The Mick and Dave Music Quiz, Theme Independence Day

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The latest Mick & Dave Music Quiz has landed, and this time we're celebrating Independence Day with a quiz packed full of classic American anthems, legendary artists, and iconic tunes! 🇺🇸🎸

🎵 25 music questions
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🍺 Plenty of laughs, banter, and the usual Load of Bollocks thrown in for good measure!

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Transcript

SPEAKER_02 0:29

I'd like to welcome you to the McIndale Law LeBond Show. Stand by for action. Five, four, three, two, one.

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Anything can happen in the next half hour.

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So straight away, I'm gonna I'm going to hand you over to our quizmaster, the man with all the knowledge. Mick, off you go, Mick, over to you.

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So Independence Day quiz. First time we've done one of these, so it should be quite fun. So let's get into it. Question two. Which Motown singer had a nineteen sixty eight hit with I Heard It Through the Grapevine? Question three, I'm sick of hearing this song. Which American rock band had a hit with Don't Stop Believing? Question four, which American singer had a 1971 hit with Take Me Home Country Roads. Question five, which American rock band recorded Dream One? Question six is a music clip, so we want to know the name of the record and the artist.

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Because all your open school And you're not spilling much confusion.

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Question seven, which singer had a nineteen seventy-three hit with piano man? Question eight, which singer released Jack and Diane in 1982. Oh, one of my favorite songs as a kid.

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Yeah, it's a good one as this one.

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Yeah, question nine. Which American singer had a 1975 hit with Rhinestone Cowboy? Rhinestone Cowboy. Wow. Question 10. Another music clip for you. We need to know the name of the song and the artist.

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We're gonna ride till there ain't no more gold. Take it slow. Have more time with a war man's lady? Ain't nothing here that I care to take along. Maybe a song Sing when I want.

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Question eleven. Which American singer had a 1971 hit with Lean on Me? Question twelve, another music clip for you. We're putting some music words in today. Go on. In the just. Yeah. We want to know the name of the song and the artist? Question thirteen. Which group had a nineteen seventy-five disco hit with That's the Way I Like It? Question fourteen. Which American band released Good Vibrations in nineteen sixty-six? Oh my lord, question fifteen, another music clip. Which singer had a nineteen sixty-nine hit with suspicious minds? Question seventeen, which American band recorded Light My Fire in nineteen sixty-seven. Question eighteen, guess what? Another music clip. We want to know the name of the song and the artist again.

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Till so much cavalry came and tore up the tracks again in the winter of sixty-five? We were hungry, just barely alive. I took the train to Richmond that fell. It was a time I remember also well.

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Question nineteen, which American singer had a nineteen sixty-two hit with the locomotion? Another iconic tune coming up. Question twenty-one, which female singer released Respect in 1967. And question twenty two, and I love this song as well. Which band teamed up with Run DMC to re-record Walk This Way in 1986? Yeah, good as that one. Question 23. Which American band had a 1972 hit with a horse with no name? Yep. Question 24. Guess what? Another music clip for you.

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Oh yeah, some proper stuff.

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Uh we want to know the name of the song and the artist.

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I'm writers and critics who privatise with your pen. And keep your eyes awide, the chance won't come again. And don't speak too soon for the wheels still in spin. And there's no telling who that it's naming. Was a loser now will be later to win.

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Oh dear, I remember the video to this one. Question 25. Which American singer had a 1989 hit with if I could turn back time?

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Brilliant then. Absolutely brilliant questions, then Mick.

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And the bonus question today, which is a five-pointer. Good em. Which American city is known as Music City USA.

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Music City USA. That's a good one. Right. Let's go through these answers and see.

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No, I think we should make them wait a bit.

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Hang on, we've only got half an hour on Zoom. We can't make them that long.

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Well, there is that, I suppose. So question one, we asked which singer had a 1977 hit with Here You Come Again?

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That singer was a lady called Dolly Pardon.

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Question two, which Motown singer had a 1968 hit with I Heard It Through the Grapevine?

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Yeah, that singer was called Marvin Gay. It became Motown's biggest selling single at the time.

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Question three, which American rock band had a hit with Don't Stop Believing? Don't stop believing. Go on. If anyone gets this wrong, they want to slap around the head because it's been played forever.

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Don't stop believing. The band was called Journey. Released in 1981.

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It feels like it was released last week. Question four, which American singer had a 1971 hit with Take Me Home Country Roads? Take me home Country Roads. Sung by John Denver. Question five, which American rock band recorded Dream On?

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Dream On. Yeah, recorded by Ernold Smith.

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Question 6 was the music clip. We wanted to know the name of the song and the artist.

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Right, so basically the song was Reach Out, I'll be there, and the artists were on the four tops. Released in 1966.

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Question seven. Which singer had a 1973 hit with a piano man?

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The piano man. There's only one piano man. Well there's two we're looking for. Billy Joel.

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Which singer released Jack and Diane in 1982?

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Yeah, that single was called John Mellencamp. It became a US number one single.

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Question nine. Which American singer had a 1975 hit with Rhinestone Cowboy?

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Rhinestone Cowboy was sung by Glenn Campbell and again got to number one US pop track.

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Great song.

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Great song.

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Question 10 is another music clip. We want to know the name of the song and the artist.

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We gonna ride till there ain't no more ago. Taking it slow. Ain't nothing here that I care to take on along. Maybe a song.

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The song was Crackling Rose and the artist was Neil Diamond. It was released in 1970.

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Question 11. Which American singer had a 1971 hit with Lean on Me?

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Oh, it's the Duck Withers guy, innit? Stick a duck in the microwave. What happens? He ends up with Bill Withers. Oh, that's bad that day.

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Bill Withers Question twelve. Another music clip. We want to know the name of the song and the artist.

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Oh yeah, what a piece of music. This is Risers of the Storm The Doors. Absolute classic.

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Question 13. Which group had a 1975 disco hit with That's the Way I Like It?

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Yeah, the disco band was Casey and the Sunshine Band.

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Question 14. Which American band released Good Vibrations in 1966?

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Yeah, that's the American band was the Beast Boys. Yeah, basically. Most expensive single ever made. Took over 90 hours to record.

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Wow. Wow. Question 15. Another music clip. We want to know the name of the song, The Artist.

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I bet most of you doesn't remember that.

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No, I don't, mate, to be fair. But then again, I'm not a dinosaur. No, you're not, no, you're right. You're right. Question 16. Which singer had a 1969 hit with suspicious minds?

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Oh, the king himself, Mr. Elvis Presley.

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Question 17. Which American band recorded Light My Fire in 1967?

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Second time we mentioned this band, The Doors, Jim Morrison.

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Question 18 was another music clip for you. We want to know the name of the song and the artist.

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I took the train to Richmond that fell. It was a time I remember also when The song was called The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.

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It was by John Bias.

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Question 19. Which American singer had a nineteen sixty-two hit with the locomotion?

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Learn it called Little Eva.

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Question twenty. Which American band recorded every rose has its thorn?

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Every rose has its thorn. Yeah, became a number US number one.

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Question twenty-one. Which female singer released Respect in 1967?

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Respect was recorded by Aretha Franklin.

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Question 22. Which band teamed up with Run DMC to re-record Walk This Way in 1986?

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Yeah, Walk This Way.

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Which American band had a 1972 hit with a horse with no name? And question 24 is another music clip. Are we wanting to know the name of the mu the song and the artist?

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I'm writers and critics who privacy with your pen. And keep your eyes awide, the chance won't come again. And don't speak too soon for the wheel still in spin. And there's no telling who that it's naming.

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The music is called The Times Are a Changing, and it was by Bob Dylan.

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Question 25. I'm guessing every teenage lad will have watched this video. Which is which American singer had a 1989 hit with If I Could Turn Back Time?

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Yeah, obviously, sure. It became one of MTV's most notorious videos of the 1980s.

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I wonder why. I wonder why. Which would probably be banned today if we're honest. And the bonus question this for this quiz was which American City is known as Music City USA.

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Music City USA. Yeah, basically. Home of the Grand Opera and country music. So that is often referred to as the Music City.

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So that rounds us up for today. So if you could manage to get every question correct, you should be looking at 30 points. And if you have congrats and well done.

SPEAKER_02 20:52

Yeah, uh and like say um happy independence day to all the American people out there listening. We'll be having a great day. And you know, special mention to a couple of our friends out there, Justin and Cody.

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Yes, most definitely.

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Any questions you want to have?

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Give a good shout out to my brother who's on that side of the world nowadays. And I hope he's having a good one. So blue, all the best.

SPEAKER_02 21:24

Oh that's brilliant. Any questions you want to go back on?

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I don't think so. Thinking about it?

SPEAKER_02 21:33

No, I think it'd be quite good, then. Good quiz that. Good quiz. Like I say if you like him, have a play along, have fun, let us know what you get what your scores are. We get so many downloads, it's all you know unreal. We enjoy doing them. So that's it, really. So until the next quiz or the podcast, we'll say, I'm Dave, and it's buy from me, Dave.

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And I'm Mick, and it's uh buy from me, Mick.

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Hey. Always look on the bright side of life. Always look on the light side of life.

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Light the pinch when you stop.