kth8/OpenTriviaQA huggingface dataset:
Category: music
Question: Under the Milky Way has been considered one of the best songs to come out of Australia. The band, that recorded it, however, never achieved great commercial success partially due to their more progressive sound. Other notable songs include Metropolis and Reptile [sound clip].
Choices: Icicle Works; The Church; Midnight Oil; The Alarm
Answer: The Church
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Question: This alternative English group has achieved critical acclaim but little in the way of chart success. With frontman Matt Johnson, the group released the notable songs This is the Day and Dogs of Lust [sound clip].
Choices: The The; Heaven 17; Icehouse; Kraftwerk
Answer: The The
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Question: This band was instrumental in paving the way for the massive alternative boom of the 90s ushed in by Nirvana. Members Black Francis, Joey Santiago, and Kim Deal enjoyed substantial success in Europe, but little chart action in the US. Notable songs include Where is My Mind?, Wave of Mutilation, and Here Comes Your Man [sound clip].
Choices: Sugar; The Cure; Primus; The Pixies
Answer: The Pixies
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Question: This innovative post-punk group, which includes former Sex Pistol John Lydon and a former guitarist from the Clash, produced songs such as Rise, Disappointed and This is Not a Love Song [sound clip].
Choices: Lemonheads; Big Audio Dynamite; Public Image Ltd.; Flesh for Lulu
Answer: Public Image Ltd.
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Question: Michael Stipe and other musicians of similar tastes formed this band in 1980 at the University of Georgia. Throughout the 80s this band enjoyed primarily college radio success only to hit mainstream at the end of the decade with songs like The One I Love and Losing My Religion. [sound clip: Pop Song 89]
Choices: Gin Blossoms; R.E.M; Pear Jam; Hootie  the Blowfish
Answer: R.E.M
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Question: Formed in 1982 and fronted by singer Chuck Mosely, this group produced a minor alternative hit called We Care a Lot (1987). But it was Moselys replacement, Mike Patton, who launched them into real commercial success in 1989 with the album The Real Thing which contained the songs Epic [sound clip] and Falling to Pieces.
Choices: Red Hot Chili Peppers; Temple of the Dog; Rage Against the Machine; Faith No More
Answer: Faith No More
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Question: What name is Garth Brooks also known by?
Choices: Garth Trogen; Chris Maddrick; Gary Brock; Chris Gaines
Answer: Chris Gaines
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Question: Where was Garth Brooks born?
Choices: Georgia; Idaho; Missouri; Oklahoma
Answer: Oklahoma
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Question: What was the name of Garth Brooks first album?
Choices: Ropin the Wind; Garth Brooks; No Fences; The Chase
Answer: Garth Brooks
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Question: In which of Garth Brooks music videos can we see Lane Frost, Martin, Luther King Jr. and Keith Whitley?
Choices: If Tomorrow Never Comes; We Shall be Free; The Dance; Rodeo
Answer: The Dance
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Question: Which of these songs was written as a tribute to Garth Brooks good friend, country artist, Chris LeDoux, after his death?
Choices: If Tomorrow Never Comes; The Dance; Good Ride Cowboy; Why Aint I Running?
Answer: Good Ride Cowboy
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Question: What was the name of Garth Brooks third album released in September 1991?
Choices: Fresh Horses; The Chase; Ropin the Wind; No Fences
Answer: Ropin the Wind
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Question: The song We Shall Be Free can be found on the album The Chase.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In what year did Garth Brooks marry long-time friend, girlfriend, and country artist Trisha Yearwood?
Choices: 2003; 2000; 1997; 2005
Answer: 2005
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Question: Which Patsy Cline song did Garth Brooks cover in 1992?
Choices: I Fall to Pieces; Crazy; Sweet Dreams; Walking After Midnight
Answer: Walking After Midnight
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Question: On which Garth Brooks album can you find the song Friends in Low Places?
Choices: Sevens; In Pieces; Scarecrow; No Fences
Answer: No Fences
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Question: You Make Me Feel Like Dancing was a huge dance hit for this singer in the year 1977.
Choices: Marvin Gaye; Alan ODay; Leo Sayer; Stevie Wonder
Answer: Leo Sayer
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Question: Country singer Tim McGraw was featured in which rappers number one Billboard hit, Over and Over?
Choices: 50 Cents; Jay-Z; Nelly; Snoop Dogg
Answer: Nelly
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Question: Johnnie Cash garnered six MTV nominations with his remake of this heavy metal groups song, Hurt.
Choices: Black Sabbath; Nine Inch Nails; Whitesnake; Guns n Roses
Answer: Nine Inch Nails
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Question: Both Carl Perkins and this rock n roll star recorded for the famed Sun Records, both are in the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, both had hits with the song that Perkins wrote after hearing a conversation on a dance floor but its the rock n roll stars hit that most people connect to this 1956 Top Ten pick.
Choices: Jerry Lee Lewis; Elvis Presley; Bill Hailey; Chuck Berry
Answer: Elvis Presley
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Question: Dolly Parton and Emmylou Harris cut the album Trio with this former lead singer of the Stone Poneys.
Choices: Bette Mildler; Grace Slick; Christine McVie; Linda Ronstadt
Answer: Linda Ronstadt
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Question: A former Rhodes Scholar and Golden Gloves Boxer, this country music outlaw penned Me and Bobby McGee which became a number one single for his former girlfriend, Janis Joplin.
Choices: Waylon Jennings; David Allen Coe; Willie Nelson; Kris Kristofferson
Answer: Kris Kristofferson
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Question: Shania Twain cut two versions of her song Party for Two.  One she recorded with country singer Billy Currington. The rocking version was made with the lead singer of Shrinky Dinx
Choices: Mark McGrath; Mutt Lange; Rod Stewart; Henry Rollins
Answer: Mark McGrath
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Question: Whitney Houston sang I Will Always Love Youâ for the soundtrack of The Bodyguard which became the third largest selling single in the world. The songwriter and singer of I Will Always Love You had her own number one with this song on the Country charts in 1974. What is the name of the original songwriter and singer of the song?
Choices: Barbara Mandrell; Dolly Parton; Reba McEntire; Emmylou Harris
Answer: Dolly Parton
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Question: Which Disney character would NOT be whistling this song? 
Choices: igh-Ho, Heigh-Ho; s home from work we go; igh-Ho, Heigh-Ho; Bashful; Doc; Abu; Happy
Answer: Abu
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Question: For whether we are white of copper skinned
Choices:  need to sing with all the voices of the mountains;  need to paint with all the colors of the wind.; at character in a 1995 Disney movie sang this song to an arrogant John Smith?; Pocahontas; Mulan; Belle; The Little Mermaid
Answer: Pocahontas
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Question: This heroine is perhaps the most feminist of Disneys female characters.  
Choices: o sang; mehow I cannot hide; en will my reflection show; Ariel; Belle; Jasmine; Mulan
Answer: Mulan
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Question: The following lyrics are taken from Oliver and Company:
Choices: t when all the world says Yes; o am I to say No; nt ask a mutt to strut like a show girl, darling; , girl, you need a pro; at divine  performer sang Perfect Isnt Easy?; Carole King; Aretha Franklin; Cher; Bette Midler
Answer: Bette Midler
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Question: Disneys first live action movie, Song of the South, was based on the stories of Uncle Remus by Joel Chandler Harris. What is the title of the song with the following lyrics?
Choices: . Bluebird on my shoulder; s the truth, its actual; erything is satisfactual.; Hi-Diddle-Dee-Dee; Bluddle-Uddle_Un-Dum; Bibbidi-bobbidi-Boo; Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
Answer: Zip-A-Dee-Doo-Dah
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Question: Which member of The Monkees sings lead on the 1967 hit A Little Bit Me, A Little Bit You?
Choices: Davy Jones; Mickey Dolenz; Mike Nesmith; Peter Tork
Answer: Davy Jones
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Question: What is the name of the song by The Animals featured in the audio clip?
Choices: Spill the Wine; Dont Let Me Be Misunderstood; Dont Bring Me Down; Its My Life
Answer: Its My Life
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Question: Which band recorded the song featured in the audio clip, a track from their critically acclaimed album, Odessey and Oracle?
Choices: The Buckinghams; The Turtles; The Zombies; The Cyrkle
Answer: The Zombies
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Question: They couldve been contenders.  This group has gained a reputation as one of the great lost missing links of 60s rock: massive talent unaccountably caught in a dead-end.  The most successful UK indie record label of the 90s takes its name from this band.
Choices: The Electric Prunes; The Creation; Moby Grape; The Soft Boys
Answer: The Creation
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Question: Which of the following guitarists was never a member of The Yardbirds?
Choices: Eric Clapton; Jeff Beck; Jimmy Page; Ritchie Blackmore
Answer: Ritchie Blackmore
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Question: The Rolling Stones Rock and Roll Circus was a 1968 film containing performances by John Lennon, Jethro Tull, The Rolling Stones, Eric Clapton, and this group who stole the show with their amazing performance of the song, A Quick One (featured in the audio clip).
Choices: The Troggs; The Kinks; The Hollies; The Who
Answer: The Who
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Question: Needles and Pins was a recording by what band from Liverpool?
Choices: The Youngbloods; The Fortunes; The Searchers; The New Seekers
Answer: The Searchers
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Question: Although hardly remembered in the U.S., this band was one of the most influential bands to come out of the British Invasion.  Their record S. F. Sorrow is arguably the first rock opera, and their 1970 album Parachute was named Rolling Stone Magazines Album of the Year.
Choices: The Seeds; Pretty Things; The Creation; Harpers Bazaar
Answer: Pretty Things
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Question: They were the first Scottish group to ever top the UK chart.  Their song Reflections Of My Life (1969) made the U.S. top 10.
Choices: Badfinger; King Crimson; Marmalade; Blue Magoos
Answer: Marmalade
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Question: This popular 1960s band from Birmingham, England would evolve into The Electric Light Orchestra.
Choices: The Move; Gerry and the Pacemakers; The Knack; The Dave Clark Five
Answer: The Move
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Question: The song featured in the audio clip, Ride My See Saw, was recorded by the same band that recorded Nights in White Satin.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: In 1967, this band hopped on The Beatles psychedelic bandwagon and recorded an album with great similarity to Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band entitled Their Satanic Majesties Request.
Choices: Deep Purple; The Who; The Rolling Stones; Black Sabbath
Answer: The Rolling Stones
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Question: The rumors surrounding this 1963 song were that the Kingsmen intentionally slurred the lyrics to cover the fact that it was laced with profanity, graphically depicting sex between a sailor and his lady. The song was subject to a subsequent FBI investigation.
Choices: Lovely Rita; Sherry; Louie, Louie; Hang On Sloopy
Answer: Louie, Louie
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Question: The song Along Comes Mary was recorded by this group in 1966.
Choices: The Association; The Lovin Spoonful; The Beau Brummels; Chad and Jeremy
Answer: The Association
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Question: The 1967 Simon and Garfunkle song Mrs. Robinson mentions three indviduals by name: Mrs. Robinson, Jesus, and this famous New York Yankee.
Choices: Mickey Mantle; Babe Ruth; Whitey Ford; Joe DiMaggio
Answer: Joe DiMaggio
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Question: Arnold Layne was the first single released by this British rock group fronted by guitarist and singer, Syd Barrett.
Choices: Steppenwolf; Moby Grape; Pink Floyd; The Grateful Dead
Answer: Pink Floyd
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Question: The 1967 song Shilo is an about an imaginary friend.  What Brooklyn born singer recorded this song?
Choices: James Taylor; B. J. Thomas; Jim Croce; Neil Diamond
Answer: Neil Diamond
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Question: The 1968 song Valleri was a top ten hit for which of the following bands?
Choices: The Byrds; The Monkees; The Animals; The Beatles
Answer: The Monkees
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Question: The song featured in the sound clip was a hit for both Dion and Smokey Robinson  the Miracles in 1968,   Which of the following individuals is not referenced in the songs title?
Choices: Abraham Lincoln; John F. Kennedy; Anwar Al Sadat; Martin Luther King, Jr.
Answer: Anwar Al Sadat
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Question: The song Cecilia is a song by Simon and Garfunkel from this 1970 album.
Choices: Bridge Over Troubled Water; Exile on Main Street; Let It Be; The Graduate Original Soundtrack
Answer: Bridge Over Troubled Water
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Question: This song, featuring a prominent mandolin, was a #1 hit for Rod Stewart in 1971.
Choices: Lady Madonna; Little Jeanie; Vida Blue; Maggie May
Answer: Maggie May
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Question: This group released the song Amie from their 1972 album Bustin Out.
Choices: Pure Prairie League; The Eagles; America; Little River Band
Answer: Pure Prairie League
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Question: This one hit wonder topped the Billboard charts in 1972 with the song Brandy (Youre a Fine Girl).
Choices: Pilot; Paper Lace; Player; Looking Glass
Answer: Looking Glass
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Question: Which of the following songwriting teams are credited with 1973 song Daniel?
Choices: John-Taupin; Lennon-McCartney; Holland-Dozier-Holland; Bacharach-David
Answer: John-Taupin
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Question: Which band recorded the soft rock song Aubrey in 1973?
Choices: Bread; America; Ambrosia; Chicago
Answer: Bread
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Question: My Maria was originally a top ten hit for this artist in 1973 before it went to #1 in 1996 for country artists Brooks  Dunn.
Choices: C. W. McCall; B. J. Thomas; Jay P. Morgan; B. W. Stephenson
Answer: B. W. Stephenson
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Question: Rhiannon was a hit song for this group in 1976.
Choices: Quarterflash; Fleetwood Mac; Scandal; Heart
Answer: Fleetwood Mac
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Question: Which of the following jazz artists has his/her name in the title of this 1976 #1 hit for Stevie Wonder?
Choices: Glenn Miller; Ella Fitzgerald; Count Basie; Duke Ellington
Answer: Duke Ellington
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Question: Peg and Josie are both tracks from the 1977 album, Aja, by this rock group.
Choices: Foghat; Supertramp; Steely Dan; Steve Miller Band
Answer: Steely Dan
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Question: Band member Geddy Lee has referred to this 1981 track as the quintessential Rush song.
Choices: Tom Sawyer; Lizzy Borden; Pablo Picasso; Lois Lane
Answer: Tom Sawyer
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Question: Bette Davis Eyes was originally recorded in 1974 by Jackie DeShannon, but this female vocalist brought the song to number one for nine consecutive weeks in 1981.
Choices: Kim Carnes; Bonnie Tyler; Juice Newton; Crystal Gayle
Answer: Kim Carnes
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Question: Which artist released the top ten hit Valerie in 1982?
Choices: Steve Winwood; Peter Gabriel; Phil Collins; Daryl Hall
Answer: Steve Winwood
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Question: According to the title and lyrics of this 1982 Tommy Tutone hit, whose phone number is 867-5309?
Choices: Jamie; Jenny; Josie; Jessie
Answer: Jenny
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Question: Joanna was a successful single for this New Jersey group in 1983.
Choices: New Edition; The Gap Band; Kool  the Gang; Midnight Starr
Answer: Kool  the Gang
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Question: Which artist released the hit Think of Laura in 1983?
Choices: Benny Mardones; Leo Sayer; Christopher Cross; Rupert Holmes
Answer: Christopher Cross
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Question: The track Darling Nikki (1984) is included on which of the following Prince albums?
Choices: Purple Rain; Sign O the Times; 1999; Around the World in a Day
Answer: Purple Rain
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Question: Amanda was a hit from the album, Third Stage, in 1986 for this band which hadnt released an album in eight years.
Choices: Chicago; Boston; Kansas; Orleans
Answer: Boston
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Question: Peter Piper is a track on this 1986 album by Run DMC.
Choices: Raising Hell; Walk This Way; Krush Groove; Licensed to Ill
Answer: Raising Hell
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Question: Mr. Brownstone is a song performed by Guns N Roses on this 1987 album.
Choices: Out of the Cellar; Slippery When Wet; Use Your Illusion; Appetite for Destruction
Answer: Appetite for Destruction
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Question: This English musician released the top ten hit Veronica in 1989 from his album, Spike.
Choices: Paul Young; Howard Jones; Elvis Costello; Phil Collins
Answer: Elvis Costello
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Question: The poignant Grammy winning single Jeremy is a track from the 1991 album, Ten, by this Seattle band.
Choices: Pearl Jam; Stone Temple Pilots; The Replacements; Primus
Answer: Pearl Jam
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Question: The song Ms. Jackson was a successful track from the  album Stankonia, which has been certified quadruple platinum.  Which hip hop group released this profitable record in 2000?
Choices: Digital Underground; Wu Tang Clan; Outkast; Naughty By Nature
Answer: Outkast
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Question: The 2006 single Grace Kelly was a top 5 hit in seemingly every country in the world including Argentina, Croatia, Italy, Ireland, and the U. K.; however, in the U.S. it didnt even crack the top 40.  Which artist(s) released this track?
Choices: Travis; Mika; Moby; Bush
Answer: Mika
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Question: Bali Hai is the forbidden mystical island in which musical of the 50âs?
Choices: Brigadoon; Little me; Kismet; South Pacific
Answer: South Pacific
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Question: Barbra Streisand cashed in a number one selling single with the song People from which long-running show?
Choices: The Most Happy Fella; Grren Grow the Lilacs; 42nd. Street; Funny Girl
Answer: Funny Girl
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Question: Hot Honey Rag is the closing song of which popular musical based on a play by Maurine Dallas Watkins?
Choices: Sweet Charity; Les Miserables; Chicago; La Cage aux folles
Answer: Chicago
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Question: Summertime is the best-known song from what popular musical by George Gershwin?
Choices: Lucky Lady; Showboat; Porgy and Bess; Fiddler on the Roof
Answer: Porgy and Bess
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Question: For the price of a dime, who would answer when Tommy Tutone dialed 867-5309?
Choices: Sexy Sadie; Peggy Sue; Diana; Jenny
Answer: Jenny
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Question: An encounter at a Soho bar made it to #442 on Rolling Stones 500 Greatest Songs list.
Choices: at was the name of the fetching person in The Kinks song who  walked like a woman and talked like a man?; Gloria; Sexy Sadie; Lucy; Lola
Answer: Lola
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Question: Steve Nicks sings She is like a cat in the dark. And then she is the darkness.  Who is the mystical woman who is taken by the wind?
Choices: Gold Dust Woman; Rhiannon; Sara; Angel
Answer: Rhiannon
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Question: Wilson Pickett bought his lady a new car but now all she wants to do is ride around.  Who is the lady that is in danger of having her flat feet on the ground.
Choices: Mustang Sally; Run Around Sue; Ruby; Sexy Sadie
Answer: Mustang Sally
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Question: In the song On the Cover of Rolling Stone Dr Hook has  teenage blue eyed groupies, an Indian guru, and his dad who drives his limousine. Whats the name of his freaky ole lady who embroiders on his jeans?
Choices: Sexy Sadie; Cocaine Katy; Sweet Betsy from Pike; Sweet Jane
Answer: Cocaine Katy
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Question: Although she wears a braided chain made of finest silver from the north of Spain this lady works layin whiskey down. Late at night she walks through a silent town because her mans life, love and lady is the sea.
Choices: Angie; Rhiannon; Sweet Jane; Brandy
Answer: Brandy
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Question: Charles Manson and his followers were convicted of the Sharon Tate murders and the following night murders of Rosemary and Leo LaBianca. Charles Manson thought the Beatles were singing to him in the White album about the worlds destruction. From what Beatles song did Manson choose a nickname for convicted murderer Susan Atkins?
Choices: Lucy (in the Sky with Diamonds); Lovely Rita Meter Maid; Rocky Raccoon; Sexy Sadie
Answer: Sexy Sadie
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Question: Neil Young sings Dreamer of Pictures, I run in the night. You see us together chasing the moonlight.  Who could Neil Young live with for the rest of his life?
Choices: Gold Dust Woman; Witchy Woman; Cinnamon Girl; Sweet Jane
Answer: Cinnamon Girl
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Question: Who looked like a beauty queen from a movie scene and would dance on the floor, in the round?
Choices: Gloria; Girl with Bette Davis Eyes; Delilah; Billie Jean
Answer: Billie Jean
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Question: Which of these bands released their break through album Pride in 1987, which included the single Wait?
Choices: Great White; Def Leppard; White Lion; Ratt
Answer: White Lion
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Question: Which of the following bands are known for the songs Slide It In,  Slow and Easy, and Love Aint No Stranger?
Choices: Winger; Bon Jovi; Whitesnake; White Lion
Answer: Whitesnake
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Question: The 1980s heavy rock band Quiet Riot was founded by guitar player Randy Rhoads.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This 1980s band, popular for the song Girls, Girls, Girls, was made up of members Tommy Lee, Vince Neil, Mick Mars, and Nikki Sixx.
Choices: Bon Jovi; Poison; Motley Crue; Warrant
Answer: Motley Crue
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Question: Who was the lead vocalist for the band Winger, known for the 1988  song Seventeen?
Choices: Pat Winger; Paul Winger; Brian Winger; Kip Winger
Answer: Kip Winger
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Question: Like Bing Crosby and Frank Sinatra before him, Elvis Presley became the newest heartthrob at the microphone.  This time, however, the teen idol brought a new form of music to the mainstream - rock and roll.  
Choices: is 1954 hit by Elvis is arguably the first rock and roll record.; Roll Over Beethoven; Thats All Right (Mama); Rock Around the Clock; Johnny Be Good
Answer: Thats All Right (Mama)
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Question: By the early 1960s this new form of music had started to get watered down.  The rawness and rough edges were gone, and rock and roll seemed destined for blandness. 
Choices: is artist released such radio friendly songs as Roses Are Red (My Love), Blue on Blue and Blue Velvet.; Pat Boone; Paul Anka; Frankie Avalon; Bobby Vinton
Answer: Bobby Vinton
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Question: A second era in rock music began with the arrival of the Fab Four.  The Beatles would breathe new life into rock  roll and become the most successful and influential band of all time.  
Choices: ich of the following bands were NOT part of the so-called British Invasion?; The Rolling Stones; The Who; The Beatles; The Byrds
Answer: The Byrds
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Question: By the late 1960s, rock music started to get adventurous.  Even the Monkees were releasing psychedelic music, and The Beatles made the LP into an art form with Revolver and Sgt. Pepper.  
Choices: ich psychedelic pioneer released the influential album, Piper at the Gates of Dawn, in 1967?; Donovan; The Velvet Underground; Pink Floyd; The Doors
Answer: Pink Floyd
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Question: In the early 1970s, there was a reaction against the over-the-top excesses of psychedelic music.  The singer-songwriter movement was psychedelic musics polar opposite, and often nothing more than a musician and his or her acoustic guitar.
Choices: is singer-songwriter released Youve Got a Friend in 1971.; James Taylor; Jim Croce; Jackson Browne; Cat Stevens
Answer: James Taylor
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Question: In the early 1970s, bands like Led Zeppelin and Grand Funk Railroad initiated a form of rock devised specifically for large concert venues.  By mid-decade, stadium or arena rock was in full swing, and bands with big sounds like Boston and Queen dominated the music scene until the 1980s.
Choices: ich of the following arena-rock bands released the singles Come Sail Away, Babe, and Lady?; Styx; KISS; Journey; Foreigner
Answer: Styx
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Question: Punk rock was largely a reaction against stadium filling bands like Pink Floyd and other so-called pretentious rock acts.  Punk songs were short and raw, and would never dream of containing long guitar solos or complex themed albums like their arena rock enemies.
Choices: at was the name of the Sex Pistols controversial lead singer?; Henry Rollins; Joe Strummer; Joey Ramone; Johnny Rotten
Answer: Johnny Rotten
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Question: Punk rock was, by its very nature, destined to self-destruct.  Many punk bands like Blondie began to morph into a friendlier brand of music called New Wave. This shift coincided with a new television channel called MTV that suited their aristic style perfectly.
Choices: ich of the following former punk musicians became New Wave with the release of the albums: Kings of the Wild Frontier and Prince Charming?; Dexys Midnight Runners; Adam and the Ants; Talking Heads; Bow Wow Wow
Answer: Adam and the Ants
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Question: Heavy metal had its origins with Black Sabbath back in 1970, but it was this bands 1980 heavy metal masterpiece, British Steel, that sent metal on its path to world domination.  By the latter half of the 1980s, bands like Ratt, Def Leppard, and Motley Crue would emerge that were perfectly suited for the excesses that characterized the 80s.
Choices: Scorpions; AC/DC; Judas Priest; Iron Maiden
Answer: Judas Priest
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Question: By the 1990s, heavy metal was almost unrecognizable from its ancestors.  There simply wasnt much metal left in bands like Poison, Warrant, White Lion and Winger.  So, the time was absolutely right for a new brand of music called grunge to cut through the artificial fluff in much the same way as The Beatles did in 1963 (see questions 2 and 3).  Instead of Liverpool, however, this time the bands would predominantly eminate from which city?
Choices: New Orleans; Boston; Seattle; Los Angeles
Answer: Seattle
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Question: The 2000s so far (2008) find rock music in a definite downward slope.  Hip Hop and RB dominate the charts, and rock music seems to be unable to produce any bands that can create much of an impact.   Most rock bands are either a hybrid (like rap-metal or pop-punk) or a revival of something old (like garage rock).
Choices: ich garage rock revival band consists of only two members, and began their career in Detroit?; The White Stripes; The Strokes; The Killers; Franz Ferdinand
Answer: The White Stripes
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Question: Eric Clapton was born in Ripley, England on which date?
Choices: March 29, 1944; March 30, 1946; March 28, 1943; March 30, 1945
Answer: March 30, 1945
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Question: Its common knowledge among Eric Clapton fans that his song, Tears in Heaven was written about his son who died from a fall from a window screen.  What was the boys name?
Choices: Connor; Jack; Patrick; Ricky
Answer: Connor
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Question: Eric Clapton played the guitar solo on which Beatles song?
Choices: While My Guitar Gently Weeps; Sgt. Peppers Lonely Hearts Club Band; Eleanor Rigby; Help!
Answer: While My Guitar Gently Weeps
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Question: Eric Clapton was in all but which of the following bands?
Choices: Blind Faith; He was in all of these bands; Derek  the Dominoes; Yardbirds
Answer: He was in all of these bands
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Question: J.J. Cale wrote Cocaine, which Eric Clapton made a hit.  Which song, made famous by Lynyrd Skynyrd was also written by J.J. Cale?
Choices: Free Bird; The Ballad of Curtis Lowe; They Call Me the Breeze; Gimme Three Steps
Answer: They Call Me the Breeze
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Question: Eric Clapton wrote Wonderful Tonight in a matter of fifteen minutes while doing what?
Choices: Waiting for a bus.; Waiting for his son to be born.; Waiting for his wife to get ready.; Waiting for the rest of his band to arrive for a gig.
Answer: Waiting for his wife to get ready.
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Question: In June 2004, Eric Clapton had a fundraiser in Dallas, TX, for his Crossroads Centre in Antigua.  What is the Crossroads Centre?
Choices: A hospice; A burn clinic; An orphanage; An alcohol rehabilitation clinic
Answer: An alcohol rehabilitation clinic
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Question: Who was the inspiration for Eric Claptons song, Layla?
Choices: Pattie Boyd; Yvonne Kelly; Melia McEnery; Linda McCartney
Answer: Pattie Boyd
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Question: Who wrote the song heard here?
Choices: Bob Marley; Doyle Bramhall II; Andy Fairweather Low; J.J. Cale
Answer: Bob Marley
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Question: What is the name of the Eric Clapton song heard here?
Choices: Worried Life Blues; Bell Bottom Blues; Walking Blues; San Francisco Bay Blues
Answer: Bell Bottom Blues
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Question: With whom did Eric Clapton write Old Love?
Choices: J.J. Cale; George Harrison; Robert Cray; He penned Old Love by himself
Answer: Robert Cray
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Question: In 2000, Eric Clapton collaborated with what other musician on an album that consisted of songs such as Key to the Highway, Marry You, and Help the Poor?
Choices: Sheryl Crow; Bonnie Raitt; Billy Preston; B.B. King
Answer: B.B. King
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Question: The band, Cream consisted of Eric Clapton, Ginger Baker, and what other man?
Choices: Stevie Winwood; Jimmy Page; Jeff Beck; Jack Bruce
Answer: Jack Bruce
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Question: On Unplugged, Eric Clapton identifies this musician as being in a peculiar outfit.
Choices: Ray Cooper; Katie Kissoon; Steve Ferrone; Tessa Niles
Answer: Steve Ferrone
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Question: The song No More Tears is authored by rock legend Ozzy Osbourne.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Who sang the song Hot Legs?
Choices: Paul McCartney; Robert Palmer; Eddie Money; Rod Stewart
Answer: Rod Stewart
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Question: Who performed the song Brown Eyed Girl in 1967?
Choices: Van Morrison; Rod Stewart; Greg Allman; Creedence Clearwater Revival
Answer: Van Morrison
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Question: This classic rock band performed the song Take Me in Your Arms.
Choices: The Doobie Brothers; The Allman Brothers; Creedence Clearwater Revival; Lynyrd Skynyrd
Answer: The Doobie Brothers
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Question: What rock band performed  the song Machinehead?
Choices: Godsmack; Nirvana; Bush; Nickleback
Answer: Bush
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Question: Which of these bands performed the 1994 song Hold My Hand?
Choices: The Stone Temple Pilots; Candlebox; Hootie and the Blowfish; Bush
Answer: Hootie and the Blowfish
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Question: Which of these country bands performed the song If a Broken Heart Could Kill?
Choices: Little Texas; The Charlie Daniels Band; Alabama; Montgomery Gentry
Answer: Montgomery Gentry
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Question: The song Lips of an Angel has been performed by the rock band Hinder and country artist Jack Ingram.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: Which 80s band performed Face the Day?
Choices: Tesla; Bon Jovi; Motley Crue; Great White
Answer: Great White
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Question: Who performed the song Long Haired Country Boy?
Choices: Alabama; Willie Nelson; Lynyrd Skynyrd; Charlie Daniels
Answer: Charlie Daniels
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Question: What band from Charlottesville, Virginia was popular with grassroots campaigning until their hits, What Would You Say and Ants Marching hit the Top 40 in 1994?
Choices: The Black Crowes; Rusted Root; Dave Matthews Band; Blues Traveler
Answer: Dave Matthews Band
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Question: This Austrian musician is famous for Rock Me Amadeus, a song inspired by the Oscar-winning film, Amadeus.
Choices: Falco; Flock of Seagulls; Mister Mister; Duran Duran
Answer: Falco
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Question: This rock band, formed in 1978 by Jim Peterik and Frankie Sullivan, performed the song Eye of the Tiger.
Choices: Journey; Boston; Survivor; Foreigner
Answer: Survivor
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Question: This British rock band, which debuted in 1968, performed the songs In My Time of Dying, Stairway to Heaven and Thank You.
Choices: The Doors; The Black Crowes; Counting Crows; Led Zeppelin
Answer: Led Zeppelin
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Question: In 1991, this rock band from York, Pennsylvania released their album Mental Jewelry, which was based on the writings of Indian philosopher, J. Krishnamurti.
Choices: Live; Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers; Bush; Santana
Answer: Live
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Question: This jazz musician created the album, Bitches Brew in 1969, after being influenced by Jimi Hendrixs electric and eclectic sounds.
Choices: Miles Davis; John Coltrane; Chick Corea; Wynton Marsalis
Answer: Miles Davis
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Question: In 1993, this band released their debut album August and Everything After, which featured the hit song Mr. Jones.
Choices: Counting Crows; Bush; The Black Crowes; Led Zeppelin
Answer: Counting Crows
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Question: The 2004 Grammy Award for Best Film Soundtrack went to which film?
Choices: Garden State; Beyond the Sea; Crash; Anchorman
Answer: Garden State
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Question: This remake of The Crystals 1963 classic Da Doo Ron Ron was a mammoth #1 hit for this actor turned singer in 1977.
Choices: Shaun Cassidy; Barbra Streisand; David Soul; David Cassidy
Answer: Shaun Cassidy
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Question: In the Duran Duran song, New Moon on Monday the lyric goes, I like my torture way before the new moon on Monday.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False
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Question: Cows and people in the streets or, more aptly, A thousand people in the streets is from which Buffalo Springfieldâs song?
Choices: For What its Worth; Mr. Soul; Everydays; Good Time Boy
Answer: For What its Worth
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Question: Which is not a line from Alanis Morissettes song You Oughta Know?
Choices: Does she speak eloquently?; An older version of me; Is she perverted like me?; I know the birds and the bees
Answer: I know the birds and the bees
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Question: Which of these completes the lyric from the song,  Long Cool Woman by The Hollies: She was a long cool woman ......?
Choices: in a black dress; in a flat bed; making a bad mess; in a slack dress
Answer: in a black dress
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Question: Who sings, what many people think of as Is that you baby, or just a bridge of sighsâ? The actual lyric is Is that you baby, or just a brilliant disguise.
Choices: U2; INXS; Bruce Springsteen; Katrina and the Waves
Answer: Bruce Springsteen
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Question: A Guns N Roses song includes the lyric, Take me down to the very nice city.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Fugue was perfected by Bach. The greatest example is in Toccata and Fugue. It was elaborated in this historical period.
Choices: Baroque; Classicism; Middle Ages; Renaissance
Answer: Baroque
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Question: During this period composers began to seek beauty through simplicity in music with only one music line.  Mozart and Beethoven created their masterpieces.
Choices: Renaissance; Classical period; Baroque; Neoclassicism
Answer: Classical period
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Question: Program music evolved during this period. This was music designed to describe special feelings, objects or even people. Tchaikovsky gave us the best example of program music - his Swan Lake is a story, danced on stage.
Choices: The Classical period; The Romantic period; Renaissance; Baroque
Answer: The Romantic period
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Question: It was typical for the music of this period to create atmosphere or a mood, describing nothing definite.  LÃ®sle Joyeuse (The Island of Joy) by Claude Debussy is a typical example of that, due to  the lack of characteristic themes.
Choices: Neoclassicism; Modernism; Impressionism; Minimalism
Answer: Impressionism
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Question: This music composition technique is characterized by recurring series of ordered elements which are manipulated to give a piece unity. Arnold Schoenberg made extensive use of this technique.
Choices: Atonalism; Serialism; Impressionism; Expressionism
Answer: Serialism
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Question: The music of this modern period combines some features from classical music with trends from the 20th century. Shostakovich appears to be among the most famous composers of the period.
Choices: Serialism; Neoclassicism; Minimalism; Classicism
Answer: Neoclassicism
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Question: This music became popular in the mid 1900s. It was characterized by the use of very little musical material and repetition of patterns.
Choices: Expressionism; Minimalism; Neoclassicism; Modernism
Answer: Minimalism
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Question: During this period, Church was the major patron of music. That is why a great number of composers were associated with it. Just like composer Hildegard von Bingen, who was an abbess of a convent.
Choices: Renaissance; Classical period; Romantic period; Middle Ages
Answer: Middle Ages
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Question: During this period the Italian madrigal and the French chanson were created as new types of music. Instrumental music became widely popular. Claudio Monteverdi was the leading composer of this time.
Choices: Renaissance; Classical period; The Restoration; Middle Ages
Answer: Renaissance
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Question: The musical elements used during this period were well defined and clear. The music uses fragments from other cultures or from European ethnic groups. Bela Bartok is one of the composers associated with this period.
Choices: Primitivism; Neoromanticism; Expressionism; Neoclassicism
Answer: Primitivism
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Question: The song Rescue Me was a huge hit song for this singer in 1965.
Choices: Aretha Franklin; Fontella Bass; Linda McCartney; Etta James
Answer: Fontella Bass
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Question: What instrument made these men famous: Vladimir Horowitz, Arthur Rubinstein, Sergei Rachmaninoff, and Glenn Gould.
Choices: Piano; Violin; Viola; Flute
Answer: Piano
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Question: Which instrument made these men famous: Jascha Heifetz, Itzhak Perlman, Isaac Stern and Joshua Bell?
Choices: Viola; Piano; Flute; Violin
Answer: Violin
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Question: Which of the following was not a great conductor?
Choices: Fritz Reiner; George Solti; Otto Klemperer; Claudio Brendel
Answer: Claudio Brendel
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Question: Wagon Wheels is a part of Symphony 9, From the New World, written by this famous composer.
Choices: Dvorak; Tchaikovsky; Mendelssohn; Lalo
Answer: Dvorak
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Question: Which great 20th century composer wrote Rite of Spring?
Choices: Claude  Debussy; Richard Strauss; Igor Stravinsky; Hector Berlioz
Answer: Igor Stravinsky
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Question: Which of the following was not written by Puccini?
Choices: Turandot; William Tell; Manon Lescaut; La Boheme
Answer: William Tell
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Question: The theme music for 2001 A Space Odyssey  was composed by this man.
Choices: Richard Strauss; Steve Post; Claudio Monteverdi; John Williams
Answer: Richard Strauss
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Question: Who released the album Ropin the Wind in 1991?
Choices: Brooks  Dunn; Chris LeDoux; Garth Brooks; George Straight
Answer: Garth Brooks
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Question: Who performed the song Straight Tequila Night in 1992?
Choices: Aaron Tippin; Doug Stone; Tracy Lawrence; John Anderson
Answer: John Anderson
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Question: Which country music artist, known for the song Hello Darlin , died in 1993?
Choices: George Jones; Chris LeDoux; Conway Twitty; Johnny Cash
Answer: Conway Twitty
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Question: Who performed Dust on the Bottle in 1995?
Choices: Wade Hayes; Mark Chesnut; David Lee Murphy; Clay Walker
Answer: David Lee Murphy
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Question: In what year did Tim McGraw and Faith Hill tie the knot?
Choices: 1996; 1991; 1992; 1994
Answer: 1996
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Question: Who performed the song Strawberry Wine in 1996?
Choices: Trisha Yearwood; Deana Carter; Patty Loveless; Faith Hill
Answer: Deana Carter
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Question: Clay Walker performed the song Rumor Has It in 1997.
Choices: True; False
Answer: True
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Question: This bands 1982 album, Lexicon of Love, contained the hits Poison Arrow and The Look of Love.
Choices: ABC; Hoodoo Gurus; The Vapors; Spandau Ballet
Answer: ABC
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Question: This group was among the first artists to abandon punk in favor of the new wave.  Notable hits include Friend or Foe, Kings of the Wild Frontier and Goody Two Shoes.
Choices: Talking Heads; The Jam; Adam  the Ants; Roxy Music
Answer: Adam  the Ants
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Question: Steppin Out, Breaking Us In Two and Is She Really Going Out With Him? were big hits in the 1980s for this musician.
Choices: Howard Jones; Gary Numan; Peter Schilling; Joe Jackson
Answer: Joe Jackson
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Question: In 1982 this band scored a hit with Der Kommissar.
Choices: After the Fire; Art of Noise; Wall of Voodoo; Berlin
Answer: After the Fire
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Question: This artist is perhaps best known for his 1982 song She Blinded Me With Science.
Choices: Elvis Costello; Joe Jackson; Thomas Dolby; Peter Gabriel
Answer: Thomas Dolby
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Question: This group recorded several successful synthesizer based songs including Doctor, Doctor and Hold Me Now.
Choices: Soft Cell; A-ha; Missing Persons; Thompson Twins
Answer: Thompson Twins
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Question: This band is perhaps best known for their first single, a cover of the classic Burt Bacharach song (Theres) Always Something There to Remind Me.
Choices: Missing Persons; Aldo Nova; The Romantics; Naked Eyes
Answer: Naked Eyes
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Question: This groups 1982 album, The Hurting, contained the U.K. top 5 hits Mad World, Pale Shelter, and Change.  Their 1984 follow up LP was a much bigger success, going quintuple-platinum.
Choices: Tears for Fears; Depeche Mode; Men at Work; Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Answer: Tears for Fears
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Question: In 2003 the band No Doubt recorded a successful cover version of the song Its My Life, originally recorded by this English new wave band in 1984.
Choices: Talk Talk; The Tubes; Tubeway Army; Tom Tom Club
Answer: Talk Talk
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Question: One Thing Leads To Another was a successful single from this bands 1983 album, Reach the Beach.
Choices: A Flock of Seagulls; Til Tuesday; Midnight Oil; The Fixx
Answer: The Fixx
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Question: They are one of the longest-lived and most successful bands to have emerged from the New Wave era. Notable songs include: Just Cant Get Enough, People Are People, and Master and Servant.
Choices: The Cure; New Order; Pet Shop Boys; Depeche Mode
Answer: Depeche Mode
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Question: By 1986 the new wave movement was beginning to decline; however, this musical team still scored a successful synthesizer hit with West End Girls.
Choices: Pet Shop Boys; Wang Chung; The Smiths; Love and Rockets
Answer: Pet Shop Boys
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Question: This English artist had hits with New Song in 1983 and What is Love? in 1984.
Choices: Corey Hart; Howard Jones; Nik Kershaw; Peter Gabriel
Answer: Howard Jones
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Question: Come On Eileen by this band was the biggest-selling British single of 1982.
Choices: Bronski Beat; INXS; Fun Boy Three; Dexys Midnight Runners
Answer: Dexys Midnight Runners
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Question: After leaving the influential band Tubeway Army, this artist began a solo career with the hit single Cars in 1980.
Choices: Falco; Gary Numan; Gavin Rossdale; Peter Murphy
Answer: Gary Numan
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Question: The song featured in the sound clip was released by this artist in 1982 from their album After the Snow.  The song was included in the movie Valley Girl (1983).
Choices: Madness; The Ocean Blue; World Party; Modern English
Answer: Modern English
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Question: This reggae influenced band from Birmingham, England achieved chart success with Red Red Wine in 1983.
Choices: Squeeze; The Members; UB40; Madness
Answer: UB40
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Question: This band is generally known for their 1985 hit If You Leave for the movie Pretty in Pink, but had achieved substantial success in the U.K. prior to the soundtrack.
Choices: Dexys Midnight Runners; Public Image Ltd.; Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark; Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Answer: Orchestral Manoeuvres in the Dark
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Question: Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart comprise this musical act formed in 1980, which has since sold over 75 million records.
Choices: Eurythmics; Roxette; Ace of Base; The Sundays
Answer: Eurythmics
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Question: This husband and wife duo topped the dance chart in 1986 with the song featured in the audio clip.
Choices: Soul II Soul; Tom Tom Club; Pepsi  Shirlie; Nu Shooz
Answer: Nu Shooz
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Question: Shattered Dreams was a popular US and UK hit for this band in 1987.
Choices: Cutting Crew; Johnny Hates Jazz; Glass Tiger; Hothouse Flowers
Answer: Johnny Hates Jazz
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Question: In the 70s and early 80s, heavy metal was gritty and hard-hitting (see AC/DC and Black Sabbath).  By the mid to late 80s, it had mutated into what is now called hair metal (see Warrant and Winger).  Which hair band released the song featured in the audio clip, easily recognizable by its keyboard intro?
Choices: Cinderella; Poison; Europe; Bon Jovi
Answer: Europe
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Question: The song featured in the audio clip was a top ten hit for this duo, which consisted of a funk session musician and a Hispanic a cappella vocalist.
Choices: Sly Fox; Timex Social Club; Lisa Lisa and Cult Jam; Club Nouveau
Answer: Sly Fox
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Question: The audio clip is from the intro to a top ten hit from this group consisting of three female vocalists.
Choices: Destinys Child; En Vogue; Wilson Phillips; ExposÃ©
Answer: ExposÃ©
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Question: Which British band released the hit Breakout in 1987?
Choices: Xscape; Swing Out Sister; Information Society; Sweet Sensation
Answer: Swing Out Sister
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Question: This bands single Heart and Soul (featured in the audio clip) reached #4 in the US, and #1 in the UK charts in 1987.
Choices: Wilson Phillips; Huey Lewis  The News; Roxette; TPau
Answer: TPau
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Question: Kyrie and Broken Wings were both successful hits for singer and guitarist Richard Marx.
Choices: True; False
Answer: False
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Question: Dont Worry, Be Happy was the title of a popular song in 1988 by this artist.
Choices: Quincy Jones; Herbie Hancock; Rockwell; Bobby McFerrin
Answer: Bobby McFerrin
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Question: The 1987 George Michael song featured in the audio clip was a track from which mega-selling album?
Choices: Listen Without Prejudice Vol. 2; Listen Without Prejudice Vol.1; Faith; Make It Big
Answer: Faith
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Question: What is the title of the song featured in the audio clip by Paula Abdul from her 1988 album, Forever Your Girl?
Choices: (Its Just) The Way That You Love Me; Opposites Attract; Straight Up; Cold Hearted
Answer: Straight Up
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Question: This UK band scored a catchy minor hit in 1988 with their single Crash.
Choices: The Primitives; The Cardigans; Bananarama; Darling Buds
Answer: The Primitives
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Question: This 1989 song by The Bangles reached the #1 chart position in six different countries.
Choices: Manic Monday; Hazy Shade of Winter; In Your Room; Eternal Flame
Answer: Eternal Flame
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Question: What popular folk group of the 60s and 70s recorded John Denvers song Leaving On A Jet Plane which went on to be their first, and only, number 1 hit?
Choices: The Chieftains; The Clancy Brothers with Tommy Makem; The Ian Campbell Folk Group; Peter, Paul and Mary
Answer: Peter, Paul and Mary
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Question: Name John Denvers fourth album, which was a breakthrough for him in the United States because it contained the single Take Me Home, Country Roads?
Choices: Back Home Again; Poems, Prayers and Promises; Rocky Mountain High; Take Me Home, Country Roads
Answer: Poems, Prayers and Promises
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Question: What was the title of John Denvers song that included the line I spent a week there one day?
Choices: Marieyya Came Softly; Back Home Again; Columbus Is My Kinda Town.; Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio.
Answer: Saturday Night in Toledo, Ohio.
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Question: Singer John Denver was also well known for his photographs of people and places.
Choices: False; True
Answer: True
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Question: On what album, from 1971, did John Denver include his dramatic reading of a poem about the horrors of war, entitled The Box?
Choices: Spirit; Poems, Prayers and Promises; Aerie; Farewell Andromeda
Answer: Poems, Prayers and Promises
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Question: John Denver has been commonly referred to as The Poet of the ___________.
Choices: People; Environment; Planet; Earth
Answer: Planet
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Question: John Denver guest-hosted many times the TV show Late Night with David Letterman.
Choices: False; True
Answer: False