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This'll keep you going for hours...
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2004 19.14
by Brad
The ULTIMATE nightmare pub quiz question!
Here we go...
Ten points to the first person to name the only number one British hit single that contains, somewhere in its lyrics, the title of the very song that knocked it off the number one spot.
Answer sometime next year.
Knowing my luck, some sod'll get this in 30 seconds...
Re: This'll keep you going for hours...
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2004 19.15
by Col
Adam Faith "What Do You Want"
Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want To Makes Those Eyes At Me For"
Where do I claim my ten points?
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2004 19.42
by Brad
Er... not the answer I have! But I have checked and you can have ten points anyway! A further ten points to the person who has the answer I have! Here's a clue, ignore the song title.
Posted: Thu 07 Oct, 2004 23.26
by johnnyboy
From November 1975-January 1976, Queen occupied the Number one slot with mock-opera-rock-ballad 'Bohemian Rhapsody', containing the lyrics 'Mamma mia, let me go...'
The next number one was 'Mamma Mia' by Abba.
Do I get a gold star?
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 07.55
by Pete
johnnyboy wrote:From November 1975-January 1976, Queen occupied the Number one slot with mock-opera-rock-ballad 'Bohemian Rhapsody', containing the lyrics 'Mamma mia, let me go...'
The next number one was 'Mamma Mia' by Abba.
Do I get a gold star?
surely it would be the other way round?
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 09.57
by Jenny
This is a pretty well-known bit of pop trivia, and should be familiar to anyone who did the National Pop Music Test a few weeks back.
Re: This'll keep you going for hours...
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 10.00
by Jenny
Col wrote:Adam Faith "What Do You Want"
Emile Ford and the Checkmates "What Do You Want To Makes Those Eyes At Me For"
Where do I claim my ten points?
The very next pair of number ones after these would also do: "Starry Eyed" by Michael Holliday ("that's just WHY you're so starry eyed") was replaced by "Why" by Anthony Newley.
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 18.22
by Brad
Johhnyboy gets his gold star! That's the answer I have anyway!
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 19.46
by James Martin
Hymagumba wrote:johnnyboy wrote:From November 1975-January 1976, Queen occupied the Number one slot with mock-opera-rock-ballad 'Bohemian Rhapsody', containing the lyrics 'Mamma mia, let me go...'
The next number one was 'Mamma Mia' by Abba.
Do I get a gold star?
surely it would be the other way round?
Nope, read the first post very carefully.
Posted: Fri 08 Oct, 2004 22.07
by Col
Cheers, Brad.
Speaking of music quizzes, I won a £10 drinks voucher for coming first at my local pub quiz... got 82 points out of a possible 100
Posted: Sat 09 Oct, 2004 00.35
by Pete
James Martin wrote:Hymagumba wrote:johnnyboy wrote:From November 1975-January 1976, Queen occupied the Number one slot with mock-opera-rock-ballad 'Bohemian Rhapsody', containing the lyrics 'Mamma mia, let me go...'
The next number one was 'Mamma Mia' by Abba.
Do I get a gold star?
surely it would be the other way round?
Nope, read the first post very carefully.
ah yes, I read "it knocked" instead of "knocked it"