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Two Hit Wonders Quizzes, Trivia and Puzzles

Two Hit Wonders Trivia

Two Hit Wonders Trivia Quizzes

14 quizzes and 170 trivia questions.

Two-Hit Wonders - 1967 to 1970 top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

More two-hit wonders, this time from the late 1960s. Some very fine artists and songs are featured in this edition and I hope that neither will be forgotten as you do the quiz. G'Luck!

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Eighties Two Hit Wonders

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

One hit wonders get lots of attention, but what about those 80's bands whose hopes were raised just a bit higher before fading into oblivion?

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Two-Hit Wonders - 1965 to1967 top quiz

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

More two-hit wonders (Hot 100 Top 40s), this time from 1965-7. I've identified 15 recording artists who came and went faster than a Canadian prairie summer. Will you?

Average, 15 Qns, maddogrick16, Nov 26 12

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Two-Hit Wonders - the Rewards of Persistence great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Most two-hit wonders have one hit, then the other a few months later, then disappear. This quiz pays homage to those few artists who had to wait at least five years before getting their second Billboard Top 40.

Easier, 10 Qns, maddogrick16, Jan 03 13

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Two-Hit Wonders - More from 1960-64 top quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

During my research for the original quiz of two-hit wonders from 1960-64, I uncovered several more examples to challenge you fine folks. A wide range of musical styles is featured.

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Two-Hit Wonders - 1950s. great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Over the years, there have been many one hit wonders but only a few doubled up then faded away. We'll identify ten of those artists from the 1950s in this quiz. Will you? Most "hits" are Billboard Top 20 with some exceptions!

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Two-Hit Wonders - 1960-64 popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This series of quizzes covers that rare breed of recording artist who validated their first hit with another but then hit the proverbial wall. Several Number One hits from this era will be featured.

Average, 10 Qns, maddogrick16, Nov 11 12

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Oldies, Few Hit Wonders

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I give you the name of the song, you try to identify the artists who mostly scored with only one or two big hits.

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What do you know about Two Hit Wonders?

Multiple Choice

25 Qns

A lot of performers have had one big hit, but a few of these have had a minor follow-up hit and this quiz deal with them. I give the well known hit and the artist and you have to pick out there lesser known hit.

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One More Hit Wonders

Multiple Choice

20 Qns

Lots of acts get pegged with the catch phrase 'One hit wonder.' But many of them actually hit lower on the charts more than once! Can you name the artist from the lesser hit?

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Quick Question

Gloria Gaynor took her second hit 'I will Survive' to number 1, but her first hit only got as high as number 9, what was her first hit?

From Quiz "Two Hit Wonders"

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10 Two Hit Wonders Questions

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The following quiz is about those groups and artists who only had two hits that reached the American Billboard Top 40 hits list. They could have had other hits in Europe.

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Two-Hit Wonders

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

These acts are usually known as 'one-hit wonders' but each of the acts in this quiz have actually made two visits to the UK top 40 singles chart. This quiz will test your knowledge of the lesser known of their hits.

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I Only Did It Twice

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Bands or artists who only managed to have hits twice on the Billboard Hot 100.

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Two Hit Wonders Test Your Knowledge popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

We've all heard of one hit wonders but what about the two hit wonders. They did twice as well and deserve some recognition. These songs are all taken from 'The US Billboard Book of Top 40 Hits'.

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Two Hit Wonders Trivia Questions

1. French chanteuse Vanessa Paradis had a number three hit in the UK with the single 'Joe Le Taxi' which was entirely sung in French. Five years later she had another top ten hit with which song, this time sung in English?

From Quiz Two-Hit Wonders

Answer: Be My Baby

Vanessa Paradis was only fourteen when she released 'Joe Le Taxi' in 1987. The song tells the tale of a saxophone-playing Parisian taxi driver who dreams of visiting the Amazon. 'Joe Le Taxi' topped the chart in Paradis' native France for eleven weeks and, unusually for a song sung entirely in French, it reached number three in the UK singles chart. In 1992 Paradis moved to the USA to work with Lenny Kravitz and recorded her first album on which all the songs were sung in English. This self-titled album yielded the song 'Be My Baby' which would become Vanessa Paradis' only other UK top forty hit, peaking at number six in the singles chart.

2. Who sang the songs "Take On Me" and "The Sun Always Shines On T.V."?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: A-Ha

They are from Oslo, Norway. "Take On Me" was a number one hit for them in 1985.

3. This group were Two Hit Wonders with "Boogie Oogie Oogie" and "Sukiyaki"!

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: A Taste of Honey

"Boogie Oogie Oogie" peaked at number one in 1978 and "Sukiyaki" peaked at number three in 1981.

4. This band followed up their hit remake of a Burt Bacharach song with this single containing the line, "On and on we laughed like kids at all the silly things we did.".

From Quiz Eighties Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Naked Eyes, "Promises Promises"

After the 1983 success of this song and "Always Something There to Remind Me", Naked Eyes bombed with their second album, 1984's "Fuel for the Fire", before calling it quits.

5. 'Room At The Top' or 'Vive Le Rock'

From Quiz One More Hit Wonders

Answer: Adam Ant

'Goody Two Shoes' would have helped, wouldn't it?

6. Neneh Cherry had the number 3 song with 'Buffalo Stance' but which song did she take to number 8 in the U.S.?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Kisses in the Wind

Save Tonight was done by Neneh's brother, Eagle Eye Cherry.

7. 'Sometimes When We Touch'

From Quiz Oldies, Few Hit Wonders

Answer: Dan Hill

Good song by an interesting guy - bi-racial background. Keith was also a one-hit wonder. Goldsboro had a few; Taylor did 'Indiana Wants Me'.

8. "Iesha" and "Playground" were hits for which group?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Another Bad Creation

They were all from Atlanta. They were produced by Michael Bivins who was part of Bel Biv DeVoe.

9. "Walk Away Renee" and Pretty Ballerina" were the only hits for whom?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: The Left Banke

"Walk Away Renee" peaked at number five in 1966 and "Pretty Ballerina" peaked at number fifteen in 1967.

10. This singer's second mostly-German hit about another Austrian musician came four years after his first US hit which contained that memorable line, "Dreh' dich nicht um...".

From Quiz Eighties Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Falco

After 1982's "Der Kommissar", Falco hit it big again in 1986 with "Rock Me Amadeus". Tragically, Falco was killed in a 1998 car accident.

11. 'Him' or 'Answering Machine'

From Quiz One More Hit Wonders

Answer: Rupert Holmes

That's right -- the old Pina Colada Man sang more than 'Escape'

12. The Climax Blues band took 'Couldn't Get It Right' to number 3, but which followup went to number 12?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: I Love You

The other 3 songs were all done by Kymaxx.

13. Chesney Hawkes enjoyed his first and only UK number one hit in 1991 with 'The One and Only' but what was the name of his only other top forty hit which reached the singles chart later that year?

From Quiz Two-Hit Wonders

Answer: I'm A Man Not A Boy

Chesney Hawkes was born in Swindon in 1971 and he first came to public attention when he starred in the film 'Buddy's Song' when he was just nineteen. He went on to score a number one hit with 'The One and Only' which was taken from the film's soundtrack. Chesney Hawkes went on to record numerous songs over the next twenty years but the only song to trouble the UK top forty singles chart was 'I'm A Man Not A Boy', which was the follow-up to 'The One and Only' and which was also featured on the 'Buddy's Song' soundtrack and which peaked at twenty-seven on the chart.

14. Her first hit was "Kiss Me Deadly" and she sang "Close My Eyes Forever" with Ozzy Osbourne. Who was this rocker?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Lita Ford

She was the lead guitarist for the band the Runaways. She was born in 1959 in London.

15. This artist was a Two Hit Wonder with "Wild Thing" and "Funky Cold Medina"!

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Tone Loc

"Wild Thing" peaked at number two in 1988 and "Funky Cold Medina" peaked at number three in 1989.

16. Club Nouveau took 'Lean on Me' all the way to the top of the chart, but could only get to number 39 with which song?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Why You Treat Me So Bad

The other 3 songs all had vocals by Bill Withers who did the original version of 'Lean on Me'.

17. 'Come Go With Me'

From Quiz Oldies, Few Hit Wonders

Answer: Dell Vikings

One of the best of the do-wop sounds. Fleetwoods had a nice mellow sound: 'Mr Blue' and 'Come Softly'

18. Disco band Baccara had a number one hit in the UK in 1977 with 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' and followed it up the following year with which song which was to be their only other UK top forty hit?

From Quiz Two-Hit Wonders

Answer: Sorry I'm A Lady

Spanish female Euro disco duo Baccara had a hit all over Europe with their summer smash 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' which topped the chart in numerous European countries including the UK. Such was the phenomenal success of 'Yes Sir, I Can Boogie' that, by the end of 1977, the Guinness Book of Records named Baccara as the best-selling female musical duo of all time. They were both the first female duo and the first Spanish act to top the UK singles chart. However, while Baccara continued to grace the charts in several other European countries they would achieve their only other UK top forty hit with 'Sorry I'm A lady' which reached the top twenty in 1978. In 1978 Baccara were chosen to represent Luxembourg in the Eurovision Song Contest.

19. She was a disco singer who had a number one hit with "I Will Survive". Did you know that she also had another hit before that? It was called "Never Can Say Goodbye". Who was she?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Gloria Gaynor

The Jackson 5 actually sang "Never Can Say Goodbye" before Gloria. They took it to number two on the US Billboard chart in 1971. She only got to number nine on the US Billboard chart with it in 1975.

20. This country artist had only two hits on American Billboard - "Achy Breaky Heart" and "Ready, Set, Don't Go". Who was he?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Billy Ray Cyrus

"Achy Breaky Heart" peaked at number four in 1992 and "Ready, Set, Don't Go" peaked at number 37 in 2008. "Ready, Set, Don't Go" was recorded with his daughter Miley Cyrus.

21. While not as successful as his immensely popular "Electric Avenue", Eddy Grant made the US charts one more time with this title track from a hit movie.

From Quiz Eighties Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Romancing the Stone

Grant was apparently upset that this song was barely used in the Michael Douglas/Danny De Vito/Kathleen Turner 80's classic.

22. 'Do You Want Crying' or 'That's the Way'

From Quiz One More Hit Wonders

Answer: Katrina and the Waves

Not as easy if you aren't 'Walking on Sunshine.' On a purely personal note, I loved these guys and miss them terribly!

23. The Spencer Davis Group took 'Gimme Some Lovin' to number 7, but which song did they take to number 10?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: I'm a Man

The other 3 songs were done by Steve Winwood who was a member of The Spencer Davis Group.

24. 'Laugh Laugh', 'Just a Little'

From Quiz Oldies, Few Hit Wonders

Answer: Beau Brummels

Okay: this is two hits by the same group. Freddie did 'I'm Telling You Now'

25. Sandi Thom had a number one hit in the UK in 2006 with 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers In My Hair)' but this was not her only chart appearance. What was the name of her follow-up single which reached number 22 in the chart the same year?

From Quiz Two-Hit Wonders

Answer: What If I'm Right

Born Alexandria Thom in Scotland in 1981, Sandi Thom scored a surprise number one hit in the UK with her debut single 'I Wish I Was A Punk Rocker (With Flowers in My Hair)' in 2006. Thom has released five studio albums but her only other singles chart appearance was achieved by 'What If I'm Right', the follow-up single to 'Punk Rocker', released the same year as it's more successful predecessor. 'Punk Rocker' became the best-selling single of 2006 in Australia.

26. Can you name the band that became popular in the nineties with the songs "Runaway Train" and "Misery"?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Soul Asylum

They are a Minneapolis rock group. Both of their hits did all right on the charts.

27. "Hold You Tight" and "Piece of My Heart" were hits for whom?

From Quiz Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Tara Kemp

"Hold you Tight" peaked at number three in 1990 and "Piece of My Heart" peaked at number seven in 1991.

28. Their 1982 MTV hit "Twilight Zone" came a full eight years after their first US hit, "Radar Love".

From Quiz Eighties Two Hit Wonders

Answer: Golden Earring

Popular in their native Netherlands since the 1960's, Golden Earring's second and last US hit featured great guitar lines and barely decipherable lyrics like "My beacon's been moved under moon and star.".

29. 'Hands Tied' or 'Goodbye to You'

From Quiz One More Hit Wonders

Answer: Scandal

Everybody remembers that cheesy video for 'The Warrior.' Lead singer Patty Smythe is now married to tennis great John McEnroe!

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