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Halloween music quiz
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Who released 'Thriller' in 1982?
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- 1. Who released 'Thriller' in 1982?
- A. Prince
- B. Michael Jackson (answer)
- C. Lionel Richie
- D. Stevie Wonder
The 'Thriller' music video was directed by John Landis. - 2. Which horror actor delivers the spoken rap in 'Thriller'?
- A. Boris Karloff
- B. Vincent Price (answer)
- C. Christopher Lee
- D. Bela Lugosi
Vincent Price's spoken part was recorded for the song 'Thriller'. - 3. "It was a graveyard smash" comes from which song?
- A. Monster Mash (answer)
- B. Time Warp
- C. Ghost Town
- D. Zombie
'Monster Mash' was released in 1962. - 4. Who sang 'Ghostbusters' in 1984?
- A. Huey Lewis
- B. Ray Parker Jr. (answer)
- C. Kenny Loggins
- D. Phil Collins
Ray Parker Jr. also wrote and performed the 'Ghostbusters' theme. - 5. 'The Time Warp' features in which musical film?
- A. Grease
- B. The Rocky Horror Picture Show (answer)
- C. Little Shop of Horrors
- D. Hairspray
'The Time Warp' is a signature song from 'The Rocky Horror Picture Show'. - 6. Which band released 'Zombie' in 1994?
- A. The Cranberries (answer)
- B. Garbage
- C. No Doubt
- D. The Corrs
The Cranberries were an Irish rock band. - 7. 'Ghost Town' (1981) was a number one for which band?
- A. The Specials (answer)
- B. Madness
- C. UB40
- D. The Beat
'Ghost Town' reached number one in the UK in 1981. - 8. Who sang 'Somebody's Watching Me' (1984)?
- A. Rockwell (answer)
- B. Prince
- C. Billy Ocean
- D. Lionel Richie
Rockwell's stage name was inspired by his family name, Gordy. - 9. Which Saint-Saëns piece depicts skeletons dancing at midnight?
- A. Danse macabre (answer)
- B. Night on Bald Mountain
- C. The Planets
- D. Boléro
Saint-Saëns's 'Danse macabre' features a violin portraying a fiddling skeleton. - 10. 'Disturbia' (2008) was a hit for which singer?
- A. Rihanna (answer)
- B. Beyoncé
- C. Lady Gaga
- D. Katy Perry
'Disturbia' appeared on Rihanna's 2008 album 'Good Girl Gone Bad: Reloaded'. - 11. Which Kate Bush song, inspired by an Emily Brontë novel, features a ghostly Cathy?
- A. Running Up That Hill
- B. Wuthering Heights (answer)
- C. Babooshka
- D. Cloudbusting
Kate Bush was 18 when 'Wuthering Heights' became her first UK number-one single. - 12. Who sang 'Bad Moon Rising'?
- A. Creedence Clearwater Revival (answer)
- B. The Eagles
- C. Lynyrd Skynyrd
- D. The Doors
Creedence Clearwater Revival released 'Bad Moon Rising' in 1969.
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