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Music Trivia Questions and Answers |
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Music Trivia Questions and Answers
How many of Frank Sinatra's collaborators on Duets and Duets II
joined him in the studio? What three words preceded "land that I love" in a 1938 Irving
Berlin tune? What Georgia rockers resurrected Dan Rather's mysterious 1986
mugging in their 1994 track, What's the Frequency, Kenneth? What's the only group to claim two of the top ten best-selling
singles of the 1970s? What group's early BBC performances went quadruple platinum
within two months of their U.S. release in late 1994? What Stephen Foster tune encourages racing enthusiasts to "bet on
de bay"? What singer sent the punk band Rancid a naked photo along with a
plea to sign with her record label? Who was the first solo female host of the Academy Awards
ceremony? How many former Beatles had chart-topping singles from 1973 to
1974? What rock star did Lou Diamond Phillips' wife leave him for? What jazz musician got his aristocratic nickname in high school
for his neat attire and fastidious manners? What jazz trumpeter was dubbed the "Prince of Darkness"? What sitcom spawned the hit song I'll Be There for You? What MTV twosome are known as "The Bad Boys" in Mexico? What did rapper Mohandas Dewese coolly change his name to? How many songs from the Beatles' Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club
Band were released as singles? What folk-rocker said he'd like Billy Dee Williams or Mickey
Rooney to play him if his life story is filmed? What was the only language beat writer Jack Kerouac spoke until
the age of six? What Italian wrote 32 operas between the ages o9f 18 and 30? What countdown deejay intones: "keep your feet to the ground, and
keep reaching for the stars"? What Shania Twain recording became the best-selling country music
album ever by a female artist, in 1996? What Elton John album became the first album to enter the charts
at Number One, in 1975? What veteran British rock star explained: "I smash guitars
because I like them"? What Alanis Morissette debut album sold over ten million copies? Who stomped off a 1995 Lollapalooza stage after a fan of her late
husband threw a shotgun shell at her feet? What opera star sold more recordings in 1990 than all but Madonna
and Elton John? What country star changed his first name from Randall to Hank? What Bizet opera concerns a gal who dumps a soldier for a
bullfighter? What late pun rocker did Debbie Gibson try to contact during a
Halloween séance in 1988? What songstress died before the release of her cross-over album
Dreaming of You? What composer was honored on the bicentennial of his death with a
180-disc compilation of all his works? What 1976 and 1991 hit begins: "Is this the real life / Is this
just fantasy"? What did Def Leppard drummer Rick Allen lose in a 1984 auto
accident? What Allman Brothers anthem announces: "When it's time to leave I
hope you'll understand"? What British punks played to more fans in the first weekend of
their 1996 "Filthy Lucre" tour than during their entire 1978 U.S.
tour? What 23-year-old Tejano singer was murdered by her fan club
president?
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