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Pub quiz question 5498 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What is Snoop Dogg's real name?
  2. Answer: A: Calvin Broadus
  3. Categories: Names (8) Entertainment (8) Music (8)
Pub quiz question 5391 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Kurt Cobain was the lead singer of which band before his death in 1994
  2. Answer: A: Nirvana
  3. Categories: Entertainment (4) Music (4) 1990s (4)
Pub quiz question 7278 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which UK group has had the most top-40 hits without a No 1?
  2. Answer: A: Depeche Mode
  3. Notes: *: They had 42 Top-40 songs in the Official Singles Chart, and the closest they got was No 4 (3 times.) They've never had a No 1.
  4. Categories: Music (6) 1980s (6) 1990s (6) 2000s (6) 2010s (6) General Knowledge (7)
Pub quiz question 2933 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which disco dance craze involved using your arms to spell out the four-letter title of a Village People hit?
  2. Answer: A: The YMCA
  3. Categories: Music (2) Entertainment (2)
Pub quiz question 8790 by pjh
  1. Question: Q: What was George Michael's real name?
  2. Answer: A: Georgios Kyriacos Panayiotou
  3. Categories: Entertainment (7) Pseudonyms (7) Music (7)
Pub quiz question 6175 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: With which late seventies/early eighties band did Greg Ham, who died in 2012, play the saxophone, flute, organ, piano and synthesizer?
  2. Answer: A: Men at Work
  3. Categories: 1970s (7) 1980s (7) Entertainment (7) Music (7) Current Affairs (7) 2010s (7)
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Pub quiz question 1243 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: On 27 August 1977, The Floaters had a UK one hit wonder with which single?
  2. Answer: A: "Float On"
  3. Notes: *: The Detroit group followed their only hit with a cover of Dusty Springfield's "You Don't Have To Say You Love Me"
  4. Categories: Music (7) Entertainment (7) One Hit Wonders (7) 1970s (7)
Pub quiz question 4983 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which member of the Beatles had a hit with 'Bangladesh?'
  2. Answer: A: George Harrison
  3. Categories: Geography (4) Entertainment (4) Music (4)
Pub quiz question 4783 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: What large musical ensemble took its name from the space between the auditorium and stage in an ancient Greek theatre?
  2. Answer: A: Orchestra
  3. Categories: Music (4) Art (4) Language (4)
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Pub quiz question 3218 by pjh2
  1. Question: Q: Which king plays a major rôle in Spamalot?
  2. Answer: A: King Arthur
  3. Categories: Literature (3) Entertainment (3) Music (3)