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  VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 20-1   top quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Here it is... The moment you've been waiting for (with Fill In The Blanks)! This quiz is on the VH1's chart of Best Hard Rock Artists. So sit back, relax, enjoy and think about the songs I give you to name the artist. Enjoy!
Easier, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Nov 11 22
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Nov 11 22
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  Billboard's All-Time Top 10   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Billboard.com released their list of top 100 songs. Let's see if you can remember who sang the top ten. These are based off the chart's first 50 years - August 1958 through July 2008.
Easier, 10 Qns, sunrayz99, Feb 12 11
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sunrayz99
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  Billboard's All-Time Top songs 11-20   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Billboard.com released their list of top 100 songs. Let's see if you can remember who sang 11-20 on the list. These are based off the chart's first 50 years - August 1958 through July 2008. Enjoy!
Average, 10 Qns, sunrayz99, Feb 12 11
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sunrayz99
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  Billboard's All-Time Top songs 41-50   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Billboard.com released their list of top 100 songs. Let's see if you can remember who sang 41-50 on the list. These are based off the chart's first 50 years - August 1958 through July 2008. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, sunrayz99, Feb 12 11
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sunrayz99
2546 plays
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  VH1 Top 20 Hard Rock Songs   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
In 2009, VH1 produced their ranked list of 100 Hard Rock Songs. This quiz will test your knowledge on the top 20 in the list. Good luck and enjoy!
Easier, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Jan 07 16
Easier
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  VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 40-21   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is on the VH1 chart of Best Hard Rock Artists. So sit back, relax, enjoy and think about the songs I give you to name the artist. Enjoy!
Average, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Feb 12 11
Average
runaway_drive gold member
2100 plays
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  Songs Of The Century: Part One, 20 - 11   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From the annals of BMI, we look at a smorgasbord of questions on the top songs of the 20th Century - based on US radio and television airplay.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Nov 20 20
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darksplash
Nov 20 20
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  VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 80-61   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is on the VH1 chart of Best Hard Rock Artists. So sit back, relax, enjoy and think about the songs I give you to name the artist. Enjoy!
Easier, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Oct 09 17
Easier
runaway_drive gold member
Oct 09 17
2136 plays
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  VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 60-41   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is on the VH1 chart of Best Hard Rock Artists. So sit back, relax, enjoy and think about the songs I give you to name the artist. Enjoy!
Average, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Feb 12 11
Average
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  VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 100-81    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This quiz is on the VH1 chart of Best Hard Rock Artists. So sit back, relax, enjoy and think about the songs I give you to name the artist. Enjoy!
Average, 20 Qns, runaway_drive, Feb 12 11
Average
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trivia question Quick Question
64: What is the name of the band that were "Born To Be Wild" in 1968?

From Quiz "VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 80-61"




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  Billboard's All-Time Top songs 51-60   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Billboard.com released their list of top 100 songs. Let's see if you can remember who sang 51-60 on the list. These are based off the chart's first 50 years - August 1958 through July 2008. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, sunrayz99, Feb 12 11
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sunrayz99
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  VH1 Top 100 Songs of the '80s   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
These are first lines of ten of the top 100 songs of the 1980s... Guess the artist or band who performed them!
Average, 10 Qns, aircorwin, Jun 01 23
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aircorwin
Jun 01 23
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  Songs Of The Century: Part 2, 10-1    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
From the annals of BMI, we look again at a smorgasbord of questions on the top songs of the 20th Century - based on US radio and television airplay.
Average, 10 Qns, darksplash, Nov 21 20
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darksplash
Nov 21 20
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  John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980-1989    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The festive fifty was an annual chart compiled from votes by listeners to John Peel on Radio One. From the clues given can you name the artist or song that topped the charts each year?
Tough, 10 Qns, Snowman, Feb 12 11
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  Billboard's All-Time Top songs 21-30    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Billboard.com released their list of top 100 songs. Let's see if you can remember who sang 21-30 on the list. These are based off the chart's first 50 years - August 1958 through July 2008. Have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, sunrayz99, Feb 12 11
Average
sunrayz99
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  Triple J Hottest 100 -- 2000 - 2011    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
A quiz for Australian radio station Triple J's annual Hottest 100 poll of songs for that particular year held on Australia Day.
Average, 25 Qns, riflingthruit, Oct 07 12
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riflingthruit
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  Top 2000: a Treat    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
At the turn of the millennium, Dutch Broadcasting Company NOS aired a Top 2000 on Radio 1, compiled by music lovers all over the land. It has become an annual event and has attracted a growing number of listeners. So what was in the Top 2000 in 2002?
Tough, 15 Qns, jaydel, Apr 01 21
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jaydel
Apr 01 21
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Best and Worst Lists Trivia Questions
1. #20: A popular choice, this song released in 1986 features the lyrics "You promised me heaven, then put me through hell" and comes from the album 'Slippery When Wet'. What is the name of the song that comes in at number 20?

From Quiz VH1 Top 20 Hard Rock Songs

Answer: You Give Love A Bad Name

Upon its release "You Give Love A Bad Name" sent its performers Bon Jovi from support act to headline act back in 1986, as the first single from their album 'Slippery When Wet'. "Livin' On A Prayer" may have been misleading as it was also highly popular and comes from the same album. The other choices were both Bon Jovi songs but come from their follow-up album 'New Jersey'. DID YOU KNOW?: The song was initially written for Bonnie Tyler by Desmond Child, titled "If You Were A Woman (And I Was A Man)". He later re-wrote the song for Bon Jovi as he was dissatisfied by the result.

2. The song "Hang Me Out to Dry" polled at number eight in 2007 on the Hottest 100; which band with the conflict sounding name sang this song?

From Quiz Triple J Hottest 100 -- 2000 - 2011

Answer: Cold War Kids

The Cold War Kids are a four piece band from California, America, who are known to tour extensively and put on a good live act. The band's name was suggested by the band's bassist, Matt Maust, after seeing statues that had been removed after the break up of the Soviet Union mingled together with playground equipment in a park during a trip to Eastern Europe. They had a second song in the count that year with 'Hospital Beds' appearing at number thirty-seven; both songs are from their album 'Robbers and Cowards'.

3. Which '80s band sang the first line, "Poor old Johnny Ray sounded sad upon the radio..."?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Songs of the '80s

Answer: Dexys Midnight Runners

These bands are all considered "One-Hit Wonders" from the 1980s. The Vapors for "Turning Japanese", Cutting Crew for "I Just Died in Your Arms", and Kajagoogoo for "Too Shy".

4. 20: This famous singer released the famous songs "Poison" and "School's Out". What is the name of this awesome artist?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 20-1

Answer: Alice Cooper

Alice Cooper was born in 1948. "School's Out" was released in 1972 on the album of the same name. "Poison" was released in 1989 and was included on the album "Trash".

5. 40: What is the name of the band that released "Plush" and "Interstate Love Song"?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 40-21

Answer: Stone Temple Pilots

Stone Temple Pilots formed in 1986. "Plush" was released in 1992 and was included on the album "Core". "Interstate Love Song" was released in 1994 and was included on the album "Purple".

6. 60: This band have released songs such as "Personality Crisis" and "It's Too Late". What is the name of this brilliant band?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 60-41

Answer: The New York Dolls

The New York Dolls formed in 1971 in New York, USA. "Personality Crisis" was released in 1973 off their self-titled debut album. "It's Too Late" was released in 1974 off their album "Too Much Too Soon".

7. 80: This band have released songs such as "Basket Case" and "American Idiot". What is the name of this brilliant punk rock band?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 80-61

Answer: Green Day

Green Day formed in 1987. Their song "Basket Case" was released on their 1994 album "Dookie". "American Idiot" was released on the album of the same name in 2004 which was later adapted into a Broadway musical.

8. 100: At place 100 is a band that released songs such as "Bang Your Head (Metal Health)" and "Cum On Feel The Noize". Which band is this?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 100-81

Answer: Quiet Riot

Quiet Riot formed in 1975. They hit success when they covered Slade's "Come On Feel The Noize" in 1983, which featured in the video game "Grand Theft Auto Vice City" in 2002. On the same album was "Metal Health" which was less successful, but was still included on the video game "Guitar Hero: Rocks the 80s".

9. Coming in at number 60, who sang, "Rush Rush"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 51-60

Answer: Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul released, "Rush Rush" in 1991. The song is on the album "Spellbound".

10. Coming in at number 50, who sang, "Apologize"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 41-50

Answer: Timbaland featuring OneRepublic

Timbaland and OneRepublic released, "Apologize" in 2006. The song is on OneRepublic's album, "Dreaming Out Loud".

11. Coming in at number 30, who sang, "Truly Madly Deeply"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 21-30

Answer: Savage Garden

Savage Garden released, "Truly Madly Deeply" in 1997. The song is on the album, "Savage Garden".

12. Coming in at number 20, who sang, "How Deep is Your Love"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 11-20

Answer: The Bee Gees

The Bee Gees released the song, "How Deep is Your Love" in 1977. The song is on the album, "Saturday Night Fever". "Saturday Night Fever" is a soundtrack from the movie of the same name that featured John Travolta and was also released in 1977.

13. Coming in at number ten, who sang, "Un-break my Heart"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top 10

Answer: Toni Braxton

Toni Braxton released, "Un-break my Heart" in 1996. The song is on the album, "Secrets".

14. The punk classic "Anarchy in the UK" was top of the Festive Fifty in 1980 despite first being released in 1976. Which legendary band recorded it?

From Quiz John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980-1989

Answer: Sex Pistols

From the period 1976-81, the Festive Fifty had no restrictions as to what songs could be voted for. From 1982 onwards, the songs had to have been released in the year in question. "Anarchy in the UK" was the Pistols first single and was released by EMI Records. In six weeks it sold 55,000 copies in the UK and reached number 38 in the charts before EMI withdrew it from sale and dropped the group following a series of controversial events including an appearance on "Today" in which members of the group swore on live TV.

15. Which KC and The Sunshine Band song stood at number 2000?

From Quiz Top 2000: a Treat

Answer: That's The Way I Like It

As the Top 2000 is always played from the bottom upwards, this was the first song to be heared, and one of only two KC songs. The other one was "Please Don't Go" at number 1852.

16. At number 19 among our "Songs Of The Century" in terms of US airplay was one sung by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Which song topped the charts in the USA and UK at the same time?

From Quiz Songs Of The Century: Part One, 20 - 11

Answer: Bridge Over Troubled Water

Paul Simon started to write the song on guitar and later added the piano part. Art Garfunkel's is the only voice you hear on the original recording. Initially it had only two verses, but Garfunkel and producer Roy Halee convinced Simon to write a third in the studio. The song won S&G five Grammys in 1971. It was later to win Aretha Franklin a Grammy for Best Female R&B Vocal Performance.

17. #19: This song from Canadian prog-rockers Rush comes from their 1981 album "Moving Pictures" and shares its title with a character from a Mark Twain novel. What is the name of the song that comes in at number 19?

From Quiz VH1 Top 20 Hard Rock Songs

Answer: Tom Sawyer

Released in 1981, "Tom Sawyer" was written by the band in collaboration with lyricist Pye Dubois from fellow Canadian hard rock band Max Webster. The song has since been used in a plethora of different media including video games in the game 'Rock Band', where players recreate the guitar of Alex Lifeson and , television in the cartoon 'Futurama' and finally in film in bromantic comedy movie "I Love You, Man". DID YOU KNOW?: For Rush's 2007 'Snakes and Arrows' tour, a clip was made especially by the producers of 'South Park' where the characters perform the song, but character Cartman begins to make up lyrics relating to Huckleberry Finn, another character from a Mark Twain novel. Rush would then play the song as it was written.

18. Which band, whose lead singer is also known for his screenplays, had a song called 'Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow' which polled at position fifty-one in 2001?

From Quiz Triple J Hottest 100 -- 2000 - 2011

Answer: Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds

Nick Cave and the Bad Seeds are a lyrically poetic band who sing with raw emotion be it in their harder rock songs like 'From Her to Eternity' to their ballads like 'Into My Arms'. They were formed in 1983 by Nick Cave, Mick Harvey, and Blixa Bargeld, and perform fantastic live shows. 'Fifteen Feet of Pure White Snow' is from the album 'No More Shall We Part', and like most of the Bad Seeds' songs its meaning has been interpreted in a number of ways. Some have said it is about cocaine, the Cold War, clinical depression, hypocrisy in religion, isolation intellectually, spiritually, bodily and in imagination, and genocide. Nick Cave has written the screenplays to the movies 'The Proposition' and 'The Outlaws'.

19. Which '80s band sang the first line, "We both lie silently still In the dead of the night..."?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Songs of the '80s

Answer: Poison

The song is "Every Rose Has Its Thorn". A portion of the lyrics of the song was featured in the movie Bill and Ted's Bogus Journey in the scene where the gatekeeper of Heaven was asking Bill, Ted, and The Grim Reaper the question, "What is the meaning of life?" Ted (Keanu Reeves) answered, "Every Rose has its thorn, just like every night has its dawn..."

20. 19: Which awesome punk band released "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" and "Rock The Casbah"?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 20-1

Answer: The Clash

The Clash formed in 1976 and disbanded in 1986. Both "Should I Stay Or Should I Go" and "Rock The Casbah" are included on the album "Combat Rock", which was released in 1982.

21. 39: What is the name of this band that released "When You Dance I Can Really Love" and "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)"?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 40-21

Answer: Neil Young and Crazy Horse

Crazy Horse formed in 1969 and were Neil Young's backing band. "When You Dance I Can Really Love" was released in 1970 and was included on the album "After The Gold Rush". "Hey Hey, My My (Into the Black)" was released in 1979 off the album "Rust Never Sleeps".

22. 59: This band have released songs such as "Can't Get Enough" and "Feel Like Makin' Love". What is the name of this band that clock in at place number 59?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 60-41

Answer: Bad Company

Bad Company are a supergroup formed in 1973. "Can't Get Enough" was released in 1974 off their self-titled debut album. "Feel Like Makin' Love" was released in 1975 and was included on their album "Straight Shooter".

23. 79: "Round and Round" and "Wanted Man" are songsfrom this band. What is the name of this metal band, rising to fame in the 80s?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 80-61

Answer: Ratt

Ratt formed in 1981 and rose to fame in the 1980s. "Round and Round" and "Wanted Man" were both released on their 1984 album "Out Of The Cellar".

24. 99: This notorious hardcore punk band (strangely put in a hard rock chart) released songs such as "Pay To Cum" and "Banned in D.C.". What is the name of the band that clocked in at place 99?

From Quiz VH1 Top 100 Best Hard Rock Artists: 100-81

Answer: Bad Brains

Bad Brains were formed in 1977. They were known to fuse reggae with hardcore punk.

25. Coming in at number 59, who sang, "Ebony And Ivory"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 51-60

Answer: Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder

Paul McCartney and Stevie Wonder released, "Ebony And Ivory" in 1982. The song is on McCartney's album, "Tug of War".

26. Coming in at number 49, who sang, "Gold Digger"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 41-50

Answer: Kanye West featuring Jamie Foxx

Kanye West and Jamie Foxx released, "Gold Digger" in 2005. The song is on West's album, "Late Registration".

27. Coming in at number 29, who sang, "One Sweet Day"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 21-30

Answer: Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men

Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men released, "One Sweet Day" in 1995. The song is on Carey's album, "Daydream".

28. Coming in at number 19, who sang, "Le Freak"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top songs 11-20

Answer: Chic

Chic released the song, "Le Freak" in 1978. The song is on the album, "C'est Chic".

29. Coming in at number nine, who sang, "We Belong Together"?

From Quiz Billboard's All-Time Top 10

Answer: Mariah Carey

Mariah Carey released, "We Belong Together" in 2005. The song is on the album, "The Emancipation of Mimi".

30. In 1981, the song that had been number two in the previous year's chart reached the number one position in the Festive Fifty. The song, first released in 1980, was called "Atmosphere". Which band released it?

From Quiz John Peel's Festive Fifty 1980-1989

Answer: Joy Division

"Atmosphere" was voted by listeners to the show as the greatest song of the millennium in a poll in 2000. Joy Division's lead singer Ian Curtis had committed suicide in May 1980 and this single was the last to be released by the band, three months later.

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