Q 01/05
A) The Everly Twins
B) Tom & Jerry
C) Paul & Artie
D) The Queens Boys
Answer · why
They recorded it for $25 at a Manhattan studio while imitating their close-harmony idols from Kentucky. Their 1964 Columbia debut Wednesday Morning, 3...
Q 02/05
A) A hi-fi shop on the King's Road, Chelsea
B) A Smash Hits magazine launch party in Soho
C) A Bowie concert queue at Hammersmith
D) A Camden nightclub during a Blitz Kids night
Answer · why
Tennant needed a connector for a Korg synthesiser. The 1999 Guinness Book of Records listed the Pet Shop Boys as the most successful duo in British mu...
Q 03/05
A) Locked them in a kitchen overnight
B) Cancelled a tour until they wrote one
C) Bet them a car they couldn't
D) Hired a rival writer to shame them
Answer · why
The result was 'As Tears Go By', a hit for Marianne Faithfull. The credit read Jagger–Richard until 1978.
Q 04/05
A) A bagel shop
B) A pizzeria
C) A record store
D) A bicycle repair shop
Answer · why
The bagel equipment was too expensive, so they took a correspondence course in ice-cream making. Unilever bought the company in 2000.
Q 05/05
A) Their father-in-law, Alexander Norris
B) The mayor of Cincinnati, Samuel Davies
C) A local bank manager who lent them capital
D) The pastor of their Presbyterian church
Answer · why
The English candlemaker and Irish soapmaker had married sisters Olivia and Elizabeth Norris after settling in Cincinnati.
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