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 1981?

A) Jolene

B) 9 to 5

C) Applejack

D) Heartbreaker

Answer · why

B) 9 to 5

9 to 5 loomed so large that Sheena Easton's own hit of the same name was retitled 'Morning Train' in America to avoid confusion, and both songs went t...

Q 03/05

Which Blondie single, the first US number one to feature hip-hop verses, name-checks pioneer Fab 5 Freddy?

A) Call Me

B) Dreaming

C) Rapture

D) Atomic

Answer · why

C) Rapture

Rapture has Debbie Harry herself delivering the rhymes, and Jean-Michel Basquiat appears in its video only because Grandmaster Flash failed to turn up...

Q 04/05

Which estranged duo reunited in September 1981 for a free Central Park concert before 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 split after Bridge over Troubled Water in 1970, and their Great Lawn reunion, staged as a benefit for the run-down park, became ...

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 when that finally slipped, Hall & Oates leapfrogged them to num...