Q 01/05

Who was the first female artist inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame?

A) Aretha Franklin

B) Etta James

C) Gladys Knight

D) Patti LaBelle

Answer · why

A) Aretha Franklin

Aretha Franklin became the first woman inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1987 and won 18 Grammys, including the first eight ever given f...

Q 02/05

Which arranger and bandleader produced Michael Jackson's Thriller?

A) Berry Gordy

B) Quincy Jones

C) Nile Rodgers

D) Teddy Riley

Answer · why

B) Quincy Jones

The pair first worked together on the 1978 film The Wiz, and Jones went on to produce three of Jackson's solo albums.

Q 03/05

Michael Jackson first showed the moonwalk to a TV audience on which 1983 special?

A) Soul Train

B) American Bandstand

C) Motown 25

D) Solid Gold

Answer · why

C) Motown 25

Motown 25: Yesterday, Today, Forever, taped in March 1983 and aired on NBC that May, is where Jackson's 'Billie Jean' performance popularised the moon...

Q 04/05

Whitney Houston's biggest hit, 'I Will Always Love You', was written and first recorded by whom?

A) Carole King

B) Diane Warren

C) Linda Ronstadt

D) Dolly Parton

Answer · why

D) Dolly Parton

Dolly Parton wrote and recorded 'I Will Always Love You' in 1973, a country No. 1 in 1974; Houston's 1992 version from The Bodyguard spent 14 weeks at...

Q 05/05

Which singer was Whitney Houston's cousin?

A) Dionne Warwick

B) Diana Ross

C) Roberta Flack

D) Natalie Cole

Answer · why

A) Dionne Warwick

Dionne Warwick is Whitney Houston's cousin: Warwick's aunt is Whitney's mother, gospel and soul singer Cissy Houston, whose Sweet Inspirations sang ba...