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'Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?' opens which song?
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- 1. 'Is this the real life? Is this just fantasy?' opens which song?
- A. We Are the Champions
- B. Bohemian Rhapsody (answer)
- C. Don't Stop Me Now
- D. Under Pressure
Freddie Mercury wrote the song, which topped the UK chart in 1975 and again in 1991. - 2. Which song begins 'Hello darkness, my old friend'?
- A. The Sound of Silence (answer)
- B. Mrs Robinson
- C. Bridge over Troubled Water
- D. Scarborough Fair
It was written by Paul Simon and recorded with Art Garfunkel. - 3. Finish the Spice Girls line: 'If you wanna be my lover...'
- A. ...you have got to give
- B. ...you gotta get with my friends (answer)
- C. ...take it or leave it
- D. ...that's the way it is
The line comes from 'Wannabe'. - 4. 'Just a small-town girl, livin' in a lonely world' opens which song?
- A. Livin' on a Prayer
- B. Don't Stop Believin' (answer)
- C. Here I Go Again
- D. Total Eclipse of the Heart
Journey's track was released in 1981 and enjoyed a big revival decades later. - 5. Which song starts 'Today is gonna be the day that they're gonna throw it back to you'?
- A. Champagne Supernova
- B. Wonderwall (answer)
- C. Live Forever
- D. Half the World Away
Oasis released 'Wonderwall' in 1995. - 6. 'I never meant to cause you any sorrow' opens which Prince song?
- A. Kiss
- B. Purple Rain (answer)
- C. When Doves Cry
- D. 1999
It was the title song of the 1984 film. - 7. Which song includes the line 'Scaramouche, Scaramouche, will you do the Fandango'?
- A. Bohemian Rhapsody (answer)
- B. Killer Queen
- C. Radio Ga Ga
- D. The Show Must Go On
It comes from the operatic section of the song. - 8. Finish the ABBA lyric: 'You are the dancing queen, young and sweet...'
- A. ...only seventeen (answer)
- B. ...dancing all night
- C. ...having the time of your life
- D. ...see that girl
'Dancing Queen' topped the UK chart in 1976. - 9. 'Hey, I just met you, and this is crazy' is from which song?
- A. Call Me Maybe (answer)
- B. Shake It Off
- C. Teenage Dream
- D. Party in the USA
Carly Rae Jepsen's track was a huge hit in 2012. - 10. Which song begins 'Imagine there's no heaven'?
- A. Imagine (answer)
- B. Let It Be
- C. Hey Jude
- D. Across the Universe
John Lennon released 'Imagine' in 1971. - 11. 'Mama, just killed a man' is a line from which song?
- A. Bohemian Rhapsody (answer)
- B. Hurt
- C. Mama Said
- D. Bad Moon Rising
Another Queen line, from the ballad section. - 12. Which Adele song opens 'Hello, it's me'?
- A. Someone Like You
- B. Hello (answer)
- C. Skyfall
- D. Rolling in the Deep
The single sold more than a million downloads in the US in its first week.
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