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| 1. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1985 with Don't You (Forget About Me)? |
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Simple Minds (from The Breakfast Club soundtrack) | |
| 2. | "Maybe you're just like my mother. She's never satisfied" are lyrics from what 1984 song? |
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Prince|When Doves Cry
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| 3. | For what song was Bruce Springsteen awarded an Oscar in 1994? |
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Streets of Philadelphia (Best Original Song - from the 1993 film Philadelphia) | |
| 4. | What 2001 song begins with these lyrics? It starts with One thing I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try |
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Linkin Park|In the End
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| 5. | Which 1967 song begins with the lyrics: You say "Yes", I say "No". You say "Stop" and I say "Go, go, go".? |
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The Beatles|Hello, Goodbye
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| 6. | Bobbie Gentry earned Grammy awards for Best New Artist and Best Female Pop Vocal Performance for what 1967 song? |
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Ode to Billie Joe | |
| 7. | In the 1994 film Pulp Fiction, Vince Vega and Mia Wallace win a dance contest by twisting to which 1964 Chuck Berry song? |
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You Never Can Tell | |
| 8. | Which American singer had a worldwide hit in 1963 with It's My Party? |
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Lesley Gore | |
| 9. | What was Michael Jackson's middle name? |
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Joseph | |
| 10. | Hello Mary Lou was a 1961 hit for who? |
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Ricky Nelson | |
| 11. | What 1979 song by Squeeze doesn't mention the song title until the very last line of the song? |
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Up the Junction
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| 12. | What founding member of the Rolling Stones died in his swimming pool in July 1969, aged just 27? |
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Brian Jones | |
| 13. | Who said You're the First, the Last, My Everything in 1974? |
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Barry White | |
| 14. | ABBA's 1976 hit Fernando refers to a revolution in which country? |
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Mexico | |
| 15. | What musical instrument is also the French word for paper clip? |
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Trombone | |
| 16. | What English girl group's début single in 1981, sung entirely in Swahili, was titled Aie a Mwana? |
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Bananarama | |
| 17. | "Walking through an empty house, tears in my eyes. Here is where the story ends, this is goodbye." are lyrics from what 1977 song? |
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ABBA|Knowing Me, Knowing You
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| 18. | Some Enchanted Evening, Happy Talk and There Is Nothing Like a Dame are songs from what musical? |
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South Pacific | |
| 19. | Best known for their 1980 hit Fade to Grey, who is the lead singer and frontman of the 1980s pop group Visage? |
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Steve Strange | |
| 20. | Who released a best-selling album in 1979 titled Off the Wall? |
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Michael Jackson | |
| 21. | What English band was formed in 1980 by vocalist and guitarist Bernard Sumner, bassist Peter Hook and drummer Stephen Morris? |
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New Order (joined by Gillian Gilbert on keyboards later that year) | |
| 22. | Who had a worldwide hit with Over My Head (Cable Car), their début single in 2005? |
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The Fray | |
| 23. | What singer married American actress Ayda Field in 2010? |
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Robbie Williams | |
| 24. | What member of rock band Queen attained a PhD in astrophysics from Imperial College London in 2007? |
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Brian May | |
| 25. | Covered many times since, who had an original hit in 1964 with Under the Boardwalk? |
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The Drifters | |
| 26. | Introduced to the Hawaiian Islands by Portuguese immigrants in the late 19th century, the name of what musical instrument roughly translates from Hawaiian as "jumping flea"? |
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Ukulele | |
| 27. | Who had a hit in 1969 with Something in the Air? |
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Thunderclap Newman | |
| 28. | What month was the title of a 1978 hit for Earth, Wind and Fire? |
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September | |
| 29. | What 80s-90s boy band includes brothers Jonathan and Jordan Knight? |
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New Kids on the Block (plus Joey McIntyre, Donnie Wahlberg, and Danny Wood) | |
| 30. | Whose biggest hits in the 90s were I Want You, To the Moon and Back, and Truly Madly Deeply? |
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Savage Garden | |
| 31. | "Bum bum be-dum, bum bum be-dum bum" are lyrics frequently repeated in what 2008 Rihanna song? |
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Disturbia | |
| 32. | What 1969 Credence Clearwater Revival song features in the 1981 film An American Werewolf in London? |
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Bad Moon Rising | |
| 33. | Who had hits in the late 70s and early 80s with Instant Replay, Relight My Fire, and I Can Dream About You? |
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Dan Hartman | |
| 34. | "Words are very unnecessary. They can only do harm." is part of the chorus to what 1990 hit single? |
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Depeche Mode|Enjoy the Silence
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| 35. | Which musical includes the songs The Music of the Night, All I Ask of You, Angel of Music, and Masquerade? |
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The Phantom of the Opera | |
| 36. | What 2006 single, featuring Wyclef Jean, charted at number 1 in at least 55 countries? |
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Shakira|Hips Don't Lie
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| 37. | Who replaced David Lee Roth as lead singer of Van Halen between 1985 and 1996? |
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Sammy Hagar | |
| 38. | What 1967 song mentions a Semolina pilchard, climbing up the Eiffel Tower? |
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The Beatles|I Am the Walrus
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| 39. | Who partnered with Gwen Stefani to create her 2007 worldwide hit single The Sweet Escape? |
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Akon | |
| 40. | Popularised by UB40 in 1983, who wrote and recorded the original Red Red Wine in 1967? |
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Neil Diamond | |
| 41. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1987 with Heaven is a Place on Earth? |
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Belinda Carlisle | |
| 42. | Who had hits in the early 90s with Hero and Anytime You Need a Friend? |
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Mariah Carey | |
| 43. | Take a Bow, Disturbia, and Rehab were 2008 hits for who? |
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Rihanna | |
| 44. | Released as a single in December 1965, who had a worldwide hit in Spring 1966 with Elusive Butterfly? |
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Bob Lind | |
| 45. | Who was lead singer of Australian band AC/DC until his untimely death in February 1980? |
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Bon Scott (Ronald Belford Scott) | |
| 46. | Released in 1966, Last Train to Clarksville was the début single for which band? |
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The Monkees | |
| 47. | What four words are missing from this 1972 album title? The Rise and Fall of ____ ____ and the ____ from ____. |
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Ziggy Stardust Spiders Mars (David Bowie) | |
| 48. | Le quattro stagioni is a group of four violin concerti by what Italian composer? |
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Antonio Vivaldi (The Four Seasons) | |
| 49. | What American singer/songwriter did actress Jessica Biel marry in 2012? |
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Justin Timberlake | |
| 50. | What was the name of the band fronted by Gloria Estefan in the late 1970s and 1980s? |
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Miami Sound Machine | |
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