War and Peace Music Quiz
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In the Elton John hit Daniel, where is his brother heading to forget the horrors of war?
Thailand
Spain
The Bahamas
Australia
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Who released protest song War first as a single?
Bruce Springsteen
Edwin Starr
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
The Temptations
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Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Teaser and the Firecat
Matthew and Son
Mona Bone Jakon
Tea for the Tillerman
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Which of these lines from Billy Joel's 1983 hit Goodnight Saigon opens the song?
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We were sharp, as sharp as knives
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
We held the day in the palm of our hands
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19 was a 1985 hit for whom?
Paul Young
Paul McCartney
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Simon
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Bruce Springsteen wrote Born in the USA about a Vietnam vet - but why did The Boss not get drafted?
He had poor eyesight
He failed a drug test
He had concussion after a motorbike accident
He feigned mental illness
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Which is true about John Lennon's Give Peace a Chance?
It was his first hit away from the Beatles
It was recorded in a hotel room
The lyrics were sold in 2008 for NZ$800,000
All of the above are true
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Who called Marvin Gaye's What's Going On "the worst song I have ever heard in my life"?
Marvin's wife Anna Gordy
Motown head Berry Gordy
US president Richard Nixon
Music critic Jon Landau
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Which of the Rolling Stone's hits, written about the Vietnam War, was named by Rolling Stone magazine as the band's best?
Not Fade Away
Time is on My Side
As Tears Go By
Gimme Shelter
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All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
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