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Here is a music quiz. I trust you not use the internet or magaines or books to find answers. You get all the questions, then all the answers
in a different order. Your job is to match them up.

Here are the correct answers for quiz no 4.

  1. Abba won the 1973 Eurovision Song contest with "Waterloo". How many points did Britain award to the song at the time?
    Nul points

  2. Tangos were big in the 30's but are now rare. "Fantasy Island" by Tight Fit was a tango, and so was "Tunnel of Love" by Fun Boy Three.
    Name Abba's biggest tango (1982).
    Head Over Heels

  3. Jimmie Lunceford recorded "'Tain't What You Do" in 1939. Who made it a hit again in 1982?
    Fun Boy Three with Bananarama

79 "It Don't Mean A Thing If It Ain't Got That Swing" was written by Duke Ellington in 1932. Tony Bennet's album "Cheek To Cheek" brought it back into the charts. In 2014 Bennet was the oldest artist to have a number one album in the USA. Who was the female vocalist on that track?
Lady Gaga

  1. Who was born to Boogie?
    Marc Bolan

  2. "Full Metal Jacket" reminded us of how good "The Trashmen" were. What was their ornithological song?
    Bird is the Word

  3. "We bring the jubilee". Which 1865 American Civil War song was played at William Sherman's funeral?
    Marching Through Georgia

  4. This French ballet/opera composer for Louis XIV accidentally stabbed himself in the foot and died of gangrene.
    Lully

  5. Which Strauss opera features the biblical dance of the seven veils?
    Salome

  6. Joby Talbot has written ballets (Alice's Wonderful Adventures in Wonderland and The Winter's Tale) but is probably most
    familiar to sci-fi fans in the soundtrack to a 2005 Martin Freeman film. Name it.
    Hitch-Hikers Guide To The Galaxy

  7. Youssou N'Dour is a singer-songwriter from an African country. He is also Minister of Tourism. Name the Country.
    In 2006 he was Equiano in "Amazing Grace".
    Senegal

  8. There are not many songs about bicycles. Queen, Engelbert Humperdinck, Tomorrow. Who sang the 2005 hit single which referenced China?
    Katie Melua

  9. Croatia's greatest export. They were number 1 in the USA Classical Music charts, 4 times. One of their tunes, called
    "Thunderstuck" has 170 million views on YouTube. It is a classical version of the AC/DC song. Another video shows a bagpiper
    playing the tune while flames come out of the drones.
    2Cellos

  10. In 1972 the Royal Scots Dragoon Guards took a hit by Judy Collins to an instrumental No 1 single, on bagpipes. Name that tune.
    Amazing Grace

  11. This appointment to the Royal Household was previously occupied by Sir Edward Elgar. Judith Weir was the first woman to be .... what?
    Master of The Queen's Music

  12. This is number 8 in the top 100 greatest guitar riffs (Q magazine). In 2003 it got to number 7 in the singles chart. It is sometimes sung at
    sports events. Jack says it was a childhood mistake for "Salvation Army".
    Seven Nation Army

  13. The biggest selling "Various Artists" album in the UK was in 1999. It had the sub-title "44" to distinguish from 43 other records.
    Name that series of albums.
    Now! That's What I Call Music

  14. A Hit Single for Manfred Mann's Earth Band in 1976. It had originally been an album track by Bruce Springsteen.
    Also the title of a film about some Luton Asians surprisingly attracted to Springsteen's outlook on life.
    Blinded By The Light

  15. In 1952 calypso singer Lord Kitchener recorded this song. In 1961 Harry Belafonte made a more dramatic recording. Tim Burton included it in the horror comedy film "Beetlejuice". Winona Ryder inexplicably floats in the air. Name the song.
    Jump in the Line

  16. 2006's "Casino Royale" has a song by Chris Cornell over the opening credits. The Beatles recorded a different song with the same name.
    What was the song?
    You Know My Name

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