Have A Pop At Our Great 2007 Music Quiz

Dec 28 2007

How well do you know your pop stars? Who are these people?

1 Last year's X Factor winner topped the charts with her debut album Spirit.

2 Her debut single Poison Prince had a fairy-tale ring to it but was actually an ode to Babyshambles rocker Pete Doherty.

3 An English crowd were accused of being hasty when they claimed this Scots singer was drunk because they couldn't understand his accent.

4 Their second album Favourite Worst Nightmare shot straight to No1 in April but who couldn't give an - Monkeys.

5 It takes patience to win awards and this group added another to their collection with the Best Brit award for Best Single.

6 It wasn't acceptable back in the 80s but this Scots dance star launched his career in 2007 with a little help from MySpace.

7 Some said it was silly to have this French dance duo headline the Rock Ness festival but they proved a hit around the world.

8 This troubled US singer and mum spent one more time in rehab before shaving her hair off in what was seen as a desperate cry for help.

9 This Dundonian outfit took their hats off to get to No1 in the album charts but only to musicians playing in the street.

10 The former Arab Strap member who challenged for the Christmas No1 single with his cheerful song We're All Going To Die.

11 Along with Hannah Waterman, this Scots singer won the BBC show Just The Two Of Us without a little help from his friends.

12 Steeple chase athlete Delilah DiCrescenzo inspired this hit from US rockers Plain White T's.

13 This Scottish pop legend made his comeback after recuperating from two brain haemorrhages with his album Home Again.

14 Dunfermline rockers Nazareth made a chart comeback after their 1975 song Hair Of The Dog was sampled by which pop group?

15 Fifty thousand people turned up for a graveside vigil to mark the 30th anniversary of the death of which King?

16 This patriotic singer allowed his 17-month-old son to make his debut at Hampden during a summer concert by dueting on the hit, Twisting The Night Away.

17 They released their seventh studio album In Rainbows as a download-only release through their website and told fans to pay what they wanted.

18 Legendary rockers who reformed for a one-off benefit gig as a tribute concert to late music mogul Ahmet Ertegun.

19 She battled breast cancer to release her comeback album this year. It was X-rated.

20 Mojo magazine gave this female singer a Woman Of The Year award but she told us, You Know I'm No Good.

21 This Scots trio crept up the backstairs to collect a Brit award for the Best Breakthrough Act.

22 This country star battled his booze addiction with a spell in rehab when he could have been hanging out with his wife Nicole Kidman.

23 It took this Scots singer seven years to release her album Freedom. If only she'd been working 9 to 5.

24 This Lord Of The Rings actor had to change the name of his band from The Angels Share to Beecake - perhaps he was worried people were Tolkein about him.

25 There was no puzzle as to why this Scottish rock trio shot to No2 in the charts with their album.

26 Name the band who won this year's Nationwide Mercury Prize?

27 The founder of the Hacienda nightclub and Factory was honoured with a posthumous Q Hero award shortly after his death.

28 Which band represented the UK at this year's Eurovision Song Contest?

29 Name the country that won the Eurovision Song Contest in 2007.

30 All the lost souls couldn't stop this former Army Captain from returning to the top of the charts.

31 His pop career is shambolic and was given a four-month custodial sentence suspended for two years for a string of drugs and motoring offences.

32 Which singer-songwriter has recently topped the charts with his album Hand Built by Robots?

33 This Scots band signed a s1million deal with Universal Records 35 years after topping the charts with Amazing Grace.

34 This unofficial Comic Relief single topped the charts in March but name the Scots duo who sang it?

35 Which wrinkly rocker claimed "the strangest thing I've tried to snort" was his father's ashes.

36 Which member of pop royalty played a staggering 21 nights at the O2 arena in London?

37 Razorlight frontman Johnny Borrell split with this Hollywood actress because there were cobwebs in his living room.

38 Which legendary soulman who was part of a husband and wife double act before they split, died this month aged 76?

39 Which has-been pop star was sacked by M&S after he claimed "the Nazis knew how to put themselves in the limelight and present themselves... The mass parades and the flags - just amazing. Really beautiful."

40 He won Britain's Got Talent following a rendition of Nessun Dorma.

41 Which singer is the subject of a biopic in which six different actors play him during different stages of his life, including Cate Blanchett.

42 The punk singer who did a bunk from Celebrity Big Brother 2007.

43 Which singer was the subject of Anton Corbijn's awardwinning film Control?

44 This Irish boy band announced they would reform seven years after going their separate ways.

45 In October, she was arrested in Norway and held overnight for drug possession.

46 This former pop star was ordered to do community service after cocaine was found in his New York apartment by police and is currently on bail on a charge of false imprisonment.

47 Celebrity Big Brother babe Chantelle Houghton divorced which ordinary boy singer.

48 Simon Cowell claimed which female singer had more talent than Bob Dylan?

49 Which nutty boy wants to stage a Mac Madstock in Scotland next summer?

50 Beyonce Knowles and Shakira topped the charts with which single in May?

51 What was Paris Hilton's hit song this year?

52 In the music video to which song is Justin Timberlake featured with Scarlett Johansson?

53 Sean P. Diddy launched a new cologne this year. What was it called?

54 Which famous singer went on a diet of water, lemon juice, pure maple syrup and cayenne pepper to prepare for the blockbuster hit Dream Girls?

55 Name the Scot who won this year's X-Factor.

56 Name the Scots group who enjoyed a Top 10 hit with a revamped version of the song Loch Lomond.

57 This legendary US music producer was tried for murder and faces a retrial after a hung jury failed to reach a unanimous verdict.

58 He said he felt good hours before he died on Christmas but wasn't buried until February because of a dispute over his estate.

59 Former US President Bill Clinton introduced his 60th birthday concert at New York's Madison Square Garden.

60 His mum claimed going into rehab was the best birthday present he could give himself.

ANSWERS

1. Leona Lewis

2. Amy Macdonald

3. Paolo Nutini

4. Arctic

5. Take That

6. Calvin Harris

7. Daft Punk

8. Britney Spears

9. The View

10. Malcolm Middleton

11. Marti Pellow

12. Hey There Delilah

13. Edwyn Collins

14. Girls Aloud

15. Elvis Presley

16. Rod Stewart

17. Radiohead

18. Led Zeppelin

19. Kylie Minogue

20. Amy Winehouse

21. Fratellis

22. Keith Urban

23. Sheena Easton

24. Billy Boyd

25. Biffy Clyro

26. Klaxons

27. Anthony Wilson

28. Scooch

29. Serbia

30. James Blunt

31. Pete Doherty

32. Newton Faulkner

33. Royal Scots Dragoon Guards

34. Proclaimers

35. Keith Richards

36. Prince

37. Kirstin Dunst

38. Ike Turner

39. Bryan Ferry

40. Paul Potts

41. Bob Dylan

42. Donny Tourette

43. Ian Curtis of Joy Division

44. Boyzone

45. Amy Winehouse

46. Boy George

47. Preston

48. Kelly Clarkson

49. Suggs of Madness

50. Beautiful Liar

51. Stars are Blind

52. What Goes Around

53.Unforgivable

54. Beyonce Knowles

55. Leon Jackson

56. Runrig

57. Phil Spector

58. James Brown

59. Sir Elton John

60. Robbie Williams