Name two of the groups or individuals who had two British Number One
singles in 2001.
Name two of the four operas that make up Wagner's Ring Cycle.
According the Recording Industry Association for America who is the top
selling solo artist of all time (or at least since 1958)? My original
comment was that no one was likely to guess and marks would be awarded
for the best guesses. This turned out to underrate at least one of the
contestants.
Can you name a Number One hit single by Bruce Springsteen?
He has composed the music for over four hundred films and TV series
according to The Internet Movie Database, most notably for Sergio Leone's
most famous films. Who?
Which individual or group had the longest single period as British Number
One in the 1990s?
Identify the following operettas by Gilbert and Sullivan: The Town of
Titipu and The Peer and the Peri.
"The day the music died" (from American Pie) is generally taken to
refer to a particular event. Between what happened, the three most famous
people involved, the year and the date are six pieces of information. Give
three of them.
Who has won Best International Group most often (by an enormous margin)
at the Brit Awards from 1986 to the present?
The final question in this section was run differently. Once everyone had
finished the first nine questions teams had two minutes for the final
question.
The Beatles had, according to the compilation of the album Beatles
One, 27 number one hits. Write down as many of them as you can.