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1. The first record released by The Beatles was "Love Me Do" in 1962. The reverse side was "P.S. I Love You". Can you name the two band members who co-wrote both of these songs?
2. "Raindrops Keep Falling On My Head" is a memorable song written specifically for the 1969 film, "Butch Cassidy and the Sundance Kid". It won the Academy Award for Best Original Song, but do you know who wrote it as well as the film score?
3. Coldplay is a British rock band whose first UK hit was "Yellow" in 2000 and their first hit in the USA was "Speed of Sound" in 2005. "Viva La Vida" reached number one in both UK and USA in 2008. Can you name the founding member, instrumentalist and lead vocalist who co-wrote these three songs?
4. "Hotel California" is one of the biggest hits for The Eagles. The Eagles have sold over 150 million records, including over 100 million in the USA alone. Which band member(s) is credited with writing the song?
5. Dire Straights is a British band with numerous hits from the late 1970s and throughout the 1980s. Their album, "Brothers In Arms" topped the charts in many countries including the UK and USA although the single was a relatively minor success. Of the following founding members, which one wrote the song?
6. "Purple Rain" was the name of a single, an album and a film, all released in 1984. All three formats were successes with the single reaching number two in the U.S. and number eight in the U.K. Who is the "royal" sounding composer of this song?
7. Released as "Mighty Quinn" by the British band Manfred Mann in 1968, the song topped the UK charts and reached number ten in the US Billboard Hot 100. The songwriter recorded it under the title, "Quinn The Eskimo (Mighty Quinn)" in 1967. Can you identify the song's writer?
8. This songwriter has written or co-written songs that have been recorded by Elvis Presley, Olivia Newton-John, Cher, Madonna. Dolly Parton, Tom Jones and many other artists. His biggest hit is "The Most Beautiful Girl" recorded by Charlie Rich, which topped various music charts in the USA and Canada and reached number two in the UK in 1973. Despite all this success, you've probably never heard of him. Who is he?
9. He wrote and recorded some of the world's best known songs, but can you identify this artist from some of these "minor" hits - "Another Part Of Me" (1988), "They Don't Care About Us" (1996) and "You Rock My World" (2001)?
10. To finish this quiz, the song that gave the quiz its title, "I Write The Songs" was written by which member of The Beach Boys?
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