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helen07

Q The Music

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Need help with [STRIKE]questions 5 and 12 [/STRIKE] (thanks Ms Chocaholic) and on the musicians that have passed in 2010, thought 16 might be Stuart Cable and 19 might be Guru, not at all sure though.
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Please thanks Ms Chocaholic, Rapture01, mclmsn and theindiekid for their help and confirming

Question 1:
Who made an appearance at this year’s MTV Video Music Awards in a dress made out of meat?
Lady GaGa

Question 2:
What ailment prevented Bono from performing at Glastonbury 2010?
Back injury

Question 3:
Which musician tried to run for president in Haiti earlier this year?
Wyclef Jean

Question 4:
Who topped the UK singles charts for three weeks in February with Fireflies?
Owl City

Question 5:
Which LP was topping the UK charts on 1 January 2010?
Michael Buble - Crazy Love

Question 6:
Name the three headlining acts at T In The Park this year?
Muse, Eminem, Kasabian

Question 7:
Which of the following artists did NOT have an album shortlisted for the 2010 Mercury Prize?
A. Laura Marling
B. Kit Downes Trio
C. M.I.A.
D. Foals

Question 8:
In August, which musician was found to be following just one person on Twitter: Coventry man Stephen Holmes?
Kanye West

Question 9: What happened next…?
…to Aerosmith’s Steven Tyler and Joe Perry during
a performance in Toronto earlier this year?
Steven Tyler fell off stage



Question 10:
Who replaced Rod Stewart in the re-formed Faces?
Mick Hucknall

Question 11:
In September, a former PE teacher at Robert E Lee high school in Jacksonville, Florida died. Which band took their name from him?
Lynyrd Skynyrd

Question 12:
Which 1979 chart-toppers performed their first ever gig in September this year?
The Buggles

Question 13:
With which band does the recently appointed marketing manager of the Astraeus airline sing in his spare time?
Iron Maiden

Question 14:
What group were furious in April when the Conservative party used one of their songs for their election manifesto?
Keane

Question 15:
Sylvan Richardson became Liverpool FC’s new masseur in July. With which band did he previously play guitar?
Simply Red

15. Question 16-20: Don't Fear The Peepers
The following musicians all passed away in 2010. Name them.



16. Stuart Cable
17. Ronnie James Dio
18. Paul Gray
19. Guru
20. Alex Chilton

Question 21: Insert your own rib-tickling caption to this photograph of The Charlatans’ Tim Burgess onstage.

Ms_Chocaholic

Q5 - http://www.bigtop40.com/chart/archive/2010/1/ (is this the album chart, I can't work it out - I have had a couple of drinks tonite tho)

Ms_Chocaholic

Q12 - The Buggles (possibly), see here http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Buggles#The_Lost_Gig_.282010.29

helen07

That's the singles chart, would assume LP to be albums - possibly

Ms_Chocaholic

Here's the album chart:
http://www.chartstats.com/album_chart.php?week=20100102

Answer is Michael Buble: Crazy Love

mclmsn

16. maybe James Freud
18. no idea yet
19. possibly Solomon Burke

theindiekid

18 - Paul Gray out of Slipknot, definitely.

Rapture01

No. 19 is Guru

mclmsn

theindiekid wrote: »

18 - Paul Gray out of Slipknot, definitely.

Damn of course it is, I just put a full stop in the box and submitted because I couldn't figure it out. I could kick myself now

theindiekid

16. Stuart Cable (of Stereophonics fame)
17.
18. Paul Gray (Slipknot)
19. Solomon Burke (or Guru - depends how well know he is)
20.

Damn the picture competition is tough (I'd err on the side of how famous they are, rather than choose someone obscure.)