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| 1. | On the Abbey Road album cover, which Beatle is wearing black shoes? |
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Ringo Starr | |
| 2. | Who partnered Alison Moyet to complete the 1980s pop duo Yazoo? (also known as Yaz in the USA) |
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Vince Clark | |
| 3. | What pop/dance music group, formed in 1988, was fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus? |
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Milli Vanilli | |
| 4. | What 1970 song begins with these lyrics? Finished with my woman cause she couldn't help me with my mind. People think I'm insane because I am browning all the time. |
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Black Sabbath|Paranoid
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| 5. | What male/female duet sang Too Much, Too Little, Too Late in 1978? |
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Johnny Mathis and Deniece Williams | |
| 6. | What Rodgers and Hammerstein musical includes the songs Oh What a Beautiful Mornin' and People Will Say We're in Love? |
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Oklahoma! | |
| 7. | In 1984, who said, "If Morrissey says not to eat meat, then I'll eat meat ... that's how much I hate Morrissey"? |
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Robert Smith (The Cure) | |
| 8. | Which two artists sing the 2012 hit Scream & Shout? |
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will.i.am & Britney Spears
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| 9. | There's No Business Like Show Business and Anything You Can Do are songs from which Irving Berlin musical? |
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Annie Get Your Gun | |
| 10. | "Ah giddy-up and giddy-up and get away. We're going crazy and we're going today" are lyrics from what 1975 song? |
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Status Quo|Rockin' All Over the World | |
| 11. | What 1971 song includes the line February made me shiver? |
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Don McLean|American Pie | |
| 12. | Which group did Lulu accompany on the 1993 hit Relight My Fire ? |
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Take That | |
| 13. | Which Grammy Award-winning female singer won the first American Idol in 2002? |
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Kelly Clarkson | |
| 14. | Most successful in the 1970s, what was the name of Harold Melvin's Philadelphia soul backing group? |
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The Blue Notes | |
| 15. | What quartet provided vocal backing for Elvis Presley between 1956 and 1972? |
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The Jordanaires | |
| 16. | Who wrote the 1946 Broadway musical Annie Get Your Gun? |
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Irving Berlin | |
| 17. | Who had worldwide hits in the 80s with Hard to Say I'm Sorry, Hard Habit to Break, and You're the Inspiration? |
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Chicago | |
| 18. | Whose hits in the 90s include Under the Bridge, Love Rollercoaster, and Scar Tissue? |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 19. | With which band is Fred Durst the lead singer? |
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Limp Bizkit | |
| 20. | What 1982 song includes these lyrics? "It's gonna take a lot to take me away from you. There's nothing that a hundred men or more could ever do." |
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Toto|Africa
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| 21. | Who sang about The Night Chicago Died in 1974? |
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Paper Lace | |
| 22. | It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, and Photograph were hits in the early 70s for who? |
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Ringo Starr | |
| 23. | A worldwide hit, whose debut single, Complicated, was released in March 2002? |
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Avril Lavigne | |
| 24. | Born in 1984, how is British rapper Dylan Kwabena Mills better known? |
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Dizzee Rascal | |
| 25. | What American rock band was formed in 1980 by lead singer Michael Stipe, lead guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry? |
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R.E.M. | |
| 26. | Which 1987 song opens with the lines: Your butt is mine Gonna take you right Just show your face In broad daylight |
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Michael Jackson|Bad
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| 27. | What month was the title of a 1978 hit for Earth, Wind and Fire? |
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September | |
| 28. | What 1965 hit song includes the lyrics I am alone. Gazing from my window to the streets below? |
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Simon & Garfunkel|I Am A Rock
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| 29. | Britney Spears, Kanye West and Kelly Clarkson have all had hits with what title in common? |
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Stronger | |
| 30. | What worldwide hit was released in January 2017 by Luis Fonsi featuring Daddy Yankee, and remixed 3 months later featuring Daddy Yankee and Justin Bieber? |
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Despacito | |
| 31. | What is the title of this 1966 album by the Beatles? |
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Revolver | |
| 32. | Please please tell me now is repeated four times in the opening lines of what 1983 song? |
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Duran Duran|Is There Something I Should Know?
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| 33. | Where Is the Love? and Shut Up were worldwide hits in 2003 for what group? |
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The Black Eyed Peas | |
| 34. | Written about a 1971 Attica State Prison riot, Rubber Bullets was a hit in 1973 for who? |
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10cc | |
| 35. | Who sang the theme tune to the 1965 James Bond film Thunderball? |
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Tom Jones | |
| 36. | All That She Wants, The Sign and Don't Turn Around were worldwide hits in the 90s for what group? |
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Ace of Base | |
| 37. | Produced and co-written by Giorgio Moroder and Pete Bellotte, what 1977 song laid the foundations for electronic dance music and was credited by the Financial Times as "one of the most influential records ever made"? |
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Donna Summer|I Feel Love | |
| 38. | Whose hits in the 90s include Firestarter, Breathe, and Smack My Bitch Up? |
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The Prodigy | |
| 39. | Which 1967 song features grandchildren Vera, Chuck, and Dave? |
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When I'm Sixty-Four (The Beatles)
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| 40. | A worldwide hit, what was the title of Eric Clapton's 1992 ballad about the pain and loss he felt following the death of his 4½ year-old son, Conor? |
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Tears in Heaven | |
| 41. | Achtung Baby, Zooropa and Pop were albums released in the 90s by what band? |
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U2 | |
| 42. | In 1986, Club Nouveau revived a Bill Withers classic with a cover of what song? |
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Lean On Me | |
| 43. | You Give Love a Bad Name was the first major worldwide hit for what band? |
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Bon Jovi (1986) | |
| 44. | Released in 1983, Love is a Battlefield was a million-selling gold hit for what singer? |
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Pat Benatar | |
| 45. | What food was the title of a 1962 hit for Booker T. & the M.G.s? |
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Green Onions | |
| 46. | What was the title of Lady Gaga's 2008 début single and worldwide hit? |
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Just Dance (ft. Colby O'Donis)
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| 47. | Broken Wings and Kyrie were worldwide hits in 1985 for what American pop rock group? |
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Mr. Mister | |
| 48. | Composed in 1791, Die Zauberflöte, or The Magic Flute, was the last completed opera by what composer? |
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart | |
| 49. | Before embarking on a solo career in 1986, Belinda Carlisle was lead singer of what all-female band? |
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The Go-Go's | |
| 50. | What song, made famous by Frank Sinatra in 1964, features the lyrics .. and let me sing forever more? |
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Fly Me to the Moon | |
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