Music to my Ears

THE FAB FOUR

1 Who was the first Beatle who could accurately sing When I’m Sixty Four?

2 Which Beatles album cover depicted the fab four spelling out a word in semaphore?

3 Which Beatles hit begins and ends with the sound of a jet plane?

4 Who killed John Lennon?

5 Which is the only Beatles number one hit that does not contain the title of the song in the lyrics?

GROUP THERAPY

6 Which song provided Roxy Music with their first chart entry?

7 Which song was a hit for the Supremes in 1971 and a hit for Bananarama ten years later?

8 With which group did Annie Lennox first enjoy chart success?

9 Which pop group has a name that literally means, “Beyond the voice”?

10 John Maus, Scott Engels and Gary Leeds are collectively known as whom?

AN ALBUM COLLECTION

11 Which rock group’s debut album depicted a picture of the Hindenburg on the front cover?

12 Which Michael Jackson album outsold Thriller in the UK?

13 What sport is depicted on the front cover of the Blur album, Parklife?

14 Which rock group recorded the albums Machine Head, Burn and Fireball?

15 Which Dickens novel shares its title with the debut album of Tasmin Archer?

CLASSICAL GAS

16 What does the musical instruction legato indicate?

17 What is the better known title of the Verdi opera, The Fallen Woman?

18 In which country was the composer Franz Schubert born?

19 The film Song Without End chronicled the life of which composer?

20 What is the popular title of Haydn’s Symphony No 94?

LET’S HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS

21 Who duetted with Cliff Richard on the song All I Ask of You?

22 Who were derided by Mary Whitehouse after making their Top of the Pops debut in 1967?

23 Which female film star is the first name mentioned in the lyrics of the song Where Do You Go to My Lovely?

24 In 1991 who became the first person to refuse a Grammy Award?

25 Which James Bond theme was performed by Gladys Knight?

CLOSING LINES
Identify the song from the last line of their lyrics

26 The finest girl you ever wanna meet

27 Even though you’re only three

28 I will ease your mind

29 Why oh why can’t I?

30 Baby we can talk all night, but that ain’t getting us nowhere

ANSWERS TO FAB FOUR
1 Ringo Starr
2 Help
3 Back In the USSR
4 Mark Chapman
5 The Ballad of John and Yoko

ANSWERS TO GROUP THERAPY
6 Virginia Plain
7 Nathan Jones
8 The Tourists
9 Ultravox
10 The Walker Brothers

ANSWERS TO ALBUMS
11 Led Zeppelin
12 Bad
13 Greyhound racing
14 Deep Purple
15 Great Expectations

ANSWERS TO CLASSICAL GAS
16 Smoothly or connected
17 La Traviata
18 Austria
19 Franz Liszt
20 Surprise Symphony

ANSWERS TO HEAR IT FOR THE GIRLS
21 Sarah Brightman
22 Pan’s People
23 Marlene Dietrich
24 Sinead O’Connor
25 Licence to Kill

ANSWERS TO CLOSING LINES
26 Reet Petite
27 Save Your Kisses for Me
28 Bridge Over Troubled Water
29 Over the Rainbow
30 Two Out of Three Ain’t Bad