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| 1. | Whose video for the 1989 hit Opposites Attract featured her dancing with cartoon character MC Skat Kat? |
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Paula Abdul | |
| 2. | What girl's name gave The Damned their only ever top 10 hit in 1986? |
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Eloise | |
| 3. | What American band were formed in 1961 by brothers Brian, Dennis and Carl Wilson, their cousin Mike Love, and friend Al Jardine? |
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The Beach Boys | |
| 4. | In Gustav Holst's The Planets, what planet is the Magician? |
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Uranus | |
| 5. | What 1968 hit song includes the line I was born in a cross-fire hurricane? |
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The Rolling Stones|Jumpin' Jack Flash
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| 6. | What musical instrument is also the French word for paper clip? |
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Trombone | |
| 7. | By the Way (2002) and Stadium Arcadium (2006) are the eighth and ninth studio albums by what band? |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 8. | Name the artist and complete these lines with a 1970s song title: "And the man in the back said everyone attack. And it turned into a ...." |
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Sweet|Ballroom Blitz (1973) | |
| 9. | What 1985 album is this? |
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The Smiths|Meat is Murder | |
| 10. | Identify this 1986 song from the muted video. |
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Peter Gabriel|Sledgehammer | |
| 11. | Most successful in the 80s, which Scottish band includes Jim Kerr, Charlie Burchill and Mel Gaynor? |
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Simple Minds | |
| 12. | Tom DeLonge, Mark Hoppus, and Travis Barker comprise what band formed in California in 1992? |
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Blink-182 | |
| 13. | Who said You're So Vain in December 1972? |
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Carly Simon | |
| 14. | What 1981 hit song was sampled in Rihanna's 2006 song SOS? |
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Soft Cell|Tainted Love
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| 15. | It Don't Come Easy, Back Off Boogaloo, and Photograph were hits in the early 70s for who? |
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Ringo Starr | |
| 16. | Who was "at a payphone trying to call home" in 2012? |
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Maroon 5 (feat. Wiz Khalifa)
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| 17. | What is the title of this, the Beatles' second studio album, released in November 1963? |
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With the Beatles | |
| 18. | In 1960, who reached No. 2 in the US and No. 1 in the UK with Poetry in Motion? |
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Johnny Tillotson | |
| 19. | Formed in 1993, music duo Daft Punk are from which European country? |
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France (Paris) | |
| 20. | Formed in 1995, which Canadian rock band gets its name from the small change bassist Mike Kroeger used to relentlessly give to customers when working at Starbucks? |
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Nickelback | |
| 21. | How You Remind Me, Someday, Photograph, and Rockstar are among hits in the 2000s for what band? |
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Nickelback | |
| 22. | Counter, Sofa, Shower, Camera, and Shoulder all feature in the pre-chorus of what 2000 song? |
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Shaggy|It Wasn't Me
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| 23. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1992 with This Used to Be My Playground? |
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Madonna | |
| 24. | What 1982 song includes these lyrics? Don't lose your grip on the dreams of the past You must fight just to keep them alive |
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Survivor| Eye of the Tiger
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| 25. | Who had a hit in 1969 with Something in the Air? |
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Thunderclap Newman | |
| 26. | Jeremy, Given to Fly and Last Kiss were some of the hits in the 90s for what American rock band? |
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Pearl Jam | |
| 27. | Whose band in the 1960s were the Tijuana Brass? |
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Herb Alpert | |
| 28. | What song was a worldwide hit for The Osmonds in 1974 and Boyzone in 1994? |
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Love Me for a Reason | |
| 29. | Who had a worldwide hit in 1961 with Big Bad John? |
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Jimmy Dean | |
| 30. | "Cause this is thriller, thriller night. There ain't no second chance against the thing with ___ eyes, girl." What's the missing number? |
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Forty (Michael Jackson - Thriller)
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| 31. | Identify this 1979 song from the muted video. |
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Elvis Costello|Accidents Will Happen | |
| 32. | Stuart Sutcliffe, Brian Epstein and Billy Preston, among several others, have all at some point been branded with what nickname? |
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Fifth Beatle (also Pete Best, George Martin, Neil Aspinall, Derek Taylor, Tony Sheridan, Jimmie Nicol, Eric Clapton) | |
| 33. | After leaving The Jam, what band did Paul Weller form in 1983? |
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The Style Council | |
| 34. | What pop/dance music group, formed in 1988, was fronted by Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus? |
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Milli Vanilli | |
| 35. | By what nickname is American singer Harry Wayne Casey better known? |
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K.C. | |
| 36. | The title song of what 1978 film was written by Barry Gibb and performed by Frankie Valli? |
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Grease | |
| 37. | According to Guns and Roses, "the grass is green and the girls are pretty," in what city? |
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Paradise City
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| 38. | Who had a worldwide hit in the early 80s with the album Business as Usual? |
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Men at Work | |
| 39. | What American band were formed in Los Angeles in 1983 by singer Anthony Kiedis, guitarist Hillel Slovak, bassist Flea, and drummer Jack Irons? |
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Red Hot Chili Peppers | |
| 40. | Produced by Phil Spector, Da Doo Ron Ron was a 1963 hit single by which group? |
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The Crystals | |
| 41. | Formed in 1986, what English group is led by singer Carol Decker? |
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T'Pau | |
| 42. | Which well known band was formed in 1973 by brothers Angus and Malcolm Young? |
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AC/DC | |
| 43. | What folk-rock group was formed in Los Angeles in 1966 by Canadian musicians Neil Young, Bruce Palmer and Dewey Martin and American musicians Stephen Stills and Richie Furay? |
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Buffalo Springfield | |
| 44. | Who said Walk on By in 1964? |
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Dionne Warwick | |
| 45. | What American actor had a worldwide hit in the mid-70s with a mostly-spoken version of Bread's If? |
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Telly Savalas | |
| 46. | "I met her in a club down in old Soho. Where you drink champagne and it tastes just like cherry cola." are lyrics from what 1970 song? |
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The Kinks|Lola
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| 47. | Formed in 1972, what American jazz rock band named themselves after a strap-on dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch? |
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Steely Dan ("Steely Dan III from Yokohama") | |
| 48. | What 1968 song features Brother Tony, Old Ebenezer, Jonny Hammer, Aunty Milly, and Jennifer Eccles? |
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Scaffold|Lily the Pink | |
| 49. | Between 1973 and 1984, brothers Maurice, Verdine, and Fred White were all members of what band? |
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Earth, Wind & Fire | |
| 50. | Who was sacked by manager Brian Epstein on 16th August 1962, to be replaced as Beatles' drummer by Ringo Starr? |
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Pete Best | |
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