Brain Strain - March 31st

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 30th, 2005)
Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song and how many weeks did it stay at Number 1, Keep On Loving You?
A: REO Speedwagon and it stayed at the Number 1 position for 1 week

Q: How many double sided hits of the Beatles made the Top 40, 6, 9, or 14?
A: 14

Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song and how many weeks did it stay at Number 1, What A Fool Believes?
A: The Doobie Brothers, it stayed at the Number 1 position for 1 week



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Brain Strain - March 30th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 29th, 2005):
Q: Which one of the following song writers wrote or co-wrote Dreams, Stevie Nicks, Christine McVie or Lindsey Buckingham?
A: Stevie Nicks

Q: In what year did the J. Geils Band's Centerfold reach Number 1?
A: 1982

Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song and how many weeks did it stay at Number 1, With A Little Luck?
A: Paul McCartney and Wings it stayed at the Number 1 position for 2 weeks


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Brain Strain - March 29th

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March 29, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 28th, 2005):
Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song and how many weeks did it stay at Number 1, Billy Jean?
A: Michael Jackson recorded the song and it stayed at the Number 1 position for 7 weeks

Q: Which one of the following Beatles hits remained the longest in the Number 1 spot, Hey Jude, I want To Hold Your Hand or Yesterday?
A: Hey Jude

Q: Okay so here's a tough one. For the following lyrics name the song title, the artist and the year. "But as the wind changed direction and the Temple Band took five, the crowd caught a whiff of that crazy Casbah jive"
A: Rock The Casbah by The Clash in 1983


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Brain Strain - March 28th

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March 28, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 27th, 2005):
Q: Which one of the following song writers wrote or co-wrote the following song the David Bowie song Fame, was it Elton John or John Lennon?
A: John Lennon

Q: In what year did Michael Jackson's Billy Jean reach Number 1?
A: 1983

Q: Which one of these songs by Bob Seger reached the Top 40, Feel Like A Number or Hollywood Nights?
A: Hollywood Nights, it reached Number 12 in 1978


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Brain Strain - March 27th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 26th, 2005):
Q: Which one of these songs by following artist reached the Top 40, When The Whip Comes Down, Fingerprint File or Shattered by the Rolling Stones?
A: Shattered reached number 31 in 1979

Q: Who recorded the following number 1 song Morning Train, which stayed at the number 1 position for 2 weeks in 1981?
A: Sheena Easton

Q: Who recorded the following number 1 song, Africa it stayed at the number 1 position for 1 week in 1983?
A: TOTO


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Brain Strain - March 26th

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March 26, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 25th, 2005):
Q: Which one of these songs by the following artist reached the Top 40, Waiting On A friend or All Down the Line by the Rolling Stones?
A: Waiting on A Friend reached number 13 in 1981

Q: Who recorded the following number 1 song Private Eyes, it stayed at the number 1 position for 2 weeks in 1981?
A: Daryl Hall and John Oates

Q: Which one of the following WHO hits reached the highest position on the Top 40 charts was it Who Are You, You Better You Bet or Squeeze box?
A: Who Are You, it reached number 14 in 1978


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Brain Strain - March 25th

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March 25, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 24th, 2005):
Q: Who made each of the following 3 songs a Top 40 hit, I Know I'm Losing You which reached number 24 in 1971, You Wear It Well which reached number 13 in 1972 and The First Cut is the Deepest which reached number 21 in 1977?
A: Rod Stewart

Q: Which one of these songs by the following artist reached the Top 40, Brass In Pocket or Precious by The Pretenders?
A: Brass In Pocket reached number 14 in 1980

Q: Which one of the following Styx hits reached the highest position on the Top 40, Lady, The Best of Times or Too Much Time on My Hands?
A: The Best of Times it reached number 3 in 1981


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Brain Strain - March 24th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 23rd, 2005):
Q: Who made the following 3 songs a Top 40 hit. Summer Breeze, which reached Number 6 in 1972, Hummingbird which reached Number 20 in 1973 and Diamond Girl which reached Number 6 in 1973?
A: Seals and Crofts

Q: Who made each of the following 3 songs a Top 40 hit. You Are Everything which reached Number 9 in 1971, Betcha By Golly Wow which reached Number 3 in 1972 and I'm A Stone in Love with You which reached Number 10 in 1972?
A: The Stylistics

Q: Which one of the following Stevie Wonder hits reached the highest position on the Top 40 charts, If You Really Love Me or That Girl?
A: That Girl it reached Number 4 in 1982


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Brain Strain - March 23rd

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 22nd, 2005):
Q: Who made each of the following 3 songs a Top 40 hit. Love to Love You Baby, which reached Number 2 in 1975, Last Dance, which reached Number 3 in 1978 and Heaven Knows which reached Number 4 in 1979?
A: Donna Summer

Q: Which of the following Eagles hits reached the highest position on the Top 40. Take It To The Limit, The Long Run or Witchy Woman?
A: Take It To The Limit reached Number 4 in 1976.

Q: True or false. Stevie Wonder had more Top 40 hits after 1970 than before?
A: True


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Brain Strain - March 22nd

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March 22, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 21st, 2005):
Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song, Rapture. It stayed on the charts at Number 1 for 2 weeks in 1981?
A: Blondie

Q: Which of the following Jim Croche hits reached the highest postion on the Top 40, You Don't Mess Around with Jim or Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown?
A: Bad, Bad, Leroy Brown reached Number 1 in 1973

Q: Which one of these songs by the following artist reached the Top 40. Walking On the Moon, Spirits In a Material World or Secret Journey by The Police?
A: Spirits In a Material World, reached Number 11 in 1982



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Brain Strain - March 21st

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 20th, 2005):
Q: Who recorded the following Number 1 song Don't You Want Me in 1982 it staying at the Number 1 position for 3 weeks?
A: Human League

Q: True or False. The Charlie Daniels band scored their first Top 10 hit with The Devil Went Down to Georgia?
A: False, Uneasy Rider reached Number 9 in 1973.

Q: Which of the following Three Dog Night hits reached the highest position on the Top 40 - Shambala, An Old Fashioned Love Song or Liar?
A: Shambala it reached Number 3 in 1973.


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Brain Strain - March 20th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 19th, 2005):
Q: Which Beatle sang Act Naturally?
A: Ringo Starr

Q: In what year did Tori Amos release a two-disc set entitled To Venus and Back?
A: 1999

Q: What song introduced Sonny and Cher to the world?
A: I got You, Babe


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Brain Strain - March 19th

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March 19, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 18th, 2005):
Q: Did Elvis Presley ever win a Grammy for a rock and roll song?
A: No

Q: In what year did the Goo Goo Dolls perform at the Winter Olympics?
A: 2002

Q: What 1975 hit did Simon and Garfunkel reunite for?
A: My Little Town



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Brain Strain - March 18th

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March 18, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 17th, 2005):
Q: What Jimmy Buffet tune offered up booze in the blender?
A: Margaritaville

Q: In what year was Kid Rock born?
A: 1971

Q: Who, with Gerry Goffin, wrote Will You Love Me Tomorrow? for The Shirelles?
A: Carole King



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Brain Strain - March 17th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 16th, 2005):
Q: What song did Lenny Kravitz sing about his mother?
A: Thinking of You

Q: In what year after two unsuccessful albums did Heart have a hit song with These Dreams?
A: 1986

Q: What is Kid Rock's real name?
A: Robert James Ritchie


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Brain Strain - March 16th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 15th, 2005):
Q: How many Kinks were there?
A: Four

Q: In what year did UCLA film school graduate Jim Morrison record Light My Fire with The Doors?
A: 1967

Q: What was George Harrison's first hit solo album?
A: All Things Must Pass



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Brain Strain - March 15th

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March 15, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 14th, 2005):
Q: What Doors hit did Jose Feliciano win a Grammy for?
A: Light My Fire

Q: In what year was Alicia Keys born?
A: January 25th 1981

Q: What group's recording of Get Together became a '60s anthem of unity?
A: The Youngbloods'


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Brain Strain - March 14th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 13th, 2005):
Q: Who were Booby Hatfield and Bill Medley?
A: The Righteous Brothers

Q: In what year did Don McLean's Vincent, poignant tribute to artist Vincent Van Gough, climb to #12 on the charts?
A: 1972

Q: Whose Summer Breeze was a 1972 hit?
A: Seals and Croft's


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Brain Strain - March 13th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 12th, 2005):
Q: What was the name of the bullfrog in Joy to the World?
A: Jeremiah

Q: In what year did Dion warn, "keep away from Runaround Sue," in the No. 1 song he wrote with friends in a schoolyard?
A: 1961

Q: Who was the first Beach Boy to release a solo album?
A: Dennis Wilson


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Brain Strain - March 12th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 11th, 2005):
Q: What child star's picture appeared on the cover ot the Sgt. Pepper album?
A: Shirley Temple's

Q: In what year did Peter, Paul and Mary win a Best Vocal Group Grammy Award for If I Had A Hammer?
A: 1962

Q: What guitarist had '50s hits with Rebel Rouser, Ramrod and Cannonball?
A: Duane Eddy


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Brain Strain - March 11th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 10th, 2005):
Q: What band backed Neil Young on his album After the Gold Rush?
A: Crazy Horse

Q: In what year did David Cassidy of The Partridge Family fame score his first hit when Cherish enters the Top 40 chart?
A: 1971

Q: What group did The Golliwogs become in 1968?
A: Creedence Clearwater Revival



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Brain Strain - March 10th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 9th, 2005):
Q: What Doris Day tune was No. 6 on teh charts in 1956?
A: Whatever Will Be, Will Be (Que Sera, Sera)

Q: In what year did C.W. McCall's Convoy help start a CB radio craze, and that's a 10-4, good buddy?
A: 1976

Q: What Beatles sond did Fats Domino have a hit with in 1968?
A: Lady Madonna



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Brain Strain - March 9th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 8th, 2005):
Q: What Byrds tune had the chorus: "Ah but, I was so much older then, I'm younger that that now"?
A: My back Pages

Q: In what year did Good Golly, Miss Molly become a Top 10 hit for Little Richard?
A: 1958

Q: What group rose to No. 2 in worldwide record sales without major American market success?
A: ABBA


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Brain Strain - March 8th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 7th, 2005):
Q: What tower was climbed in the Beatles song I Am the Walrus?
A: The Eiffel Tower

Q: In what year did The Kinks have a controversial hit with Lola a song about a transvestite?
A: 1970

Q: Who wrote the music for Walk on By for Dionne Warwick?
A: Burt Bacharach


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Brain Strain - March 7th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 6th, 2005):
Q: Who placed seven songs on the charts and five gold albums in the top 20 in 1966, a feat never matched?
A: Herb Albert & The Tijuana Brass

Q: In what year did an early racially-mixed group, The Del-Vikings, hit big with Come Go With Me & Whispering Bells
A: 1957

Q: What club did Barry Manilow call the hottest spot north of Havana?
A: The Copacabana


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Brain Strain - March 6th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 5th, 2005):
Q: What song opened up with the high-pitched laugh of Surfaris manager Dale Smallins?
A: Wipeout

Q:In what year did The Supremes, originally called The Primettes, release their first No.1 hit, Where Did Our Love Go?
A: 1964

Q: Who struck recording gold with Lightning is Striking Again?
A: Lou Christie

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Brain Strain - March 5th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 4th, 2005):
Q: What was the last song Bob Dylan put into the top 20?
A: Knockin' on Heaven's Door

Q:In what year did The Cars get their first Top 40 hit with the single Just What I Needed?
A: 1978

Q: What Pink Floyd album topped all in 1980?
A: The Wall


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Brain Strain - March 4th

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 3rd, 2005):
Q: What was The Four Season's first hit, cut only 15 minutes after being written?
A: Sherry

Q:In what year did Pat Boone prove he's more than a pretty face by graduating magna cum laude from Columbia University?
A: 1958

Q: What pop artist designed the cover for The Rolling Stones' Sticky Fingers album?
A: Andy Warhol


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Brain Strain - March 3rd

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 2nd, 2005):
Q: What song established Bobby Vinton's career?
A: Roses Are Red

Q:In what year did macho Johnny Cash release the humorous song, A Boy Named Sue?
A: 1969

Q: What Beatles album featured Back in the U.S.S.R?
A: The White album


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Brain Strain - March 2nd

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Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (March 1st, 2005):
Q: What was the first hit song The Platters served up?
A: Only You

Q:In what year did James Brown, the "hardest working man in show biz," release Papa's Got A Brand New Bag?
A: 1965

Q: What group named for a fruit hit it big in 1967 with I Had Too Much to Dream Last Night?
A: The Electric Prunes


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Brain Strain - March 1st

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March 1, 2005 Podcast Download - mp3

Previous Music Trivia Questions & Answers (Feb 28, 2005):
Q: What record company's top song-writing production team was made up of Brian Holland, Lamont Dozier and Eddie Holland?
A: Motown's

Q: Despite protests by the National Organization of Women, in what year did Paul Anka's (You're) Having My Baby hit No. 1?
A: 1974

Q: Who followed up his Runaway hit with Hats off to Larry?
A: Del Shannon


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