The Number One Quiz

1 Which three songs that won Eurovision in the 1980s were also number one hits in the UK?

2 Which number one hit contains the lyric “Clad in plastic, it’s fantastic”?

3 What was the only UK number one single for the Sweet?

4 In 1972, mother and son Hilda and Rob Woodward performed together on which chart topper?

5 Which chart topper contains the lyric,” If you’re all alone when the pretty birds have flown”?

6 Which three songs topped the UK charts for Manfred Mann?

7 What was the first UK chart topper for the Rolling Stones?

8 Under what name has Orville Burrell recorded several number one hits?

9 Which two songs topped the UK charts for the Beach Boys?

10 Which pair of number ones mentions the character of Major Tom in the lyrics?

11 “Ridicule is nothing to be scared of”- Which number one hit?

12 In 1998 who became the oldest female soloist to top the UK charts?

13 “Tongue tied, I’m short of breath” Opening line of which number one?

14 What was Elton John’s first chart topping single as a solo artist?

15 What is the name of the woman waiting in Amarillo in the song Is This the Way to Amarillo?

16 Which chart topper for Mud was originally a hit for Buddy Holly?

17 Which two songs hit the top of the charts for Wizzard?

18 Which was the first Irish act to record ten number one hits in the UK?

19 In January 2002, which two singers had posthumous hits at the top of the UK charts?

20 What is the nationality of the chart topping band Rednex?

21 Which four female singers collaborated on the 2001 version of Lady Marmalade?

22 Which chart topper opens with the line” You’ve done it all, you’ve broken every code”?

23 Which song topped the charts for the Bluebells after being featured in a TV advert for Volkswagen?

24 What is the alternative title for the song Its in His Kiss?

25 “Twice on the pipe if the answer is no” A line from which 70s song?

26 In 2006, which Abba chart topper was voted Best Break Up Song of all Time?

27 The video for which number one hit saw look-alikes of Reagan and Brezhnev embroiled in a violent tussle?

28 Who with a 118 inch waist topped the UK charts in 1993?

29 Which musical spawned the chart topping song I Know Him so Well?

30 Which song topped the charts in 1990 for the England World Cup Squad?

31 Which one hit wonders topped the charts in 1996 with Spaceman?

32 What was the last UK number one hit for Wham?

33 The chart topping song Show Me Heaven featured in which Tom Cruise film?

34 Which 1986 number one hit featured in a Tom Cruise movie?

35 Which song topped the UK charts for 15 weeks in 1994?

36 Bohemian Rhapsody contains the title of a number one hit in the lyrics which by a strange coincidence replaced Bohemian Rhapsody at the top of the charts. Which song was it?

37 Who topped the charts in 1993 wearing an eye patch?

38 Which singer had three solo number ones in the UK with cover versions of songs previously performed by Paul Anka, Cliff Richard and Tab Hunter?

39 In 1969 what became the first cartoon group to top the UK charts?

40 In 2002 name the five acts that topped the UK singles charts that had previously appeared on TV reality pop music shows

Answers to Number One Quiz

1 What’s Another Year, Making Your Mind Up, A Little Peace
2 Barbie Girl
3 Blockbuster
4 Mouldy Old Dough by Lieutenant Pigeon
5 Take a Chance on Me
6 Do Wah Diddy Diddy, Pretty Flamingo, Mighty Quinn
7 It’s All Over Now
8 Shaggy
9 Good Vibrations, Do It Again
10 Space Oddity, Ashes to Ashes
11 Prince Charming
12 Cher
13 Too Shy by Kajagoogoo
14 Sacrifice
15 Marie
16 Oh Boy
17 See My Baby Jive, Angel Fingers
18 Westlife
19 Aaliyah, George Harrison
20 Swedish
21 Christina Aguilera, Lil’ Kim, Pink, Mya
22 Come Up and See Me (Make Me Smile)
23 Young at Heart
24 The Shoop Shoop Song
25 Knock Three Times
26 The Winner Takes It All
27 Two Tribes
28 Mr Blobby
29 Chess
30 World in Motion
31 Babylon Zoo
32 Edge of Heaven
33 Days of Thunder
34 Take My Breath Away, in Top Gun
35 Love is all Around
36 Mamma Mia
37 Gabrielle
38 Donny Osmond
39 The Archies
40 Will Young, Gareth Gates, Girls Aloud, Liberty X, Darius Danesh