On the quiz today we have little boxes of Original or Cover as well as some famous names that pop up in some well known songs.

A quiz all about jazz for people, like me, who don't know much about jazz. 

For your chance to become Little Miss I-Quiz just email me your answers to the 20 questions on todays quiz and you could win a $20 gift voucher from Amazon.com.
The email address is musiciquiz@gmail.com

This weeks quiz is a geographical journey through music that has come out of the British Isles.

The intro music I played was "Two of Us" originally recorded by The Beatles.  This version appeared on the "I Am Sam" soundtrack and is sung by Aimee Mann and Michael Penn who happen to be husband and wife

Two for one this week with questions all about duets.

The bonus question was to name the 5 Beatles songs that occupied the top 5 spots on the Billboard Music Charts in April 1964.  They were:

1. Can't Buy Me Love
2. Twist and Shout
3. She Loves You
4. I Want to Hold Your Hand
5. Please, Please Me

Will you still love me when I'm 64? Let's find out with questions about some musicians that have reached that milestone as well as a look back to some artists that were born in 1964.  The rest of the quiz will focus on some music that was released in 1964.

 Putting the "I" in Music I-Quiz this week with questions all about the letter I.  Also take a listen to a new radiohead track and to download the entire download go along to the radiohead website you can find here

Find the animal inside, with 20 questions all about different animals hidden within popular songs.

Here are the songs included in Bill Bailey's Cockney Medley in order.

Survivor - Eye Of The Tiger
Guns N Roses - Paradise City
Pointer Sisters - I'm So Excited
Kate Bush - Wuthering Heights
The Prodigy - Firestarter
Dead Or Alive - You Spin Me Right Round (Like A Record)
Bauhaus - Bella Lugousi's Dead
Ultravox - Vienna
Cars - Gary Numan
Chris De Burgh - Lady In Red

The results are in for the Music I-Quiz survey and the people have spoken.  Here are your favourite segments: Mash-Ups, Pick the Lyrics, Pick the Riff and Cover Songs.  A big thanks to everyone who filled out the survey -  it has given me lots of ideas that you will hear in the coming shows.

This week we're travelling back to the musical year of 1977.  Questions about some pivotal punk albums, number one singles, bands that were formed and some grammy awards that were handed out in 1977.  Check out the Contrast Podcast
for some more great music from 1977.
You can still contribute to the Music I-Quiz survey to help me help you.
Click here to take survey

This months mission is to make a cd full of your favourite cover songs.  Whether it be William Shatner or Jimi Hendrix, here is a chance to share your mix with everyone else.  Just leave a comment with your track listings and who knows, maybe you will discover a hidden gem in somebody elses mix.
To start off here is my cd.  I also included a second cd with all of the original versions of these songs for comparitve purposes (original artists in brackets)
1. Freakshow - Keller Williams (Ani DiFranco)
2. El Lado Mas Bestia De La Vida - Albert Pla (Lou Reed)
3. Psychokiller - Kate Miller Heidke (Talking Heads)
4. Bizarre Love Triangle - Frente (New Order)
5. Don't Dream it's Over - Sarah Blasko (Crowded House)
6. Flame Trees - Sacred Heart School (Cold Chisel)
7. Hyperballad - Big Heavy Stuff (Bjork)
8. Eye in the Sky - Jonatha Brooke (Alan Parsons Project)
9. My Sweet Lord - Girlyman (George Harrison)
10. Let Down - Easy Star All-Stars (Radiohead)
11. Green River - M. Ward (CCR)
12. Fall on Me - Cry Cry Cry (R.E.M.)
13. Harvest - Rufus Wainwright (Neil Young)
14. Careless Whisper - Ben Fold and Rufus Wainwright (George Michael)
15. Lola - The Raincoats (The Kinks)
16. Monkey Man - Amy Winehouse (The Specials)
17. Rock and Roll - Rasputina (Led Zeppelin)
18. Hallelujah - Clare Bowditch (Leonard Cohen)
19. Exit Music (for a film) - Brad Mehldau (Radiohead)

It's Spring here in Australia and that means it's time for some new quiz questions.  Today's quiz has some spring-inspired questions as well as some new categories: Going Solo, Chipmunk and Classical Covers.

If you have the time this week, try and fill out my online survey and help me to help you enjoy the Music I-Quiz even more.
 

Click here to take survey

 It's Fathers Day here in Australia and this quiz is all about the dads. 

Elvis Presley is a cultural icon - how well do you know The King?  Questions covering some Elvis movies, cover songs and songs that were inspired by Elvis.

How well do you know the musical letter of 'H'?  Questions about songs, bands and tv shows that start with the letter H.  

I got some great submissions, here we go.

John B.- A grasshopper walks into a bar.
The bartender says, "Hey, I've got a drink named after you!"
The grasshopper replies, "You have a drink named 'Jim'??"

Cool B - Man goes in a bar...
No pretzels, no chips, just mangos.

Rachel -

Hey guys just letting you know I'm taking the weekend off.  The weather just turned nice and I got a call to go to the beach for the weekend - what's a girl to do?  See you all next week.

How well can you mix music and alcohol??? 

A Simpsons-themed show to tie in with the release of the new movie this week.  Plus, rounds of Mash-Up and Actors Who Sing.
I am so looking forward to seeing this movie (thanks timmyb)

The track I played, "What'll I Do" was taken from the album The McGarrigle Hour and that track featured Kate and Anna Mcgarrigle, Kate's ex-husband Loudon Wainwright III, and their son Rufus Wainwright.

As promised, here is your chance to share your road trip cd with the rest of the world.  Here is what I put in mine, separated into 3 sub-genres:  wind in your hair songs; songs you can car dance to; and finally cheesy sing-along songs (hopefully you can tell what's what) - why don't you leave your tracklist as a comment.

1. Intro from This American Life
2.It's a Beautiful Day - The Eels
3. Summertime - The Sundays
4. Bang Bang - Joe Cuba
5. 20th Century Man - The Kinks
6. New York, New York - Ryan Adams
7. Kissing My Love - Bill Withers
8. Burning Love - Elvis Presley
9. Proud Mary - Ike and Tina Turner
10. The Happy Song - Otis Redding
11. Thunder Road - Bruce Springsteen
12. Misty Mountain Hop - Led Zeppelin
13. Mr Brightside - The Killers
14. Stickshifts and Safetybelts - Cake
15. Suspicious Minds - Elvis Presley
16. California Dreamin' - Mamas and the Papas
17. I Know Him So Well - Barbara Dickson and Elaine Page
18. Top of the World - The Carpenters
19. Chicago - Sufjan Stevens
20. Harvest Moon - Neil Young
21. Take me Home, Country Roads - Toots and the Maytals.

This week we look at some musical families, with questions about brothers, sisters, husband and wives and mums and dads.

A quiz all about Texas.  Plus we hear from Dave who has a Back to Beck plus he tells us a little about his photography which you can peruse
at http://www.daveburckphotography.com

Another all cover quiz with questions about songs that are done in different languages and genres, including bluegrass and lounge.

Here we are at episode number 50 - this show features some special guest quizmasters, some classic music from the 50s plus I announce the winner of the latest Little Miss I-Quiz

We countdown towards the gala 50th show with a quiz all about numbers - specifically the numbers from one to twenty.

Another alphabet show.  See how many bands, songs and tv shows you know that start with the letter "G". 

The third instalment of Little Miss I-Quiz - your chance to match wits with your fellow listeners.  Have a go at the 20 questions then email me your answers to musiciquiz@gmail.com for your chance to win a $20 voucher from Amazon.com.  The picture with this weeks quiz is our reigning Little Miss(ter) I-Quiz - Steve Boorman.

The 5 songs in the song scramble were (in order)

1. All Along the Watchtower - Jimi Hendrix
2. All for you - Sister Hazel
3. All I Wanna Do - Sheryl Crow
4. All I want is You - U2
5. All Night Long - Lionel Richie

This and That is all about songs and bands that have "and" in the middle word of their name.  Also on tonights show is a bonus song scramble and I tell you about a new Little Miss I-Quiz and my gala 50th show.

This quiz is for those people who like a little geography with their music, with questions about cities, countries, continents and even planets in music.

The 5 movies were all written by John Hughes.
P.S. Sorry I was a bit late posting this

This weeks quiz looks back on the music of the 1980's with questions about number one songs and movies from that decade.  Also on the show is a guest round on 80's dance music from Maxwell K.

The 5 songs in the song scramble, in order, were
1. Always on the Run - Lenny Kravitz
2. Bohemian Rhapsody - Queen
3. What's Going On - Marvin Gaye
4. You Can't Hurry Love - Diana Ross and the Supremes
5. Let it Be - The Beatles

I'm sure you got those all right, hey!!

A very Happy Mother's Day to all you mums out there.  To celebrate, I've got 20 songs about mums for you - how many can you name?  There is also a bonus mothers day song scramble and I will post the answer to that on the website on Wednesday.

No special theme this week, sorry twas a bit lazy.  We have rounds of Original or Cover, Pick the Riff plus a couple of newbies - Choose Your Weapon and Mondegreens. 

The two artists that had April as both their birth and death month were Marvin Gaye and Muddy Waters.

This week we look back at the month of April - in particular those musicians that were either born or that died during this month in history. 

F is for funkadelic fun on this weeks quiz.  See how many bands, songs and tv shows you can name that start with the letter F.  Plus make sure you email me your names for the mix cd exchange that will kick off in the first week of May.

This quiz involves muppets, you know, from Sesame Street and that wonderful show, The Muppet Show.   I also test you on your musical food groups with some bands that represent each of the five food groups.  Thanks to Kerri for her idea on that topic. 
And Dave and I announce a brand new project we're starting on the Music I-Quiz, a mix cd exchange.

Another all cover song quiz.  I love cover songs.

This week on the quiz we look at this years inductees into the rock and roll hall of fame as well as the stars that introduced them at the ceremony held earlier in March. There is also rounds of original or cover and mash-up. The video is the all-star jam finale from this years hall of fame cermeony.

This week on the Music I-Quiz we investigate the use of colour in the world of music.  See if you can name these colour songs and artists.  For your enjoyment check out this video of The Dark Side of The Rainbow - it's what happens when you mix the Wizard of Oz with Pink Floyd's Dark Side of the Moon.

A big thanks to George Garner for alerting me to this fact. I mentioned in episode 34 that I had trouble tracking down the first song to become number one by a female artist. Well George had no trouble at all - here is a copy of his e-mail -
"But I was surprised by the difficulty you had finding the first female song to top the charts. I'm not sure if you're aware of the great almanac by Joel Whitburn called The Billboard Book of Top 40 Singles. He puts one out every four years and it lists every song and artist that ever hit the top 40 from 1955 to the publish date. And it shows that, in fact, the first 3 #1 songs on the Top 40 charts were from women: 1. Joan Weber, "Let Me Go Lover" (01/01/1955) 2. The Fontane Sisters, "Hearts of Stone" (02/05/1955) 3. The McGuire Sisters, "Sincerely". (02/12/1955) Those songs spent 4, 3, and 10 weeks at number 1 respectively. So for the first four-ish months the Billboard Top 40 chart was published, women ruled!"

I hand the reins over to you this week and do questions and topics suggested and produced by you - the dear listener.  Topics include boy bands, movie bands, lyrics and special guest quizmasters Dave and Jeremy. 

We celebrate International Women's Day this week with an all-sheila show.  There are questions on girl groups as well as 15 ground-breaking and influential women musicians. 

In case you didn't want to die not knowing all the answers - here they are. Now I cut and paste this from the winning entry of Steve Boorman - this is your competition folks. A big thankyou to everyone that entered, you guys ROCK!! I want to give special mention to Erik, who also got 100% and to my mate Kezzie who got a very respectable 19.25 (and she used to live with me - poor thing) -=Pick the Riff=- 1 Tracey Chapman - Talkin 'Bout a Revolution (Tracy Chapman) 2 Sheryl Crow - Strong Enough (Tuesday Night Music Club) 3 Melissa Etheridge - Like the Way I Do (Melissa Etheridge) 4 k.d. lang - Constant Craving (Ingenue) 5 Indigo Girls - Closer to Fine (Indigo Girls) -=Mash up=- 6 The Police - Every Breath You Take (Synchronicity) Ben E. King - Stand By Me 7 Michael Jackson - Billie Jean (Thriller) Nirvana - Smells Like Teen Spirit (Nevermind) 8 Shaggy (Orville Richard Burrell) - It Wasn't Me (Hot Shot) The Beatles - Let It Be (Let It Be) 9 Coldplay - In My Place (A Rush of Blood to the Head) Destiny's Child - Say My Name (The Writing's on the Wall) 10 The White Stripes- Seven Nation Army (Elephant) Eurythmics - Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) (Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This) -= Cameo: Emmylou Harris =- 11 Duet: Bob Dylan Song: One More Cup of Coffee Album: Desire Album 12 Duet: Sarah McLachlan Song: Angel Album: Lilith Fair Vol 2 -=The Devil Made Me Do It=- 13 Duet: Gram Parsons Song: Love Hurts Album: Grievous Angel 14 Duet: Ryan Adams Song: Oh My Sweet Carolina Album: Heartbreaker 15 Duet: Lucinda Williams Song: Greenville Album: Car Wheels on a Gravel Road -=Original or Cover=- 16 Original. "Rudy, A Message To You", by Dandy Livingstone. 17 R.E.M. cover of The Clique's, "Superman". 18 Cover by Joe cocker of "The Letter" Song written by Wayne Carson but performed by The Box Tops 19 Original. "You Can Leave Your Hat On" by Randy Newman. 20 James Taylor cover of "You've Got A Friend" by Carole King.

This week we explore those songs where the lyricist was having a day off and decided to just add some random whistling, la, la, las or finally some tuneful humming instead of writing real lyrics.  A warning, after listening to this episode there is a good chance that you'll be whistling for the rest of the day.  In this episode I also announce the winner of the Little Miss I-Quiz Pagaent.

We've reached the second vowel in our journey through the musical alphabet.  See how many bands, songs and movies you know that start with the letter E.

Well you asked for it - here is the full version of Escape (The Pina Colada Song) by Rupert Holmes - a contender for one of the worst songs dver written.  Enjoy!!!!

A look back at the year of 1979, a year in music which had an interesting mix of disco, punk and the rebirth of rock.  This quiz will test you on musicians that were born in, songs that were number one, the grammy awards and some other important musical events that all occured in 1979.  E-mail me with your request for years in music you would like examined.

Another instalment of Little Miss I-Quiz.  Email your answers to the 20 questions to musiciquiz@gmail.com for your chance to win a $20 voucher from amazon.com plus some goodies from Australia.  Good Luck!!!

To celebrate the late great Bob Marley's birthday which is on Feb 6 - the Music I-Quiz goes reggae, with some questions on the great man himself, some other reggae artists and some reggae cover songs.  Back to Beck is back - sit back, relax, smoke 'em if you got 'em and enjoy.

The songs appearing in the 4 chord song are.........

1.Don't Stop Believin' - Journey 2.Adam's Song - Blink 182 3.Not Pretty Enough - Kasey Chambers 4.Amazing - Alex Lloyd 5.Wherever You Will Go - The Calling 6.Glycerine - Bush 7.Heaven Coming Down - The Tea Party 8.Superman - Five For Fighting 9.High - Lighthouse Family 10.Sway - Bic Runga 11.Soul To Squeeze - Red Hot Chili Peppers 12.She Will Be Loved - Maroon 5 13.With Or Without You - U2 14.Fall At Your Feet - Crowded House 15.Torn - Natalie Imbruglia 16.Scar - Missy Higgins 17.Let It Be - The Beatles 18.Under The Bridge - Red Hot Chili Peppers 19.Man In The Mirror - Michael Jackson 20.Can You Feel The Love Tonight - Elton John How did you do??? Leave a comment and let me know. Anna

An all-Australian quiz to celebrate Australia Day which was on the 26th January.  See how many Aussie bands and musicians you know.
Good on ya mate!!!!
To see the homework question - check out Benny and his 4 chord song on you tube.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8s13sASS5F4

The song "The Night that the lights went out in Georgia" was released in 1973.   It is about a man who meets his best friend Andy in a bar called Webs for a drink after a two-week trip. Andy reveals that the wife has been cheating on him with another man, whose name is Seth Amos. Andy also reveals that he has "been with her himself." Later that evening, the man gets his gun and goes to Andy's house to kill him, but finds that someone has already killed Andy. The police arrive after the man shoots his gun to catch their attention, and he is arrested at the scene, is tried, wrongly convicted, and hanged. The narrator then reveals that she is the man's sister and was the one who shot Andy, and killed her brother's wife.

For this weeks quiz you get to play detective, judge and jury when we investigate some songs that are all about crime and murder.  We also find out what was the number one song of last year and play a round of offspring.

The quiz goes Broadway this week, with questions from some of the great musicals of our time.  We hear from the musical maestro, Andrew Lloyd Webber, as well as some cover songs of some popular songs from musicals of the stage and screen.  Your homework this week - check out this montage of some great broadway musicals. 

The answer to the homework question for episode 25 is, in the order you hear them in the song.
1. All That She Wants - Ace of Base  
2. The Boy Is Mine - Brandy and Monica 
3. Try Again - Aaliyah 
4. California Dreamin - Mamas and Papas
5. Oops I Did It Again - Britney Spears
6. Naughty Girl - Beyonce
7. I Feel Love - Donna Summer
8. This Love - Maroon 5
9. My Name Is - Eminem
10. U Don't Know My Name - Alicia Keys
11. Say My Name - Destiny's Child
12. Who Am I?(What's My Name) - Snoop Dogg
13. What's My Name? - DMX
14. Who Are You - The Who
15. Who the Hell Are You - MAdison Avenue
16. Whos' that Girl - Eurythmics
17. I Don't Remember - Peter Gabriel
18. Fame  - Irene Cara
19. The New Workout Plan - Kanye West
20. Whalt's Your Name - Lynrd Skynrd
21. Eyes Open (Remember My Name) - Jason Mraz
22. Take Me Home - Phil Collins

 Download epsiode # 25 to hear the mash-up.  Leave a comment and tell me how many you got right.

It's summer here in A-Town and to celebrate this week's quiz has a summery feel.  Hopefully it will brighten your day.  I also have a new segment to the quiz - you get some homework to do with with a mega 22 song mash-up.  Check back at the website next week to check your answers. 
P.S. I seem to have done something funny with the audio - it is not as good as it usually is.  Sheesh, sorry, won't happen again

The first show for the New Year - happy to say I'm posting this and am not hungover.  It's a familiar alphabet show so see how you go  knowing bands, songs and tv shows that start with the letter D.  There is also a mystery D artist and a Back to Beck from Joel Frederick - tracing the prime minister of funk, George Clinton, Back to Beck.

A quiz for all those people who love christmas songs - featuring 7 versions of White Christmas, a christmas album by Sufjan Stevens and finally some unorthodox instumental christmas tunes.
From Dave and I - we wish you a very merry christmas and a happy new year.  Thanks for your support and we look forward to continuing the Music I-Quiz in the New Year.

Recently a TV show here in Australia counted down Australia's Top 100 Favourite Albums of all time.  This episode will test you on the top 10.  Have a listen and see if you agree with Australia and hear me rant about our national musical taste.  To check out the entire list go to http://www.abc.net.au/myfavouritealbum/top100.htm

Also on the show are rounds of Pick the Riff, Original or Cover and Dave tries to trace Mozart Back to Beck

This week's quiz examines the year of 1967 and has questions about people who were born in 1967, some debut albums that were released, number one singles and finally grammy awards that were handed out in 1967.  It is definately one of the best years fro ground-breaking music.  Thanks to Will from the My Trivia podcast for suggesting this great year.  If you have a year you'd like me to look at, send me an e-mail to musiciquiz@gmail.com and I will be happy to oblige.
Also included is a triple Back to Beck.  Enjoy!!!!

Welcome to show number 20, another all cover show.  There are covers sung in different languages, styles and my personal worst cover songs of all time.  You should really enjoy this one.  If you like the them music I use for the music I-Quiz, check out some more of Kris Delmhorst at www.krisdelmhorst.com
Have a great week