Music Quiz

1. What was the name of the record label founded by The Beatles in 1968? (a) Apple (b) Dark Horse (c) Parlophone?

2. Who, while signed to the Beatles own label (above), wrote and recorded a song called “Something In the Way She Moves” in 1968, inspiring George Harrison to write “Something” in 1969? (a) Burt Bacharach (b) Billy Preston (c) James Taylor?

3. Guy Garvey is the singer with which band? (a) Elbow (b) Franz Ferdinand (c) Snow Patrol?

4. Which famous guitarist (first band: ‘Taste’) was born in County Donegal (Ireland) in 1948 and died in 1995? (a) Rory Gallagher (b) Peter Green (c) Phil Lynott?

5. Which singer, real name Reginald Kenneth Dwight, was born in Middlesex in 1947?

6. The folk singer Kate McGarrigle, who died in 2010, was the mother of which well-known singer? (a) Jeff Buckley (b) Jarvis Cocker (c) Rufus Wainwright?

7. Who released the album “Let Them Talk” in 2011, an album of classic blues songs on which he sings lead vocals and plays guitar and piano? (a) Jack Dee (b) Hugh Laurie (c) Vic Reeves?

8. Which one of the following legends played the Legends slot at Glastonbury this year? (a) Elton John (b) Kylie Minogue (c) Yusuf/Cat Stevens?

9. What nationality are the bands Can, Faust and Tangerine Dream? (a) Dutch (b) French (c) German?

10. What is the connection between the chart singles “How Long” (Ace; 1974) and “The Living Years” (Mike and the Mechanics; 1989)?

General Knowledge

1. In what year did St George’s Hall open? (a) 1754 (b) 1804 (c) 1854?

2. What building previously stood on the site of St George’s Hall? (a) hospital (b) prison (c) town hall?

3. The statue of which king can be found in London Road? (a) George I (b) George III (c) George V?

4. In what year did the Ford (now Jaguar Landrover) plant in Halewood open? (a) 1960 (b) 1963 (c) 1966?

5. Which one of the following cities is the most northerly? (a) Birmingham (b) Cambridge (c) Norwich?

6. A cartographer is an expert in what? (a) handwriting (b) maps (c) transport?

7. In which English county is Bury St Edmunds situated? (a) Cambridgeshire (b) Lancashire (c) Suffolk?

8. In which country is the Catalan Dragons rugby league club based? (a) France (b) Spain (c) Wales?

9. Who was nicknamed “The Iron Duke”? (a) Napoleon Bonaparte (b) The Duke of Wellington (c) John Wayne?

10. “Lloyd’s of London” is associated with: (a) banking (b) insurance (c) local government?

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