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Quiz questions and fun facts: Sample quiz questions: Popular quiz
The first answer is the correct one in each case.
In which US city did house music originate?
- Chicago
- New Orleans
- New York
- Detroit
Which guitarist was in the Yardbirds, Cream, and Derek and the Dominoes?
- Eric Clapton
- Jimi Hendrix
- Django Reinhardt
- George Harrison
Who is Marie McDonald McLaughlin Lawrie better known as?
- Lulu
- Cilla Black
- Eartha Kitt
- Kate Bush
What was Elvis Presley's first US number one?
- 'Heartbreak Hotel'
- 'Blue Suede Shoes'
- 'That's All Right, Mama'
- 'Jailhouse Rock'
Who had a hit in 1958 with 'La Bamba'?
- Richie Valens
- Buddy Holly
- Chuck Berry
- Billy Fury
Who wrote 'Roll Over Beethoven'?
- Chuck Berry
- John Lennon and Paul McCartney
- Carl Perkins
- Little Richard
Which group were forced to hand back their Grammy Awards in 1990, following the revelation that they didn't sing on their own records?
- Milli Vanilli
- New Kids on the Block
- Fine Young Cannibals
- The KLF
Which of these stars was once a roadie for the Inspiral Carpets?
- Noel Gallagher
- Crispian Mills
- Keith Flint
- Robbie Williams
Who was Sid Vicious named after?
- Johnny Rotten's hamster
- A character from the film Barbarella
- A character from the Roald Dahl novel Charlie and the Chocolate Factory
- An 18th-century pirate
Who had a hit in 1980 with 'My Perfect Cousin'?
- The Undertones
- Sham 69
- UB40
- The Clash
Which band once cancelled a TV appearance because they refused to land at Luton Airport, claiming that the airport was 'not very rock 'n' roll'?
- Primal Scream
- The Rolling Stones
- The Sex Pistols
- The Fall
The Thompson Twins took their name from characters in which comic strip?
- Tintin
- Asterix the Gaul
- Calvin and Hobbes
- Garfield
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