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?
Frankie Goes to Hollywood
Edwin Starr
Bruce Springsteen
The Temptations
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Cat Steven's hit Peace Train was from which classic album?
Teaser and the Firecat
Mona Bone Jakon
Tea for the Tillerman
Matthew and Son
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Which of these lines from Billy Joel's 1983 hit Goodnight Saigon opens the song?
We held the coastline, they held the highlands
We met as soul mates on Parris Island
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 McCartney
Paul Simon
Paul Hardcastle
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 had concussion after a motorbike accident
He feigned mental illness
He failed a drug test
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
Time is on My Side
As Tears Go By
Not Fade Away
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All Along the Watchtower became associated with the war - but who wrote it?
Bob Dylan
Mick Jagger/Keith Richards
Bruce Springsteen
Jimi Hendrix
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