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<\/p>\nFor over 20 years, I have pitted two music buffs against each other in a daily battle for PopMaster trivia supremacy on my Radio 2 show.<\/p>\n
The contestants are offered a choice of bonus questions (worth six points to a normal question\u2019s three) to try to inch them to the top score of 39 per round.<\/p>\n
Here, exclusively for the Daily Mail, I have compiled 40 brain-tickling questions to test you and your family\u2019s music knowledge.<\/p>\n
Will you be a champion of the charts or a null points no-hoper?<\/p>\n
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KEN BRUCE:\u00a0Here, exclusively for the Daily Mail, I have compiled 40 brain-tickling questions to test you and your family\u2019s music knowledge. Will you be a champion of the charts or a null points no-hoper?<\/p>\n
ROUND 1<\/span><\/p>\n Bonus questions: \u2018Happy New Year\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Who were Smokie living next door to in 1976?<\/p>\n 2. Which early 80s song by The Gap Band was often danced by a line of people rowing on the floor?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0Shoop Shoop Song by Cher, I\u2019m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred and (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams were all UK Number 1 hits in which year?<\/p>\n 3. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n The 1980 ABBA song Happy New Year appeared on which of their albums?<\/p>\n 4. With which single did Adele make her UK Chart debut, peaking at Number 2?<\/p>\n 5. Shoop Shoop Song by Cher, I\u2019m Too Sexy by Right Said Fred and (Everything I Do) I Do It For You by Bryan Adams were all UK Number 1 hits in which year?<\/p>\n 6. Bonus question\u00a0\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Which rock band released the single New Year\u2019s Day in January 1983?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0The 1980 ABBA song Happy New Year appeared on which of their albums?<\/p>\n 7. Which 1960s producer was the subject of the film Telstar?<\/p>\n 8. Which Blondie song did One Direction cover for Comic Relief in 2013?<\/p>\n 9. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Dina Carroll\u2019s hit The Perfect Year, released in 1996, was originally written for which musical?<\/p>\n 10. What was the name of the Bee Gees\u2019s younger brother who had hits in the late 70s with An Everlasting Love and I Just Wanna Be Your Everything?<\/p>\n ROUND 2<\/span><\/p>\n BONUS QUESTIONS: \u2018Real names\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Which pop superstar welcomed guests Dave Grohl and Bruce Springsteen on stage with him when he headlined Glastonbury 2022?<\/p>\n 2. What type of face did Lady Gaga have in her 2009 UK Number 1 hit?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0What type of face did Lady Gaga have in her 2009 UK Number 1 hit?<\/p>\n 3. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Which singing superstar was born Thomas Woodward on June 7, 1940?<\/p>\n 4. Which EastEnders actress had a UK Chart hit with Anyone Can Fall In Love, a reworking of the soap\u2019s theme tune?<\/p>\n 5. Red Red Wine by UB40, Too Shy by Kajagoogoo and Baby Jane by Rod Stewart were all UK Number 1 hits in which year?<\/p>\n 6. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Singer\/songwriter Declan McManus is better known by what name?<\/p>\n 7. Which Canadian rock band had a hit with the new wave song Echo Beach, which was later covered by Toyah?<\/p>\n 8. Which Georgian singer released her debut album Call Off The Search in 2003?<\/p>\n 9. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Singer\/songwriter and record producer Peter Gene Hernandez is known professionally by what name?<\/p>\n 10. Play That Funky Music was a worldwide hit in 1976 for which American group?<\/p>\n ROUND 3<\/span><\/p>\n BONUS QUESTIONS: \u2018I\u2019m with the band\u2019<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Who had Top Ten hits in the Sixties with Catch The Wind, Mellow Yellow and Hurdy Gurdy Man?<\/p>\n 2. What was the name of Men Without Hats\u2019 only UK Chart hit, which made the Top Ten in 1983?<\/p>\n 3. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Which band was formed of Mickey, Davy, Peter and Mike?<\/p>\n 4. Which song was originally a hit for Shalamar in 1982, for 911 in 1996 and for Liberty X in 2005?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0Which song was originally a hit for Shalamar in 1982, for 911 in 1996 and for Liberty X in 2005?<\/p>\n 5. I\u2019ve Got A Feeling by Black Eyed Peas, The Fear by Lily Allen and Fight For This Love by Cheryl were all Number 1 hits in which year?<\/p>\n 6. Bonus question\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>Lindsay, Edele, Keavy and Sinead came together to form which 90s Irish vocal group?<\/p>\n 7. According to Scott McKenzie, what should you have worn if you were going to San Francisco in 1967?<\/p>\n 8. Which group has released albums including Parachutes, A Rush Of Blood To The Head and Music Of The Spheres?<\/p>\n 9. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Andy, Roger, John, Simon and Nick are members of which group, with a pop career spanning four decades?<\/p>\n 10. In 1991, Pet Shop Boys reached the Top 5 with a medley of two songs previously recorded by U2 and Andy Williams respectively. What are the two songs?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0With which single did Adele make her UK Chart debut, peaking at Number 2?<\/p>\n ROUND 4<\/span><\/p>\n BONUS QUESTIONS: Eurovision<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Which Simple Minds song featured as the title track for the John Hughes film The Breakfast Club?<\/p>\n 2. What was the title of Elbow\u2019s 2008 album that included the singles Grounds For Divorce and One Day Like This?<\/p>\n 3. Bonus Question\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n Which Eurovision winner had her first UK Top 40 hit for 15 years with an unlikely collaboration with The Smiths in 1984?<\/p>\n 4. Which singer released duets with artists including Elton John, Aretha Franklin and Mary J Blige?<\/p>\n 5. Yellow Submarine, Green Green Grass Of Home and Good Vibrations were all UK Number 1 hits in which year?<\/p>\n 6. Bonus question\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n \u00a0<\/span>2014 Eurovision winner Conchita Wurst represented which country with Rise Like A Phoenix?<\/p>\n 7. What were the first names of American vocal\/instrumental duo The Carpenters?<\/p>\n KEN BRUCE:\u00a0What were the first names of American vocal\/instrumental duo The Carpenters?<\/p>\n 8. In 2011, Emeli Sand\u00e9 had a UK Number 1 hit single, Read All About It, with which \u2018academic\u2019 English rapper?<\/p>\n 9. Bonus question<\/span><\/p>\n Which Canadian singer triumphed at Eurovision 1988 when she represented Switzerland?<\/p>\n 10. Which singer\/songwriter wrote the hits I Feel For You, Nothing Compares 2 U and Manic Monday?<\/p>\n Round 1<\/span><\/p>\n 1. Alice. 2. Oops Upside Your Head. 3. Super Trouper.<\/p>\n \u00a04. Chasing Pavements. 5. 1991.<\/p>\n 6. U2. 7. Joe Meek.<\/p>\n 8. One Way Or Another.<\/p>\n 9. Sunset Boulevard.<\/p>\n 10. Andy Gibb.<\/p>\n![](\"https:\/\/i.dailymail.co.uk\/1s\/2022\/12\/30\/22\/66060855-11586747-image-m-17_1672439568586.jpg\")
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