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Interesting Questions, Facts, and Information

Music Word Play

Who had a hit with "Unbelievable"?

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E.M.F. E.M.F always used to wear their caps sideways, a fairly common early nineties fashion crime. East 17 were named after the postcode for Walthamstow, which is the suburb of London that they were from.



Which rock group had a single called "Keep Yourself Alive"?

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Queen. Queen were one of the really dominant rock bands of the seventies and eighties. "Bohemian Rhapsody" is an absolute masterpiece. They also wrote the soundtracks to the films "Flash Gordon" and "Highlander".



Which group released the album "Pablo Honey"?

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Radiohead. "Pablo Honey" was Radiohead's first album. They really hit the big time with their second album "The Bends".



Which band have a song called "Alice What's The Matter"?

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Terrorvision. Terrorvision's albums include "How To Make Friends And Influence People" and "Regular Urban Survivors." "Alice What's The Matter" can be found on the former.



Which artist's songs include "The More You Ignore Me The Closer I Get" and "Everyday Is Like Sunday"?

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Morrisey. Morrisey used to be a member of the influential eighties group The Smiths. His first name is Stephen. Mark Owen was a member of nineties boy band Take That.



Rick...? had a hit single with "Never Gonna Give You Up"?

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Astley. This was by far his biggest hit though he did have a couple of others including "Together Forever".I really quite liked Rick Astley when I was eight years old.



Midge...?, collaborated with Bob Geldof on the Band Aid single?

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Ure. Midge Ure was a member of Ultravox, whose biggest hit was "Vienna". Bob Geldof was lead singer with the Boomtown Rats.



Frank....?, recorded the song "Joe's Garage"?

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Zappa. Frank Zappa named his daughter Moon Unit. She features on the song "Valley Girl". Zappa's songs are very humorous but also contain great pieces of musical genius.



Complete the name of this British Indie band. Shed...?

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Seven. Shed Seven were most popular in the mid to late nineties. Their song "Speakeasy" currently features in an advert for the mobile phone shop The Link.

• Who said, "If music be the food of love, then play on"? ( goto )



• What kind of music do barbers and tailors play together? ( goto )



• Who coined the word 'punk' refering to the style of music? ( goto )



• Did Eric Idle play the theme music to "One Foot in the Grave"? ( goto )



• In old "silent" films, if they were able to record and play music, then why couldn't they play people talking? ( goto )



• What country music queen nixed the chance to play Molly Brown in Titanic? ( goto )



• What's the name of the piece of classical music they play in the burning village scenes in 'Apocolypse Now'? ( goto )



• Who originally sang "Play That Funky Music, White Boy," not Vanilla Ice's version? ( goto )



• Which 3-syllable word can either refer to a music instrument or a kitchen tool? ( goto )



• Did Elton John play in the movie Aloha, Bobby and Rose or was only his music in the movie, if so, want song was it? ( goto )



• From whence cometh this, "If music be the food of love, play on, give me excess of it, that the appetite may sicken and so die?" ( goto )



• The first time the word 'Jazz' appeared in print in 1913, it did not refer to music but to an enthusiastic sportsman. What sport was he playing ? ( goto )



• A famous classical music composer and a famous player used to play chess every time they could. The player was good, but the composer was a first category one. Who were they? ( goto )



• Which satirical 18th century play has a 20-letter one-word name as the title character and which character in the play has an even longer name? ( goto )



• What is the name of the Broadway musical where the entire theme and plot of the play is to trace the life of one fictitious man, from birth to old age, in music? Can you name this musical play and give the name of this fictitious character who is the subject of the entire work? ( goto )



• A poet once created a word 170 letters long in a play, using an enterprising technique that has been copied by a major fast food chain. Who was the poet, what was the word and why is it unusual? ( goto )



• It was introduced into the English language from a character in a play from the 18th century. It was, however, derived from a French term. It has a similar meaning to a word attributed to a certain 19th century clergyman and his worms, although slightly differing concept. What is the word, what was the name of the play and can you give a few examples of what this word describes? ( goto )



• The word "dog" is mentioned many times in Shakespeare, but in which play does a dog actually appear? What is his name, and who is his master? ( goto )



• Which English word derives from the name of a music-hall star who took his stage name from his resemblance to someone who had falsely claimed to be someone else? ( goto )



• A certain contemporary composer, who specializes in a specific field of music, has produced works about a U.S. president, a terrorist action, a natural disaster, and a famed but controversial scientist. His collaborator and director on some of these works once staged a production of a famous play in a university swimming pool. Who is the composer, and who is his collaborator --oh, and what was the play? ( goto )



• Do you know a song played by kids when they learn music and that should have the title "Onions"? It's for a 40th birthday party: her mum told me she, as a child, used to play ukulele and was playing that song over and over. I would love to find it! ( goto )



• Whence "face the music"? ( goto )



• Is Unbekannt a genre of music? ( goto )



• In books that rely heavily on language-specific word play such as The Da Vinci Code, I can kind of see how it could be translated into French, German, or Spanish, but how do they even begin to try to translate it into Chinese, Korean, or Japanese with a totally different writing system? ( goto )



• When did the terms "pop music" and "classical music" originate? ( goto )



• What was the first recorded music? ( goto )



• What is the opening music in 'Grease'? ( goto )



• Who wrote the 2001 theme Music? ( goto )



• In music, what is the opposite of legato? ( goto )



• What is the definition of indie music? ( goto )