TRIVIAL Waste of Time

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  1. What was the first band ever to have the top five songs on Billboard's popular music chart?
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  2. Who was the female lead singer for the Rock groups Jefferson Airplane and Jefferson Starship?
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  3. What was the theme song of the Glen Miller Orchestra?
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  4. What university did musician Cole Porter attend?
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  5. What composer wrote the words to the musical West Side Story?
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  6. What singer based his style on the trombone playing techniques of Tommy Dorsey?
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  7. Who was the first singer to sell a million records?
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  8. Where did Leonard Bernstein study music?
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  9. What country music singer's first hit song was Delta Dawn?
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  10. Who is the Queen of Soul?
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  11. Who is the Queen of Gospel?
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  12. Who wrote the song White Christmas?
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  13. Until Bill Wyman's retirement, who was the only member of the Rolling Stones to leave the band while he was still alive?
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  14. What opera did Verdi compose to celebrate the opening of the Suez Canal?
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  15. The Eagles began as a back up band for what female singer?
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  16. What band leader's theme song was Take the A Train?
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  17. Who is famous for singing Minnie the Moocher?
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  18. Who is famous for singing Stormy Weather?
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  19. Who is famous for singing I Left my Heart in San Francisco?
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  20. What vocalist is most known for singing New York New York, and My Way?
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  21. What was Chubby Checker's greatest hit?
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  22. What composer wrote Smoke gets in Your Eyes and Ol' Man River?
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  23. How many symphonies did Gustav Mahler compose?
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  24. What was the Singing Nun's hit song?
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  25. This Gordon Lightfoot song told the story of a Great Lakes ore freighter which sank in 1975?
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  26. Who is the 'Godfathr of Soul'?
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  27. Who wrote the Brandenberg Concertos?
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  28. Who founded Motown Records?
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  29. Who composed Indian Love Call?
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  30. What instrument did Dave Clark play?
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  31. Who was famous for singing Great Balls of Fire?
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  32. What poets 'Ode to Joy' was used as the lyrics for Beethoven's 9th Symphony?
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  33. Who wrote the Monkee's first hit song, I'm a Believer?
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  34. What song did George Harrison plagarize for the melody to My Sweet Lord?
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  35. Who first recorded You've Lost That Lovin' Feeling?
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