Time to ‘Plug in Baby’ and battle the ‘Knights of Cydonia’ as Muse ‘Won’t Stand Down’.
Questions
“I fought the law” came from which third studio album by The Clash? This followed their second studio album “Give ’em enough rope” which featured their first top 20 hit “Tommy Gun”.
COST OF LIVING
A three-time winner of the Edgar Allen Poe Award including for “The Assassination of John F. Kennedy”, which lead prosecutor of the Tate-LaBianca murder trial put forward the Helter Skelter scenario?
VINCENT BUGLIOSI
19 of the songs from The Beatles’ “White Album” were written at a transcendental meditation course at which Uttarakhand city in India, which contained Maharishi Mahesh Yogi’s ashram?
RISHIKESH
Which song from the Beatles’ “White Album” was named for a type of chocolate found in a box of Mackintosh’s Good News?
SAVOY TRUFFLE
The Boomtown Rats’ first UK number one “Rat trap” came from which second album with a five-word title that featured a tiger and desert on the cover? “Like Clockwork” from this album was their first top ten hit.
A TONIC FOR THE TROOPS
With a cover featuring six images of someone with their hands behind their head seemingly descending stairs, from which fourth album by the Boomtown Rats was the UK number three single “Banana republic”?
MONDO BONGO
With a five-word title, from which album that features a swimmer on its cover was “I don’t like Mondays”?
THE FINE ART OF SURFACING
The US number one “Listen to what the man said” and “Magneto and Titanium Man” are from which Wings album, named for two bodies in the solar system?
VENUS AND MARS
The US number one “Silly Love Songs” and “Let ’em in”, which reached number 2 on both sides of the shore, are from which Wings album with a six-word title that includes the band’s name?
WINGS AT THE SPEED OF SOUND
From the album “London Town”, what was the final US number one for Wings?
WITH A LITTLE LUCK
Although the first number one for The Spencer Davis Group was “Keep on Running”, which other one of their songs reached the top of the UK charts?
SOMEBODY HELP ME
Probably one of their most well-known songs, what was the first top 40 single for The Smiths, released after “Hand in Glove” though that failed to chart?
THIS CHARMING MAN
From their debut album “The Smiths”, which follow up for The Smiths to “This Charming Man” reached number 12, the phrase possibly coming from the Jack Kerouac novel “The Dharma Bums”?
WHAT DIFFERENCE DOES IT MAKE?
Having a title inspired by a 1969 Sandie Shaw single, what was the first hit by The Smiths to reach the UK top 10?
HEAVEN KNOWS I’M MISERABLE NOW
In a number 30 hit for The Smiths from their last album “Strangeways, Here We Come” that features a backdrop of noises from the miner’s strikes of 1984 to 1985, what happened ‘Last night’?
I DREAMT THAT SOMEBODY LOVED ME
The final top 40 hit for The Smiths was what re-issue of a “The Queen is Dead” track that reached number 25?
THERE IS A LIGHT THAT NEVER GOES OUT
Born in Nottingham, Ian Paice is the drummer and last remaining original member of which band?
DEEP PURPLE
Including her first number one “Fight for this love” and the number 5 hit “Parachute”, what was the title track of Cheryl’s first album that featured Will.i.am, with the single reaching number 4?
3 WORDS
Coming shortly aftet her divorce from Ashley Cole and accompanied by a video that sees her perform as a flamenco dancer, which second number one by Cheryl came from her “Messy Little Raindrops” album?
PROMISE THIS
Which fourth Cheryl album that contained an unsuccessful title track was her only album to feature two number ones?
ONLY HUMAN
Taken from “Only Human”, what was Cheryl’s number one hit that featured Tinie Tempah?
CRAZY STUPID LOVE
Taken from “Only Human”, what was Cheryl’s fifth number one, sharing its title with hits by other artists over the years?
I DON’T CARE
What is the real name of Walsall-born DJ Goldie?
CLIFFORD PRICE
Which 1995 Goldie album is universally regarded as a groundbreaking release in the history of drum and bass music?
TIMELESS
Ringo Starr’s son Zak Starkey has been a member of which band since 1996, touring with many others during that time?
THE WHO
From their album “Confetti”, who spent one week at number one in 2021 with “Sweet Melody”?
LITTLE MIX
A cover of a sea ballad from New Zealand first documented in the 1960s, what was the song by Nathan Evans that spent two weeks at number one in 2021?
WELLERMAN
Also having previous success with the platinum selling “Keisha & Becky”, which pair of London rappers spent three weeks at number one in 2021 with “Body”?
TION WAYNE & RUSS MILLIONS
Remixed by Australian dance music trio Pnau, which song from Elton John’s “The Lockdown Sessions” spent a week at number one in 2021 for him and Dua Lipa?
COLD HEART
What was the 2021 Christmas song by Elton John and Ed Sheeran that was number one before they teamed up with Ladbaby to knock it off?
MERRY CHRISTMAS
A remix and comedy version of previous chart topper “Merry Christmas”, what was the Christmas number one by Ladbaby featuring Elton John and Ed Sheeran?
SAUSAGE ROLLS FOR EVERYONE
Which English trumpeter born in Preston had a number one for 9 weeks in 1954 with “Oh Mein Papa”, the first number one to be recorded at Abbey Road Studios?
EDDIE CALVERT
Dubbed the ‘father of rock and roll’ by Tony Bennett, which partially deaf American singer’s first UK number one in 1954 was “Such a night”?
JOHNNIE RAY
New York born Luigi Varlaro shares his stage surname with a much later rock singer. How was he known when he had his only UK number one with “Hold My Hand” in 1954?
DON CORNELL
Hitting number one in 1954, what was the repetitive title of ‘Force’s Sweetheart’ Vera Lynn’s only UK chart topper?
MY SON, MY SON
Not quite indicating the earth-shattering success and popularity they would later have, which 1999 debut studio album by Muse with a one-word title contained tracks including “Uno”, “Cave” and the curiously titled “Muscle Museum”?
SHOWBIZ
Featuring the stunning riff of “Plug in Baby”, “New Born” and their version of the classic “Feeling Good”, which 2001 Muse album showed that they were going to be a band to be reckoned with?
ORIGIN OF SYMMETRY
Their first album to reach number one in the UK album chart, 2003’s “Absolution” featured what first UK top ten single for Muse, not a title that reflects their subsequent success?
TIME IS RUNNING OUT
“Starlight”, “Knights of Cydonia” and “Supermassive Black Hole” are all appropriately titled singles from which fourth studio album by Muse with a four-word title?
BLACK HOLES AND REVELATIONS
Also featuring a title track of the same name minus the ‘The’, which fifth studio album by Muse also featured the song “Uprising”?
THE RESISTANCE
Clearly indicating an interest in physics, which sixth studio album by Muse included the 2012 Olympic anthem “Survival” and the song “Madness”, which spent a record-breaking 19 weeks at the top of the US Billboard Alternative Songs chart?
THE 2ND LAW
Having a one-word title, which seventh studio album by Muse released in 2015 featured the hit “Dead Inside”?
DRONES
Featuring an album cover by “Stranger Things” artist Kyle Lambert and music videos that pay homage to 80s popular culture, which eighth studio album by Muse with a two-word title contains the songs “Dig Down”, “Thought Contagion” and “The Dark Side”?
SIMULATION THEORY
Which ninth studio album by Muse with a four-word title and released in 2022 unoriginally contains a single that shares its name with the album, as well as other positive sounding songs like “Compliance” and “Kill or Be Killed”?
WILL OF THE PEOPLE
Despite their massive success with albums and concert tours, they have spent little time in the upper reaches of the singles chart. Muse’s highest placing hit was which song that reached number 4 in 2006?
SUPERMASSIVE BLACK HOLE
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