Pop Goes the Question

1 Which group backed Vic Reeves on a cover version of the song Dizzy?

2 Which song was a posthumous solo number one hit for Freddie Mercury in 1991?

3 Which song has been a hit for The Drifters, The Tom Tom Club and Bruce Willis?

4 Which album cover depicted Twiggy alongside David Bowie?

5 How was US Army Private 53310761 otherwise known?

6 Who won the Best Group Award at the 2005 Brit Awards?

7 Which singer died in the same plane crash as Cowboy Copas and Hawkshaw Hawkins?

8 How old was Helen Shapiro when she celebrated her first number one hit single?

9 On which album cover does James Coburn have his hand on Christopher Lee’s shoulder?

10 Which Queen album shares its name with a Sunday newspaper?

11 Who wrote the song, Remember you’re a Womble?

12 Whose bald head features on the album cover of Hot Buttered Soul?

13 What title is shared by the autobiography of Prince, a Prince single, a Prince album and a Prince film?

14 What is the last name of Freddie of Freddie and the Dreamers fame?

15 The song Pearl’s a Singer was a tribute to which legendary artist?

16 Under what name did the trio of Yarrow, Stookey and Travers record?

17 In what year was Michael Jackson Bad and Mel & Kim Respectable?

18 The video of which Wham song sees George Michael sipping a cocktail in a swimming pool?

19 Who, born in London in 1939, acquired the nickname of the White Queen of Soul?

20 Who died in a car that bore the registration plate, FOX 661L?

21 Who recorded his first rap single under the name of the Fresh Prince?

22 Who did Boy George describe as, “a dwarf that has fell into a vat of pubic hair”?

23 Which Beatles song was on the flip side to Penny Lane?

24 What was launched on September 30, 1967?

25 Who was born Ladonna Andrea Gaines?

26 Which member of Genesis is also a member of Mike and the Mechanics?

27 Which singer died on July 29, 1974 after choking on a ham sandwich?

28 Which song did Fleetwood Mac perform at the inauguration ball of Bill Clinton?

29 Who recorded the 2005 album Confessions on a Dance Floor?

30 Which rock star addressed the Labour Party Conference in 2004 on the Drop the Debt Campaign?

31 Which two number one hits for Abba have a one word title?

32 Who born in 1940, asked for directions to San Jose in 1967?

33 Which song was Mariah Carey named after?

34 Which album was released by Michael Jackson in 2001?

35 How are Dee Dee, Ruth, Babs, Louise and Andrea collectively known?

36 How are Keisha, Mutya and Heidi collectively known?

37 Who joined the line-up of the Rolling Stones in 1975?

38 The headline for a showbiz wedding read, “Neverland meets Graceland”. Who was the bride?

39 Who was the first group to clock up fifty appearances on Top of the Pops?

40 Working Class Hero was the title of a 2005 greatest hits compilation of which singer?

41 Which duo were the first Spanish act to top the UK charts?

42 What connects the songs Happy Birthday by Stevie Wonder and Pride by U2?

43 What is the home town of Blur?

44 What is the title of the only number one hit single for Madness?

45 Which instrumental number one hit of the 1960s did Margaret Thatcher describe as her favourite song?

46 In January 1957, which famous club opened its doors at 10 Matthew Street?

47 What was the title of the debut album of Kate Bush?

48 Whose guitar nicknamed Blackie sold at auction for over $900,000?

49 By what name are Radcliffe and Riley better known on Radio One?

50 Which rock and roll star died from injuries sustained in a road accident in Chippenham, Wiltshire?

Answers to Pop Goes the Question

1 The Wonder Stuff
2 Living On My Own
3 Under the Boardwalk
4 Pin Ups
5 Elvis Presley
6 Franz Ferdinand
7 Patsy Cline
8 Fourteen
9 Band on the Run by Wings
10 News of the World
11 Mike Batt
12 Isaac Hayes
13 Purple Rain
14 Garritty
15 Janis Joplin
16 Peter, Paul and Mary
17 1987
18 Club Tropicana
19 Dusty Springfield
20 Marc Bolan
21 Will Smith
22 Prince
23 Strawberry Fields Forever
24 Radio One
25 Donna Summer
26 Mike Rutherford
27 Mama Cass Elliott
28 Don’t Stop
29 Madonna
30 Bono
31 Fernando and Waterloo
32 Dionne Warwick
33 They Call the Wind Mariah
34 Invincible
35 Pan’s People
36 Sugababes
37 Ronnie Wood
38 Lisa Marie Presley
39 Status Quo
40 John Lennon
41 Baccara
42 Both were tribute songs to Martin Luther King
43 Colchester
44 House of Fun
45 Telstar
46 The Cavern
47 The Kick Inside
48 Eric Clapton
49 Mark and Lard
50 Eddie Cochran