Fun Music Quiz Number 53 – April 11 2021

1.Which DJ presents the daily Music Quiz ‘Popmaster’ on BBC Radio 2 at 10.30am?
2. Which member of the Irish Vocal Group Boyzone died suddenly at the age of 33 in 2009?
3. You Need Hands, You’re a Pink Toothbrush & Tulips from Amsterdam, are all songs recorded by which late TV Presenter & Variety Performer?
4. The musical composition ‘4 minutes 33 seconds’, which is completely silent, was written by which experimental US Composer in 1952?
5. What is the surname of the successful popular singer Adele?
6. Which musical instrument was developed by the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, and is played with continually vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone?
7. Which British Singer & Actor born in 1936 had his only Number 1 single in 1961 entitled ‘Johnny Remember Me’?
8. Mary Wilson who died, aged 76, in February 2021 was a founder member of which Motown Vocal Group?
9. The song ‘Love Changes Everything’ made famous by Michael Ball is taken from which Andrew Lloyd Webber Stage Musical?
10. Which US Composer & Songwriter wrote the musical scores for the Disney Films: Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas & Aladdin?

ANSWERS BELOW,
JULIE CLARKE


1.Which DJ presents the daily Music Quiz ‘Popmaster’ on BBC Radio 2 at 10.30am? KEN BRUCE
2. Which member of the Irish Vocal Group Boyzone died suddenly at the age of 33 in 2009? STEPHEN GATELY
3. You Need Hands, You’re a Pink Toothbrush & Tulips from Amsterdam, are all songs recorded by which late TV Presenter & Variety Performer? MAX BYGRAVES
4. The musical composition ‘4 minutes 33 seconds’, which is completely silent, was written by which experimental US Composer in 1952? JOHN CAGE
5. What is the surname of the successful popular singer Adele? ADKINS
6. Which musical instrument was developed by the Aboriginal peoples of Australia, and is played with continually vibrating lips to produce a continuous drone? DIDGERIDOO
7. Which British Singer & Actor born in 1936 had his only Number 1 single in 1961 entitled ‘Johnny Remember Me’? JOHN LEYTON
8. Mary Wilson who died, aged 76, in February 2021 was a founder member of which Motown Vocal Group? THE SUPREMES
9. The song ‘Love Changes Everything’ made famous by Michael Ball is taken from which Andrew Lloyd Webber Stage Musical? ASPECTS OF LOVE
10. Which US Composer & Songwriter wrote the musical scores for the Disney Films: Beauty & the Beast, The Little Mermaid, Pocahontas & Aladdin? ALAN MENKEN
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