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?
The Bahamas
Australia
Spain
Thailand
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Who released protest song War first as a single?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Bruce Springsteen
The Temptations
Edwin Starr
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Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Teaser and the Firecat
Tea for the Tillerman
Mona Bone Jakon
Matthew and Son
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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 held the coastline, they held the highlands
We held the day in the palm of our hands
We were sharp, as sharp as knives
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19 was a 1985 hit for whom?
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Young
Paul McCartney
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 feigned mental illness
He failed a drug test
He had concussion after a motorbike accident
He had poor eyesight
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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"?
Music critic Jon Landau
US president Richard Nixon
Motown head Berry Gordy
Marvin's wife Anna Gordy
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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?
Gimme Shelter
As Tears Go By
Not Fade Away
Time is on My Side
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All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
Bruce Springsteen
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