Music - 1 point
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| North America | Drawn by Andy Warhol, a picture of what fruit appears on the cover of the 1967 The Velvet Underground & Nico album? | Banana | 2023/04/08 |
| North America | According to the song 'I'll Never Fall in Love Again', written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David, what do you get when you kiss a girl? | Enough germs to catch pneumonia | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Which songwriting team wrote many of Motown's most famous hits, including The Supreme hits 'Baby Love', 'Stop! In the Name of Love', 'You Keep Me Hangin' On', and 'You Can't Hurry Love'? | Holland-Dozier-Holland *The team was comprised of brothers Brian and Eddie Holland, and Lamont Dozier. | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Harry Wayne Casey was the lead vocalist of which 1970s American disco and funk band? | KC and the Sunshine Band | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Debbie Harry was the lead singer of which US band, who enjoyed its biggest success in the 1970s and 1980s? | Blondie | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | What is the only group named after a European capital city to have had a UK and US number 1 single - although the group never had a number 1 in the country after whose capital it is named? | Berlin *‘Take My Breath Away’, used in the film Top Gun, reached number 1 in the UK and US in 1986, but only number 3 in the then West Germany - for which Bonn was the capital. | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Chad Channing was an early drummer for which famous Seattle group? | Nirvana | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Rozonda 'Chilli' Thomas, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins, and Lisa 'Left-Eye' Lopes were the three members of what American singing group? | TLC **The initials of the members’ nicknames spell TLC. | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | What is the only US number 1 single to contain a two-letter state abbreviation, such as CA for California, and that same state's capital city in its title? | Ms Jackson by Outcast *MS is the abbreviation for Mississippi. Jackson is the capital of Mississippi. | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | Caleb, Nathan, Jared and Matthew Followill are the members of which band? | Kings of Leon | 2023/04/16 |
| North America | To what did the band The B-52's change their name for the release of the theme song to 1994 film The Flintstones? | The BC-52's | 2023/04/22 |
| North America | Which trio was the only all-female group to tour with The Beatles, doing so as openers for the latter's 1966 US tour? | The Ronettes | 2023/05/14 |
| North America | What fairy tale character-inspired stage name was used by DJ Deidra Muriel Roper, best known for her work with the hip hop group Salt-N-Pepa? | Spinderella | 2024/10/22 |
| North America | According to Fountains of Wayne’s 2003 single, whose mom ‘has it going on’? | Stacy | 2024/12/07 |
| North America | What species of corvid links a San Francisco band fronted by singer Adam Duritz formed in the 1990s; an Atlanta band fronted by Chris Robinson formed in the 1980s; and a Minnesota band fronted by David Wagner formed in the 1960s? | Crow *Counting Crows; The Black Crowes; Crow | 2024/12/07 |
| North America | What was the name of the pop group comprised of Tito Jackson’s sons - who are Michael Jackson’s nephews - Tariano, Taryll, and Tito? | 3T | 2024/12/14 |
| North America | What was the name of the song sung by Kermit the Frog at the start of The Muppet Movie in 1979 which has been covered by the likes of Willie Nelson, The Carpenters, Barbra Streisand, Gwen Stefani, and Weezer, and in 2020 was added to the US National Recording Registry after the Library of Congress deemed it ‘culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant’? | Rainbow Connection | 2024/12/14 |
| North America | Widely seen as a pioneering use of auto-tune in pop music, what 1998 release has been the biggest selling single of Cher’s career? | Believe | 2025/03/01 |
| North America | What word completes the title of a single by American group Beastie Boys: (You Gotta) Fight for Your Right (To …!)? | Party | 2025/03/01 |
| North America | In 2014 which New York musician said he would play a residency at the city’s Madison Square Gardens for as long as there was demand for tickets - a promise he eventually had to break because he was still playing sold out shows 10 years later? | Billy Joel | 2025/03/01 |
| North America | Which future one-hit wonder was a breakdancer and beatboxer at the City Lights club in Dallas in the late 1980s, where he opened for acts including Public Enemy, NWA, and 2 Live Crew? | Vanilla Ice | 2025/03/01 |
| UK & Ireland | The singer Chesney Hawkes, famous for the hit 'The One and Only' is the son of Len 'Chip' Hawkes, the bassist for which 1960s band? | The Tremeloes | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Often mistakenly believed to be addressing a person, the title of Eddie Grant's 1988 song 'Give Me Hope Jo'anna' actually refers to which city? | Johannesburg | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Which choirboy sang the song Walking in the Air that featured on the 1982 animation The Snowman? | Peter Auty *Aled Jones became famous for the song after doing a cover for a Toys R Us advert, but did not sing the original | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | The 1980s band Duran Duran took their name from Dr. Durand Durand, the villain in which 1968 cult sci-fi film? | Barbarella | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | TV presenter Dougie Vipond was a drummer for which Scottish band? | Deacon Blue | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Lauren Laverne, the presenter of Radio 4's Desert Island Discs, was a guitarist and singer for which 1990s band? | Kenickie | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Sisters Easther and Vernie Bennett, alongside Kéllé Bryan and Louise Nurding, were the members of which 1990s UK girl group? | Eternal | 2023/04/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Musicians Chris Lowe and Neil Tennant are better known by what stage name? | Pet Shop Boys | 2024/04/28 |
| UK & Ireland | By what stage name is British Nigerian singer Helen Folasade Adu better known? | Sade | 2023/10/31 |
| UK & Ireland | Which elaborately named 1960s English band had hits with 'Hold Tight!', 'Bend It!', and 'Zabadak!', and released an album entitled 'If Music Be the Food of Love... Prepare for Indigestion'? | Dave Dee, Dozy, Beaky, Mick, and Tich | 2024/05/02 |
| UK & Ireland | Myleene Klass, Kym Marsh, Suzanne Shaw, Danny Foster, and Noel Sullivan formed the pop group Hear’Say after success on which British talent show? | Popstars | 2024/10/31 |
| UK & Ireland | Complete this lyric from the outro of Pink Floyd’s chart-topping song ‘Another Brick in the Wall (Part 2)’: ‘How can you have your pudding if you don’t eat your …?’. | Meat | 2024/12/07 |
| UK & Ireland | Which British female solo artist had her second ever UK number one in 2022, 37 years after the song was originally released and 44 years after her first number one? | Kate Bush | 2025/03/01 |
| Europe | Which Russian pop duo had hits in 2002 and 2003 with All the Things She Said and Not Gonna Get Us? | t.a.T.u. | 2023/04/16 |
| Europe | Britney Spears '...Baby One Morre Time', Katy Perry's 'California Gurls', Ariana Grande's 'God is a Woman', The Weeknd's 'Can't Feel My Face' and Bon Jovi's 'It's My Life' are all writing credits for which prolific Swedish music producer? | Max Martin | 2023/04/16 |
| Europe | Which ABBA song is named after a series of spotlights produced by the company Strong Lighting? | Super Trouper | 2024/12/19 |
| Africa | Which South African gospel group came to international attention for their collaborative work on Paul Simon's Graceland album? | Ladysmith Black Mambazo | 2023/04/16 |
| Africa | Freddie Mercury, the lead singer of the band Queen, was born in which East African island archipelago? | Zanzibar | 2024/10/31 |
| Australia | In 2009, the hit 1980s song 'Down Under', by Men at Work, was sued for copyright infringement for its alleged use of what popular Australian nursery rhyme? | Kookaburra *The rhyme is also known as Kookaburra Sits in the Old Gum Tree. | 2024/05/10 |
| Film music | Which American sang on three separate winners of the Academy Award for Best Song, including duets that appeared on An Officer and a Gentleman and Dirty Dancing? | Jennifer Warnes | 2023/04/16 |
| Film Music | Which 1979 song, sung by Kermit the Frog in the opening scene of The Muppet Movie, was deemed 'culturally, historically, or aesthetically significant' by the US Library of Congress in 2020? | Rainbow Connection | 2023/04/16 |
| Film Music | Which musician and songwriter, who died in 2023, made cameo appearances in all three Austin Powers films? | Burt Bacharach | 2023/04/16 |
| TV Music - UK | What is the name of Jools Holland's annual New Year's music show shown on BBC 2? | Hootenanny | 2023/04/16 |
| TV Music - UK | Journalist and DJ 'Whispering' Bob Harris presented which television music show, which ran from 1972 to 1979? | The Old Grey Whistle Test | 2023/04/16 |
| Children's | Anthony Field, Lachlan Gillespie, Simon Pryce and Tsehay Hawkins are the current members of which children's music and television group? | The Wiggles | 2023/04/16 |
| Competitions | What is the only country to have won the Eurovision song contest in three consecutive years, claiming the prize in 1992, 1993, and 1994? | Ireland *Ireland also won in 1996, making 4 wins in 5 years | 2023/04/16 |
| Competitions | In 2007, what country became only country to win the Eurovision Song Contest on its first attempt, barring Switzerland's win in the very first competition? It has not won the competition since. | Serbia | 2023/04/16 |
| Technical | Stratocaster and Telecaster are models of electric guitar produced by which American company? | Fender | 2023/04/16 |
| Opera | The aria Nessum Dorma appears in the final act of which Puccini opera? | Turandot | 2024/04/07 |
| Composers | James Lord Pierpont was the composer of which famous Christmas song? | Jingle Bells | 2023/04/22 |
| Instruments | Sold for $16 million in 2011, the Vieuxtemps by Giuseppe "del Gesù" Guarneri is currently the most expensive example of what type of musical instrument? | Violin | 2024/04/09 |
| Festivals | One of Europe's largest annual music festivals, in which country is the heavy metal event Hellfest held each year? | France *Hellfest is held in the town of Clisson. | 2024/04/28 |
| Festivals | Which Scottish music festival ran from 1994 to 2016, including 18 editions at the Balado airfield near Perth? | T in the Park | 2024/10/31 |
| Holidays | In the song The Twelve Days of Christmas, how many ladies dancing are there? | Nine | 2024/10/31 |
| Miscellaneous | The drummer from which heavy metal band guest appeared on The Sooty Show, and has frequently placed Sooty puppets on his drum kit during performances? | Iron Maiden *Iron Maiden's drummer is Nico McBrain. | 2024/04/09 |
| Miscellaneous | What name connects the singers of 'When the Going Gets Tough, the Tough Get Going', 'Thinkin Bout You', and 'Me Rehúso'? | Ocean (Billy Ocean, Frank Ocean, Danny Ocean) | 2023/04/16 |
| Miscellaneous | What connects the members of 1990s British girl group Eternal and 1960s US girl group The Ronettes? | Both contained Bennett sisters. *The Ronettes had Estelle and Veronica Bennett (who would later be known as Ronnie Spector). Eternal had Vernie and Easther Bennett. | 2023/05/14 |
| Miscellaneous | How much change would you get from $5 if an object cost the stage name of US rapper Curtis Jackson, best known for 2003 song In Da Club, plus the UK pop duo behind 1979 hit 'Love's Gotta Hold of Me'? | $3.50 *Curtis Jackson is known by the stage name 50 cent. The UK group is Dollar. | 2024/10/22 |
| Miscellaneous | What number can follow The Jackson, Ben Folds, and Maroon to make musical groups? | Five | 2024/11/14 |
| Miscellaneous | Which well-known comedian was the lead singer of 1980s band Seona Dancing, which made little impact in his home country but found popularity in the Philippines? | Ricky Gervais | 2024/12/07 |
Music - 2 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| North America | George Merrill and Shannon Rubicam, the husband-and-wife team whose group Boy Meets Girl had a top 10 hit with Waiting for a Star to Fall, were the writers behind which two hit Whitney Houston songs? | 1. How Will I Know 2. I Wanna Dance with Somebody (Who Loves Me) | 2024/12/19 |
| UK & Ireland | What two family members are named in the title of a 1972 hit for Chicory Tip, and a 1970 song by Cat Stevens, the latter also covered by Boyzone in 1995? | 1. Father 2. Son *Chicory Tip got to number one with Son of My Father. Cat Stevens released Father and Son, which was named by Rolling Stone magazine as one of the best 500 songs ever written. | 2025/01/01 |
| UK & Ireland | Which two musicians wrote the 1984 Band Aid charity single Do They Know It’s Christmas? | 1. Bob Geldoff 2. Midge Ure | 2025/01/01 |
| Asia | What two songs released by the Korean artist Psy have reached both the UK and US top ten? | 1. Gangnam Style 2. Gentleman | 2024/10/31 |
| TV Music - UK | Which two musicians serve as the expert judges on the Channel 4 show The Piano? | 1. Lang Lang 2. Mika | 2023/04/16 |
| Competitions | Which two countries are tied for the most victories in the Eurovision Song Contest, having 7 each? | 1. Ireland 2. Sweden | 2023/05/14 |
| Competitions | What is the European country with the smallest population to have won the Eurovision Song Contest, and what is the European country with the largest population to have never won it? | 1. Monaco 2. Poland *Monaco has a population under 40 000 and won in 1971. Poland has a population of nearly 40 million and, despite entering 24 times, has only finished in the top five once, finishing second on its debut in 1994 - a year they were nearly disqualified because half the song was sung in English. | 2023/04/16 |
| Miscellaneous | What two colours appear in the name of the pop band comprised of members Kim Ji-soo, Jennie Kim, Roseanne Park, and Lalisa Manobal - more commonly known by fans as Jisoo, Jennie, Rose, and Lisa? | 1. Black 2. Pink *The band is K-pop group Blackpink. | 2024/12/07 |
Music - 3 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
|---|---|---|---|
| Film Music | Which 3 Scottish women have sung the title themes for films in the James Bond series? | 1. Lulu 2. Sheena Easton 3. Shirley Manson *Lulu: The Man with the Golden Gun. Sheena Easton: For Your Eyes Only Shirley Manson, as part of the band Garbage: The World is Not Enough | 2023/04/16 |
| Opera | Which three opera singers comprised the singing group The Three Tenors? | 1. Plácido Domingo 2. José Carreras 3. Luciano Pavarotti | 2025/01/16 |
Music - 5 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| North America | What are the names of the five solo studio albums released by Michael Jackson that reached number 1 in the US & UK album charts? | 1. Thriller (1982) 2. Bad (1987) 3. Dangerous (1991) 4. HIStory (1995) 5. Invincible (2001) *1979’s Off the Wall reached number 3 in both the US and UK. | 2025/01/16 |
| UK & Ireland | Prior to their various marriages, what were the surnames of the five members of the pop group Spice Girls? | 1. Adams 2. Brown 3. Bunton 4. Chisholm 5. Halliwell | 2025/01/20 |
| Lyrics | What five animals are mentioned in the lyrics to the song My Favourite Things from the Rodgers and Hammerstein musical The Sound of Music? | 1. Kitten 2. Pony 3. Goose 4. Dog 5. Bee *Amongst the favourite things are ‘whiskers on kittens’, ‘cream-coloured ponies’, and ‘wild geese that fly with the moon on their wings’. The chorus, which describes when the singer thinks of these, starts with the line ‘when the dog bites, when the bee stings’. | 2025/01/09 |
| Competitions | Name the five acts that have won the Eurovision Song Contest representing the UK. | 1. Sandie Shaw 2. Lulu 3. Brotherhood of Man 4. Bucks Fizz 5. Katrina and the Waves *Sandie Shaw won with Puppet on a String in 1967. Lulu won with Boom Bang-a-Bang in 1969. Brotherhood of Man won with Save Your Kisses for Me in 1976. Bucks Fizz won with Making Your Mind Up in 1981. Katrina and the Waves won with Love Shine a Light in 1997. | 2023/04/16 |
| Festivals | Rod Stewart is scheduled to play the Glastonbury Festival legends slot in 2025. Which five female solo artists have played the slot since it was first introduced in 1998? | 1. Shirley Bassey (2007) 2. Dolly Parton (2014) 3. Kylie Minogue (2019) 4. Diana Ross (2022) 5. Shania Twain (2024) | 2025/01/16 |
Music - 6 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| Instruments | In the standard tuning of a guitar, what letters signify the six respective open string pitches? | 1. E 2. A 3. D 4. G 5. B 6. E | 2024/12/19 |
Music - 7 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| US | While the original novel by Bret Easton Ellis referenced many more, what seven musical artists or bands of the 1980s were mentioned in the film adaptation of American Psycho, released in the year 2000? | 1. George Michael 2. Huey Lewis and the News 3. Elvis Costello 4. Phil Collins 5. Genesis 6. U2 7. Whitney Houston *Protagonist Patrick Bateman talks enthusiastically about Huey Lewis and the News, Genesis, Phil Collins, and Whitney Houston prior to killing people. He compares Huey Lewis to Elvis Costello, and is trying to listen to George Michael when his fiancee talks to him. U2 is mentioned by one of the victims. | 2025/01/09 |
Music - 8 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| UK | Since it formed in the 1960s, who have been the eight members of the music group The Rolling Stones? | 1. Mick Jagger 2. Keith Richards 3. Ronnie Wood 4. Brian Jones 5. Bill Wyman 6. Charlie Watts 7. Mick Taylor 8. Ian Stewart | 2024/12/07 |
Music - 9 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| UK - 1980s | Name the nine Scottish locations mentioned in The Proclaimer's 1987 song Letter from America. | 1. Lochaber 2. Sutherland 3. Lewis 4. Skye 5. Bathgate 6. Linwood 7. Methil 8. Irvine 9. Wester Ross *Wester Ross appears in the second verse. The other locations all appear in choruses. | 2023/05/14 |
Music - 11 points
| Category | Question | Answer | Last Update |
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| UK | Which eleven girls’ names are mentioned in the Beautiful South song ‘Song for Whoever’? | 1. Shirley 2. Deborah 3. Julie 4. Jane 5. Jennifer 6. Alison 7. Philippa 8. Sue 9. Annabel 10. Cathy 11. Mary | 2024/04/28 |
| North America | What have been American musician Taylor Swift’s eleven studio album releases? | 1. Taylor Swift 2. Fearless 3. Speak Now 4. Red 5. 1989 6. Reputation 7. Lover 8. Folklore 9. Evermore 10. Midnights 11. The Tortured Poets Department *Taylor Swift has also re-recorded four of her studio albums due to a dispute over her back catalogue, and released four live albums. | 2024/05/05 |