Music 117097

Music 117097 is a selection of 10 questions. Music 117097 is the filename to differentiate it from other Music quizzes. Feel free to use any of these questions and answers for your own quizzes. Just keep in mind that you cannot republish them in any format.

1   Which boy band had their first UK number one hit in July 1993 with Pray?
A   Take That

2   Which DJ reached Number 21 in the charts in 1978 with ‘Floral Dance’?
A   Terry Wogan

3   Who reached Number 1 in the charts in 1955 with The Man from Laramie?
A   Jimmy Young (he could sing, unlike Terry Wogan. October 4 weeks at no1 and 12 weeks in the charts)

4   Who sang the first line of the original 1984 version of Band Aid’s Do They Know It’s Christmas?
A   Paul Young – By 1989, it had sold 11.7 million copies worldwide, it raised £8 million

5   How many original James Bond theme songs did Shirley Bassey perform?
A   Three (Goldfinger, Diamonds Are Forever, and Moonraker)

6   What age is “dawning” in the musical ‘Hair’?
A   The Age of Aquarius

7   Which 1991 film features the Bryan Adams song “(Everything I Do) I Do It for You”?
A   Robin Hood: Prince of Thieves (16 weeks at no1 in UK charts)

8   Which musical of screen and stage features the song “Getting to know you”?
A   The King and I – music and lyrics by Rodgers and Hammerstein. It is based on Margaret Landon’s novel Anna and the King of Siam (1944)

9   Which musical currently playing in the West End holds the record for the longest continuous run of a musical?
A   Les Misérables (opened in 1985, it celebrated its ten-thousandth performance in January 2010)

10   Name the singer who took “Ma, he’s making eyes at me” to number 8 in the UK charts in 1974.
A   Lena Zavaroni – she was the youngest person in history to have an album in the top 10 of the UK Albums Chart