Chart Music: the Top Of The Pops Podcast - Here Comes Quizm: The Chart Music Pub Quiz - Number 2

Episode Date: April 13, 2020

HERE COMES QUIZM #2Oh yes; back again, and now rolling every week until all this bollocks is sorted out, comes the pub quiz that doesn't need a pub. It's the same format as before, Pop-Crazed Youngsters: an hour-long, seven-round, 42-questioned music quiz that you can cheat at if you like, as there aren't any prizes. All we ask is that you do not spoiler any of the answers in the comments section, while you're bragging about points you actually got. Have at it!HERE IS THE ANSWER SHEETAND HERE IS ROUND ONE - THE PICTURE ROUNDMP3 DOWNLOAD LINKAnd don’t forget: if you’re throwing money at us on Patreon, you get this three days earlier…Subscribe |  Facebook | Twitter |  Chart Music WikiSubscribe to us on iTunes here. Support us on Patreon here. Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

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you need a news vitamin you know you need the smart seven it's a brand new daily podcast that puts your brain into gear everything you need to know in less than seven minutes you need the smarts hey we got the smarts the smart seven every weekday at 7 a.m available right now on Spotify and all the usual places. The following podcast is a member of the Great Big Owl family. guitar solo Hey! Up you pop-craze youngsters and welcome back to Here Comes Quism, the chart music pub quiz. Yes, we're back and yes, it's just as it was last week and yes we will be doing it every week until they've got us off lockdown so if you're back again thank you very much good to see you if it's your first time let me explain it's your it's a pub quiz isn't it look 42 questions seven rounds all music questions it's all pre-recorded and no prizes so you know pause it

when you need to and cheat if you must. As I've said before, when I'm not doing child music, I spend my time doing pub quizzes in Nottingham, so I know what I'm going on about. I mean, I even started a fight between two people in a pub in Nottingham with fists and everything over how many holes there were in a bird's-eye potato waffle. So I am a professional at this. Oh, also, be warned, it is a bit difficult.

So if you get anywhere near 30 points, you can give yourself a big pat on the back. So the first thing you need to do is to go back to the page where you got this, download the answer sheet, and round number one, which is your picture round. Very simple this week. Who are those people in stars in their eyes pretending to be?

Who are those people on stars in their eyes pretending to be? Like I've said, we're going to run this sort of real time, so there's no rush. We're going to start round number two in about five minutes or so. If, you know, you've got to print it out, brilliant. If not, you know, just get a bit of paper and do what you need to do. I ain't going to tell you what to do. Okay? Good. Okay. Back in five minutes. Way down inside What more can you need? Can you Need ¶¶

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Five questions about stuff that went off this week in Istria. So, question number six. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in which British city on This Week in 1974? ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in which British city or town, I don't know, on This Week in 1974? Question number seven. Blondie had their third and final single in the USA on This Week in 1981. What was it?

Blondie had their third and final number one single in the USA on This Week in 1981. What was it? Question number eight. Question number eight. Within one year either side, in which year did Prince release his first LP on This Week in Istra? Within one year, I decide in which year did Prince release his first LP on This Week in Istra. Question number nine Question number nine Which David Bowie LP was released on This Week in 1993? Which David Bowie LP was released on This Week in 1993.

Question number 10. Who announced that he was leaving the Beatles in a press release on This Week in 1970? Who announced that he was leaving the Beatles in a press release on This Week in 1970? And your next question is your bonus one. Your bonus one question on the bottom left-hand corner of your sheet. Name one of the two football teams that Derek Taylor mentioned in the Apple press release that announced the split of the Beatles on This Week in 1970. Name one of the two football teams that Derek Taylor mentioned in the Apple Press release

announcing the split of the Beatles on this week in 1970. One of them was northern, one of them was southern. and that me ducks is the end of round number two Thank you. Rhyme No. 3 Before we get stuck into round number three, just want to let you know we're still all good in Char Music land. We're currently in talks and working out recording dates for future episodes. So sit tight. There'll be a new episode with you in a while. I don't want to say because, you know, it'll be soon anyway. All right, and let's get stuck into round number three of Here Comes Quizm. Round number three is your top ten round.

Rules of the top ten round, same as they were last week. Every time I do a quiz, I bring a top ten list with me. Could be anything. I'll give you the subject. You write down five things in your round number three box that you think are going to be in that top ten. For every one of your five answers that is in the top ten, you get a point. But if you get the top five in any particular order, you get a bonus of two points.

This week's subject is the ten bands who appeared on the most NME covers in the 1990s. NME covers in the 1990s. The 10 bands who appeared on the most NME covers in the 1990s. So that's from January 1990 to December 1999, obviously. I'll give you a few minutes on that one. guitar solo Thank you. So, this week's top ten is the ten bands who appeared on the most covers of the New Musical Express in the 1990s. The ten bands who appeared on the most NME covers in the 1990s. I'll give you a couple more minutes on that one. Thank you. And that is the end of round number three. We'll be right back after this word. I'm Tilly Steele. And I'm Helen Monk.

And this is Bitchin'. I'm dyslexic. Yeah, why do you read the Wikipedia page? It's good to practice. A podcast where every week we talk about a different person. So how old was he when he first popped on the scene? That's a great question.

If you say he was my age, I'm gonna fucking die. And we veer wildly off track. Pop that Prosec. Available on all your podcast apps. That's not right. Can you not say er in the advert? Available on all your podcast platforms.

Just search Bitchin' or Great Big Owl. We'll see you there. That was all right. This is the first radio ad you can smell. The new Cinnabon Pull Apart, only at Wendy's. It's ooey, gooey, and just five bucks with a small coffee all day long. Taxes extra at participating Wendy's until May 5th. Terms and conditions apply. Thank you. guitar solo Where has it been since I saw thee

On El Climo, but dead Where has it been since I saw thee We'll go ahead and do it. That's where I'll be. I don't think I'll be there. I don't think I'll be there. Oh, yeah. Where has he been? I've been on a clean mob, I tell you Where has he been? I've been on a clean mob I don't try to know But it's a clean mob, I tell you Clean mob, I tell you All right, me ducks, let's move into round number four of Here Comes Quism.

And just like last week, round number four is called Television Theme Tunes Played Backwards. Oh yes, once again I've got five television theme tunes from the chart music era, if you will. And I'm going to play them back to back to back to back to back, backwards. Your job, should you choose to accept it, is to tell me what they are if I were to play them forwards which I won't do at the end of the quiz here is question number 16 what is this? Thank you. Question number 18. ¶¶ Press number 20. The End Whoa, how did you get on with them?

Do you want to hear them again? Do you want clues? Let's have a look. Question number 16, Channel 4, The 80s. The 80s. Question number 17 BBC One 70s and 80s Question number 18

BBC One Late 70s. Question number 19, longV, the 70s. All right, then, Pulk Rage Junctions, that's the end of round number four, also the end of the first half of the quiz. We're going to take a short break. I don't know how long for. Long enough for you to go outside

or hang out your window or go and have a slash or attend to the other people in your house or whatever you want to do. Oh, this one goes out to all the people in lockdown on their own. Odon, be strong. I am an astronaut. I am an astronaut. Daddy's away and mum's asleep. I am an astronaut. I am a polar bear. I am a polar bear. I'm anything I want to be when nobody else is there Like a gorilla

He's a real killer, yeah He's a real con man Yeah, that's what I am High up among the stars High up among the stars I'm in a super time machine and I'm on the way to Mars I am an astronaut

I am an astronaut Daddy's away and Mum's asleep I am an astronaut ¶¶ Thank you. the stars. I am from among the stars. I'm in a super time machine and I'm on my way to Mars. I am an astronaut. I am an astronaut. There is a way among the sea. I am an astronaut I got to run Keep on hiding And I'm down

Keep on riding I've got one more Silver dollar I ain't. I don't know. I'm wearing. Forever. Silver. Silver dollar And I ain't gonna let him catch me Ain't gonna let him catch me

I'm hitting my rider I ain't gonna let him catch me Ain't gonna let him catch me I'm hitting my rider So, please, brother, let him catch him in my stride. Thank you. ¶¶ Soon be sharing I've got quite a more Silver dollar And I ain't gonna let him catch me, no Ain't gonna let him catch me with my stride I ain't gonna let him catch me

Ain't gonna let him catch me Don't hit my pride All right, Pop Craze youngsters, we're going to start round number five in a couple of minutes. But before I do that, I've got to impart some much-needed good news to you all. Remember last time I told you that Chris Needham's recording studio thing had knackered up?

He's fixed it, thank God, and he sent me the Lockdown EP. Three new tunes that he's recorded this week, which will be going on his official YouTube channel, which is official Chris Needham very soon.

He says, the first track is my usual calibre of metal anthem in celebration and praise of the greatest musical genre ever. Pure steel forever is a proper heavy metal call to arms indeed. Bang that head, throw those horns.

So there you go, Chris is back because you can't quarantine metal back soon Thank you. We'll be right back. All right, then, Pop Craze Youngsters, stop what you're doing. You belong to me now for the rest of this quiz because we're about to start round number five. And once again, round number five is called My Non-R on a Bon Tempe Organ.

A lot of people have been asking about my Non-R. Just want to let you know she's absolutely fine. A keyboard absolutely funks of deckle. She's taking all precautions and no chances. And once again, she's dropped a five-song set upon you. I'm going to play them tunes right now, back to back to back to back to back. You get half a point for the name of the original band or artist, half a point for the name of the tune. or artist. Half a point for the name of the tune.

So, question number 21. What's this? Who did it originally? Take it away, Nona. I'm Thank you. Question number 22 Half a point for the name of the band or artist Half a point for the name of the tune If you want a dunce, dunce. I'm not stopping you. Question number 23, half a point for the name of the band or artist, half a point for the name of the tune. Bye. Bye. Question number 24. Half a point for the name of the band or artist, half a point for the name of the band or artist, half a point for the name of the tune. Thank you. And question number 25, half a point for the name of the band or artist,

half a point for the name of the band or artist off the point for the name of the tune. Thank you. Oh, no, no. Rewind and come again, please. Question number 21. Question number 22. Question number 23. Question number 24. And question number 25. Oh, thank you, Nono. Back you go under the stairs where it's nice and safe,

and I'll see you next week, duckhead. Here comes quiz and we'll return after this word. Rule of three is back, where funny people talk about funny things that they find funny. Falling over, looking stupid. We've had all sorts on. Sue Perkins. Ashlyn Bee. Nish Kumar.

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Eddie Izzard In a two part special Rule of three From Great Big Owl Find it wherever you listen right and let's get stuck into round number six pop craze youngsters round number six, Pop Craze Youngsters. Round number six is called The Lucky Bag of Randomness. It's your potluck round. Question number 26. Which Michael Jackson single

kept Free As A Bird by The Beacles off the number one spot in the UK in December of 1995? Which Michael Jackson single kept Free As A Bird by The Beacons off the number one spot in the UK charts in December of 1995? Question number 27. Question number 27. Question number 27. Which band's T-shirt is Sting wearing in the video for Don't Stand So Close To Me?

Which band's T-shirt is Sting wearing in the video for Don't Stand So Close To Me. Question number 28. What does the B stand for in B.A. Robertson? What does the B stand for in B.A. Robertson? I know what it should stand for, but I want to know what it does stand for. Question number 29. Which Whitney Houston single was used in Saddam Hussein's election campaign of 2002? Which Whitney Houston single was used in Saddam Hussein's election campaign in 2002? Question number 30.

Question number 30. Who was the oldest member of the Sex Pistols? Who was the oldest member of the Sex Pistols? And that's all five of them. Question number 30. Who was the oldest member of the Sex Pistols? And that's all five of them. Question number 30. Who was the oldest member of the Sex Pistols? And your next question is your bonus two. Your bonus two question on the bottom right hand corner of your answer sheet. Who was the youngest member of the Sex Pistols? Who was the youngest member of the Sex Pistols? And that is the end of round number six. Thank you. Thank you. All right, Pop Craze youngsters,

we're in the final stretch of Here Comes Quizm. It's round number seven, the final round of the evening, and you know what comes next. I'm a piece of bits and pieces. Oh yeah, bits and pieces, that old standby on the Radio 1 Roadshow. I'm going to play ten tunes at you dead fast. I'm going to play it all over three times so you'll have plenty of time to absorb it. You get half

a point for the name of the band or artist. Half a point for the name of the tune. So get your tabs up and it's coming at you right now. Take it away Dave Clark. I'm a piece of bits and pieces. Oh, you, you, you, you. Ooh, how did you do with that?

Let's hear it again. I'm a piece of bits and pieces. 31. 32. 33. 33. 32 33 34 35 36 37 36

37 38 39 40 Forte. And one more time. pieces 아 아 아 유유 유유 All right then, Pulp Trade youngsters. That's the end of round number seven. It's also the end of Here Comes Quism, we're going to have a short break, I'm going to give you a chance to amend

your answer sheet if you feel like it until then do what you like I'm not your dad, see you in a bit guy who ain't good looking a painted smile gets him through the day but late at night his sole intention is to get me on my own and i know the game he wants to play Oh, no, you don't. Oh, no, you don't. That ain't the way to do it. That ain't the way to do it.

Oh, no, it ain't. Oh, no, it ain't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. So I try. I can't avoid him. Every night he's waiting down by the sea.

We hold hands in the moonlight and everything is fine till he whispers softly to me. Oh, no, you don't. Oh, no, you don't. That ain't the way to do it. That ain't the way to do it. Oh, no, it ain't. Oh, no, it ain't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't.

No, it isn't. He's been in trouble. That Judy's got to go. Uh-uh. Oh, no, you don't. Uh-uh. Oh, no, you don't. That ain't the way to do it. That ain't the way to do it. Oh, no, it ain't.

Oh, no, it ain't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. No, it isn't. Right then, Pop Crazy Youngsters, now is the time to see how you've done on this quiz. We're going to go through the answers from front to back, and we're going to start, obviously, with round number one. Picture round. Who were those people trying to be on Stars in Their Eyes? Question number one, Gilbert O'Sullivan. Question number two, Mark Almond. Yeah, I thought it was him out of S-Express too. Question number three.

Celine Dion. Question number four. Jim Kerr of Simple Minds. And question number five. Marty fucking Pelo. And yes, he did win. As we said before on Chart Music, multi-Pelo ruined Stars in Their Eyes.

Round number two on this week in Istra. Question number six. ABBA won the Eurovision Song Contest in which British city on this week in 1974? Brighton. Yes, I know it's Brighton and hope that it's a city. Brighton's a town or something, but who gives a toss in these difficult times, eh?

Question number seven. Blonde had their third and final number one single in the USA on this day in 1981. What was it? Rapture. Question number eight. Within one year, either side in which year did Prince release his first LP on This Week in History for you, which was released on This Week in 1978.

Question number nine. Which David Bowie LP was released on This Day in 1993? Black Tie, White Noise. Question number ten. Who announced that he was leaving the Beatles in a press release on this week in 1970? Paul McCartney. And your bonus one. Name one of the two football teams that Derek Taylor mentioned in the Apple press release

announcing the split of the Beatles also on this week in 1970. As he wrote, Spring is here and Leeds play Chelsea tomorrow As he wrote, In reverse order. Number 10, Happy Mondays. Number 9, The Verve. Number 8, R.E.M. Number 7, The Stone Roses. Number 6, Pulp. Anybody sweating on top 5?

Number 5, The Charlatans. Number 4, Suede. Number three. Manic Street Preachers. Number two. Blur. And number one. Obviously.

Oasis. Oh, look at all the non-white people in that collection there. Well done if you got the top five. You got an extra two points for that. Round number four, television theme tunes played backwards. Let's hear them. Question number 16, number four, 80s. The tune. Question number 17. BBC 70s and 80s. Sports Night.

Question number 18. BBC Late 70s. Possibly the greatest theme tune ever Starsky Lodge Question number 19 BBC The bane of every pop nation's life, Tomorrow's World. And question number 20, ITV, late 70s.

Well done if you got this. Run around! We're not carrying on until we've done this bit. Come on. Here we go. Yes. Round number five. My Non-Or on the Bon Tempe organ.

Go on, Non-Or. Question number 21. Crazy Horses by the Osmonds. Question number 22. Maniac by Michael Cimbello. Question number 23. You're in the Army now by Status Quo. Question number 24. La Dolce Vita by Ryan Paris.

And question number 25, Pass the Dutch Air by Musical.U. Rip it Round number six The Lucky Bag of Randomness Question number 26 Which Michael Jackson single kept free as a bird by the Beatles off the number one spot in the UK singles charts in December of 1995?

Earth Song. Question number 27. Which band's t-shirt is Sting wearing in the video for Don't Stand So Close To Me? The Beat. Question number 28. What does the B stand for in B.A. Robertson? Brian. Question number 29.

Which Whitney Houston single was used in Saddam Hussein's election campaign in 2002? I Will Always Love Ya. Oh, why wasn't it I Wanna Dance With Somebody? Question number 30. Who was the oldest member of the Sex Pistols? Steve Jones. And your bonus two. Who was the youngest member of the Sex Pistols?

Sid Vicious. Final round. Round number seven. Bits and Pieces. Let's have it, Dave Clark. Question number 31. If You Leave Me Now by Chicago. Question number 31 If You Leave Me Now by Chicago Question number 32

Return of the Man by Mark Morrison Question number 33 Wild Boys by Duran Duran Question number 34 John Wayne is Big Legger by Azy Fantazer Question number 35 Good Morning Judge by 10CC Question number 35. Question number 36.

Question number 37. Question number 38. Question number 39, Pop Music by Em. And question number 40, Walking in the Sunshine by Bad Manners. And that, me ducks, is the end of this week's Here Comes Quizm. As you do, like I always say, if you get anywhere above 30, you've done a splendid job. I need to give you a set of

meaty pats on the back. So, thanks for playing. I hope you enjoyed it. I hope you keep it well. I hope to see you next week. Until then, my name's Al Needham. God bless the NHS. My name's Al Needham. God bless the NHS.

Oh, and in case you're wondering, there's 20 holes in a bird's-eye potato waffle. ¶¶ Thank you. ¶¶ Chart music. GreatBigOwl.com This is the first radio ad you can smell. The new Cinnabon Pull Apart, only at Wendy's. It's ooey, gooey, and just five bucks with a small coffee all day long. Taxes extra at participating Wendy's until May 5th. Terms and conditions apply.