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Becky's Island Music Trivia Quiz #73 - 7/17/02

Dutch Treat

Answers

1."If there's a Rock Show at the Concertgebouw," who will be there?: Paul McCartney and Wings
2. Don McLean's 1972 hit "Vincent" is a tribute to what famous Dutch person?
: Vincent Van Gogh
3. Dutch rap-dance group Urban Dance Squad hit in 1991 with what song?
: "Deeper Shade of Soul"
4. "Radar Love" and "Twilight Zone" were this Dutch group's two big hits.:
Golden Earring
5. What Dutch flower did Tiny Tim tip-toe through?
: The tulips
6. What very loud American band of the '70s and '80s is named after its guitarist and drummer, both Dutch-born?
: Van Halen
7. Thijs van Leer yodeled his way through "Hocus Pocus" by what band?
: Focus
8. Who sang about a "Little Green Bag" in 1970?
: George Baker Selection
9. In 1981, a group of Dutch session musicians recorded a Beatles medley that hit Number 1 in the U.S. What name did they record under?
: Stars on 45
10. What Dutch artist with a Mexican name recorded "Puttin' on the Ritz" in 1983?
: Taco
11. According to They Might Be Giants, "Even Old New York was once" what?
: New Amsterdam
12. What American band released the to 40 album "Holland" in 1973?
: The Beach Boys
13. The Shocking Blue had a Number 1 hit in 1970 that was later covered by Bananarama. What was the song?
: "Venus"
14. What was Tee Set's only U.S. Top 40 hit?
: "Ma Belle Amie"
15. Elvis Presley's longtime manager was born Andreas Cornelis Van Kuijk in Holland. What name do we know him better by?
: Colonel Tom Parker
16. Eurythmics member Dave Stewart, and which female saxophone player from Amsterdam, hit with "Lily Was Here" in 1991?:
Candy Dulfer
17. What Beatles song includes the line "Paris to the Amsterdam Hilton, talking in our beds for a week?"
: "The Ballad of John and Yoko"

Bonus: This singer, associated with KC and the Sunshine Band, was falsely reported dead a few years back. He's alive and well and living in the Netherlands. Who is he?: George McCrae

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