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1. The 1980s pop/soul group Dexys Midnight Runners originated in which English city?
2. Which song, the band's second single release, gave Dexys Midnight Runners their first UK number one hit?
3. Dexys founders Kevin Rowland and Kevin 'Al' Archer were both previously members of which punk rock group?
4. Which of the four studio albums released by Dexys Midnight Runners was the only one to go Platinum and to make it into the Top Five of the UK Album Chart?
5. "Come On Eileen" provided Dexys Midnight Runners with their only US Billboard 100 number one single. Who did they knock off the top of the chart only to be replaced by a different single by the same artist a week later?
6. A parody of Dexys' hit single "Come On Eileen" was released by a band named 4-4-2 under the title "Come On England" for which major championship?
7. When keyboard player Mick Talbot left Dexys Midnight Runners in 2013, he became the ?th "former member of Dexys"?
8. In 2012, the renamed "Dexys" released their first studio album in more than 25 years. What is the album called?
9. Dexys Midnight Runners' third UK Top Five single was a cover version of a song originally written and performed by which Northern Irish singer/songwriter?
10. Which 1950s singer is named in the lyrics of the opening verse of the Dexys Midnight Runners hit single "Come On Eileen"?
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