by CK » Tue Dec 14, 2010 9:14 pm
All questions relate to Australian songs, bands or events:
1. The first TV appearance for Australian Crawl was on "Countdown". What was particularly notable and memorable, appearance wise, for James Reyne in this performance?
Had both arms in a cast after being hit by a car that week
2. Which iconic band's last charting single was a cover of The Easybeats’ "The Music Goes Round My Head"? The Saints - from the "Young Einstein" soundtrack
3. "I'm high on the hill looking over the bridge, to the MCG" is the opening line to which song?
Leaps And Bounds - Paul Kelly
4. Glenn Wheatley was the bass player for which band?
Masters Apprentices
5. "Patrolwoman Saunders, don't you give her no lip" was a line from which Skyhooks song?
Women in Uniform
6. Which band released a song with Ray Charles in 1993, and what was the song called? INXS is the band, the song is....
7. Who fronted the band Somebody's Image, and later released a solo number one single, at the time the longest Australian produced number one in Australian chart history?
Russell Morris
8. Which legendary overseas group made its first Australian appearance at the 1974 edition of the Sunbury Music Festival? Queen
9. What is the only Australian entirely spoken word single to reach number one on the Australian singles chart?
Australiana - Austen Tayshus
10. Darren Hayes was one half of Savage Garden. Name the other member. Daniel Jones
11. Three versions of the UK song "Do They Know Its Christmas" have been released. Who are the only two Australians to sing on any of these versions? Kylie Minogue and Jason Donovan
12. Which 70's band changed their name to Highway for the US market?
Sherbet
13. Name the missing band member and the band: Peter Koppes, Marty Willson-Piper, Tim Powles and Steve Kilbey - the band is The Church ?
14. Who are Justin Hamilton and Kim Moyes better known as? The Presets
15. According to official US figures, which is the most played Australian song in US radio history? Reminiscing - Little River Band
16. Name the band that each artist is/was most known as a member of:
- Neil Murray:The Warumpi Band
- Rob Younger : Radio Birdman
- Russell Hitchcock : Air Supply
- Mike Rudd : Spectrum
17. Which band supplied the initial theme song to the Channel 7 AFL show, "Talking Footy", and what was that song? Weddings Parties Anything - "Monday's Experts"
18. "My baby's so vain, she is almost a mirror" is a line from which song, by which band? For a bonus - which Australian band covered this song in the 1990's? Shivers - Boys Next Door, later done by Screaming Jets
19. What is the common link between Daddy Cool and Mondo Rock? Ross Wilson
20. Name the artist for each album:
- First Under The Wire: Little River Band
- Primitive Man: Icehouse
- 'Cos Life Hurts: Uncanny X Men
- Romeo's Heart: John Farnham
- Scarred For Life: Rose Tattoo
- Circus Animals: Cold Chisel
- Love an Adventure:Pseudo Echo
- Lessons To Be Learned: Gabriella Cilmi
21. Who was the first Australian native to score a US number one single, in 1972, and what was that song? Helen Reddy - I Am Woman
22. “Australian Made” was the concert series that played in each state from December 1986 to January 1987. A film was later released of the series. Which band was nearly completely edited out of all film footage? Mental As Anything
23. Which band performed Don't Wanna Be The One at the 2006 ARIA Awards as part of Midnight Oil's induction into the ARIA Hall of Fame?
24. Who is the lead singer of Magic Dirt? Adalita
25. In 1988, Pat Benatar had a number one with “All Fired Up”. Which band released the original version the year before? Rattling Sabres
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CK on Fri Dec 17, 2010 9:40 am, edited 9 times in total.
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