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Popmaster quiz in today’s Times. I’ll post the link, but it may be paywalled, so text below…..

1960s
QUESTION ONE
From 1966, what was the title of Dusty Springfield’s only No 1 hit?
You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me
I Only Want to Be with You
I Close My Eyes and Count to Ten
Son of a Preacher Man

QUESTION TWO
What was the name of Johnny Kidd’s backing group during his 1960s hit-making days?
The Shadows
The Tremeloes
The Pirates
The Vandellas

QUESTION THREE
Who directed the Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night?
Richard Lester
Ken Russell
John Boorman
John Schlesinger

QUESTION FOUR
In 1961 Shirley Bassey topped the charts with her double A-sided hit Reach for the Stars and which other song?
As I Love You
Climb Ev’ry Mountain
Kiss Me, Honey Honey, Kiss Me
As Long as He Needs Me

QUESTION FIVE
What was the title of Sandie Shaw’s 1964 debut No 1 hit?
(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me
Girl Don’t Come
Long Live Love!
Puppet on a String

1970s
QUESTION SIX
Released in 1977, what is the title of the only UK Top 40 hit for Berni Flint?
I Don’t Want to Put a Hold on You
Southern Comfort
Smoke Gets in Your Eyes
If I Had Someone Like You

QUESTION SEVEN
The songs Seasons in the Sun and If You Go Away were hits in 1974 for which singer?
Terry Jacks
Ray Stevens
John Denver
George McCrae

QUESTION EIGHT
Released in 1977, what was the title of Carly Simon’s Top Ten song from the Bond film The Spy Who Loved Me?
You Know My Name
All Time High
Writing’s on the Wall
Nobody Does It Better

QUESTION NINE
Which 1963 Top Ten hit by the Crystals returned to the charts in 1974 when it was re-issued?
Then He Kissed Me
He’s a Rebel
I Wonder
Da Doo Ron Ron

QUESTION TEN
The songs Lady Rose and Alright, Alright, Alright were hits in the 1970s for which chart act?
Mungo Jerry
Dave Edmunds
Rod Stewart
Alice Cooper

1980s
QUESTION ELEVEN
In 1989 which singer achieved her seventh consecutive UK Top 40 hit with Get on Your Feet?
Gloria Estefan
Lisa Stansfield
Madonna
Belinda Carlisle

QUESTION TWELVE
Name the act that topped the charts in 1983 with Give It Up
Men at Work
Goombay Dance Band
KC and the Sunshine Band
UB40

QUESTION THIRTEEN
Which UK band topped the album charts in 1987 with It’s Better to Travel?
Eurythmics
Swing Out Sister
The Housemartins
T’Pau

QUESTION FOURTEEN
Which group had hits in the 1980s with Use It Up and Wear It Out and Inside Out?
Odyssey
Boney M
Ottawan
Bucks Fizz

QUESTION FIFTEEN
Who wrote Martika’s 1989 Top 10 hit I Feel the Earth Move?
Madonna
Lindsey Buckingham
Prince
Carole King

1990s
QUESTION SIXTEEN
Name the American group that topped the album charts in 1990 with Step by Step
Steve Miller Band
Color Me Badd
Bon Jovi
New Kids on the Block

QUESTION SEVENTEEN
In 1998 the band Cornershop had a UK No 1 single with a remix of their song Brimful of Asha. Who produced this remix?
Todd Terry
Jason Nevins
Fatboy Slim
Trevor Horn

QUESTION EIGHTEEN
The cast of which long-running TV series reached the Top Five in 1998 with their version of Everlasting Love?
Coronation Street
Casualty
EastEnders
Silent Witness

QUESTION NINETEEN
Which member of Eternal had a Top 20 hit single with Higher Than Heaven in 1999?
Louise Redknapp
Vernie Bennett
Easther Bennett
Kéllé Bryan

QUESTION TWENTY
Which boy band member had solo hits in the 1990s with Child and Clementine?
Mark Owen
Ronan Keating
Brian Harvey
Duncan James

21st Century
QUESTION TWENTY ONE
Anti-Hero was a 2022 No 1 single for which singer?
Olivia Rodrigo
Ariana Grande
Sabrina Carpenter
Taylor Swift

QUESTION TWENTY TWO
Which legendary performer was the guest vocalist on Craig David’s 2003 Top Ten single Rise & Fall?
Elton John
Sting
Phil Collins
Mick Jagger

QUESTION TWENTY THREE
Who had a hit single in 2021 with Seventeen Going Under?
Sam Fender
Dua Lipa
Tom Grennan
Billie Eilish

QUESTION TWENTY FOUR
Who joined Eva Cassidy on the 2007 No 1 hit duet What a Wonderful World?
KT Tunstall
Duffy
Alexandra Burke
Katie Melua

QUESTION TWENTY FIVE
In 2021 Easy on Me became which singer’s third UK No 1 single?
Emeli Sandé
Jessie J
Rita Ora
Adele

Christmas
QUESTION TWENTY SIX
Which track was the 1979 Christmas No 1?
Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2
Mull of Kintyre
Don’t You Want Me
Rapper’s Delight

QUESTION TWENTY SEVEN
Which song was the first Christmas No 1 to mention Christmas in its title?
Merry Christmas Everyone
Last Christmas
Christmas Alphabet
Lonely This Christmas

QUESTION TWENTY EIGHT
Which was the first of the Spice Girls’ three consecutive Christmas No 1s?
Goodbye
2 Become 1
Too Much
Viva Forever

QUESTION TWENTY NINE
The word “Winifred” appears in the names of performers behind two Christmas No 1s. St Winifred’s School Choir in 1980 with There’s No One Quite Like Grandma and Winifred Atwell in 1954 with which hit?
Let’s Have Another Party
Answer Me
Just Walkin’ in the Rain
Mary’s Boy Child

QUESTION THIRTY
In the original 1984 version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which performer is the first person to sing?
Boy George
Simon Le Bon
George Michael
Paul Young

Only 17/30 for me (I fell down on the 21st Century Questions).

Will post the answers in a couple of days time (assuming there is a need)

https://www.thetimes.com/culture/tv-radio/article/take-ken-bruces-popmaster-quiz-how-many-can-you-get-right-9mbkszqn8

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  2. As mentioned, I will post the answers in a few days time to give folks a chance to try, but if anyone wants the answers beforehand then message me and I will send privately.

  7. I go to the local hotel on Sundays – £3 coffee to read £12 worth of papers – and I got five out of five without looking at the options.
    No problem. 100%. Made up. Didn’t bother with the post-60s questions.

    Why no Rock ‘n’ Roll?

  10. And the answers……

    1960s
    
QUESTION ONE

    From 1966, what was the title of Dusty Springfield’s only No 1 hit?

    You Don’t Have to Say You Love Me

    QUESTION TWO

    What was the name of Johnny Kidd’s backing group during his 1960s hit-making days?
    
The Pirates

    QUESTION THREE

    Who directed the Beatles’ film A Hard Day’s Night?

    Richard Lester

    QUESTION FOUR

    In 1961 Shirley Bassey topped the charts with her double A-sided hit Reach for the Stars and which other song?

    Climb Ev’ry Mountain

    QUESTION FIVE
    
What was the title of Sandie Shaw’s 1964 debut No 1 hit?
    
(There’s) Always Something There to Remind Me

    1970s
    
QUESTION SIX

    Released in 1977, what is the title of the only UK Top 40 hit for Berni Flint?
    
I Don’t Want to Put a Hold on You

    QUESTION SEVEN

    The songs Seasons in the Sun and If You Go Away were hits in 1974 for which singer?

    Terry Jacks

    QUESTION EIGHT

    Released in 1977, what was the title of Carly Simon’s Top Ten song from the Bond film
    The 
Nobody Does It Better

    QUESTION NINE

    Which 1963 Top Ten hit by the Crystals returned to the charts in 1974 when it was re-issued?

    Da Doo Ron Ron

    QUESTION TEN

    The songs Lady Rose and Alright, Alright, Alright were hits in the 1970s for which chart act?

    Mungo Jerry

    1980s

    QUESTION ELEVEN
    
In 1989 which singer achieved her seventh consecutive UK Top 40 hit with Get on Your Feet?
    
Gloria Estefan

    QUESTION TWELVE
    
Name the act that topped the charts in 1983 with Give It Up

    KC and the Sunshine Band

    QUESTION THIRTEEN
    
Which UK band topped the album charts in 1987 with It’s Better to Travel?

    Swing Out Sister

    QUESTION FOURTEEN

    Which group had hits in the 1980s with Use It Up and Wear It Out and Inside Out?

    Odyssey

    QUESTION FIFTEEN
    
Who wrote Martika’s 1989 Top 10 hit I Feel the Earth Move?

    Carole King

    1990s
    
QUESTION SIXTEEN
    
Name the American group that topped the album charts in 1990 with Step by Step

    New Kids on the Block

    QUESTION SEVENTEEN
    
In 1998 the band Cornershop had a UK No 1 single with a remix of their song Brimful of Asha. Who produced this remix?
    
Fatboy Slim

    QUESTION EIGHTEEN
    
The cast of which long-running TV series reached the Top Five in 1998 with their version of Everlasting Love?
    
Casualty

    QUESTION NINETEEN

    Which member of Eternal had a Top 20 hit single with Higher Than Heaven in 1999?

    Kéllé Bryan

    QUESTION TWENTY

    Which boy band member had solo hits in the 1990s with Child and Clementine?
    
Mark Owen

    21st Century

    QUESTION TWENTY ONE

    Anti-Hero was a 2022 No 1 single for which singer?
    
Taylor Swift

    QUESTION TWENTY TWO
    
Which legendary performer was the guest vocalist on Craig David’s 2003 Top Ten single Rise & Fall?
    Sting

    QUESTION TWENTY THREE

    Who had a hit single in 2021 with Seventeen Going Under?

    Sam Fender


    QUESTION TWENTY FOUR

    Who joined Eva Cassidy on the 2007 No 1 hit duet What a Wonderful World?
    
Katie Melua

    QUESTION TWENTY FIVE
    
In 2021 Easy on Me became which singer’s third UK No 1 single?

    Adele

    Christmas

    QUESTION TWENTY SIX

    Which track was the 1979 Christmas No 1?

    Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2

    QUESTION TWENTY SEVEN
    
Which song was the first Christmas No 1 to mention Christmas in its title?

    Christmas Alphabet

    QUESTION TWENTY EIGHT
    
Which was the first of the Spice Girls’ three consecutive Christmas No 1s?
    
2 Become 1

    QUESTION TWENTY NINE

    The word “Winifred” appears in the names of performers behind two Christmas No 1s. St Winifred’s School Choir in 1980 with There’s No One Quite Like Grandma and Winifred Atwell in 1954 with which hit?

    Let’s Have Another Party

    QUESTION THIRTY

    In the original 1984 version of Do They Know It’s Christmas?, which performer is the first person to sing?
    
Paul Young

    • By “revised format” do you mean the one above your comment? The one with the answers provided? I got 30 out of 30 in the format with the answers provided. Seeing the answers written down helped me enormously. I’m surprised you still managed to get 8 wrong.

  17. Now seen the answers and for once my confidence wasn’t misplaced (unlike my childhood – spot the reference?).
    20 it was – and with a bit of lucky guessing, it might’ve got to 23 or 24.
    Bernie Flint – wasn’t he on Crackerjack with Peter Glaze?

  19. Berni Flint.
    There’s a name I haven’t heard since my mum stopped playing the album in 1977.
    Up to that point, the handsome, moustachioed, denim shirt wearing, crooning strummer was on every day.
    I got that one.

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