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UK Number Ones-Odd One Out

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UK Number OnesOdd One Out game quiz
"Here are 40 songs which all reached number one in the UK singles charts; can you pick the odd-one-out in each of my categories?"

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1. Which of these number one songs was not a Lennon/McCartney composition?
    "Ob-La-Di Ob-La-Da" by Marmalade
    "Michelle" by The Overlanders
    "With a Little Help from My Friends" by Joe Cocker
    "Those Were the Days" by Mary Hopkin


2. These four number ones were all by Scandinavian acts, three were from Sweden; which group came from Norway?
    "Waterloo" by Abba
    "The Final Countdown" by Europe
    "All that She Wants" by Ace of Bass
    "The Sun always Shines on TV" by A-Ha


3. Four number ones from America; which one was not on the Tamla-Motown label?
    "I'm Still Waiting" by Diana Ross
    "Hey Girl, Don't Bother Me" by The Tams
    "The Tears of a Clown" by Smokey Robinson and The Miracles
    "I Heard it through the Grapevine" by Marvin Gaye


4. Which one of these was not an instrumental number one?
    "Telstar" by The Tornados
    "Eye Level" by Simon Park Orchestra
    "Albatross" by Fleetwood Mac
    "Only You" by The Flying Pickets


5. These songs all got to number one in (soccer) World Cup years.
Which one was not an official England Football World Cup song?
    3 Lions '98
    World in Motion
    Come on You Reds
    Back Home


6. On a more sombre note, which of these four was not a post-humous number one?
    "What a Wonderful World" by Louis Armstrong
    "Woman" by John Lennon
    "Way Down" by Elvis Presley
    "Living on My Own" by Freddie Mercury


7. Four solo number ones here but which one was not self-penned?
    "The Lady in Red" by Chris de Burgh
    "You Are Not Alone" by Michael Jackson
    "Vincent" by Don McLean
    "Hello" by Lionel Ritchie


8. All of these number ones were British entries into the "Eurovision Song Contest"; which one failed to win this most prestigious of prizes?
    "Puppet on a String" by Sandie Shaw
    "Congratulations" by Cliff Richard
    "Save Your Kisses for Me" by The Brotherhood of Man
    "Making Your Mind Up" by Bucks Fizz


9. Which of these UK number ones was not recorded by a teenager?
    "Long-Haired Lover From Liverpool" by Little Jimmy Osmond
    "I Should Be So Lucky" by Kylie Minogue
    "I Think We're Alone Now" by Tiffany
    "Walking Back to Happiness" by Helen Shapiro


10. Here are four well known songs all of which have got to number one in Britain. Three of them have been taken to the top by at least two different acts; which of these songs has only been to the very top in one version? (Correct at end 2006).
    (I Can't Help) Falling in Love with You
    Unchained Melody
    Tragedy
    American Pie


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