FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 26 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Luciano Pavarotti

Luciano Pavarotti 1935-2007 was a very rotund man with a great tenor singing voice, joining with Jose Carreras and Placido Domingo to be known worldwide as "The Three Tenors". It was for his solo performance though, in Donizetti's "La fille du regiment" that he was awarded his moniker.

Question by player wonkatriv

Answer: Star

The band Rose Royce reached number three in the UK charts in 1978 with, 'Wishing on a Star'. This was also a hit for The Cover Girls in 1992. 'Catch a Falling Star', was released by Perry Como in 1957. It reached number one in the USA. It was the first single to receive a gold award. Nickelback reached number one in the UK charts with 'Rockstar' in 2006.

Question by player demurechicky

Answer: the Bible tells me so

Anna Bartlett Warner (1820-1915) wrote the words to "Jesus Loves Me" as a poem to give comfort to a friend of her sister, a child who was dying. William Batchelder Bradbury (1816-1868) wrote the simple 4/4 C-Major tune to go with it. The hymn begins "Jesus loves me, this I know, For the Bible tells me so." Recordings include Whitney Houston for "The Bodyguard" 1992), Brenda Lee (1997), Rosemary Clooney (2000), and Destiny's Child (2001).

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: "with his song"

Considering his alternatives, he doesn't sound so bad after all. And Roberta lived to sing again.

Question by player budhi7

Answer: Big Bad John

"Big Bad John" reached Number One in 1961. "P.T. 109" peaked at Number Eight in 1962 (his only other Top Ten hit). In 1962, "The Cajun Queen" got to Number 22 and "Dear Ivan" to Number 24. His other hit songs were: "Little Sandy Sleighfoot" (Number 32 in 1958), "To A Sleeping Beauty" (Number 26 in 1962), and "Little Black Book" (Number29 in 1962). [His song "I.O.U." got to Number 35 in 1976.]

Question by player lowtechmaster

Answer: Bachman-Turner Overdrive

BTO's album "Not Fragile" was a huge seller in 1974, achieving Platinum status and number one in the album charts. Several singles from the album performed well but "You Ain't Seen Nothing Yet" was the most successful, reaching number one in the charts.

Question by player rb6359

Answer: New York

Stefani Joanne Angelina Germanotta (Lady Gaga) was born on the 28th of March 1986 in New York. She learned to play the piano at the age of 4. She started acting when she was at High School taking part in many musicals.

Question by player masonbee

Answer: Gordon Sumner

Although Sting was born with the name Gordon Sumner, he goes by Sting because he wore a yellow and black jacket, and was told that he looked like a bee.

Question by player hyena101

Answer: 4

In olden times, the contrabass had only three strings, but now it may have four or five strings, though tuned in fourths (as the viol) rather than fifths (as the violin) to E1, A1, D2 and G2. Some orchestras use a bass with five strings, but American and Canadian orchestras most commonly stick with the four-stringed instrument. One may play the double bass 'arco' (bowing) or 'pizzicato' (plucking).

The versatile double bass appears in classical music, jazz, rock-and-roll, tango, and a host of other genres. Counter-intuitively, in the 21st century the names "double bass", "contrabass", and "bass" actually refer to the same instrument!

Question by player gracious1

Answer: Keith Harris

Roger De Courcey's dummy was a bear named Nookie, Peter Brough had Archie Andrews and Ray Alan is known for Lord Charles, leaving Keith Harris and his nappy (diaper) wearing green duckling Orville.
Between 1982 and 2002, Harris and Orville actually had four UK hits, with "White Christmas" (1985) making the top 40 and their debut single, "Orville's Song" (1982) peaking at number four.

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