Wednesday, May 01, 2002

Last night's Retro Bar pop quiz was a Big Money quiz - the £111 had to go. And go it did, but not to us. We finished on 17.5 out of 20, after talking ourselves out of all two-and-a-half points we lost. See how you would have done. [Answers in the comments, please.]

1. These four ABBA songs peaked at numbers 1, 2, 3 and 4 on the UK charts. Put them in descending order of highest chart position:
a) The Name Of The Game
b) One Of Us
c) I Have A Dream
d) Does Your Mother Know

2. Name the bassist in The Beatles

3. Name the bassist in The Rolling Stones

4. Name the bassist in The Who

5. A current chart single splices the words of a children's nursery rhyme with the tune of one of Madge's greatest hits. Who is the current single by, and what is it called?

6. Whose current single is called "Girlfriend"?

7. Which kiddie-pop group have a current single at number two in the UK charts? What's it called?

8. Last week's number one was the comeback from a mega Britpop band. Name them and name their single.

9. Last week's number two or three was a droning single from former members of Sub Sub. What is their current band called, and what's the name of the single?

10. Name the new Idlewild single.

11. A South African girl group had a hit whose opening line was, "Sam, you've been waiting much too long now, it looks like she's not coming home". Name the group and the song.

12. Spot the connection between:
a) Shake Your Groove Thang
b) The Stranglers
c) A Prince hit
d) An electroclash artist

13. Which soft rock band had a hit with "More Than A Feeling"?

14. Which rock band had a 1981 hit with "I Surrender"?

15. Which soft rock band had a 1978 hit with "Hold The Line"?

16. Give the first twenty words of the Flying Lizards' "Money".

17. Name the year:
a) Kid Creole & The Coconuts: I'm A Wonderful Thing Baby
b) Bananarama: Shy Boy
c) Duran Duran: Rio

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