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