Back to the 1970s for this quiz
All the songs have a one word title for you to spot, plus, of course, we need the performers
Enjoy Don McLean , Gilbert O’ Sullivan, Sweet, Charles Aznavour , Pilot , Typically Tropical, Pussycat , Rod Stewart , Denise Williams, Kenny Rogers
Get your funky clothes on for a tour de force of 70s Disco classics
Name them and the performers AND for bonus points identify which ones come from Saturday Night Fever soundtrack (that’ll be half of them). Tavares, Edwin Starr, The Brothers Johnson, The Trammps, KC & The Sunshine Band, Earth Wind & Fire, Van McCoy, Yvonne Elliman, Frantique, Bee Gees
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Some classics from the 70s here, but can your quizzers identify what they all have in common
Name the performer 2pt and what they all have in common 5pts
Enjoy Queen, 10cc, The Rolling Stones, Slade, Sweet, The Osmonds, Elton John, David Essex, T.Rex, Showaddywaddy
More 70s Instrumental hits to identify
Performer 2pts, Tune 2pts. Easy peasy (good luck with the last one)
Listening to: Marvin Hamlisch, Focus, MFSB, The Biddu Orchestra, The Average White Band, Barry White, Spyro Gyra, Dave & Ansel Collins, Van McCoy & The Soul Symphony, Walter Murphy and the Big Apple Band
Ten TV memories from the 1970s
Just identify the shows, which include The Rockford Files, The Professionals, M*A*S*H, The Partridge Family, The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie’s Angels, Starsky & Hutch, Van der Valk, The Sweeney, The New Avengers
10 clips featuring (mostly) instrumental tracks
2pts for Performer (or Composer, you’ll know it when you hear it)
2pts for tune title (easy)
Let’s listen to..Hot Butter, Average White Band, Van McCoy, Eric Weissberg, Mark Hamlisch, Focus, John Williams, Spyro Gyra, John Handy, Biddu Orchestra
One of my favourites.
Here are 10 70s clips, some of which you may not have heard for a while (and wish you still didn’t, check out tune 2)
1 pt for Performer
5 pts if you Spot the Connection from the song titles
1pt for listing what each connecting item is
Paul Nicholas, The Trammps, Wild Cherry, Queen, Dire Straits, The Ramones, The Kinks, King Curtis, McGuinness Flint, Crosby, Stills, Nash and Young
I like this one. 10 great clips from the 70s and 80s, but which songs first charted in which decade
Performer and Song – 2 pts each. Correct decade 4pts
Enjoy some Olivia Newton-John and ELO, Tubeway Army, Adam and the Ants, The Police, Althea and Donna, Shakin’ Stevens, John Lennon, Lionel Richie/The Commodores, Kate Bush, Blondie
If you feel like some romance, this round is for you AND it isn’t too hard
I just want the song and performer for each clip : 2 points for each
You’ll love Heatwave, Bee Gees, Captain & Tennille, 10cc, Leo Sayer, Minnie Riperton, Lobo, Major Harris, John Travolta, England Dan and John Ford Cole
Ten number ones from the 1970s the decade of brash colours, huge boots and glam rock, disco and bubblegum. See if you (well, your guests) can identify the artists performing, the year the songs were released.
Includes tunes like Love Grows, Video Killed the Radio Star, Ms Grace, Get Down and more….
