Q 01/05

Which newly signed solo singer bit the head off a dove during a CBS Records meeting in Los Angeles?

A) Ozzy Osbourne

B) Alice Cooper

C) Ronnie James Dio

D) Ted Nugent

Answer · why

A) Ozzy Osbourne

Ozzy Osbourne had planned to release doves as a peace gesture, but grabbed one and bit its head off instead. The notorious bat incident came a year la...

Q 02/05

Which Dolly Parton song, with a typewriter rhythm tapped out on acrylic fingernails, topped the Hot 100 in February?

A) Jolene

B) 9 to 5

C) Applejack

D) Heartbreaker

Answer · why

B) 9 to 5

9 to 5 is one of the few chart hits to feature the clacking of a typewriter, a rhythm Parton devised by running her acrylic nails against each other. ...

Q 03/05

Which Blondie single, name-checking hip-hop pioneer Fab 5 Freddy, was the first US number one to feature a rap?

A) Call Me

B) Dreaming

C) Rapture

D) Atomic

Answer · why

C) Rapture

Rapture was the first number-one single in the United States to feature rap vocals, delivered by Debbie Harry herself. Fab 5 Freddy and Jean-Michel Ba...

Q 04/05

Which duo, apart since Bridge over Troubled Water, reunited for a free Central Park concert drawing some 500,000 people?

A) Simon & Garfunkel

B) Hall & Oates

C) The Everly Brothers

D) Sonny & Cher

Answer · why

A) Simon & Garfunkel

Simon & Garfunkel had broken up at the height of their popularity, and the Great Lawn reunion on 19 September became a live album and a TV special. Th...

Q 05/05

Which band's ballad 'Waiting for a Girl Like You' sat a record ten weeks at number two without reaching the top?

A) Journey

B) Foreigner

C) Loverboy

D) REO Speedwagon

Answer · why

B) Foreigner

Foreigner were held off the top for nine weeks by Olivia Newton-John's 'Physical' and then by Hall & Oates for a tenth. The ballad still ranked among ...