1.Which legendary guitar designer was best known for the ‘Telecaster’ & ‘Stratocaster’ models? |
2. What name is given to a type of Jazz singing using sounds instead of words? |
3. We’ve only Just Begun, Top of the World & Close to You, are all songs recorded by which popular duo? |
4. Which new Stage Musical, by Tom Macrae, tells the story of a bullied 16-year-old boy from a Sheffield Estate, who wants to become a Drag Queen? |
5. In the 1996 Film Musical of Evita, starring Madonna, which Actor played the role of Che Guevara? |
6. Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Denny Laine & Graeme Edge have all been members of which Birmingham Rock Band formed in the 1960’s? |
7. The hymn ‘I Vow to thee my Country’, regularly heard on Armistice Day, is set to which piece of music composed by Gustav Holst? |
8. The sacred oratorio ‘St Matthew Passion’ was written by which Composer in 1727? |
9.Prior to his solo career, Tony Hadley was lead singer with which successful 1980’s Band? |
10. Which song, that reached Number 4 in the UK Charts, did Dame Kiri te Kanawa sing for the Rugby Union World Cup of 1991? |
ANSWERS BELOW JULIE CLARKE
1.Which legendary guitar designer was best known for the ‘Telecaster’ & ‘Stratocaster’ models? | LEO FENDER |
2. What name is given to a type of Jazz singing using sounds instead of words? | SCAT |
3. We’ve only Just Begun, Top of the World & Close to You, are all songs recorded by which popular duo? | THE CARPENTERS |
4. Which new Stage Musical, by Tom Macrae, tells the story of a bullied 16-year-old boy from a Sheffield Estate, who wants to become a Drag Queen? | EVERYBODY’S TALKING ABOUT JAMIE |
5. In the 1996 Film Musical of Evita, starring Madonna, which Actor played the role of Che Guevara? | ANTONIO BANDERAS |
6. Justin Hayward, John Lodge, Denny Laine & Graeme Edge have all been members of which Birmingham Rock Band formed in the 1960’s? | MOODY BLUES |
7. The hymn ‘I Vow to thee my Country’, regularly heard on Armistice Day, is set to which piece of music composed by Gustav Holst? | JUPITER (FROM
THE PLANET SUITE) |
8. The sacred oratorio ‘St Matthew Passion’ was written by which Composer in 1727? | J S BACH |
9.Prior to his solo career, Tony Hadley was lead singer with which successful 1980’s Band? | SPANDAU BALLET |
10. Which song, that reached Number 4 in the UK Charts, did Dame Kiri te Kanawa sing for the Rugby Union World Cup of 1991? | WORLD IN UNION |