Entertainment: Music trivia questions
5102 multiple-choice Entertainment: Music trivia questions with four options and the answer.
- The song featured in the sound clip was released by this artist in 1982 from their album After the Snow. The song was included in the movie Valley Girl (1983).
- This reggae influenced band from Birmingham, England achieved chart success with Red Red Wine in 1983.
- This band is generally known for their 1985 hit If You Leave for the movie Pretty in Pink, but had achieved substantial success in the U.K. prior to the soundtrack.
- Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart comprise this musical act formed in 1980, which has since sold over 75 million records.
- This husband and wife duo topped the dance chart in 1986 with the song featured in the audio clip.
- Shattered Dreams was a popular US and UK hit for this band in 1987.
- In the 70s and early 80s, heavy metal was gritty and hard-hitting (see AC/DC and Black Sabbath). By the mid to late 80s, it had mutated into what is now called hair metal (see Warrant and Winger). Which hair band released the song featured in the audio clip, easily recognizable by its keyboard intro?
- The song featured in the audio clip was a top ten hit for this duo, which consisted of a funk session musician and a Hispanic a cappella vocalist.
- The audio clip is from the intro to a top ten hit from this group consisting of three female vocalists.
- Which British band released the hit Breakout in 1987?
- This bands single Heart and Soul (featured in the audio clip) reached #4 in the US, and #1 in the UK charts in 1987.
- Dont Worry, Be Happy was the title of a popular song in 1988 by this artist.
- The 1987 George Michael song featured in the audio clip was a track from which mega-selling album?
- What is the title of the song featured in the audio clip by Paula Abdul from her 1988 album, Forever Your Girl?
- This UK band scored a catchy minor hit in 1988 with their single Crash.
- This 1989 song by The Bangles reached the #1 chart position in six different countries.
- What popular folk group of the 60s and 70s recorded John Denvers song Leaving On A Jet Plane which went on to be their first, and only, number 1 hit?
- Name John Denvers fourth album, which was a breakthrough for him in the United States because it contained the single Take Me Home, Country Roads?
- What was the title of John Denvers song that included the line I spent a week there one day?
- On what album, from 1971, did John Denver include his dramatic reading of a poem about the horrors of war, entitled The Box?
- John Denver has been commonly referred to as The Poet of the ___________.
- In early 1997, John Denver filmed an episode for the Nature series, centering on the natural wonders that inspired many of his best-loved songs. The show contained his last song which he composed while rafting along the Colorado River with his son and daughter. What was the title of the song?
- The lyrics of Ramble On, a song from Led Zeppelins 1969 album Led Zeppelin II, are influenced by which epic high fantasy saga?
- The song Tradition is the opening number of which hit show of the 60s?
- Leaning on a Lamp Post was sung in which popular musical of the 80s?
- Which musical showcased the hauntingly beautiful song Angel of Music?
- The song Whatever Happened to Class? was cut from the movie version of which Bob Fosse musical?
- In which show did Marian sing Goodnight My Someone making a wish on the evening star?
- Which long running Broadway show opens with the song I Hope I Get It?
- Which Rogers and Hammerstein hit musical features the song Kansas City sung by a cowboy who returns from the big city?