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?
Spain
Australia
Thailand
The Bahamas
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Who released protest song War first as a single?
Bruce Springsteen
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Edwin Starr
The Temptations
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Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Matthew and Son
Tea for the Tillerman
Teaser and the Firecat
Mona Bone Jakon
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Which of these lines from Billy Joel's 1983 hit Goodnight Saigon opens the song?
We held the day in the palm of our hands
We were sharp, as sharp as knives
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
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19 was a 1985 hit for whom?
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
Paul Young
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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 had poor eyesight
He failed a drug test
He had concussion after a motorbike accident
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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"?
Motown head Berry Gordy
Music critic Jon Landau
Marvin's wife Anna Gordy
US president Richard Nixon
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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
Not Fade Away
Time is on My Side
As Tears Go By
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All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
Bob Dylan
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