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[zico]

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[zico]

Another 2010’s Pop Quiz

1.  Which British boy band was formed in 2010 after they solo auditioned for the X-Factor UK? 
One Direction

2.  Which English singer-songwriter and musician sang “Bloodstream”, “Castle on the Hill” and “Galway Girl”? 
Ed Sheeran

3.  True or False, Adele was 25 when she released her Album entitled “25” in 2015?
False, she was 27

4.  Which artist released the hit singles ‘California Gurls’ in 2010 and "Roar" in 2013?
Katy Perry

5.  Which Canadian crooner had a 2011 holiday album entitled “Christmas”? 
Michael Bublé

6.  Which pop diva became the first woman to win the Album of the Year Grammy twice after winning in 2010 and 2016, was it Beyoncé, Taylor Swift or Mariah Carey?
Taylor Swift - Now a Four-time winner

7. 'Shallow' - a duet by pop star Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper - won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019. On which film's soundtrack did it appear?
A Star is Born

8.  Which British heavy metal legend died on 28 December 2015?
Lemmy (Motörhead)

9.  Which band released the album “Songs of Innocence” in 2014 that automatically appeared on 500 million users' iTunes accounts as part of a marketing stunt?
U2

10.  In 2015, Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor (as a featured artist) reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with a song named after which singer who was murdered in 1984?
Marvin Gaye

11.  The 2017 hit song 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and featuring the Canadian singer Justin Bieber was mostly sung in which language?
Spanish

12.  Rory Charles Graham won the Brit Award for British Single Of the Year in 2018, he is known for his deep baritone voice.  How is he better known?
Rag’n’Bone Man

13.  Who in January 2014 announced her first live performances since 1979?
Kate Bush

14.  Which girl group reformed to sing two of their hits at the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony?
Spice Girls

15.  The 2012 European Black Album Tour was a concert tour by which American heavy metal band was it Black Sabbath, Metallica or Iron Maiden?
Metallica

16.  What is the name of the Swedish DJ who released the following songs: “Wake Me up” and “Hey Brother”? 
Avicii

17. David Bowie won a posthumous British Album of the Year Award at the 2017 Brit Awards with his final studio album; can you name it?
Blackstar

18.  Which Beatles album reached number 1 in October 2019 on the 50th anniversary of its original release?
"Abbey Road"

19.  True or False - The music video “Gangnam Style" by PSY was recognised by Guiness World Records in September 2012 as being the first YouTube video to hit one billion views?
True

20.  What was the biggest selling single of the 2010s in the UK?  (5 points) If you get this I’ll be impressed!
Happy (Pharrell Williams)


 

[zico]

Zico son, you sure you're not gen zee?

Haven't got a clue what I am these days Billy!  

[only1billybonds]

Zico son, you sure you're not gen zee?

[zico]

Glad it's not just me Zeb!    Have read the room gents and have tinkered with this one to make it a tad easier!  The pain is nearly over.....

Another 2010’s Pop Quiz

1.  Which British boy band was formed in 2010 after they solo auditioned for the X-Factor UK? 

2.  Which English singer-songwriter and musician sang “Bloodstream”, “Castle on the Hill” and “Galway Girl”? 

3.  True or False, Adele was 25 when she released her Album entitled “25” in 2015?

4.  Which artist released the hit singles ‘California Gurls’ in 2010 and "Roar" in 2013?

5.  Which Canadian crooner had a 2011 holiday album entitled “Christmas”? 

6.  Which pop diva became the first woman to win the Album of the Year Grammy twice after winning in 2010 and 2016, was it Beyoncé, Taylor Swift or Mariah Carey?

7. 'Shallow' - a duet by pop star Lady Gaga and Hollywood actor Bradley Cooper - won the Academy Award for Best Original Song in 2019. On which film's soundtrack did it appear?

8.  Which British heavy metal legend died on 28 December 2015?

9.  Which band released the album “Songs of Innocence” in 2014 that automatically appeared on 500 million users' iTunes accounts as part of a marketing stunt?

10.  In 2015, Charlie Puth and Meghan Trainor (as a featured artist) reached number one on the UK Singles Chart with a song named after which singer who was murdered in 1984?

11.  The 2017 hit song 'Despacito' by Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee and featuring the Canadian singer Justin Bieber was mostly sung in which language?

12.  Rory Charles Graham won the Brit Award for British Single Of the Year in 2018, he is known for his deep baritone voice.  How is he better known?

13.  Who in January 2014 announced her first live performances since 1979?

14.  Which girl group reformed to sing two of their hits at the 2012 Olympic Closing Ceremony?

15.  The 2012 European Black Album Tour was a concert tour by which American heavy metal band was it Black Sabbath, Metallica or Iron Maiden?

16.  What is the name of the Swedish DJ who released the following songs: “Wake Me up” and “Hey Brother”? 

17. David Bowie won a posthumous British Album of the Year Award at the 2017 Brit Awards with his final studio album; can you name it?

18.  Which Beatles album reached number 1 in October 2019 on the 50th anniversary of its original release?

19.  True or False - The music video “Gangnam Style" by PSY was recognised by Guiness World Records in September 2012 as being the first YouTube video to hit one billion views?

20.  What was the biggest selling single of the 2010s in the UK?  (5 points) If you get this I’ll be impressed!



 

[zebthecat]

8 today thanks zico.
Christ I'm old.

[only1billybonds]

14.

Cheers Zico 

[zico]

8. Thanks Zico. Actually even worse than it looks, as I got question 20 right!

No that is impressive.

[mallard]

10 - Thanks Zico

[Westside]

8. Thanks Zico. Actually even worse than it looks, as I got question 20 right!

[zico]

5 thanks, Zico, which is about four more than I thought I might get.  I knew Yellow and guessed four more. I think the next round of music will probably be an age-related zero. But, as I am out tomorrow, my complete embarrassment can be avoided

I was doing the 1860's tomorrow East!   If it's any consolation I would have got less, as I say I probably don't listen to anything post 1986 but have to bring it up to the present and its conclusion!!

[easthammer]

5 thanks, Zico, which is about four more than I thought I might get.  I knew Yellow and guessed four more. I think the next round of music will probably be an age-related zero. But, as I am out tomorrow, my complete embarrassment can be avoided

[zico]

Another 2000’s Pop Quiz

1. Can you name all the members of Girls Aloud? (first names) Point for each.
Nicola, Sarah, Cheryl, Kimberly, and Nadine

2.  Who made a comeback made a comeback with the single “Patience “in 2006?
Take That

3.  Eminem's Lose Yourself not only performed well in the charts, but it was the soundtrack to a cult movie. What's the film's title?
8 Mile

4.  Which Britain's Got Talent Runner Up had the best-selling album of 2009?
Susan Boyle

5.  Which cartoon character beat Westlife to the Christmas number one spot in 2000?
Bob the Builder with Can We Fix It? beat Westlife's What Makes a Man

6.  The world met who in 2008 with her huge song “Just Dance”?
Lady Gaga

7. Which female vocalist won three Ivor Novello Awards including Best Contemporary Song for "Stronger Than Me" in 2004?
Amy Winehouse 

8.  The video for what “colourful” song by Coldplay shows Chris Martin walking along the seashore?
Yellow

9.  Chester Bennington was the lead singer of which rock band?
Linkin Park

10.  In what type of building was the video for U2’s “Beautiful Day” shot?
An airport - Charles De Gaulle airport in Paris, specifically using the Terminal 2F building.

11.  Although “Killing in the Name” was released in 1992, it topped the UK charts in what month of 2009?
December - "Killing in the Name" by Rage Against the Machine topped the UK Christmas charts in December 2009. This unexpected victory was part of a public campaign to protest the dominance of the X Factor talent show during the holiday season.

12. In what year did Michael Jackson, the King of Pop”, pass away?
2009

13.   What does Pink say we gotta do in her 2001 hit song?
Get the party started

14. ‘Where Is the Love?’ was a breakout hit in 2003 for which US hip hop group?
Black Eyed Peas

15. Which legendary British band released an album in 2000 simply named ‘1’?
The Beatles  

16.  What year did Kings of Leon release their chart-topper Sex on Fire, was it 2004, 2006 or 2008?
2008

17.  In 2004, Las Vegas-based alternative rock band The Killers released their successful debut album. What was it called?
Hot Fuss

18. ‘Complicated’ was the hit debut single for which artist?
Avril Lavigne

19. In 2006, which band’s album “Stadium Arcadium” topped the charts in several countries?
Red Hot Chili Peppers 

20. What was the biggest selling single of the 2000s in the UK?  (5 points) 
"Evergreen"/"Anything Is Possible" – Will Young (Will accept just Evergreen)


 

[zico]

Two more to go on the music front.  My pop knowledge went around 1989 so apologies if the remaining years questions are a bit crap!!

Another 2000’s Pop Quiz

1. Can you name all the members of Girls Aloud? (first names) Point for each.

2.  Who made a comeback made a comeback with the single “Patience “in 2006?

3.  Eminem's "Lose Yourself" not only performed well in the charts, but it was the soundtrack to a cult movie. What's the film's title?

4.  Which Britain's Got Talent Runner Up had the best-selling album of 2009?

5.  Which cartoon character beat Westlife to the Christmas number one spot in 2000?

6.  The world met who in 2008 with her huge song “Just Dance”?

7. Which female vocalist won three Ivor Novello Awards including Best Contemporary Song for "Stronger Than Me" in 2004?

8.  The video for what “colourful” song by Coldplay shows Chris Martin walking along the seashore?

9.  Chester Bennington was the lead singer of which rock band?

10.  In what type of building was the video for U2’s “Beautiful Day” shot?.

11.  Although “Killing in the Name” was released in 1992, it topped the UK charts in what month of 2009?

12. In what year did Michael Jackson, the King of Pop”, pass away?

13.   What does Pink say we gotta do in her 2001 hit song?

14. ‘Where Is the Love?’ was a breakout hit in 2003 for which US hip hop group?

15. Which legendary British band released an album in 2000 simply named ‘1’?

16.  What year did Kings of Leon release their chart-topper Sex on Fire, was it 2004, 2006 or 2008?

17.  In 2004, Las Vegas-based alternative rock band The Killers released their successful debut album. What was it called?

18. ‘Complicated’ was the hit debut single for which artist?

19. In 2006, which band’s album “Stadium Arcadium” topped the charts in several countries?

20. What was the biggest selling single of the 2000s in the UK?  (5 points) 



 

[easthammer]

11 thanks Zico 
 

[zebthecat]

13 today thanks zico.
Pop passed me by in the 90s.

[only1billybonds]

22.

Cheers Zico 

[mallard]

16 Thanks Zico

[Westside]

17. Thanks Zico. Boosted by Sir Elton.

[zico]

Another 1990’s Pop Quiz

1. According to Natalie Inbruglia in 1997, "Nothing's right, I'm..." what?
Torn

2.  Which Cher song was the first-ever pop song to use Auto-Tune?
Believe

3.  Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You featured in the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and spent how many consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts in 1991, was it 14, 16 or 18?
16

4. As well as the aforementioned (Everything I Do), two other acts also had runs of 10 or more weeks at number one in the UK during the 1990s.  Both were also tracks in major hit films.  Can you name the acts for two points?
Wet Wet Wet and Whitney Houston (for "Love Is All Around" and "I Will Always Love You", respectively)

5.  Grunge became popular in the early 90s helped by the success of which rock band's Nevermind studio album?
Nirvana

6.  Whilst attending the BRIT Awards in 1998, John Prescott had a jug of water poured over him by Danbert Nobacon of which pop group?
Chumbawamba

7.  Name the 1994 debut studio album by Oasis?
Definitely Maybe

8.  Which of Michael Jackson’s songs featured actor Macaulay Culkin in the music video?
Black or White

9.  In which year did the following songs reach number one in the UK single chart? Celine Dion - ‘Think Twice’, Blur - ‘Country House’ and Simply Red - ‘Fairground’
1995

10.  Jimmy Nail had TV success in the nineties with Spender and also a 1992 number one single with which song?
Ain't No Doubt

11. Who featured on East 17’s No. 2 “If You Ever” in 1996?
Gabrielle

12.  Which pop icon released the album “Ray of Light” in 1998, marking a major reinvention of her sound?
Madonna

13.  What American rock band released a song in 1992 with a type of weather and a month of the
year in the title?
Guns NRoses released November Rain in 1992

14.  What was the theme tune for the movie Young Guns II which was released in 1990?
Bon Jovi Blaze of Glory was the theme tune for the movie Young Guns II

15.  Which group held the Uk Christmas single number one spot in 1996, 1997 and 1998?
Spice Girls

16.  Which Take That song became their first UK number one hit and won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1994 Brit Awards?
Pray

17.  Which American rock band was formed in 1990, in Seattle, with Eddie Vedder on lead vocals?
Pearl Jam

18.  In 1995 as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album., a studio version of the recording of which Beatle's song was released as a single?
Free as a Bird

19.  Danish singer Sannie Charlotte Carlson, best known by her stage name, had a 1994 hit with which single?
Saturday Night (her stage name is Whigfield)

20.  What was the biggest selling single of the 90s in the UK?  (5 points)
Candle in the Wind 1997/Something About the Way You Look Tonight - Elton John and lyricist Bernie Taupin



 

[zico]

Another 1990’s Pop Quiz

1. According to Natalie Inbruglia in 1997, "Nothing's right, I'm..." what?

2.  Which Cher song was the first-ever pop song to use Auto-Tune?

3.  Bryan Adams (Everything I Do) I Do It for You featured in the film Robin Hood Prince of Thieves and spent how many consecutive weeks at the top of the UK charts in 1991, was it 14, 16 or 18?

4. As well as the aforementioned (Everything I Do), two other acts also had runs of 10 or more weeks at number one in the UK during the 1990s.  Both were also tracks in major hit films.  Can you name the acts for two points?

5.  Grunge became popular in the early 90s helped by the success of which rock band's Nevermind studio album?

6.  Whilst attending the BRIT Awards in 1998, John Prescott had a jug of water poured over him by Danbert Nobacon of which pop group?

7.  Name the 1994 debut studio album by Oasis?

8.  Which of Michael Jackson’s songs featured actor Macaulay Culkin in the music video?

9.  In which year did the following songs reach number one in the UK single chart? Celine Dion - ‘Think Twice’, Blur - ‘Country House’ and Simply Red - ‘Fairground’

10.  Jimmy Nail had TV success in the nineties with Spender and also a 1992 number one single with which song?

11. Who featured on East 17’s No. 2 “If You Ever” in 1996?

12.  Which pop icon released the album “Ray of Light” in 1998, marking a major reinvention of her sound?

13.  What American rock band released a song in 1992 with a type of weather and a month of the
year in the title?

14.  What was the theme tune for the movie Young Guns II which was released in 1990?

15.  Which group held the Uk Christmas single number one spot in 1996, 1997 and 1998?

16.  Which Take That song became their first UK number one hit and won British Single of the Year and British Video of the Year at the 1994 Brit Awards?

17.  Which American rock band was formed in 1990, in Seattle, with Eddie Vedder on lead vocals?

18.  In 1995 as part of the promotion for The Beatles Anthology video documentary and the Anthology 1 compilation album., a studio version of the recording of which Beatle's song was released as a single?

19.  Danish singer Sannie Charlotte Carlson, best known by her stage name, had a 1994 hit with which single?

20.  What was the biggest selling single of the 90s in the UK?  (5 points)


 

[only1billybonds]

19.(inc no.20)


Cheers Zico, some good uns this week.

[zebthecat]

19 today thanks zico and got band aid as well.
The 80s was a cultural desert in pop music.

[Westside]

17. Thanks Zico. Including Band Aid.

[mallard]

21 -  Got the Brucey Bonus Q.20

Thanks for this week Zico

[zico]

Another 80’s Pop Quiz

1.  Which Phil Collins song had the subtitle “Take A Look At Me Now”?
Against All Odds

2.  Tears for Fears reworked and slightly renamed which of their songs to be the theme song for Sports Aid?
Everybody Wants to Rule the World – Everybody Wants to Run the World

3.  Siobhan Fahey, a former member of Bananarama, left the group in 1988 and formed which other group?
Shakespears Sister

4.  Let’s Go Crazy, “I Would Die 4 U” & “When Doves Cry” were all songs on which 1984 album?
Purple Rain (by Prince)

5.  Which 80s pop band consisted of Paul Caplin on Keyboards, Kate Garner on Vocals and also on vocals, Jeremy Healy, who later became a world-famous DJ?
Haysi Fantayzee

6. “Holding Out for a Hero”, by Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler, appeared on the soundtrack to which 1984 film?
Footloose

7.  Which Stock Aitken Waterman singer reached number 1 in the 80’s with the song “You’ll Never Stop Me From Loving You”?
Sonia

8.  Which record producer co-founded a label called ZTT Records, signing acts such as Grace Jones, Art of Noise & Frankie Goes to Hollywood?
Trevor Horn

9.  Cliff Richard topped the 1988 Christmas charts with which single?
Mistletoe and Wine

10.  Who was the lead singer of T’Pau?
Carol Decker

11. Helen Folasade Adu’s music was often described as being “cocktail jazz” or “yuppie soul”. She was better known as who? 
Sade

12. Which single gave Whitney Houston her first UK number one in 1985?
Saving All My Love for You

13.  Which member of Friends cast appears in Bruce Springsteen’s music video for “Dancing in the Dark”?
Courteney Cox

14.  Which former member of the band Eagles, performed “The Heat Is On” as heard in Beverly Hills Cop?
Glenn Frey

15.  Peter Hook borrowed Ennio Morricone’s guitar bassline from “For a Few Dollars More” on which song?
Blue Monday

16.  Simon Le Bon, Nick Rhodes, and Roger Taylor of Duran Duran formed which group as a side project in 1985?
Arcadia

17.  What was the title of the debut album by the American rock band Guns N' Roses, released in 1987?
Appetite for Destruction

18.  How many UK no. 1 singles did The Bee Gees have throughout the 1980s, was it one, two or three?
One (You Win Again)

19.  "I Think We’re Alone Now″ was re-popularized when American pop singer Tiffany covered the song when she was 15 for her debut album. The song was originally written and composed by Ritchie Cordell and was first recorded by which band in 1967?
Tommy James and the Shondells

20.  What was the biggest selling single of the 80s in the UK?  (5 points)
Do They Know It's Christmas by Band Aid