| Coverage : This Quiz is designed to test your knowledge of everything music related. How much of a music fan are you? This Quiz will give you new insight into the fascinating world of music. |
| 1. | It's very rare for Prince to perform other people's songs, but he did so at the what Superbowl, covering Foo Fighter's "Best Of You"? |
| a. | | 2003 |
| b. | | 2004 |
| c. | | 2006 |
| d. | | 2007 |
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| 2. | Speaking of Foo Fighters, when two miners became trapped underground in Australia in 2006, they requested iPods be sent down to them loaded with Foo Fighters songs? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 3. | When music industry giants Universal and Polygram merged in what year, it was estimated that this new alliance would end up controlling about 25% of the global music market? |
| a. | | 2000 |
| b. | | 1999 |
| c. | | 1998 |
| d. | | 1997 |
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| 4. | Of the how many original recordings selected by The Library of Congress for its National Recording Registry, only one is from a genre that your grandparents don't listen to: "The Message" by Grandmaster Flash and The Furious Five? |
| a. | | 35 |
| b. | | 40 |
| c. | | 45 |
| d. | | 50 |
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| 5. | *Beach Boy Brian Wilson's 2004 release entitled what was an album 38 years in the making? |
| a. | | Time |
| b. | | Smile |
| c. | | Memories |
| d. | | Joy |
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| 6. | A judicial ruling stated that George Harrison `unintentionally' plagiarized The Chiffons' what year hit "He's So Fine" when he wrote "My Sweet Lord", released in 1971? |
| a. | | 1962 |
| b. | | 1963 |
| c. | | 1964 |
| d. | | 1965 |
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| 7. | "The Twist" by Chubby Checker is the only song to hit #1 twice on two separate occasions, one week in 1960 and two weeks in? |
| a. | | 1961 |
| b. | | 1962 |
| c. | | 1963 |
| d. | | 1964 |
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| 8. | '70s musician Tim Buckley died prematurely at the age of what, due to a drug overdose? |
| a. | | 22 |
| b. | | 25 |
| c. | | 27 |
| d. | | 28 |
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| 9. | Lisa Loeb is the only artist to hit #1 ("Stay") on Billboard before being signed to a record label? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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| 10. | According to the RIAA, Garth Brooks is the second-biggest-selling solo artist in american history, only surpassed by Elvis Presley? |
| a. | | True |
| b. | | False |
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