Pick of the Pops

1 Abdul, Lawrence, Levi and Obie were the original four members of which group?

2 Which actress mentioned in the lyrics of the Madonna hit Vogue, died a month after the song was released?

3 Who choked to death on a ham sandwich on July 29, 1974?

4 Which X Factor contestant topped the UK album charts in March 2007 with a compilation of Rat Pack standards?

5 Ray Manzarek, Bobby Krieger and John Densmore. Who is the missing lead vocalist?

6 Which singer was dubbed the David Beckham of jazz following the release of the 2003 album Twentysomething?

7 In what year did Wet Wet Wet top the UK singles charts for 15 weeks with Love Is All Around?

8 Which rock band was founded in 1976 after drummer Larry Mullen posted an advert on the notice board of his Dublin school?

9 What connects the number one hits Hero and Begin the Beguine?

10 Which four songs topped the UK charts for Wham?

11 Which song was a collaboration between Girls Aloud and the Sugababes for the 2007 Comic Relief single?

12 Which group founded the company Polar Music?

13 Which award wining singer was expelled from the Sylvia Young Theatre School at the age of 13 after piercing her nose?

14 Which chart topping band originally performed as The Deltas?

15 Which band took its name from a Michael Leigh publication about sadomasochism?

16 What connects number one hits by The Beatles in 1966, Christie in 1970 and Dawn in 1973?

17 The Byrds hit Turn Turn Turn was a musical tune set to the text of which book?

18 Which pop group took their name from a society depicted in the computer game Starforce Alpha Centauri?

19 In 1978 Genesis released the album And Then There Were Three. Who were the three members alluded to in the title?

20 Which song contains the lyric, “But the Kasachok he danced really wunderbar”?

Answers

1 The Four Tops

2 Greta Garbo

3 Mama Cass Elliott

4 Ray Quinn

5 Jim Morrison of The Doors

6 Jamie Cullum

7 1994

8 U2

9 Father and son Julio and Enrique Iglesias

10 Freedom, Wake Me Up Before You Go Go, I’m Your Man, Edge of Heaven

11 Walk This Way

12 Abba

13 Amy Winehouse

14 The Hollies

15 Velvet Underground

16 The word yellow for Yellow Submarine, Yellow River, Tie A Yellow Ribbon Round the Old Oak Tree

17 The Bible

18 Human League

19 Phil Collins, Mike Rutherford, Tony Banks

20 Rasputin