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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?
Australia
The Bahamas
Spain
Thailand
Who released protest song War first as a single?
The Temptations
Edwin Starr
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Bruce Springsteen
Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Mona Bone Jakon
Tea for the Tillerman
Teaser and the Firecat
Matthew and Son
Which of these lines from Billy Joel's 1983 hit Goodnight Saigon opens the song?
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
We held the day in the palm of our hands
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
We were sharp, as sharp as knives
19 was a 1985 hit for whom?
Paul Young
Paul Hardcastle
Paul Simon
Paul McCartney
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
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
US president Richard Nixon
Marvin's wife Anna Gordy
Motown head Berry Gordy
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
Gimme Shelter
Time is on My Side
As Tears Go By
All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Bruce Springsteen
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Bob Dylan
Jimi Hendrix
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