One for the Road Trivia Quiz

Answer: Led Zeppelin

One of Led Zeppelin's most iconic songs, the almost nine-minute "Kashmir" appears on their double album "Physical Graffiti" (1975). The song, which features keyboards and string arrangements, is strongly influenced by Eastern music, and has often been considered as one of Led Zeppelin's "prog" compositions. A 12-minute version of the song, recorded with a North African orchestra, appears on the live album "No Quarter: Jimmy Page and Robert Plant Unledded" (1994).

The real-life Kashmir is a northwestern region of South Asia, shared by India, Pakistan and China.

Answer: Duran Duran

"Rio" is the title-track of Duran Duran's second studio album (released in 1982), and one of the band's most successful singles. Though the song is about a woman rather than the former Brazilian capital of Rio de Janeiro, the lyrics provide a geographical reference by mentioning the Rio Grande.

The famous video directed by Russell Mulcahy was also filmed in an exotic locale, the Caribbean island of Antigua.

Answer: Billy Joel

A song about the plight of the working class in late 20th-century America, "Allentown" is included on Billy Joel's 1982 album "The Nylon Curtain"; it was released as a single later that year. Allentown, a city in Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley, was once a thriving manufacturing hub, but - like many other cities in the US "Rust Belt" - was affected by a sharp decline in industrial activity towards the end of the 20th century.

The song was originally titled "Levittown" (a town on Long Island), but Joel changed the title after reading an article about the decline of the steel industry in the Lehigh Valley.

Answer: Toto

As one of the most successful songs of Toto's long career, "Africa" almost needs no introduction. Originally included in the band's 1982 "IV" album, the song (written by drummer Jeff Porcaro and keyboardist/vocalist David Paich) was released as a single in the autumn of the same year. Paich was inspired to write the song by watching a documentary about the suffering of the people in Africa, and the song was his way of expressing his love for the continent.

In February 1983, "Africa" reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Answer: Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young

Written by Neil Young in reaction to the Kent State University shootings of 4 May 1970, in which four students were killed, "Ohio" is one of the early Seventies' most powerful protest songs. It was recorded by Crosby, Stills, Nash & Young and released as a single in June of the same year.

It was later included in the band's compilation "So Far" (1974), though a live version appears on their album "Four Way Street" (1971).

Answer: Emerson, Lake & Palmer

Known to most British people as a religious hymn, or as the unofficial national anthem of England, "Jerusalem" was recorded by iconic progressive rock trio Emerson, Lake & Palmer for their 1973 album "Brain Salad Surgery" (famous for its striking cover artwork by Swiss artist H.R. Giger, of "Alien" fame).

The song is based on a short poem by Romantic poet William Blake, "And did those feet in ancient times", which was set to music by English composer Sir Hubert Parry in 1916. ELP's version was also released as a single, but was banned from radio play by the BBC because it was not thought to be a serious piece of music.

Answer: Ultravox

The title-track from Ultravox's fourth studio album, released in July 1980, is probably the English new wave band's most recognizable song, as well as their most commercially successful single. The song and its video (directed by Russell Mulcahy) were inspired by the iconic 1949 film "The Third Man", which is set in the Austrian capital. Ultravox performed "Vienna" at the Live Aid concert held at Wembley Stadium on 13 July 1985.

Answer: Freddie Mercury and Montserrat Caballé

Released in 1987, "Barcelona" features a duet between the late, great Queen vocalist, Freddie Mercury (who wrote the song together with keyboardist Mike Moran), and renowned Spanish soprano Montserrat Caballé, backed by a full orchestra. They first met in person in Caballé's home town of Barcelona, when the soprano asked Mercury for help in recording a song for the Olympic Games that were scheduled to take place in the Catalan capital in 1992. Mercury had long been a fan of the opera singer, and she also held him in high regard.

In 1988 "Barcelona" appeared on the album of the same name, Mercury's second and final solo effort. The song was a big hit, and gained an even higher profile from being played in the opening ceremony of the 1992 games, one year after Mercury's untimely passing.

Answer: Van Halen

Another song whose lyrics have nothing to do with its geography-inspired title, "Panama" was the third single from Van Halen's top-charting album "1984" (released in the same year). According to frontman David Lee Roth, the song was written about a car that he saw in Las Vegas, called Panama Express - though the rather suggestive lyrics imply it is about a woman (probably a stripper).

Answer: Jethro Tull

Written about a shy local girl working backstage during one of the band's tour stops in the Hungarian capital, "Budapest" appears on Jethro Tull's 1987 album "Crest of a Knave" - notorious for having won a rather controversial (to say the least) Grammy Award for Best Hard Rock/Metal Performance in 1989.

The ten-minute song, featuring one of mainman Ian Anderson's trademark flute solos, was a concert favourite for the veteran band, whose decades-long career was put on indefinite hold in 2011.