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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #366 - 2/27/08

The Billboard Hot 100

Answers

1. What song spent 16 weeks at Number One on the Hot 100, making it the somg with the most weeks at Number One?: "One Sweet Day" by Mariah Carey and Boyz II Men
2. What singer has had the most songs on the Hot 100, with 154?
: Elvis Presley
3. Which female singer - Barbra Streisand, Aretha Franklin, or Madonna - has the most Hot 100 songs by a female, with 76?
: Aretha Franklin
4. This early-60s dance craze song is the only song to hit Number One twice in two separate chart runs.
: "The Twist" by Chubby Checker
5. This late-70s dance song is the only song to hit Number One three separate times during its chart run.
: "Le Freak" by Chic
6. This Michael Jackson song was the first song to debut at Number One on the Hot 100.
: "You Are Not Alone"
7. What artist had at least one song on the Hot 100 every calendar year from 1970 to 1999?
: Elton John
8. What is the only group to have had at least one Hot 100 hit in the 1950s, 1960s, 1970s, 1980s, 1990s, and 2000s?
: The Isley Brothers
9. Which group has had the most Number One singles on the Hot 100, with 20?
: The Beatles
10. This comedian became the oldest person to have a Hot 100 hit with his "I Wish I Was Eighteen Again" in 1980.
: George Burns
11. What legendary soul singer has had the most Hot 100 singles (99) without ever hitting Number One with any of them?
: James Brown
12. What singer had a string of seven consecutive Number One hits in the 80s?
: Whitney Houston
13. "How Do I Live" by LeAnn Rimes spent the most weeks of any song on the Hot 100 - how many weeks?
: 69
14. This song - a hit for Les Baxter, Al Hibbler, and the Righteous Brothers - is the song with the most versions charting on the Hot 100, with 9.
: "Unchained Melody"
15. Which of these songs- "Venus," "Please Mr. Postman," or "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do" - did not hit Number One in two separate versions?
: "Breaking Up Is Hard To Do"
16. Which Michael Jackson album - "Bad," "Thriller," or "Off the Wall" - contains the most Number One hits from one album?
: "Bad"
17. Who is the only artist to have separate top-ten singles as a solo act, as half of a duo, as a third of a trio, as a fourth of a quartet, and as a fifth of a quintet?
: Paul McCartney

Bonus: On April 4, 1964, one group had the Top Five singles on the Hot 100. What was the group, and what were the songs?: The Beatles:

1. "Can't Buy Me Love"
2. "Twist and Shout"
3. "She Loves You"
4. "I Want to Hold Your Hand"
5. "Please Please Me"

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