FRIDAY FRIVOLITY – ANSWERS TO NAME DROPPING” QUIZ
#1 Billy Joel − We Didn’t Start the Fire (the song with more famous people references than any other we know).
#2 Living Colour − Cult of Personality.
#3 Rolling Stones – Sympathy for the Devil.
#4 They Might Be Giants – James K. Polk (couldn’t use Polk because or Rule #3).
#5 Elton John – Candle in the Wind.
#6 Neil Young – Ohio.
#7 John Fogarty – Centerfield.
#8 The Rolling Stones – Star Star.
#9 The Band – The Night They Drove Old Dixie Down.
#10 John Mellencamp − Jack and Diane.
#11 David Bowie − Young Americans.
#12 Rod Stewart − You Wear It Well.
#13 Beatles – Revolution.
#14 Queen – Killer Queen.
#15 Creedence Clearwater Revival − Looking Out My Back Door.
#16 The Smiths − Bigmouth Strikes Again.
#17 Janis Ian − God and the FBI.
#18 ABBA − Waterloo.
#19 Lynyrd Skynyrd − Sweet Home Alabama.
#20 The Beatles − I Am the Walrus (give yourself one extra point if you also got Gustav Eiffel).
#21 Madonna − Vogue.
#22 The Police − Don’t Stand So Close to Me.
#23 Bob Dylan − Stuck Inside of Mobile With the Memphis Blues Again.
#24 Tom Petty – Free Fallin’.
#25 R.E.M. – It’s the End of the World as We Know It.
#26 Simon & Garfunkle − Mrs. Robinson.
#27 Stevie Wonder – Sir Duke.
#28 The Who – The Seeker.
#29 Bruce Springstein (Manfred Mann is also acceptable) – Blinded by the Light.
#30 Shania Twain − That Don’t Impress Me Much
#31 U2 – Angel of Harlem.
#32 Bob Dylan – Desolation Row.
#33 Warren Zevon − Werewolves of London.
#34 Sting – Russians.
#35 Bruce Springstein – Frankie Fell in Love.
#36 Rush – Xanadu.
#37 Diana Ross − Then.
#38 Bangles – Manic Monday.
#39 Bob Dylan − You Ain’t Goin’ Nowhere.
#40 Red Hot Chili Peppers – Californication.
#41 Billy Joel – Leningrad.
#42 Madonna – Superstar.
#43 Don McLean – American Pie. Some say “Lennon,” some say “Lenin” – either counts.
#44 The Stranglers – No More Heroes.
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#45 Aerosmith – Eat the Rich.
#46 Queen – Bohemian Rhapsody.
#47 Creedence Clearwater Revival – It Came Out of the Sky.
#48 The Clash – The Magnificent Seven.
#49 Parliament – Chocolate City.
#50 Steppenwolf – Berry Rides Again.
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