It's a Kind of Magic Trivia Quiz

Answer: Roger Taylor

"A Kind of Magic" was written by Queen drummer Roger Taylor and recorded in 1986 for the album of the same name. The album features many of the songs recorded for the 1986 film "Highlander" which featured Sean Connery and Christopher Lambert. The song reached third place on the UK charts, while the album itself remained at number one on the UK charts for sixty-three weeks.

Answer: I Put a Spell On You

Screamin' Jay Hawkins recorded "I Put a Spell On You" for the album "At Home with Screamin' Jay Hawkins"(1956). The song is rated as one of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's 500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll as well as featuring on the 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list by Rolling Stone magazine.

The original song by Hawkins never charted, but it has been covered with great success by a variety of artists including Nina Simone, Marilyn Manson and Annie Lennox.

Answer: Black Magic Woman

"Black magic Woman" was released by Fleetwood Mac in 1968 from their album "English Rose". The band managed a respectable thirty-seventh place on the UK charts in 1968. The song was covered by Santana in 1970 for their "Abraxas" album and rocketed to fourth place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. "Abraxas" reached top spot on the album charts.

Answer: Magic Bus

"Magic Bus" was written by The Who guitarist Pete Townshend in 1965. It was not recorded by the band immediately and was actually first recorded by a UK band named The Pudding in 1967. The Who recorded it in 1968 for the album "Magic Bus: The Who on Tour" and managed to reached twenty-sixth place on the UK charts and twenty-fifth on the US chart.

It did reach tenth place on the U.S. Cash Box Top 100 chart.

Answer: The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful recorded "Do You Believe In Magic" in 1965 for the album of the same name. The song reached position nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song is listed at 219th position on Rolling Stone's The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list. The song was covered by Shaun Cassidy in 1978 and he only managed a thirty-first place on the US chart.

Answer: The Police

"Every Little Thing She Does is Magic" was recorded by The Police in 1981 for their fourth studio album "Ghost in the Machine". The song topped the UK charts and reached third place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album did well for the band, topping the UK chart and reaching second place in the US.

It reached number one in Canada, Italy, France, Australia and The Netherlands as well.

Answer: Rooms On Fire

"Rooms on Fire" was released as the lead single from the album "The Other Side of the Mirror" recorded by Stevie Nicks in 1989. The song reached first position on the US Billboard Mainstream Rock chart. The album did very well for Nicks, reaching third position on the UK album chart. It was also certified gold in the UK and platinum in the US.

Answer: Face the Music

Electric Light Orchestra(ELO) recorded "Strange Magic" in 1975 for the album "Face the Music". The song fared moderately better in the US than the UK, reaching a fourteenth position on both the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and US Cash Box chart. It did the best in Italy, reaching a respectable eighth position.

Answer: Easy Rider

Steppenwolf recorded "Magic Carpet Ride" for their 1968 album "The Second". The song reached third place on the US Billboard chart and remained on the chart for sixteen weeks. The song featured on the soundtrack to the 1969 film "Easy Rider" starring Dennis Hopper and Peter Fonda. Together with Terry Southern, the two wrote the film. Hopper directed it and Fonda produced.

The film also features Jack Nicholson.

Answer: Jackie Paper

Peter, Paul and Mary recorded "Puff the Magic Dragon" in 1963 for their album "Moving". The song reached second place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and tenth place on the Billboard R&B chart.

"Puff the magic dragon lived by the sea
And frolicked in the autumn mist in a land called Honali
Little Jackie Paper loved that rascal Puff
And brought him strings and sealing wax and other fancy stuff"