This is Julie’s last quiz for the time being. We’d like to thank her for keeping us challenged and entertained since the start of the first lockdown – quite an achievement.!
Thank you Julie.
| 1.Which US Singer/Songwriter won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? |
| 2. Despite a long & successful career, British Band ‘Spandau Ballet’ have only had one Number 1 single in the UK with which song? |
| 3. Which Composer wrote both the music & lyrics to the 1960 Film Musical ‘Oliver!’? |
| 4. Ian Anderson, the lead singer of the Band Jethro Tull, is best known for playing which musical instrument? |
| 5. The popular aria ‘Nessun Dorma’ is from which Opera by Puccini? |
| 6. Animal, the drummer in the Muppet Show, was supposedly based on which ‘wild’ British musician of the 1960’s? |
| 7. The 1960’s Album ‘Pet Sounds’ is a best-selling album by which legendary US Band? |
| 8. The marimba belongs to which section of the orchestra? |
| 9. In the Old Time Music Hall song ‘My Old Man,’ which bird is mentioned in the first verse? |
| 10. The song ‘Don’t Rain on my Parade’ is taken from which Film & Stage Musical? |
ANSWERS BELOW JULIE CLARKE
| 1. Which US Singer/Songwriter won the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2016? | BOB DYLAN |
| 2. Despite a long & successful career, British Band ‘Spandau Ballet’ have only had one Number 1 single in the UK with which song? | TRUE |
| 3. Which Composer wrote both the music & lyrics to the 1960 Film Musical ‘Oliver!’? | LIONEL BART |
| 4. Ian Anderson, the lead singer of the Band Jethro Tull, is best known for playing which musical instrument? | FLUTE |
| 5. The popular aria ‘Nessun Dorma’ is from which Opera by Puccini? | TURANDOT |
| 6. Animal, the drummer in the Muppet Show, was supposedly based on which ‘wild’ British musician of the 1960’s? | KEITH MOON |
| 7. The 1960’s Album ‘Pet Sounds’ is a best-selling album by which legendary US Band? | THE BEACH BOYS |
| 8. The marimba belongs to which section of the orchestra? | PERCUSSION |
| 9. In the Old Time Music Hall song ‘My Old Man,’ which bird is mentioned in the first verse? | COCK LINNET |
| 10. The song ‘Don’t Rain on my Parade’ is taken from which Film & Stage Musical? | FUNNY GIRL |