Music Quiz Questions

1. What were Dolly Partons working hours? 9 to 5

2. In what year did Elvis die? 1977

3. What year did Abba win the Eurovision Song Contest with Waterloo?
1974

4. How old was Rehab singer Amy Whitehouse when she died? 27

5. How many strings does a standard guitar have? 6

6. Who had a number one in the UK & USA with Hello Goodbye? The
Beatles

7. Which American duo released an album entitled Bookends? Simon &

Garfunkel

8. Who sang the theme song for the Bond film Goldfinger? Shirley
Bassey

9. How many strings does a violin usually have? Four

10. Bohemian Rhapsody is a song by which group? Queen

11. Which 60s group recorded A Whiter Shade of Pale Procul

Harum

12. Who was the first singer to get 5 top ten hits from 1 album?
Michael Jackson

13. David Bowie sang a song about life on which planet? Mars

14. What was Tom Jones first UK number one single? Its Not
Unusual

15. What has been described as the song that is sung the most?
Happy Birthday

16. Which musical term means getting gradually louder & louder?
Crescendo

17. Which singer came third in the 1973 Eurovision Song Contest
with Power to All Our
Friends? Cliff Richard
18. What is the UK top selling single of all time? Candle in the Wind
by Elton John.

19. What were the first name of singing duo Simon & Garfunkel? Paul
& Art
20. Who was Dionne Warwicks most famous cousin? Whitney
Houston