MUSIC QUIZ OF THE YEAR €50 PRIZE TO BE WON
Have you been paying attention this year? Test your 2017 music knowledge in our annual quiz and you could win a €50 cash prize. The prize will go to the first correct entry drawn. Write or type out your answers on one side of a sheet of paper, making sure to include your name, address and phone number. Send your answers to Music Quiz of the Year, Drogheda Independent, 9 Shop Street, Drogheda, Co Louth. Entries must arrive no later than Friday, January 5, 2017. Judge’s decision is final. If there are no all-correct entries, the prize will go the the entry with most correct answers.
1 What age was Chuck Berry when he passed away in March: a, 70; b, 80; or c, 90? 2 Which country won the Eurovision Song Contest in May?
3 Which American singer was playing the Manchester Arena when 23 people died and over 500 were injured in a suicide bomb attack?
4 Which American band fronted by a female pop icon released ‘Pollinator’, their first album in six years, in May?
5 In August, who beceme the first British solo female artist to top the UK singles charts since Adele, two years earlier? 6 Who celebrated the 20th anniversary of the release of ‘OK Computer’?
7 Who was named the top earning woman in music in November, thanks to a critically acclaimed album and sellout ‘Formation’ tour?
8 Name the Canadian singer who became the second person to reach 100 million followers on Twitter in August (Katy Perry was the first).
9 Who suffered a broken wrist, elbow and rib in a cycling accident in October? 10 ‘You’re The Best Thing About Me’ was the first single from whose 2017 album? 11 Who reached No. 1 in the UK for the third time in April with a Zara Larsson collaboration?
12 …and which city does Larsson call home?
13 David Cassidy who died, aged 67, in November first tasted fame in the early
seventies in the cast of which American musical-sitcom?
14 Which Ed Sheeran song became the UK’s most streamed track ever in 2017? 15 Whose ‘Human’ album reached number one in the UK, Belgium, the Czech Republic, the Netherlands, France, Ireland and Switzerland?
16 It was a massive hit for Luis Fonsi and Daddy Yankee, but what does ‘Despacito’ mean in English?
17 How many grooves are there on a typical vinyl record?
18 Who revealed the name of her new album ‘Lust For Life’ in March, followed by a July release?
19 What is Skip Marley, who featured in Katy Perry’s hit ‘Chained To The Rhythm’, to the legendary Bob Marley: a, grandson; b, son; c, nephew?
20 Who teamed with electronic music producer Zedd on February single ‘Stay’? 21 Whose ‘Slow Hands’ was the second single from his debut album?
22 ‘Welcome to the final show/Hope you’re wearing your best clothes’ are lines from which top selling 2017 hit?
23 Name the boyband who claimed X Factor victory in early December.
24 How many positions did Ed Sheeran songs hold in the record-breaking UK top ten chart of March 10: a, 3; b, 6; or c, 9? 25 Which member of One Direction shares a song title with CeeLo Greene, the Belle Stars, Petula Clark and Slade?
26 Who asked ‘What About Us?’ in August? 27 True or false: ‘1-800-273-8255’, the title of rapper Logic’s hit single featuring Alessia Cara and Khalid on vocals, is the number of the National Suicide Prevention Lifeline in the US?
28 Whose 13th studio album was called 4:44?
29 Which Beatles album turned 50 in 2017 and had a special anniversary release in May?
30 HUMBLE. was Spotify’s most steamed track in the US. Who recorded it?
31 Who was born Ella Marija Lani YelichO’Connor?
32 Which song did Elbow record for the John Lewis Christmas ad? 33….and who recorded the original? 34 Whose 2017 album featured the Dolly Parton duet ‘Rainbowland’?
35 Perrie, Jesy, Leigh-Anne and Jade are collectively known as…..?
36 Which US rapper features on Taylor Swift’s ‘End Game’, Maroon 5’s ‘Cold’ and Calvin Harris’s ‘Rollin’?
37 Name the Soundgarden/Audioslave singer who died aged 52 in May.
38 …and the ‘Free Fallin’ singer who died aged 66 in October?
39 What nationality was legendary rocker Johnny Hallyday who passed away in December?
40 What nationality is DJ, record producer, musician and songwriter Kygo? 41 Disney’s Moana soundtrack has two versions of ‘How Far I’ll Go’…one by Auli’i Cravalho in her role as Moana, the other by whom?
42 Who became the first ever centenarian to chart in the UK when her album ‘100’, released to celebrate her 100th birthday, reached number 3?
43 Where were The xx, A Tribe Called Quest, Duran Duran, and Elbow on the first weekend of September?
44 What do Niall Horan and the late Joe Dolan have in common?
45 Who announced she would play two Croke Park shows next June?
46 Which veteran performer released a new album ‘On The Road’ in November? 47 Which Right Said Fred song did Taylor Swift credit with sampling on ‘Look What You Made Me Do’?
48 Name the Michael Jackson compilation album, on the theme of Hallowe’en, released in September.
49 Who flew to LA to sing the national anthem at Conor McGregor’s fight against Floyd Mayweather?
50 Whose ‘Purpose’ world tour earned $250 million, even though he didn’t finish it?