🎼 The LessonUp Top 2000 Quiz - Edition 2022🎤

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Introduction

A quiz on the top 2000 songs... ever!

Instructions

This one surely speaks for itself! A quiz on the top 2000 of all time! Test your knowledge of music and popular culture with your students, in the staff room or at your next family gathering!

Quiz

Edition 2022

Is it a hit?

A simple question to warm up: 

Is it in the Top 2000?

Single cover

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1. Yes
2. No

A simple question to warm up: 

Is it in the Top 2000?

Single cover

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1. Yes
2. No

A simple question to warm up: 

Is it in the Top 2000?

Single cover

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1. Yes
2. No

A simple question to warm up: 

Is it in the Top 2000?

Single cover

Fragment

1. Yes
2. No

A simple question to warm up: 

Is it in the Top 2000?

Single cover

Fragment

1. Yes
2. No

Bands without their frontman

Do you recognise this band without its lead singer?

1. U2
2. Coldplay
3. Bastille
4. Arctic Monkeys

Do you recognise this band without its lead singer?

1. The Chemical Brothers
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Pink Floyd
4. U2

Do you recognise this band without its lead singer?

1. Red Hot Chili Peppers
2. Metallica
3. Nirvana
4. The Beatles

Do you recognise this band without its lead singer?

1. Nirvana
2. Red Hot Chili Peppers
3. The Killers
4. Florence and the Machine

Intros

This is the intro of what famous song? 

1. Tears In The Morning
2. A Whiter Shade of Pale
3. Nights in White Satin
4. Hotel California

This is the intro of what famous song?

1. Riders on the Storm
2. Stan
3. Cry me a River
4. Mr. Blue Sky

This is the intro of what famous song?

1. Sympathy for the Devil
2. Samba Pa Ti
3. Every Teardrop Is A Waterfall
4. The Wall Street Shuffle

This is the intro of what famous song?

1. Mama
2. Private Investigations
3. In The Air Tonight
4. Space Oddity

This is the intro of what famous song?

1. Sweet Child of Mine
2. Heroes
3. Paradise by the Dashboard Light
4. Enter Sandman

dniweR - Rewind

The intro, rewinded! 

Which song is it?

Intro

Answer

1. Coldplay - Clocks
2. John Lennon - Imagine
3. Stromae - Formidable
4. Van Halen - Jump

The intro, rewinded! 

Which song is it?

Intro

Answer

1. Ultravox - Vienna
2. The Village People - YMCA
3. Europe - The Final Countdown
4. Tavares - Heaven Must Be Missing An Angel

The intro, rewinded! 

Which song is it?

Intro

Answer

1. The Eagles - Hotel California
2. Madonna - Music
3. The Black Eyed Peas - I've gotta feeling
4. The Police - Roxanne

The intro, rewinded! 

Which song is it?

Intro

Answer

1. ELO - Mr. Blue Sky
2. Bastille - Pompeii
3. Thin Lizzy - The Boys are back in Town
4. Imagine Dragons - Demons

The intro, rewinded! 

Which song is it?

Intro

Answer

1. Queen - Bohemian Rhapsody
2. Queen - Radio Gaga
3. Queen - Flash
4. Queen - I Want To Break Free

Music as Emojis

Which emoji is missing?
🟣...

Answer

1. ☔️
2. 🌙
3. 🍎
4. 👗

Which emoji is missing?

💦 ..?..

Answer

1. 🌊
2. 🚽
3. 🐿
4. 🚗

Which emoji is missing?

🍦🍦..?..

Answer

1. 💋
2. ☠️
3. 👶🏻
4. 🥶

Which emoji is missing?

🕳 ..?..

Answer

1. ☀️
2. 🌙
3. 😍
4. 🌊

Which emoji is missing?

🚗 🏠 ..?..

Answer

1. ♻️
2. 🎄
3. 👶🏻
4. 📚

Covers

Whose song was it originally?

Cover

Answer

1. The Beatles
2. Bob Dylan
3. Neil Young
4. Simon and Garfunkel

Whose song was it originally?

Cover

Answer

1. Bob Dylan
2. Jimi Hendrix
3. U2
4. Guns and Roses

Whose song was it originally?

Cover

Answer

1. Erasure
2. Tears for Fears
3. Human League
4. Depeche Mode

Whose song was it originally?

Cover

Answer

1. AC/DC
2. The Eagles
3. Jefferson Airplane
4. Queen

Whose song was it originally?

Cover

Answer

1. Dolly Parton
2. Tammy Winette
3. Tina Turner
4. June Carter

TikTok!

You know them via TikTok, but some of these hits  have been in the Top 2000 for many years. 

Whose hits are they?

1. Tears for Fears
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Backstreet Boys
4. U2

You know them via TikTok, but some of these hits have been in the Top 2000 for many years. 

Whose hits are they?

1. Metallica
2. Guns and Roses
3. AC/DC
4. Soundgarden

You know them via TikTok, but some of these hits have been in the Top 2000 for many years. 

Whose hits are they?

1. Crowded House
2. Fleetwood Mac
3. Genesis
4. Eurythmics

You know them via TikTok, but some of these hits have been in the Top 2000 for many years. 

Whose hits are they?

1. Lady Antebellum
2. Bonnie Raitt
3. Kate Bush
4. Norah Jones

You know them via TikTok, but some of these hits have been in the Top 2000 for many years. 

Whose hits are they?

1. Matthew Wilder
2. Dave Matthews Band
3. Matthew Broderick
4. Matthew McConaughey

When They Were Young

Who is this?

Answer

1. Kurt Cobain
2. Paul McCartney
3. Guus Meeuwis
4. Ed Sheeran

Who is this?

Answer

1. Dua Lipa
2. Taylor Swift
3. Lady Gaga
4. Adele

Who is this?

Answer

1. Madonna
2. Ariana Grande
3. Katy Perry
4. Pink

Who is this?

Answer

1. Anthony Kiedis (Red Hot Chili Peppers)
2. Dave Grohl (Foo Fighters)
3. Brandon Flowers (The Killers)
4. Matthew Bellamy (Muse)

Who is this?

Answer

1. Mick Jagger
2. David Bowie
3. Elvis Presley
4. John Lennon

Legen...🥁...dary!

One instrument can create a legendary intro. 

Which hit does this intro belong to?

Answer

1. Supertramp - Bloody Well Right
2. Supertramp - Logical Song
3. Supertramp - Dreamer
4. Supertramp - School

One instrument can create a legendary intro. 

Which hit does this intro belong to?

Answer

1. Paul Simon - 50 ways to leave your lover
2. U2 - Sunday Bloody Sunday
3. Toto - Rosanna
4. Nirvana - Smells like teen spirit

One instrument can create a legendary intro. 

Which hit does this intro belong to?

Answer

1. Bryan Adams - Everything I do (I do for you)
2. Elton John - Don't let the sun go down on me
3. Billy Joel - Piano Man
4. The Beatles - The Long and Winding Road

One instrument can create a legendary intro. 

Which hit does this intro belong to?

Answer

1. Duran Duran - Save A Prayer
2. Elton John - Tiny Dancer
3. Journey - Don't Stop Believin'
4. Coldplay - The Scientist

One instrument can create a legendary intro. 

Which hit does this intro belong to?

Answer

1. Deep Purple - Smoke on the Water
2. Guns and Roses - Patience
3. Led Zeppelin - Stairway to Heaven
4. AC/DC - Whole Lotta Rosie

Order! Order!

Put the lyrics in the right order.

Answer

2

3

1

Tonight I'm gonna have myself a real good time

I feel alive

So, don't stop me now.

And the world I'll turn it inside out, yeah. I'm floating around in ecstasy

Put the lyrics in the right order.

Answer

2

3

1

On a dark desert highway

Cool wind in my hair

Warm smell of colitas

Rising up through the air

Up ahead in the distance

I saw a shimmering light

Put the lyrics in the right order.

Answer

2

3

1

How can I ever change things

That I feel?

… If I could

Baby, I'd give you my world

… Loving you

Isn't the right thing to do

Put the lyrics in the right order.

Answer

2

3

1

You float like a feather

In a beautiful world

You're just like an angel

Your skin makes me cry

When you were here before

Couldn't look you in the eye

Put the lyrics in the right order.

Answer

2

3

1

So close, no matter how far

Couldn't be much more from the heart

Forever trusting who we are

And nothing else matters

Very Old Covers

During lockdown, a photographer decides to work with nursing home residents to recreate classic album covers. 

Which artist or band is on the original cover?

Answer

1. Michael Jackson
2. Bruno Mars
3. Bruce Springsteen
4. Bob Dylan

During lockdown, a photographer decides to work with nursing home residents to recreate classic album covers. 

Which artist or band is on the original cover?

Answer

1. Adele
2. Katy Perry
3. Taylor Swift
4. Dua Lipa

During lockdown, a photographer decides to work with nursing home residents to recreate classic album covers. 

Which artist or band is on the original cover?

Answer

1. Madonna
2. Kendrick Lamar
3. Pharrell Williams
4. Michael Jackson

During lockdown, a photographer decides to work with nursing home residents to recreate classic album covers. 

Which artist or band is on the original cover?

Answer

1. Pink Floyd
2. U2
3. Paul McCartney
4. David Bowie

During lockdown, a photographer decides to work with nursing home residents to recreate classic album covers. 

Which artist or band is on the original cover?

Answer

1. Taylor Swift
2. Katy Perry
3. Kate Bush
4. Lily Alan

Earworms

Can't get it out of your head!

Whose 'earworm' is this?

1. Soundgarden
2. The White Stripes
3. Muse
4. Nirvana

Can't get it out of your head!

Whose 'earworm' is this?

1. Gwen Stefani
2. The Ting Tings
3. The Fugees
4. Taylor Swift

Can't get it out of your head!

Whose 'earworm' is this?

1. Lady Gaga
2. Dua Lipa
3. Hillary Duff
4. Mary J. Blige

Can't get it out of your head!

Whose 'earworm' is this?

1. Pi
2. Psy
3. Py
4. Pry

Can't get it out of your head!

Whose 'earworm' is this?

1. Taylor Swift
2. Katy Perry
3. Kylie Minogue
4. Madonna

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