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Music Trivia Questions

1. In which US state was Taylor Swift born?

   Pennsylvania

   Swift spent her early years on a Christmas tree farm in Pennsylvania. Her family moved to Tennessee when she was 14.

   From the Taylor Swift quiz

2. Which singer was known as the "Material Girl" and the "Queen of Pop"?

   Madonna

   At the first MTV Video Music Awards in 1984, she sang "Like a Virgin" in a wedding dress atop a giant wedding cake.

   From the '80s Music quiz

3. Which English city did the Beatles come from?

   Liverpool

   Before they were famous, the band sharpened its act playing long club sets in Hamburg, Germany, between 1960 and 1962.

   From the The Beatles quiz

4. Which 1982 Michael Jackson album is widely called the best-selling album of all time?

   Thriller

   All seven of its singles reached the Top 10 of the Billboard Hot 100.

   From the Michael Jackson quiz

5. Finish the Neil Diamond lyric: "Sweet Caroline... good times never seemed so..."?

   Good

   Boston Red Sox fans have sung it in the eighth inning at Fenway Park since around 2002.

   From the Finish the Lyric quiz

6. Which Queen anthem is built around a stomp-stomp-clap beat heard in sports arenas?

   We Will Rock You

   Brian May wrote it after a 1977 show where the crowd sang "You'll Never Walk Alone" to the band.

   From the Queen & Freddie Mercury quiz

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