Top of the Trivia Pops
1 Which Elvis Presley song became a posthumous UK chart topper after featuring in a television advert for Nike?
2 Jimmy Young, the Righteous Brothers, Robson and Jerome. Who comes next?
3 Which chart topping singer has a first name derived from the Aborigine word for boomerang?
4 What is Seal short for with regard to the pop star Seal?
5 After which two blues musicians did Pink Floyd derive their name?
6 Who has been a founder member of Yazoo, Depeche Mode and Erasure?
7 Who topped the charts in 2006 with I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker?
8 Which song was inspired by events that took place on February 3, 1959?
9 Who recorded his multi platinum album White Ladder in his own flat?
10 In what year did Brotherhood of Man win Eurovision?
11 In 2006 who became the first British solo artist for eight years to top the US charts?
12 Who played the synthesiser on the David Bowie hit Space Oddity?
13 Which pop group named themselves after the only person to turn down a seat on the Federation Convention in Star Trek?
14 Who banged the drums for Culture Club?
15 Which Australian had a number one hit in 1969 and received a CBE in 2006?
16 What surname connects members of Suede, Yes and Jethro Tull?
17 Who was Radio 1’s first female DJ?
18 Which number one hit was written about the painter of Going To The Match?
19 Dave Bickler provided lead vocals for which chart topping band of 1982?
20 Which rock and roller was backed by the Blue Caps?
21 What was Wham’s first number one hit?
22 Who had a 1973 hit with I Can Hear Music, under the pseudonym of Larry Lurex?
23 Which group took their name from the Gaelic word for family?
24 Who played the piano on the Hollies hit He Ain’t Heavy He’s My Brother?
25 Which group’s only number one hit came courtesy of a cover version of Yazoo’s Only You?
26 Abba were the first pop act to be depicted on a Swedish stamp. Who were the second?
27 Paul, David, Larry and Adam are the first names of which rock quartet?
28 Which sitcom starring Kathy Burke gleamed its title from an Abba hit?
29 Which trio originally performed under the name of The Rattlesnakes?
30 John Graham Mellor who died in December 2002 was better known as whom?
31 Which co-writer of the song When I’m Sixty Four, was sixty four in 2006?
32 Which iconic rock band took their name from the title of a 1954 book by Aldous Huxley?
33 Which song was a number two hit for the Mindbenders and a number one hit for Phil Collins?
34 What is Meat Loaf’s real first name?
35 Which song was the first chart topper for Whitney Houston?
36 Which member of Madness was born Cathal Smythe?
37 Which comedy trio recorded the song, Make A Daft Noise for Christmas?
38 How are Anne, Denise, Maureen, Linda, Bernadette and Colleen collectively known?
39 On February 18 2006, who gave a free concert to over 1 million spectators on the Copacabana Beach?
40 At a 1977 funeral whose coffin was
decorated with a swan shaped floral tribute?
Answers
1 A Little Less Conversation
2 Gareth Gates, for recording chart-topping versions of Unchained Melody
3 Kylie Minogue
4 Sealhenry
5 Pink Anderson and Floyd Council
6 Vince Clarke
7 Sandi Thom
8 American Pie
9 David Gray
10 1976
11 James Blunt
12 Rick Wakeman
13 T’Pau
14 Jon Moss
15 Rolf Harris
16 Anderson
17 Anne Nightingale
18 Matchstalk Men and Matchstalk Cats and Dogs, a tribute to LS Lowry
19 Survivor
20 Gene Vincent
21 Wake Me Up Before You Go Go
22 Freddie Mercury
23 Clannad
24 Elton John
25 Flying Pickets
26 Roxette
27 U2
28 Gimme, Gimme, Gimme
29 Bee Gees
30 Joe Strummer of the Clash
31 Paul McCartney
32 The Doors, after the novel The Doors of Perception
33 A Groovy Kind of Love
34 Marvin
35 Saving All My Love For You
36 Chas Smash
37 The Goodies
38 Nolan Sisters
39 Rolling Stones
40 Marc Bolan