Mix 'N' Match Pop Quiz Book

Kevin Snelgrove

Description

Brief Description: Are you knowledgeable about pop music? Can you reel off the names of groups from years gone by and their lead singers? Can you recall chart topping hits from the past and who sung them? If so, this exciting quiz book will quickly uncover how much you really know about the history of pop music. Which year did Elvis Presley have a UK hit with 'Way Down'? What was the name of Kate Bush's debut album released in 1978? Which year did The Animals have a transatlantic number 1 with 'House of the Rising Sun'? The answers to these questions and more can all be found in The Mix 'n' Match Pop Music Quiz Book. This book takes the reader on a nostalgic journey from Bing Crosby to Katy Perry with 300 questions about the groups, songwriters, hits and individual artists that have shaped the music scene over the years. Packed full of information this book is guaranteed to entertain and inform and there is no better way to test your knowledge of pop culture. This is a must-have book for music fans of all ages.

Sujets

• Music

Informations

• Publié par: Andrews UK
• Date de parution: 27 juin 2011
• Nombre de lectures: 0
• EAN13: 9781908382511
• Langue: English

Extrait

Title Page

THE MIX ‘N’ MATCH QUIZ BOOK

300 Questions on Music History







Compiled by
Kevin Snelgrove




Publisher Information

First published in 2011 by
Apex Publishing Ltd
PO Box 7086, Clacton on Sea, Essex, CO15 5WN, England
www.apexpublishing.co.uk

Digital Edition converted and distributed in 2011 by
Andrews UK Limited
www.andrewsuk.com

Copyright © 2011 by Kevin Snelgrove
The author has asserted his moral rights

All rights reserved. This book is sold subject to the condition, that no part of this book is to be reproduced, in any shape or form. Or by way of trade, stored in a retrieval system or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, be lent, re-sold, hired out or otherwise circulated in any form of binding or cover other than that in which it is published and without a similar condition, including this condition being imposed on the subsequent purchaser, without prior permission of the copyright holder.

Cover designed by Aimee Nicholson



Questions


Lead Singers – 1

Can you name the group the following lead singers fronted?

1.Dave Bartram
2.Ian Dury
3.Buster Bloodvessel
4.Heather Small
5.Tony Hadley
6.Cliff Richard
7.Mick Jagger
8.Graham McPherson
9.Brian Connolly
10.Diana Ross

US Number 1 Singles – 1

Match the year to the number 1 hit

11.‘Car Wash’ Rose Royce
12.‘All For You’ Janet Jackson
13.‘Born This Way’ Lady Gaga
14.‘Blue Moon’ The Marcels
15.‘One More Try’ George Michael
16.‘Sexy Back’ Justin Timberlake
17.‘Call Me’ Blondie
18.‘Wild Thing’ The Troggs
19.‘To Know Him Is to Love Him’ The Teddy Bears
20.’Macarena’ Los Del Rio

Years: 2006, 1977, 1988, 1996, 2011, 1980, 1961, 2001, 1966, 1958

Lead Singers – 2

Can you name the group the following lead singers fronted?

21.Peter Noone
22.Trevor Horn
23.Simon Le Bon
24.Davy Jones
25.Freddie Mercury
26.Geoff Lynn
27.Roy Wood
28.Noddy Holder
29.Marc Bolan
30.Ian McCulloch

UK Number 1 Singles – 1

Match the year to the number 1 hit

31.‘Ice Ice Baby’ Vanilla Ice
32.‘Rose Marie’ Slim Whitman
33.‘This Ole House’ Shakin’ Stevens
34.‘About You Now’ Sugababes
35.‘Blockbuster’ The Sweet
36.‘Someone Like You’ Adele
37.‘I’m A Believer’ The Monkees
38.‘Cathy’s Clown’ The Everly Brothers
39.‘Dancing Queen’ Abba
40.‘Sound of the Underground’ Girls Aloud

Years: 2011, 1990, 1976, 1981, 1960, 1955, 2002, 2007, 1967, 1973

Total US Number 1 Singles

Match the total number 1 singles to the artist

41.Elvis Presley
42.Stevie Wonder
43.Lionel Ritchie
44.Michael Jackson
45.Daryl Hall and John Oates
46.The Everly Brothers
47.The Beatles
48.The Supremes
49.Tony Orlando and Dawn
50.Phil Collins

Number 1 singles: 6, 20, 10, 3, 13, 12, 5, 4, 7, 17

Lead Singers – 3

Can you name the group the following lead singers fronted?