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First No.1's in the UK Trivia Quiz

All these major acts have had a Number One in the UK but do you know which was their first? Source: "Complete UK Hit Singles 1952-2004" by Graham Betts.

A multiple-choice quiz by unhygenix. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
unhygenix

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
210,374

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Avg Score
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Question 1 of 10

1. What was Madonna's first number one in the UK? Hint

Holiday

Into the Groove

Like a Virgin

Material Girl

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which song became Elvis Presley's first number one in the UK? Hint

Heartbreak Hotel

All Shook Up

Hound Dog

Blue Suede Shoes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Beatles record became their first number one in the UK? Hint

From Me To You

I Want To Hold Your Hand

Can't Buy Me Love

She Loves You

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Question 4 of 10

4. What Beach Boys song was their first number one in the UK? Hint

Cottonfields

Surfin USA

Good Vibrations

California Girls

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Question 5 of 10

5. What was the Bee Gees first number one in the UK? Hint

Words

New York Mining Disaster 1941

To Love Somebody

Massachusetts

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which song became Rolling Stones first number one in the UK? Hint

Jumping Jack Flash

Little Red Rooster

It's All Over Now

(ICan't Get No) Satisfaction

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which U2 record became their first number one in the UK? Hint

Pride (In The Name Of Love)

Desire

With Or Without You

Where The Streets Have No Name

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Question 8 of 10

8. What was David Bowie's first song to hit number one in the UK? Hint

Space Oddity

Ashes To Ashes

Life On Mars

Starman

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Question 9 of 10

9. What record became Queen's first number one in the UK? Hint

Bohemian Rhapsody

Seven Seas Of Rhye

Killer Queen

We Are The Champions

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song first topped the charts for Jimi Hendrix in the UK? Hint

Hey Joe

Voodoo Chile

Purple Haze

All Along the Watchtower

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was Madonna's first number one in the UK?

Answer: Into the Groove

It reached number one on the 3rd August 1985 and stayed there for 4 weeks. People make the mistake of thinking "Like A Virgin" was, but this only got to number 3.

2. Which song became Elvis Presley's first number one in the UK?

Answer: All Shook Up

It reached number one on the 12th July 1957 and stayed there for 7 weeks. First charted as an import. Was manufactured for American G.I.'s and reached Number 24.

3. Which Beatles record became their first number one in the UK?

Answer: From Me To You

It reached number one on the 2nd May 1963 and stayed there for 7 weeks. They had a further 17 number ones in the sixties with at least two a year.

4. What Beach Boys song was their first number one in the UK?

Answer: Good Vibrations

It reached number one on the 17th November 1966 and stayed there for 2 weeks. They only had one more number one, "Do It Again" in 1968.

5. What was the Bee Gees first number one in the UK?

Answer: Massachusetts

It reached number one on the 11th October 1967 and stayed there for 4 weeks. It was taken from their 3rd album "Horizontal".

6. Which song became Rolling Stones first number one in the UK?

Answer: It's All Over Now

It reached number one on the 16th July 1964 and stayed there for one week. It was also the start of five consecutive number ones.

7. Which U2 record became their first number one in the UK?

Answer: Desire

It reached number one on the 8th October 1988 and stayed there for 1 week. This was their 12th release.

8. What was David Bowie's first song to hit number one in the UK?

Answer: Space Oddity

First released in 1969, which got to number 5. This re-issue reached number one on the 8th November 1975 and stayed there for 2 weeks.

9. What record became Queen's first number one in the UK?

Answer: Bohemian Rhapsody

It reached number one on the 29th November 1975 and stayed there for 9 weeks. It reached number one again in 1991. Radio stations stuck their noses up at this record originally because of its length. Radio 1 D.J. Kenny Everett kept playing it, and the rest is history.

10. Which song first topped the charts for Jimi Hendrix in the UK?

Answer: Voodoo Chile

It reached number one on the 21st November 1970 and stayed there for 1 week. It was his 7th release. This became number one two months after his death from a drug overdose on the 18th September 1970.

Source: Author unhygenix

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