Music Quiz - the year so far... and far and far and far...
1. What song by a band associated with fruity cocktails celebrated its 45th birthday this year? Presumably with a fruity cocktail...
Making Your Mind Up – Bucks Fizz
In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry
Champagne Supernova – The Beatles
(Don’t drink and) Drive – Deftones
Reveal Answer!
In The Summertime – Mungo Jerry. Only kidding. It was Bucks Fizz Eurotrash classic Making Your Mind Up. Whip off those skirts girls!
2. Which member of Slipknot was sacked in the summer of 2026 (or maybe just left, or didn’t leave, or is just ‘on hiatus’…)
Eloy Casagrande
DJ Sid Wilson
The one that hits the beer keg
Miley Cyrus
Reveal Answer!
DJ Sid. He became the billionth member to leave the band involuntarily, apparently because he 'wasnt very nice'. Who'd have thought the guy who sniffed a jar of dead crows before shows was a bit of a cad?!
3. Which post-punk poet band headed Reading and Leeds this year?
Rik The People’s Poet
Fontaines DC
Courtney Barnes
Sleaford Mods
Reveal answer!
Fontaines DC. Rik would have been better. Right on!
4. Who came out well this year from the ‘Don’t mention Palestine’ scandal on Ed ‘Neutral’ Sheeran’s tour?
Macklemore
The support acts
Genocide apologists
Everyone except Ed
Messina Touring Group
Reveal answer!
The answer, of course, is absolutely nobody. No-one getting to stand in front of tens of thousands of people every night singing songs can ever think themselves worse off than children trying to live in the hellhole that is Gaza. Ed did try though.
5. Karaoke celebrated its 5th decade this year. Invented in Japan, what is its literal meaning?
Drunk businessman
Happy singing
Empty Orchestra
Sing-a-long
Reveal answer!
All of the above would actually count, but 'Empty Orchestra' is the correctest correct answer, apparently. I don't speak the language to confirm or deny. Two more sake please!
6. Which animalian-nomenclatured entertainer supplied the corporate filler at the Superbowl in 2026?
Gorillaz
Cage the Elephant
Bad Bunny
Wolf Alice
Reveal answer!
The Bad Bunny. Nope, me neither, but I am not the target audience. Watched by more people than ever, and about 1 billion more than watched K*d R**k on the ‘alternative’ show put on my the MagaTwats.
7. Which rock god became a father in 2026, with a woman who wasn’t his wife?
Ed Sheeran
Dave Grohl
Yungblud
Mick Jagger
Reveal answer!
Big Dave. No judgement here, life is complicated and people live and love in different ways. Must be pretty cool to have ‘my dad was in Nirvana’ as one of the least cool things about him. Bless up.
8. Which rock icon finally called time on touring this year – with a FIVE YEAR goodbye tour?
Joe Satriani
Enya
Toto
Dave Mustaine
Reveal answer!
Mr Dave ‘did I tell you I was in Metallica, and they would be NOTHING without me, and they have been DREADFUL since I left’ Mustaine. Low-key guy, low-key tour. Dance to that symphony Dave.
9. Which iconic band marked 50 years of touring with a show at Wembley in April 2026?
Depeche Mode
The Damned
The Vandals
Pulp
Reveal answer!
The Damned. Fun fact about the band: Founding guitarist Brian James named the band after the 1969 film, “The Damned”, a historical drama set in 1930’s in Nazi Germany.
10. Which legendary band DIDN’T release new material in 2026?
Anthrax
Deep Purple
Saxon
Ministry
Reveal answer!
Saxon – their album “Gods of Thunder” is due to be released in January 2027. It is their follow-up to “Hell, Fire And Damnation” from January 2024.
So how did you do?
Score 0 – 3:
You weren’t trying. Probably one of those quinoa-eating lefties listening to radio 3 and wishing it was still the 1950s so you could live in a commune. Buy a teeshirt.
Score 4 – 6:
Good job. You read the news with one eye. Bit like Gordon Brown. Buy a teeshirt to prove you aren’t the ex Prime Minister.
Score 7 – 8:
You were paying attention! Good job! To reward yourself, buy a teeshirt.
Score 9 – 10:
Liar. As penance, buy teeshirts until we tell you you’re forgiven.
Score 11+ :
Congratulations. Your place at grammar school awaits.
And remember kids, quiz responsibly. See you next time!
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