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1. Which Matt Monro hit has a country in the title ?

2. In which year did the Beatles hit the Top 10 with Back In The USSR ?

3. What was U2’s second hit of 1988 ?

4. Where did The Council come to in 1985 ?

5. What was the Gibson Brothers’ first UK hit ?

6. What was Tom Browne in the charts with in 1980 and 1992 ?

7. Where did the Bee Gees “try to hitch a ride to” in Massachusetts ?

8. Which song has the line;
“if only you’d started ringing your bell” ?

9. Where is Paul Simon “counting the cars” in America ?

10. Which musical includes a character called Nathan Detroit ?


Answers posted 15 October 2010

OK. I'll have a bash, but most of these are before my time ha ha [You must be registered and logged in to see this image.]

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1. Which Matt Monro hit has a country in the title ?

Ireland? My Mother did (and still does) love Matt Monro ... personally I could never see the attraction!

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2. In which year did the Beatles hit the Top 10 with Back In The USSR ?

Too easy, this is one of my favourite Beatles tracks. '68 from the album 'The Beatles'. Funnily enough, this was written by McCartney only, but credited as 'Lennon/McCartney"
in the credits But then, they composed so much good stuff I imagine nobody cares!

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3. What was U2’s second hit of 1988 ?

This much have been from 'War' from '83? Unless you include live albums (Unforgettable Fire from 1984 - brilliant live album, probably makes it onto my top 10 'live' albums ... sometimes!)? mmm, still stuck and I'm quite a fan of U2 and seen them many times. If you do include 'live' albums, then I will go for India.

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4. Where did The Council come to in 1985 ?

Absolutely no idea, unless you're talking about The Style Council (Paul Weller - ex The Jam)? If so, let me know and I can probably find it if I dig around my albums/cd's.

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5. What was the Gibson Brothers’ first UK hit ?

Not a clue!

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6. What was Tom Browne in the charts with in 1980 and 1992 ?

Is this a trick question?

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7. Where did the Bee Gees “try to hitch a ride to” in Massachusetts ?

San-Fran.

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8. Which song has the line;
“if only you’d started ringing your bell” ?

Winchester Cathedral ... Frank Sinatra and about a million others!

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9. Where is Paul Simon “counting the cars” in America ?

On the New Jersey Turnpike! This was the first Simon and Garfunkel song I ever learnt on guitar. Now I'll be singing "
Kathy, I'm lost,"
I said, though I knew she was sleeping ... I'm empty and aching and I don't know why"
all afternoon.

Thanks Ash

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10. Which musical includes a character called Nathan Detroit ?

Guys and Dolls ... and I believe that Walter Matthau once played this character in New York?

That's me done ... harder than I expected without Googling! Keep 'em coming Ash, I love music quizzes.

Answers to places quiz

1. From Russia With Love

2. 1976

3. Angel Of Harlem

4. Milton Keynes

5. Cuba

6. Funkin’ In Jamaica

7. San Francisco

8. Winchester Cathedral

9. The New Jersey Turnpike

10. Guys and Dolls