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1. The 1956 song "I Walk the Line", the 1963 song "Ring of Fire", the 1968 song "Folsom Prison Blues" and the 1969 song "A Boy Named Sue" were just three of the songs to hit number one on the United States Hot Country Songs chart for which legendary singer?

Answer: Johnny Cash

Johnny Cash, also known as the "Man in Black", hit number one on the United States Hot Country Songs chart with thirteen solo songs from 1956 through his death in 2003. Johnny Cash was inducted in the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame in 1977, the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1980 and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1992.

2. Billy Corgan was the lead singer for a band which recorded an album that hit number one on the United States Billboard 200 chart in 1995 named "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness". Which band was this?

Answer: The Smashing Pumpkins

The Smashing Pumpkins are a rock band from Chicago, Illinois. Their most successful albums include the 1993 album "Siamese Dream", the 1995 album "Mellon Collie and the Infinite Sadness" and the 1998 album "Adore".

3. This singer appeared on three different singles that reached the top ten on the United States Billboard Hot 100 in early 2002 including her number one solo hit "Foolish". Who is this singer?

Answer: Ashanti

Ashanti was featured on three different songs to reach the top ten on the Billboard Hot 100 between February and May 2002. The songs include her number one solo hit "Foolish", the number two hit "What's Luv?" with Fat Joe and Ja Rule and the number one hit "Always on Time" with Ja Rule. In 2003, her album "Ashanti" won the Grammy Award for Best Contemporary R&B Album.

4. Which British singer-songwriter was a member of the Hollies from 1962 through 1968 before joining a group with David Crosby and Stephen Stills?

Answer: Graham Nash

Singer-songwriter Graham Nash was a founding member of the pop group the Hollies and the folk group Crosby, Stills and Nash. Graham Nash entered the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame as a member of Crosby, Stills and Nash in 1997 and as a member of the Hollies in 2010. Graham Nash sang lead on the 1967 song by the Hollies called "On a Carousel" and wrote the 1970 Crosby, Stills and Nash songs "Teach Your Children" and "Our House".

5. Which iconic punk band from London, England found international success with their 1979 album "London Calling"?

Answer: The Clash

The Clash's 1979 album "London Calling" hit the top thirty on the album charts in nine different countries. The Clash's 1982 single "Rock the Casbah" hit number eight on the United States Billboard Hot 100. The Clash were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2003.

6. This singer hit number five on the United States Billboard Hot 100 twice, once with the 2006 song "Unwritten" and once with the 2008 song "Pocketful of Sunshine". Who was this talented singer?

Answer: Natasha Bedingfield

English singer Natasha Bedingfield released her first album, called "Unwritten", on September 6, 2004. She was nominated for Best Female Pop Vocal Performance at the 2007 Grammy Awards for her 2006 song "Unwritten".

7. He was the disc jockey associated with the rap group the Furious Five. This group released an iconic hip-hop tune in 1982 called "The Message". Who was this pioneering hip-hop disc jockey?

Answer: Grandmaster Flash

Joseph Saddler, also known as Grandmaster Flash, was the disc jockey for the rap group the Furious Five. Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2007, becoming the first rap artists to join this Hall of Fame.

8. Which group hit the top ten on the United States Billboard Hot 100 with the 1997 song "Walkin' on the Sun" and the 1999 song "All Star"?

Answer: Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth is a rock band from California who released seven studio albums from 1997 through 2012. Smash Mouth's remake of the Monkees' 1966 song "I'm a Believer" was recorded for the 2001 movie "Shrek".

9. Valerie Simpson hit number twelve on the United States Billboard Hot 100 with a 1984 duet called "Solid (as a Rock)" with which singer?

Answer: Nickolas Ashford

Nickolas Ashford and Valerie Simpson were husband and wife songwriting team and recording artists. They wrote songs such as the 1970 song "Reach Out and Touch (Somebody's Hand)" by Diana Ross and the 1978 song "I'm Every Woman" by Chaka Khan. The duo was inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame in 2002.

Their biggest hits as a singing act was the 1984 duet called "Solid (as a Rock)" which hit number twelve on the United States Billboard Hot 100.

10. The 2004 song "Pieces of Me" hit number five on the United States Billboard Hot 100 for which singer?

Answer: Ashlee Simpson

Ashlee Simpson's 2004 song "Pieces of Me" came from from her "Autobiography" album. Ashlee released the albums "I Am Me" in 2005 and "Bittersweet World" in 2008, but neither album produced another top twenty hit.

11. Which rock band from Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada is known for such songs as the 1991 single "Superman's Song" and the 1993 song "Mmm Mmm Mmm Mmm"?

Answer: Crash Test Dummies

The Crash Test Dummies were a Canadian band which formed in 1988 in Winnipeg, Manitoba, Canada. The band a commercially successfully album in Canada with the 1991 album "The Ghosts That Haunt Me" and international success with the 1993 album "God Shuffled His Feet".

12. For which group has guitarist Saul Hudson, also known as Slash, NOT been a member?

Answer: Cream

Slash is a guitarist who performed with his first group, Guns N' Roses, from 1985 through 1996. After he left Guns N' Roses in 1996, Slash worked on side projects such as Velvet Revolver and Slash's Snakepit. Slash was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2012 as a member of the band Guns N' Roses. Cream was a rock supergroup power trio active from 1966 through 1968, long before Slash began performing.

13. Which American pop singer had two international top twenty hits from his 1972 album "I Can See Clearly Now"?

Answer: Johnny Nash

In 1968, American singer Johnny Nash recorded the reggae album "Hold Me Tight" in Kingston, Jamaica, becoming the first non-Jamaican to record reggae music in the country. Johnny Nash also recorded the 1972 album "I Can See Clearly Now" which produced two songs, "Stir It Up" and "I Can See Clearly Now", which hit the top twenty on the United States, United Kingdom and Canada charts.

14. Which band from Portland, Oregon hit the top twenty on the United States Billboard Hot 100 with the 1981 song "Harden My Heart" and the 1983 song "Take Me to Heart"?

Answer: Quarterflash

The band Quarterflash released six studio albums between 1981 and 2013. Their highest charting hit during that time was the 1981 song "Harden My Heart", a song that reached number three on the United States Billboard Hot 100.

15. In 1969, which singer recorded the duet "If I Were a Carpenter" with Johnny Cash?

Answer: June Carter Cash

June Carter Cash, wife of Johnny Cash and distant cousin of United States President Jimmy Carter, hit number two on the on the United States Hot Country Songs chart with the duet "If I Were a Carpenter".

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