Radio Times Quiz of the Year 2012: Music
Try Stuart Maconie's fiendish ten question end-of-year music puzzler
1. To the nearest tenner, how much were the top-priced tickets for the Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary gigs at the O2 arena?
£370
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2. New teenage sensation Jake Bugg hails from which British city?
Nottingham
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3. Muse had a number one album this year with The 2nd Law. Singer Matt Bellamy’s dad had a number one single in the 60s with which band and track?
The Tornados, Telstar
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4. The Huffington Post said that in America “2012 was the year of…” Who?
One Direction
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5. Who won this year’s Mercury Music Prize album of the year?
alt-J
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6. Which British band provided the official theme for the table tennis at the 2012 Olympics?
Hot Chip
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7. Which hit namechecked a fashionable district of Seoul?
Gangnam Style
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8. How is Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew better known?
Plan B
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9. Which soul legend’s comeback album The Bravest Man in the Universe was co-produced by Damon Albarn?
Bobby Womack
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10. Which raucous guitar band came of age in 2012?
The Vaccines, with the album Come of Age
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