Test your knowledge of music and pop culture in this 30-year special edition of Brainwaves with Marty Smith

Could remember the answer to a trivia question you were asked 12 months ago? Find out in this themed quiz Marty Smith created last year to celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves. Marty's 10 quizzes from last year were such a hit we have dragged them out again to test your long-term memory. The theme for the following quiz is music and pop culture.

How old was Elvis Presley when he died?

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** To celebrate 30 years of Brainwaves, Marty Smith and advertiser.com.au have produced 10 for this summer, made up of some of his best questions. This quiz’s theme is: Music and pop culture. Decide your answer then click on the answer button to see if you were correct. We’ll tally your score as you go. **

question: English rock band Radiohead took its name from a 1980s song by which US band?

option: Talking Heads

answer: 1

question: In the song Maxwell’s Silver Hammer by The Beatles, what is Maxwell’s surname?

option: Edison

answer: 1

question: Alex Kapranos is the lead singer of which Scottish rock band?

option: Franz Ferdinand

answer: 1

question: Which Rod Stewart hit includes the lyrics: “It’s late September and I really should be back at school”?

option: Maggie May

answer: 1

question: Name the English rock band who released the 1966 hit Wild Thing.

option: The Troggs

answer: 1

question: Who was the founder of Playboy magazine?

option: Hugh Hefner

answer: 1

question: It Ain’t Necessarily So was a 1965 hit for which Australian singer?

option: Normie Rowe

answer: 1

question: What colour are Kylie Minogue’s eyes?

option: Blue

answer: 1

question: Which instrument did US jazz musician Miles Davis play?

option: Trumpet

answer: 1

question: Who loves Laura in the 1960 Ray Peterson hit Tell Laura I Love Her?

option: Tommy

answer: 1

question: Who sang It’s My Party, a No. 1 hit in Adelaide in 1963?

option: Lesley Gore

answer: 1

question: Who composed the song White Christmas?

option: Irving Berlin

answer: 1

question: On which day of the week do the lyrics of Billy Joel’s hit Piano Man begin?

option: Saturday

answer: 1

question: Which US bandleader was nicknamed the King of Swing?

option: Benny Goodman

answer: 1

question: Which US heavy metal band released the 2008 album Death Magnetic?

option: Metallica

answer: 1

question: Which singer-songwriter was born Peter Gene Hernandez in Hawaii in 1985?

option: Bruno Mars

answer: 1

question: Who was Bill Medley’s original partner in the US vocal duo The Righteous Brothers?

option: Bobby Hatfield

answer: 1

question: Which US jazz quartet recorded the 1961 album Time Further Out?

option: Dave Brubeck Quartet

answer: 1

question: How old was Elvis Presley when he died in 1977?

option: 42

answer: 1

question: In the 1963 hit Puff the Magic Dragon, who loves “that rascal Puff”?

option: Jackie Paper

answer: 1

question: Which of The Beatles wrote the song Here Comes the Sun?

option: George Harrison

answer: 1

question: Which Madonna hit begins: “I made it through the wilderness”?

option: Like a Virgin

answer: 1

question: In which South American country was singer-songwriter-dancer Shakira born in 1977?

option: Colombia

answer: 1

question: Peter Noone was the lead singer of which 1960s English pop group?

option: Herman’s Hermits

answer: 1

question: In which year did the “Paul McCartney is dead” hoax occur?

option: 1969

answer: 1

question: What was the name of the US novelty band led by former drummer Spike Jones?

option: City Slickers

answer: 1

question: What was Australian singer Johnny O’Keefe’s middle name?

option: Michael

answer: 1

question: Which British rock band recorded the 1971 hit Brown Sugar?

option: The Rolling Stones

answer: 1

question: Who was Ginger Spice in the girl group Spice Girls?

option: Geri Halliwell

answer: 1

question: Who wrote and recorded the 1965 hit Catch the Wind?

option: Donovan

answer: 1

question: In the Don McLean song American Pie, what is the “devil’s only friend”?

option: Fire

answer: 1

question: Who assassinated John Lennon in 1980?

option: Mark David Chapman

answer: 1

question: Who composed the song Night and Day?

option: Cole Porter

answer: 1

question: Which Elvis Presley hit begins: “We’re caught in a trap”?

option: Suspicious Minds

answer: 1

question: Who was US singer-songwriter Bruce Springsteen’s first wife?

option: Julianne Phillips

answer: 1

question: In the 1966 hit Eleanor Rigby by The Beatles, who is “writing the words of a sermon that no one will hear”?

option: Father McKenzie

answer: 1

question: The song Bewitched, Bothered and Bewildered comes from which musical?

option: Pal Joey

answer: 1

question: On which Caribbean island was singer-songwriter Rihanna born in 1988?

option: Barbados

answer: 1

question: Which US punk-rock band recorded the 1994 album Dookie?

option: Green Day

answer: 1

question: Which Neil Diamond hit begins: “Where it began, I can’t begin to knowing”?

option: Sweet Caroline

answer: 1

question: Who sang the hit Crocodile Rock?

option: Elton John

answer: 1

question: Which Australian band had a hit in 1997 with Even When I’m Sleeping?

option: Leonardo’s Bride

answer: 1

question: Which member of the US rock band Grateful Dead died in August 1995?

option: Jerry Garcia

answer: 1

question: Which US singer was nicknamed Little Miss Dynamite early in her career?

option: Brenda Lee

answer: 1

question: The line “Heaven holds a place for those who pray” comes from which Simon and Garfunkel hit?

option: Mrs Robinson

answer: 1

question: What was the title of English singer-songwriter Adele’s debut album?

option: 19

answer: 1

question: Which US country singer was born Virginia Patterson Hensley in 1932?

option: Patsy Cline

answer: 1

question: “Bird” was a nickname of which US jazz saxophonist?

option: Charlie Parker

answer: 1

question: Which ABBA hit has a palindromic title?

option: SOS

answer: 1

question: Whose hits included These Boots Are Made for Walkin’ in 1966?

option: Nancy Sinatra

answer: 1