Q 01/05

By the most common definition, a one-hit wonder reached which part of the Billboard Hot 100 only once?

A) The top 40

B) The top 10

C) The top 5

D) Number one

Answer · why

A) The top 40

Under that strict definition Lou Reed and Queen Latifah both qualify.

Q 02/05

In which part of London does Richard Ashcroft walk in the Bitter Sweet Symphony video?

A) Soho

B) Hoxton

C) Camden

D) Brixton

Answer · why

B) Hoxton

He bumps into passersby the whole way; the video was up for three MTV awards in 1998.

Q 03/05

Which Spanish duo recorded the original Macarena in 1993?

A) Los del Mar

B) Los Bravos

C) Los del Río

D) Los Lobos

Answer · why

C) Los del Río

A Miami remix by the Bayside Boys added English verses and turned it into a US number one three years later, and VH1 later ranked it the greatest one-...

Q 04/05

How many weeks did Macarena spend at number one on the Billboard Hot 100 in 1996?

A) 4

B) 8

C) 10

D) 14

Answer · why

D) 14

It had stalled at number 45 on its first chart run the year before.

Q 05/05

Norman Greenbaum's Spirit in the Sky was released in what year?

A) 1969

B) 1962

C) 1966

D) 1975

Answer · why

A) 1969

It sold two million copies and later gave both Doctor and the Medics and Gareth Gates UK number ones.