, bassist Greg Ridley along with drummer Jerry Shirley formed which band back in 1968 ?

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ANSWERS

1. They are all songs about prostitutes.

2. Marilyn Manson.

3. Janis Joplin.

4. Tuff Gong Records ~ He gained a reputation for his physical strength, which earned him the nickname "Tuff Gong"; he was forced to learn self-defense at an early age, as he became the target of bullying because of his racial makeup and small stature (5'4" or 163 cm tall).

5. Jo O'Meara.

6. "Take It Easy" #12 US, the first Uk hit wasn't until 1975 "One of These Nights" #1 US, #23 UK (Their 9th single).

7. It speaks out against the Bush administration; the song is a political song about George Bush, gasoline, Dick Cheney and conservatism. (a "Neo Con" is a "New Conservative").

8. Prince was married to dancer Mayte Garcia from 1996-99. He married Manuela Testolini in 2001; she filed for divorce in 2006.

9. Dave Grohl ~ who was the drummer for Nirvana. After Kurt Cobain died, he switched to guitar and formed The Foo Fighters.

10. Humble Pie.

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