Follow That Tune Trivia Quiz

Answer: Neil Sedaka

Neil Sedaka co-wrote this song along with Howard Greenfield. The Carol in the song was named after Grammy award winning singer Carole King whom Sedaka had dated earlier. The song was later also covered by The Four Seasons.

The music of the film "Kya Kehna" was composed by Rajesh Roshan.

Answer: Queen

Featured on Queen's 1977 album "News of the World", "We Will Rock You" has been included in The Rolling Stone list of "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame in 2009.

The Hindi song is attributed to the composer duo - Dilip Sen and Sameer Sen. You'd think with two people working they'd be able to come up with something original!

Answer: None of these. It's a folk song that was covered by various artists.

Also known as "Railroaders' Lament", "500 Miles" is regarded as being written by Hedy West. It was covered by a number of singers: The Journeymen, The Kingston Trio and those mentioned in the incorrect options.

Music director Rajesh Roshan makes another appearance in this quiz for having plagiarized this tune.

Answer: False

"Faith" was a single from the album of the same name that was recorded by George Michael as his first solo effort after the popular band "Wham!" disbanded. Other hits from the same album are "Father Figure", "Kissing a Fool" and "One More Try".

The Hindi track was composed by musician duo, Laxmikant - Pyarelal.

Answer: Michael Jackson

Part of Jackson's 1996 album "HIStory: Past, Present and Future, Book I", the song courted some amount of controversy due to allegations that the lyrics were racist. Jackson refuted all charges of racism and anti-Semitism claiming the lyrics had been twisted out of context.

The music of "Hamesha" was composed by Anu Malik, another musician well known in the industry for regularly seeking 'inspiration' from existing songs.

Answer: Sweden

Surprisingly, the cover version that became famous worldwide was released by a Swedish band named Rednex. Spanning genres like techno, country and bluegrass, Rednex has also achieved a lot of popularity in Germany. The origins of the folk song can be traced back to before the American Civil War.

The soundtrack of "Keemat" is credited to (surprise!) Rajesh Roshan.

Answer: The use of nuclear technology

The original German version of the song featured on the self titled album released by the artist in 1983-84. At the time of the song's release, Germany was still divided into parts. In the German lyrics, an ordinary citizen releases helium balloons into the air which float over to the East German side of the country and are erroneously identified as an attack, eventually resulting in an all out nuclear war.

The Hindi song is credited to Jatin-Lalit.

Answer: Anne Murray

Written by Randy Goodrum, the song featured on Murray's 1978 album "Let's Keep It That Way". It resulted in her becoming the first Canadian to win a Grammy for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance. Murray later re-recorded the song with Shania Twain for her album "Duets: Friends & Legends" which was released in 2007.

Jatin-Lalit strike again with this blatant copy.

Answer: Bobby Darin

"Come September" is a romantic comedy film starring Rock Hudson, Gina Lollobrigida, Sandra Dee and Bobby Darin. The latter two met and fell in love while filming the movie and got married before its release. The film won Darrin his first Golden Globe award. He also sang "Multiplication" which appeared on the movie's soundtrack.

Answer: The Moody Blues

"Nights in White Satin" is taken from the album "Days of Future Passed" which was released by The Moody Blues in 1967. The song was written by Justin Hayward. At over seven minutes long, the song was considered to be too lengthy at the time of its release and shorter versions were also recorded.