Music Quiz #5 - Sunday Quiz

Round 1: Food

10 music questions themed around food.

What was Kelis claiming "brings all the boys to the yard" in 2003?

Which sweet single by Robyn was the second track released from her eighth studio album of the same name?

"Lollipop lollipop. Oh lolli lolli lolli, lollipop, lollipop" are lyrics from a 1958 hit by which group?

The Stranglers released which overtly sexual song about girls on a beach in 1977?

A truncated version of which Don McLean song was covered by Madonna in 2000 and reached No. 1 in several countries?

Released by a Spanish pop group in 2002, which song became synonymous with its dance moves and nonsensical chorus?

"Over and Over" was a single released in 2006 by which group who are well known for their inventive music videos?

What type of beret was the girl wearing in the 1985 track by Prince and The Revolution?

Which Weezer song could be considered an outburst about conformity and was released in 2008 featuring a meme filled video?

Formed in 1994 in England, with a debut single "Wannabe" in 1996, which manufactured girl group are the best-selling girl group of all time?

Round 2: 1990’s Albums

10 questions about albums released in the 1990's.

With the lead single 'The Beautiful People', what was the name of the second album by Marilyn Manson released in 1996?

1995 saw the release of 'Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness' a 28 track album by which rock group from Chicago?

Released in 1991, what is the title of the seventh studio album from R.E.M? Including tracks such as ‘Losing My Religion’ and ‘Shiny Happy People’.

Featuring the much discussed song 'Ironic', what was the third studio album (and international debut) released by Alanis Morissette?

Harvest Moon was the 19th studio album by which Canadian artist who has the nickname "Godfather of Grunge"?

What is the name of the first studio album from Eminem where he continues to write from the perspective of his alter-ego?

Which album by Nine Inch Nails is a concept album detailing the destruction of a man to his death by suicide?

What self-titled album had politically themed lyrical content, and album artwork featuring a photograph of Thích Quảng Đức committing self-immolation?

Widely regarded as one of the greatest and most influential albums of all time, appearing on numerous best album lists by critics and publications. What was the debut studio album by Nas?

The songs "Paranoid Android", "Karma Police", "Lucky", and "No Surprises" were released as singles from which 1997 Radiohead album?

Round 3: Eurovision

10 questions about Eurovision.

Which French-Canadian who sang on behalf of Switzerland and won Eurovision by a single point went on to become one of the most successful singers of all time?

Name the Russian pop duo who were already famous due to the single "All The Things She Said", who came third in Eurovision in 2003?

Considered the highest-selling individual Latin music artist, who sang "Gwendolyne" at Eurovision on behalf of Spain in 1970?

Katrina & the Waves won Eurovision for the UK with "Love Shines A Light" in 1997, what was their intensely chipper 1985 hit called?

Which Welsh singer, best known for "Total Eclipse of the Heart" and "Holding Out For A Hero", represented the U.K. at Eurovision in 2013?

Well known for his version of "Release Me", a septuagenarian at the time, who was humiliated at Eurovision in 2012?

Which group were propelled to international fame after their 1974 song "Waterloo" won Eurovision for Sweden?

The only singer to have had a number-one single in the UK in each of five consecutive decades, who represented the UK at Eurovision in 1968 with “Congratulations”?

Which Finnish hard rock/heavy metal band stunned Eurovision in 2006 by winning with their song "Hard Rock Hallelujah"?

Best known for her international top-10 hit single "Orinoco Flow", which singer almost represented Ireland at Eurovision as part of the group Clannad?

Round 4: Christmas Number Ones

10 questions about songs which have been number one in music charts on Christmas day.

"Don't You Want Me Baby" was the 1981 Christmas number one in the UK, where it has since sold over 1,560,000 copies. Who was it by?

Which song performed by Jay-Z, featuring vocals by Alicia Keys was Christmas number one in the US in 2009?

The Spice Girls were the first act to have had three consecutive UK Christmas number-one singles since The Beatles, what was the third song called?

Which Michael Jackson song was his first that overtly dealt with the environment and animal welfare and was Christmas number one in 1995?

Outcast, specifically Andre 3000, had a Christmas number one in the US in 2003 with what song?

Which Whitney Houston song, written and originally recorded in 1973 by Dolly Parton, was Christmas number one in both the UK and US in 1992?

"Un-Break My Heart" was a massive global success and Christmas number one in the US in 1996 for which singer?

Covered by Michael Andrews and Gary Jules for the film Donnie Darko, which Tears for Fears song was Christmas number one in the UK in 2003?

Which band had an unlikely Christmas number one in 2009 (it was released in 1992) due to a campaign to prevent The X Factor winner's song from gaining the Christmas number one in the UK for a fifth successive year?

"How You Remind Me" by Nickelback was almost impossible to escape during the 2000's. In what year was it Christmas number one in the US?

Round 5: Musicians Acting

10 questions about musicians who have had acting roles.

Which British icon, considered one of the most influential musicians of the 20th century starred as Jareth the Goblin King in the 1986 film Labyrinth?

What song was written and originally performed by Dolly Parton for the 1980 comedy film of the same name?

Mel Gibson is exiled into the desert by the ruthless ruler of Bartertown, Aunty Entity, in Mad Max 2. Who played Aunty Entity?

Hocus Pocus (1993) follows a villainous comedic trio of witches with which singer in a lead role?

Mark Wahlberg is probably better known as an actor now, but what was the name of the group he performed with when known as Marky Mark?

Will Smith has been in two films he released singles titled after, one is "Men in Black", what is the other?

In the film "The Social Network", the co-founder of Napster Sean Parker is played by which former member of a massive boy band from the U.S.?

Which Barbadian singer sank with the rest of the cast in the 2012 classic "Battleship" and then barely went on to redeem herself in Ocean's 8?

Beyoncé starred in the 2006 film Dreamgirls, a version of a musical of the same name. It took inspiration from the history of the Motown record label, and specifically which female group?

An American singer and actor who has had massive success with his recording, stage, and film career, which artist had a memorable performance in a 1999 film starring Brad Pitt and Edward Norton?

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