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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #308 - 1/17/07

1977 - 30 Years Ago

Answers

1. What musical, based on a comic strip, opened on Broadway in April 1977?: "Annie"
2.He found out there was such a thing as the real world when he was born on October 16, 1977.
: John Mayer
3. What Leo Sayer ballad was a Number One hit in both the United States and the United Kingdom?
: "When I Need You"
4. It's Jimmy Buffett's signature song, and it was a big hit in 1977.
: "Margaritaville"
5. What legendary New York City disco opened up in April 1977?
: Studio 54
6. I'm not sayin' he's a Gold Digger, I'm sayin' he was born in Atlanta on June 8, 1977.
: Kanye West
7. Of "Hotel California," "New Kid in Town," or "Life in the Fast Lane," which was not a Number One hit for the Eagles in 1977?
: "Life in the Fast Lane"
8. This Billy Joel album, released in September 1977, included "Just The Way You Are" and "Scenes from an Italian Restaurant."
: "The Stranger"
9. What was the lead single from "Chicago XI"?
: "Baby What A Big Surprise"
10.Who could "rely on the old man's money" according to Hall and Oates?
: "Rich Girl"
11. Meco had a disco hit with a sped-up version of themes from what movie in 1977?
: Star Wars
12. He didn't have a "White Christmas" in 1977, because he died on October 14 on the golf course. Who was he?
: Bing Crosby
13. He didn't get to play on New Year's Eve 1977, because he died on November 5, 1977. Who was he?
: Guy Lombardo
14. "Funkentelechy Vs. The Placebo Syndrome" was a funk album released by who?
: Parliament
15. What did Stevie Wonder's character in "I Wish" do with the money his mother gave him for the Sunday school offering?
: Bought candy after church
16. Years before Julia Roberts called him "Stick Man" at the Oscars, he had a Number One hit with "Gonna Fly Now" in 1977.
: Bill Conti
17. When Boston's "Long Time" became a hit, it didn't include the long instrumental prelude heard on the album. What was the name of that instrumental?
: "Foreplay"

Bonus: Paul McCartney had an enormous UK hit in 1977 with a Scottish-themed song that only made it to Number 33 in the US. What is it?: "Mull of Kintyre"

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