Play On with Music From Australia Trivia
1.
Which band was once known as the Farriss Brothers?
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INXS
2.
J.D. Fortune was a lead singer for which band?
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INXS
3.
"I Touch Myself" was a huge hit for which artists?
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Divinyls
4.
"Rattlin' Bones" was written by Kasey Chambers and which artist?
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Shane Nicholson
5.
Who won Australian Idol in 2005?
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Kate DeAraugo
6.
How old was Casey Donovan when she won Australian Idol?
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16
7.
Angry Anderson is the lead singer for which band?
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Rose Tattoo
8.
Baby Animals' debut was the highest selling debut Australian rock album until who's release topped it?
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Jet
9.
What's Keith Urban's middle name?
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Lionel
10.
"(I'm) Stranded" is the classic album by which band?
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The Saints
11.
What is Kylie Minogue's middle name?
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Ann
12.
"The Loco-Motion" was which female artist's first hit?
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Kylie Minogue
13.
Which early rocker recorded the hits "Wild One" and "Shout"?
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Johnny O'Keefe
14.
The late Grant McLennan was the lead vocalist for which band?
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The Go-Betweens
15.
"Royal Telephone" was which star's biggest hit?
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Jimmy Little
16.
Crowded House boasted two talented brothers, Neil Finn and who?
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Tim Finn
17.
"Pretty Vegas" was a single released by which band in 2005?
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INXS
18.
Where is the "Australia Day Live" concert held?
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Canberra
19.
Which Crowded House song begins with the line "There is freedom within"?
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Don't Dream It's Over
20.
"Stoneage Romeos" was the debut LP for which band?
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Hoodoo Gurus
21.
"Woman" is the hard rocking single from which band?
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Wolfmother
22.
Which artist covered the Easybeats' smash hit "Friday On My Mind"?
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David Bowie
23.
Snowy Fleet was the drummer for which band?
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The Easybeats
24.
Midnight Oil's Peter Garrett studied at which university?
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Australian National University
25.
Dave Faulkner is the lead singer and songwriter for which band?
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Hoodoo Gurus
26.
Michael Hutchence from INXS died in what year?
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1997
27.
What was the first number one hit in Australia for INXS?
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Original Sin
28.
"Murder Ballads" was a recording by which group?
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Nick Cave & The Bad Seeds
29.
Silverchair was once known as what?
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Innocent Criminals
30.
"Mars Needs Guitars" is an album by which band?
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Hoodoo Gurus
31.
Who was 2009's Female Vocalist of the Year at the CMAA's?
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Catherine Britt
32.
In what year did Kasey Chambers win Female Vocalist of the Year at the CMAA's?
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27/Jun
33.
Shannon Noll was runner-up on which Australian Idol?
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2003
34.
"Nice Boys Don't Play Rock n Roll" is an album by which band?
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Rose Tattoo
35.
Which influential punk band included members Deniz Tek and Rob Younger?
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Radio Birdman
36.
Johnny Cash covered which Australian artist's song "The Mercy Seat"?
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Nick Cave
37.
Butterfly Boucher's sister Becca's band is called what?
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The Mercy Bell
38.
Butterfly Boucher sang a duet with which star in the film "Shrek 2"?
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David Bowie
39.
Ben Lee began his career with which band?
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Noise Addict
40.
Whose "Best Of" LP includes "She's So Fine" and "I'll Make You Happy"?
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The Easybeats
41.
"Of Skins and Heart" is the debut LP from which band?
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The Church
42.
Hoodoo Gurus' "What's My Scene" was revised for the National Rugby Team as what?
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That's My Team
43.
"Circus Animals" and "Breakfast at Sweethearts" were LP's by which band?
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Cold Chisel
44.
Celine Dion recorded which Air Supply song?
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The Power Of Love
45.
Glen Shorrock of the Little River Band also sang in which band?
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The Twilights
46.
What was the Little River Band's first top 20 hit in the USA?
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Reminiscing
47.
Keith Urban married Nicole Kidman in what year?
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2006
48.
Singer Delta Goodrem played which character on television's "Neighbours"?
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Nina Tucker
49.
Which song had the longest run at number one on the Australian charts in 2008?
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Poker Face
50.
Which Australian produced hit albums by Blondie and The Knack?
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Mike Chapman
51.
SFK are better known as what?
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Something For Kate
52.
Whose debut LP, "Get Born", sold more than 4 millions copies worldwide?
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Jet
53.
Graeme Bell was an acclaimed dixieland and classical musician, what did he play?
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Piano
54.
William Barton is known as one of the great players of what instrument?
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Didgeridoo
55.
Nic and Chris Cester are brothers in what successful band?
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Jet
56.
"Throw Your Arms Around Me" was a hit single by which acclaimed rock band?
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Hunters & Collectors
57.
"Mars Needs Guitars" is the title of an LP by which band?
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Hoodoo Gurus
58.
In the song "Beds Are Burning" what immediately follows "the time has come"?
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To Say Fair's Fair
59.
"Black Fingernails, Red Wine" is Eskimo Joe's first what?
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Top 10 Single
60.
"State Of The Art" is the fifth studio LP for which band?
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Hilltop Hoods
61.
The LP "The Sound Of White" was a huge success for which artist?
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Missy Higgins
62.
Which Little River Band song includes the line "Friday night, it was late I was walking you home"?
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Reminiscing
63.
"Way Out West" was which Melbourne based band's debut single?
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The Dingoes
64.
Which band was originally known as "Farm"?
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Midnight Oil
65.
Midnight Oil won how many ARIA awards through their career?
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11
66.
Whose autobiography was called "Pleasure and Pain"?
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Christina Amphlett
67.
Christina Amphlett of Divinyls' fame is the cousin of which artist?
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Patricia "Little Pattie" Amphlett
68.
Suze DeMarchi of Baby Animals once dated which music star?
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Gavin Rossdale
69.
Which influential post-punk band was once known as Invaders?
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The Scientists
70.
The Cheap Nasties later became which band?
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The Manikins
71.
The Boys Next Door later became which of these influential bands?
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The Birthday Party
72.
Helen Reddy's hit "Delta Dawn" was written by Larry Collins and which writer?
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Alex Harvey
73.
What was the name of the band Keith Urban had before finding fame as a solo artist?
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The Ranch
74.
What was Ben Lee's first release for his record label, Ten Fingers?
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Gamble Everything For Love
75.
Ben Lee sang the duet "Birds and Bees" with which singer?
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Mandy Moore
76.
"I Knew I Loved You" by Savage Garden was the number one single in the USA for how long?
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3 Weeks
77.
What band was Angry Anderson in before Rose Tattoo?
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Buster Brown
78.
What movie includes the song "Under The Milky Way" from The Church?
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Donnie Darko
79.
Kim Salmon and Hoodoo Gurus' James Baker were in what band together?
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Beasts Of Bourbon
80.
Jeremy Paul once played with Air Supply and which other band?
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Divinyls
81.
Air Supply's Graham Russell & Russell Hitchcock met where?
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Jesus Christ Superstar Rehearsals
82.
David McComb from the Triffids died in 1999 at what age?
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37
83.
Who produced the You Am I debut?
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Lee Ranaldo
84.
Who was the first Australian band to have 3 LP's debut at #1 in succession on the ARIA charts?
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You Am I
85.
In what year did The Beatles' only Australian tour take place?
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1964
86.
Who filled in for Ringo when he became ill during The Beatles' only tour of Australia?
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Jimmy Nicol
87.
Who immediately followed Glen Shorrock as lead singer for the Little River Band?
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John Farnham
88.
The Big Day Out festival began in which year?
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1992
89.
Which band headlined the first Big Day Out festival in Sydney?
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Violent Femmes
90.
Bjork and The Ramones both appeared in which year's Big Day Out festival?
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1994
91.
The Angels dropped what word from their name in 1975?
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Keystone
92.
From 2001 until 2006 The Angels were known as what?
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The Original Angels Band
93.
Dusty Springfield's brother Tom wrote which song for The Seekers?
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I'll Never Find Another You
94.
The Seekers' Bruce Woodley and which of these artists wrote the hit "Red Rubber Ball"?
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Paul Simon
95.
"If You Leave Me, Can I Come Too?" was a song by which band?
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Mental As Anything
96.
How many number one hits did The Beatles have on the ARIA charts?
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26
97.
The Beatles' "Help" and "The Sound of Music" reached number one in Australia in what year?
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1965
98.
"Ego Is Not a Dirty Word" is an LP by which of these artists?
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Skyhooks
99.
The brilliant soprano, Dame Joan Sutherland, was married to which musician?
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Richard Bonynge
100.
Helen Reddy appeared in which "Airport" film?
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Airport 1975
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