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  1. The answer to yesterday's #Sunday #ThemeTunePopQuiz

    Slash was born in Hampstead, London, raised in Stoke on Trent until 6 before moving to LA

    Michael Kiwanuka was born & raised in London

    The Edge was born in Essex, & raised in Dublin from the age of one.

    Joe Strummer co-founder of The Clash is the odd one out as he was born in Turkey - his father worked in the Diplomatic service. He was sent to boarding school in London aged 9.

    Thanks to all who played, boosted & listened to the music.

  2. The answer to yesterday's #Saturday #ThemeTunePopQuiz

    4 song titles provided names Brian, Caroline, Dylan & Eleanor

    There are 2 Dylans on the cover of Sgt Pepper, Bob & Thomas

    The Magic Roundabout had characters Dylan & Brian

    There's a pirate radio station called Caroline

    The answer was 4 consecutive storms of the 2017/18 UK/Ireland season

    1. Brian 19–23 October 2017
    2. Caroline 7–10 December 2017
    3. Dylan 30–31 December 2017
    4. Eleanor 2–3 January 2018

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  3. Give these songs a listen then guess which band guitarist was NOT born in England from the options in the poll above

    1. Sweet Child O' Mine by Guns 'n Roses
    youtu.be/1w7OgIMMRc4?feature=s

    2. Complete Control by The Clash
    youtu.be/JeTw_p_WglY?feature=s

    3. Cold Little Heart by Michael Kiwanuka
    youtu.be/nOubjLM9Cbc?feature=s

    4. With Or Without You by U2
    youtu.be/ujNeHIo7oTE?feature=s

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  4. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs with 1 odd one out.

    Q. Three of the guitarists in these songs were born in England. One wasn't and is the odd one out, guess who from the options below.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

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    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #GunsNRoses #TheClash #MichaelKiwanuka #U2

  5. Give these great songs a listen & guess the connection between the names Brian, Caroline, Dylan & Eleanor in the poll above

    1. Brianstorm by The Arctic Monkeys
    youtu.be/30w8DyEJ__0?feature=s

    2. Caroline by Arlo Parks
    youtu.be/IBFdbJlGhFE?feature=s

    3. Dylan by Prima Queen
    youtu.be/h4Db1C6L64Q?feature=s

    4. Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles
    youtu.be/HuS5NuXRb5Y?feature=s

    A boost so more can play along is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music

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  6. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's link is names in the #songtitle

    Q. From the options below guess the theme that connects the names Brian, Caroline, Dylan & Eleanor

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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    #ArcticMonkeys #ArloParks #PrimaQueen #TheBeatles

  7. The answer to yesterday's #ThemeTunePopQuiz

    All 4 songs featured the eerie sound of a musical saw. Wiki: "Capable of continuous glissando (portamento), the sound creates an ethereal tone, very similar to the theremin"

    Julian Koster plays it in Neutral Milk Hotel & Joel Eckhouse plays it on Mercury Rev's song "Holes".

    Trivia: Marlene Dietrich learned to play the saw while she was shooting the film Café Elektric in Vienna in 1927

    Thanks to everyone who played, boosted & listened to the music

  8. Which unusual musical instrument is used in these 4 songs? Select your answer from the options in the post above.

    1. Direct Hit by Art Brut
    youtu.be/PwbMteWmbJg?feature=s

    2. Holes by Mercury Rev
    youtu.be/Y_2c_E_c-U0?feature=s

    3. In The Aeroplane Over the Sea by Neutral Milk Hotel
    youtu.be/1FeD16vu_qQ?feature=s

    4. November by Tom Waits
    youtu.be/JeAP1KyPDzM?feature=s

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  9. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's theme is #instruments

    Q. From the options below what unusual instrument is featured on all 4 of these songs?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music
    #ArtBrut #MercuryRev #NeutralMilkHotel #TomWaits

  10. The answer to yesterday's #Saturday #ThemeTunePopQuiz

    The theme was #Art & the link was a keyword in the #SongTitle. Those words were Blue, Rose & African - 3 of the major periods of the artist Pablo #Picasso

    Blue Period (1901-1904)
    Rose Period (1904-1906)
    African Period (1906-1909)

    The odd song out was by Wild Beasts, however, the band did name themselves after the Fauvists (Wild Beasts) another group of artists headed by Matisse.

    Thanks to all who played, boosted & listened to the music

  11. By way of a clue here are a couple of bonus tracks that may help in guessing the #Art connection

    La Llorona The Weeping Woman by Joan Baez
    youtu.be/Q9Is0zoPdpA?feature=s

    My Guernica by The Manic Street Preachers
    youtu.be/39FksKE66kY?feature=s

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz

  12. Work out the #Art theme that connects 3 of these songs and guess the odd one out in the poll options above.

    1. Blue Monday by New Order
    youtu.be/FYH8DsU2WCk?feature=s

    2. New Rose by The Damned
    youtu.be/TUxFQ5QBiYk?feature=s

    3. African & White by China Crisis
    youtu.be/A7AyanDWB8I?feature=s

    4. A Simple Beautiful Truth by Wild Beasts
    youtu.be/jlHj4mwknFw?feature=s

    A boost so more can play along is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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  13. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs with one odd one out. Today's theme is #Art and the link is a keyword in the song title. Can you guess the odd one from the options below?

    And feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    Please boost so more can play along.

    And as ever I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #Trivia

  14. Here's my updated #playlist of 25 #songs - old favourites & newly discovered music

    Incl #ThemeTunePopQuiz tracks that ft Tracy Thorn by #MassiveAttack #StyleCouncil #JohnGrant #EBTG
    Supermarkets in lyrics by #TheJam #BCCamplight #BelleandSebastian

    Journey songs by #REM #Kraftwerk #DavidBowie #AliceColtrane

    Classics by #Blur #NewOrder #CocteauTwins
    + a trio for my wedding day (which is tomorrow, wish me luck) ft #StevieWonder & #TheCure

    #wearetheradio #NowPlaying
    spotify.link/AsFkblgnfDb

  15. The answer to yesterday's #Sunday #ThemeTunePopQuiz

    All songs mention UK supermarket chains in the lyrics: Co-Op, Tesco, Safeway, Marks & Spencer

    The Jam "a whole street's belief in Sunday's roast gets dashed against the Co-Op"

    BC Camplight "Oh what a beautiful morning I say to the Tesco guy"

    Pulp "from disco to disco from Safeway to Tesco"

    B&S "Now I spend my day turning tables round In Marks & Spencer's"

    64% answered correctly. Thanks to all who played, boosted & listened to the music

  16. The answer to yesterday's #saturday #ThemeTunePopQuiz ...

    3 songs featured the same guest vocalist - Tracy Thorn, better known as the singer/songwriter in Everything But The Girl. Here she lends her lovely tones to Massive Attack, The Style Council and John Grant.

    The odd song out was Thorn In My Side which was of course sung by Annie Lennox.

    75% answered correctly.

    Thanks to everyone who played, boosted and listened to the songs. I hope you liked the music.

  17. @sharazluke what a coincidence, my little weekend quiz the #ThemeTunePopQuiz featured both of these.

    The Style Council was yesterday (Paris Match) and today's has The Jam (A Town Called Malice)

  18. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's theme is #lyrics

    Q. These 4 songs reference what aspect of UK society? Guess your answer from the options in the poll below

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music

  19. Today's theme is "female vocalist". Guess the odd one out from the following 4 songs and select your choice in the poll above.

    Song 1
    Protection by Massive Attack
    youtu.be/Epgo8ixX6Wo?feature=s

    Song 2
    Thorn In My Side by Eurythmics
    youtu.be/_AmkmqYEarw?feature=s

    Song 3
    Paris Match by The Style Council
    youtu.be/ZhQN8TJa-ao?feature=s

    Song 4
    Disappointing by John Grant
    youtu.be/U2Ig4sMURdc?feature=s

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #Trivia #wearetheradio

  20. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs. Today's theme is #femalevocalist

    Q. 3 of the following 4 songs have the same singer. Guess the odd one out from the options below

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music

  21. The answer to the #Sunday #ThemeTunePopQuiz...

    The link was with the #AlbumCovers of the songs

    The Red Hot Chili Peppers album is Californication, 1999

    The Bryan Ferry album is Another Time, Another Place, 1974

    The Oasis album is Be Here Now, 1997

    All 3 feature swimming pools on their respective album covers.

    The odd song out was Swimming Pool (Drank) by Kendrick Lamar from the album Good Kid, m.A.A.d city which doesn't have a pool on the cover

    Thanks to everyone who played & boosted

  22. Work out the link that connects 3 of these songs & guess the odd one out in the poll above

    1. Around the World by The Red Hot Chili Peppers youtu.be/a9eNQZbjpJk?feature=s

    2. The 'In' Crowd by Bryan Ferry
    youtu.be/Rr63Bexo8z8?feature=s

    3. Swimming Pools (Drank) by Kendrick Lamar
    youtu.be/B5YNiCfWC3A?feature=s

    4. D'You Know What I Mean? By Oasis
    youtu.be/jyJU2136ym4?feature=s

    A boost so more can play along is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #NowPlaying #wearetheradio #thesundaystarter

  23. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs with one odd one out. Today's theme is #AlbumCovers

    Work out the link & pick the odd one out from the options below.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #thesundaystarter

    #BryanFerry
    #TheRedHotChiliPeppers
    #KendrickLamar
    #Oasis

  24. The answer to yesterday's #saturday #ThemeTunePopQuiz ...

    All 4 tracks featured the instrument the Güiro. From wiki it "is a percussion instrument consisting of an open-ended, hollow gourd with parallel notches cut in one side. It is played by rubbing a stick or tines along the notches to produce a ratchet sound"

    62% of you answered correctly.

    Thanks to everyone who played, boosted or liked. I hope you enjoyed the music

    #popquiz #trivia

  25. Q. From the options above what unusual instrument is featured on all 4 of these songs?

    1. Electrolite by REM
    youtu.be/1LewYq40Svw?feature=s

    2. The Man Who Sold The World by David Bowie
    youtu.be/u3MX-rUtS6M?feature=s

    3. Under The Boardwalk by The Drifters
    youtu.be/EPEqRMVnZNU?feature=s

    4. Gimme Shelter by The Rolling Stones
    youtu.be/RbmS3tQJ7Os?feature=s

    A boost so more can play along is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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  26. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's theme is #instruments

    Q. From the options below what unusual instrument is featured on all 4 of these songs?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music
    #TheDrifters
    #REM
    #DavidBowie
    #TheRollingStones

  27. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's link is within the band name, song titles and/or lyrics.

    Guess the theme and select which word best applies to the 4 songs from the options below.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music
    #BobMarley #Genesis #LloydCole #Kraftwerk

  28. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's link is "surnames" within the title of the song. Once you work out the theme you'll see 3 are "real" & 1 odd one out is "fictional". Guess the theme & pick the odd one out from the options.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music

  29. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's link is within the name of the recording artist. 3 share the same link with 1 odd one out, can you guess who?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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  30. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs. Today's theme is #Scotland

    Q. From the following 4 songs which singer on lead vocal was NOT born in Scotland?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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  31. The answer to yesterday's #saturday #ThemeTunePopQuiz ...

    All the song titles are also films or TV shows starring #KateWinslet

    Blackbird by #TheBeatles - a 2019 film drama

    Heavenly Creatures by #WolfAlice - a 1994 drama & was Kates's film debut

    Iris by #TheGooGooDolls - a 2001 biographical film drama

    Mildred Pierce by #SonicYouth - a period drama TV miniseries

    88% answered correctly. Thanks to everyone who played, boosted & listened to the music. Why not try today's #popquiz

  32. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs

    Today's theme is #food and the link is within the song's lyrics.

    Q. Which common food, often added to toast or sandwiches, is mentioned in the lyrics of each of these songs 🎵

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #wearetheradio

  33. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs

    Today's theme is #Actress and the link is within the song titles.

    Q. Which actress appeared in TV shows or Movies that share a title with each of these 4 songs?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

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  34. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs

    The names of these bands/artists have been inspired by characters from #Literature. But which artist or band has a member who is related to the author?

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply. Name the authors for bonus points.

    A boost so more can play is greatly appreciated. I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #wearetheradio

  35. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs with one odd one out. Can you guess the theme and odd one out from the options below? The link is a keyword in the song title.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply. A boost so more can listen and play along is greatly appreciated. And I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #wearetheradio

  36. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs

    Today's link is within #lyrics. Each song mentions the names of other musicians in the lyrics but what style/genre are these mentioned artists? Choose from the options.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply. A boost so more can listen & play along.is appreciated ❤️

    As ever I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #wearetheradio

  37. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Saturday listening

    There is a theme that connects 3 of these 4 #songs with one odd one out. Can you guess the odd one out from the options below?

    Today's link is a word within the song title and/or band name.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply. A boost so more can listen & play along.is appreciated ❤️.
    As ever I hope you enjoy the music.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #music #wearetheradio

  38. Here's another #ThemeTune #PopQuiz for your #Sunday listening

    There is a theme that connects these 4 #songs but one is not all as it seems and so is the odd one out. Can you guess which one? The theme is #literature and the link is in the song title.

    Feel free to provide your reasoning in a CW reply.

    Please boost so more can play along 🙏

    And as ever I hope you enjoy the music 🎶.

    #ThemeTunePopQuiz #HashtagGames #NowPlaying #Quiz #Trivia #WeAreTheRadio #music