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| 1. | End of the Road, I'll Make Love to You, and On Bended Knee are among the chart-topping hits in the early 90s for what group? |
| 2. | La bohème, Tosca, Madama Butterfly, and Turandot are all operas by which Italian composer? |
| 3. | What Academy Award winning actor is mentioned in David Bowie's 1983 hit China Girl? |
| 4. | Johnny Fingers is a keyboardist and co-founding member of what band formed in Dublin in 1975? |
| 5. | "Chairman of the Board" and "Ol' Blue Eyes" were among which singer's nicknames? |
| 6. | Which American soul music duo wrote and recorded the original Harlem Shuffle in 1963? |
| 7. | Born Elaine Bookbinder in Broughton, Lancashire in 1945, by what name is this famous singer better known? |
| 8. | A famous song from The Pirates of Penzance is I am the very model of a modern ... what? |
| 9. | Who partnered with Joe Cocker in 1982 to sing Up Where We Belong? |
| 10. | What American rock band was formed in 1980 by lead singer Michael Stipe, lead guitarist Peter Buck, bassist Mike Mills, and drummer Bill Berry? |
| 11. | Whose 1968 debut single was titled Those Were the Days? |
| 12. | In what country was pop musician Ricky Martin born? |
| 13. | To which family of musical instruments does the bassoon belong? |
| 14. | Stephen Baldwin's daughter, Hailey, married what singer in 2018? |
| 15. | Which 1959 musical features the song Climb Ev'ry Mountain? |
| 16. | In the 1982 Human League song Don't You Want Me, how many years had the couple been together? |
| 17. | Please please tell me now is repeated four times in the opening lines of what 1983 song? |
| 18. | In the Midnight Hour, Land of 1,000 Dances, and Funky Broadway were 1960s hits for who? |
| 19. | Who had a Perfect Day in 1972? |
| 20. | "I'll sing you a song with no words and no tune. To sing in your khazi while you suss out the moon, oh yeah!" are lyrics from what 1968 song? |
| 21. | What English rock band were formed in 1976 in Salford, Greater Manchester by singer-songwriter Ian Curtis, guitarist and keyboardist Bernard Sumner, bass player Peter Hook, and drummer Stephen Morris? |
| 22. | What Oscar-winning actor sang on Kanye West's 2005 hit Gold Digger? |
| 23. | Released in September 1988, what was the first a cappella song to reach number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart? |
| 24. | With a career spanning from 1956 to the present day, which famous guitarist was born Brian Robson Rankin on 28th October 1941 in Newcastle upon Tyne? |
| 25. | What 1974 song was Queen's first international hit, reaching number 2 in the U.K. and number 12 in the U.S.? |
| 26. | What 2001 song begins with these lyrics? It starts with One thing I don't know why It doesn't even matter how hard you try |
| 27. | Sweet Nothing, Under Control, Summer, Blame, and One Kiss are among hits in the 2010s for who? |
| 28. | On account of his initials, what stage name does English rapper Elliot Gleave use? |
| 29. | Which well known rapper and actor was born O'Shea Jackson on 15th June 1969? |
| 30. | Formed in 1985, by what name are pop duo Andy Bell and Vince Clarke known? |
| 31. | In what American city was Elvis found dead in 1977? |
| 32. | "Baby I got sick this morning. A sea was storming inside of me." are lyrics from what 1982 song? |
| 33. | Between 1964 and 1968, David Ruffin was one of the lead singers of what Motown group? |
| 34. | Which band released both an album and single titled Innuendo in 1991? |
| 35. | What are the first names of the Davies brothers, co-founders of the Kinks in 1963? |
| 36. | Before becoming famous as Fatboy Slim, Norman Cook played bass guitar for what 1980s UK chart-topping band? |
| 37. | Whose Symphony No.1 impressed conductor Hans von Bülow so much, he dubbed it "Beethoven's Tenth"? |
| 38. | What hip hop group did a 1986 cover and collaboration of the Aerosmith song Walk This Way? |
| 39. | What 1978 song includes these lyrics? I don't believe in Peter Pan Frankenstein or Superman |
| 40. | Who sang the first line of USA for Africa's 1985 song We Are The World? |
| 41. | Formed in 1993, music duo Daft Punk are from which European country? |
| 42. | Reaching number one in 35 countries, Bleeding Love was the best-selling single of 2008 worldwide. Who performed it? |
| 43. | What former member of the Faces was officially declared a member of the Rolling Stones in February 1976? |
| 44. | Formed in 1972, what American jazz rock band named themselves after a strap-on dildo mentioned in the William S. Burroughs novel Naked Lunch? |
| 45. | Who had a worldwide hit with Over My Head (Cable Car), their début single in 2005? |
| 46. | What 1979 original is sampled in Madonna's 2005 hit Hung Up?
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| 47. | A worldwide hit, what did Dawn and Tony Orlando ask everyone to do in 1973? |
| 48. | Whose 1980s hit singles included West End Girls, It's A Sin and Always On My Mind? |
| 49. | What singer songwriter was born LaDonna Adrian Gaines on 31st December 1948? |
| 50. | According to the 1957 song by The Everly Brothers, what time did Little Susie wake up? |
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