The questions and answers within this quiz were verified and updated in July 2020.

Between 1978 and 1986, what was the name of Elvis Costello's backing band?

a) The Heartbreakers b) The Attractions c) The Spiders from Mars

b) The Attractions

What is the name of the typically Swiss dish where melted cheese is served in a communal pot and consumed by dipping bread into the cheese using long stemmed forks?

Fondue

Telephone help lines were required for distraught fans when Take That announced they were splitting up for the first time in which year?

1996

Which Celine Dion song begins: "Don't think I can't feel there's something wrong"?

Think Twice

In 1990 the England football team collaborated with New Order to release which UK chart topping song?
World in Motion

Who were the first group to have their first six singles all reach number one?

What is the traditional filling of an Eccles cake?

In which year did Green Day release the album 'Dookie'?

a) 1994 b) 1996 b) 1998

a) 1994

In January 1996, George Michael had his first solo number one in a decade with which song?

a) Jesus to a Child b) Praying for Time c) Waiting for That Day

a) Jesus to a Child

The 1997 Oasis album Be Here Now was the fastest selling album in UK history until 2015 when it was surpassed by an album from which female vocalist?

Adele

New York City Hall is in which Borough?
Manhattan

Which was the first baseball team in Texas to make it to the World Series?
Houston Astros

Dwight D. Eisenhower was President from 1953 to 1961, but who was his Vice President?
Richard Nixon

Which was the most successful NFL team of the decade beginning in Jan 2000 with 4 Super Bowl wins?
New England Patriots