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1.

In the song "Crocodile Rock" by Elton John, who had "so much fun"?

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Answer: Me And Susie
2.

Flotsam & Jetsam covered which rowdy Elton John smash on their "No Place For Disgrace" LP?

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Answer: Saturday Night's Alright For Fighting
3.

What decade is the hit single "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" by Elton John from?

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Answer: Seventies
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What decade is the hit single "I'm Still Standing" by Elton John from?

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Answer: Eighties
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What year did Elton John have the hit single "Crocodile Rock" on MCA?

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Answer: 1973
6.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "Bennie And The Jets"?

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Answer: 1974
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What year did Elton John have the hit single "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" on MCA?

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Answer: 1974
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What year did Elton John have the hit single "Island Girl" on MCA?

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Answer: 1976
9.

Who did Elton John sing about ...And The Jets?

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Answer: Bennie
10.

What song did Elton John sing "You can't plant me in your penthouse"?

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Answer: Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
11.

Who is credited with co-writing most of Elton John's songs?

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Answer: Bernie Taupin
12.

What was Elton John's birth name?

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Answer: Reginald Kenneth Dwight
13.

Elton John displayed which unique musical talent by the age of four?

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Answer: Could play any song by ear
14.

Elton John's 1976 hit single "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was a duet with which female vocalist?

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Answer: Kiki Dee
15.

In 1974, Elton John formed his own record label, called what?

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Answer: Rocket Records
16.

Elton John's, "Goodbye Yellow Brick Road" references what children's book and movie?

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Answer: The Wizard of Oz
17.

The original version of Elton John's "Candle in the Wind" was about which famous actress?

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Answer: Marilyn Monroe
18.

Elton John appeared as a character called "The Pinball Wizard" in what rock opera?

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Answer: Tommy
19.

Elton John is known for what signature accessory?

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Answer: Eyeglasses
20.

Elton John has sold many personal items to raise research money for what disease?

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Answer: AIDS
21.

The opening lyric "Goodbye, Norma Jean" is from what Elton John song?

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Answer: Candle in the Wind
22.

Which Elton John song tells the story of a fictional band with a flamboyant female lead singer?

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Answer: Bennie and the Jets
23.

Elton John recorded a remake of "Don't Let The Sun Go Down On Me" with which singer?

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Answer: George Michael
24.

Elton John's 1983 song "I Guess That's Why They Call it the Blues" featured what R&B legend on harmonica?

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Answer: Stevie Wonder
25.

Elton John sang with which R&B artist in 1985's single "That's What Friends are For"?

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Answer: Dionne Warwick
26.

In 1994, Elton John wrote the songs for which Disney animated film with lyricist Tim Rice?

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Answer: The Lion King
27.

What title did Queen Elizabeth II bestow upon Elton John in 1998?

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Answer: Sir
28.

Madame Tussaud's Museum has a likeness of Elton John carved out of what material?

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Answer: Wax
29.

The 2006 sequel album to "Captain Fantastic and the Brown Dirt Cowboy" is called what?

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Answer: The Captain and the Kid
30.

Elton John wrote the song "Philadelphia Freedom" as a tribute to what tennis star?

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Answer: Billie Jean King
31.

What Elton John hit begins: "It's a little bit funny, this feeling inside."?

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Answer: Your Song
32.

What Elton John song describes the journey of a Mars-bound astronaut?

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Answer: Rocket Man
33.

Elton John scored a number one hit in 1975 with his cover of what song by The Beatles?

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Answer: Lucy in the Sky with Diamonds
34.

Elton John wrote the music to which song with a title that means "No Worries"?

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Answer: Hakuna Matata
35.

What Elton John song did Beastie Boys featuring Biz Markie record?

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Answer: Bennie and The Jets
36.

Which ABBA song was the biggest selling single in Australian chart history until it was overtaken by Elton John's "Candle In The Wind 1997"?

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Answer: Fernado
37.

Which Elton John song is featured on the album "A Single Man"?

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Answer: Big Dipper
38.

What Elton John song, originally written in tribute to Marilyn Monroe, was later re-recorded in tribute to Princess Diana?

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Answer: Candle In The Wind
39.

Sleeping With the Past, an Elton John album released in 1989, contains which of the following songs?

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Answer: Club At The End Of The Street
40.

Which Elton John song begins with the line: "Hello, baby hello, haven't seen your face for a while?

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Answer: Harmony
41.

What Elton John song first appeared on the album "Friends"?

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Answer: Honey Roll
42.

Which of these Elton John songs features on the compilation album "Rare Masters"?

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Answer: House Of Cards
43.

Which of the following Elton John tracks features the lyric "When the shrill winds are screaming and the evening is still"?

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Answer: Lady Samantha
44.

Which of these Elton John songs features on the album "Made in England"?

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Answer: Lies
45.

In 1971, Elton John sang "Get a load of him, he's so insane" in which song which is also the album title?

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Answer: Madman Across The Water
46.

What song by Elton John features in its video clip a Russian female soldier?

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Answer: Nikita
47.

Which of these Elton John songs features on the album "A Single Man"?

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Answer: Return To Paradise
48.

Which Elton John song begins with the line: "When I was a boy I had a lot of fun, I lived by the sea, I was a fisherman's son"?

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Answer: Screw You (Young Man's Blues)
49.

Which of the following Elton John tracks begins with the lyric "There's a dusty old gutter he's lying in now, he's blind and he's old"?

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Answer: Tell Me When The Whistle Blows
50.

Which Elton John song was also recorded by and performed often live by Tina Turner?

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Answer: The Bitch Is Back
51.

Which Elton John song begins with the line: "I've been out on this road some"?

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Answer: The Captain and The Kid
52.

Which song came from Elton John's album "Songs from the West Coast"?

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Answer: The Wasteland
53.

Which song by Eric Clapton did Elton John and Mark Knopfler join Clapton on stage to perform this at the 6th annual "Prince's Trust Rock Gala"?

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Answer: Cocaine
54.

Which John Mayer song helped Mayer beat legends James Taylor, Elton John and Sting to win a Best Pop Vocal Performance Grammy?

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Answer: Your Body Is A Wonderland
55.

Elton John sang, "Burn down the mission, if"?

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Answer: You Want To Stay Alive
56.

Which Elton John tune did The Beach Boys record in 1991?

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Answer: Crocodile Rock
57.

What was the only make of car mentioned in the Elton John hit "Crocodile Rock"?

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Answer: Chevy
58.

Which 80's classic LP by Elton John had the smashes, "I'm Still Standing" and "I Guess That's Why They Call It The Blues"?

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Answer: Too Low For Zero
59.

What decade is the hit single "Little Jeannie" by Elton John from?

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Answer: Eighties
60.

What decade is the hit single "Sad Songs (Say So Much)" by Elton John from?

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Answer: Eighties
61.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "Philadelphia Freedom" on MCA?

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Answer: 1975
62.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "Mama Can't Buy You Love" on MCA?

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Answer: 1979
63.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "Blue Eyes" on Geffen?

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Answer: 1982
64.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "Empty Garden" on Geffen?

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Answer: 1982
65.

What year did Elton John have the hit single "I'm Still Standing" on Geffen?

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Answer: 1983
66.

Who played a young Elton John in his video for "This Train Don't Stop Here Anymore"?

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Answer: Justin Timberlake
67.

Which former boy band heartthrob played a young Elton John in the video for "This Train Don't Stop There Any More"?

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Answer: Justin Timberlake
68.

Who sang back up vocals in Elton John's song "The Bitch is Back"?

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Answer: Dusty Springfield
69.

Elton John studied music at which prestigious institution during his teenage years?

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Answer: Royal Academy of Music
70.

Elton John's father held what job that frequently kept him away from home during John's childhood?

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Answer: Officer in the Royal Air Force
71.

At age 15, Elton John took what musical job?

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Answer: Playing piano in a pub on weekends
72.

Elton John's first serious band was called what?

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Answer: Bluesology
73.

Elton John's first full-length recorded album was called what?

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Answer: Empty Sky
74.

What song was Elton John's first top ten hit in the US?

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Answer: Your Song
75.

What was Elton John's first number one single in the US?

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Answer: Crocodile Rock
76.

Which Elton John album was autobiographical?

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Answer: Captain Fantastic
77.

Which Beatle made Elton John the godfather of his son?

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Answer: John Lennon
78.

Elton John married which woman in 1984?

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Answer: Renate Blauel
79.

What 1991 documentary chronicled the writing style of team Elton John and Bernie Taupin?

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Answer: Two Rooms
80.

Elton John performed with what hip-hop star at the 2001 Grammy Awards?

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Answer: Eminem
81.

Which pop star bestowed the nickname "Sharon" on Elton John?

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Answer: Rod Stewart
82.

What Elton John song begins: "If you feel that it's real, I'm on trial"?

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Answer: Take Me To The Pilot
83.

In an Elton John song, what man "wears his war wound like a crown"?

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Answer: Levon
84.

What Elton John song was featured on the soundtracks of "Aloha, Bobby and Rose", "My Girl 2" and "Almost Famous"?

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Answer: Tiny Dancer
85.

In 1979, Elton John became the first Western pop star to tour what nation?

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Answer: Soviet Union
86.

Which ex-Uriah Heep drummer is best known for being Elton John's drummer?

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Answer: Nigel Olsson
87.

Which Elton John song title has been used as the name of an unofficial fan site for him?

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Answer: Dark Diamond
88.

Which Elton John hit has been released on more than 10 albums, including 1992's "Rare Masters" collection?

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Answer: Grey Seal
89.

In which song does Elton John sing "I'm scared of strangers on the street"?

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Answer: It's Getting Dark In Here
90.

Which song from Elton John's "Tumbleweed Connection" is a duet with Lesley Duncan?

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Answer: Love Song
91.

Which Elton John track begins with: "If anyone should see me making it down the highway"?

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Answer: Rock N' Roll Madonna
92.

Which song by Elton John can be found on his self titled album "Elton John"?

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Answer: Sad Songs (Say So Much)
93.

Which song was recorded by Elton John and written by Kiki Dee?

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Answer: Sugar On The Floor
94.

Which of these songs was in the original conception of Elton John and Tim Rice's musical "Aida" but did not make it to the show?

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Answer: The Messenger
95.

Which Elton John song begins with the line: "There are ladies, illegal X's Mona Lisa's, well connected"?

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Answer: Wrap Her Up
96.

Which Hollies hit did Elton John play piano on?

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Answer: He Ain't Heavy, He's My Brother
97.

Which singer's first album was produced by Rod Stewart and Elton John, and who later gave part of his name to Elton?

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Answer: Long John Baldry
98.

Which lyric is from a song by the artist Elton John?

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Answer: And The Clouds In Your Eyes Were Just Cover
99.

In "Song For Guy", by Elton John, the only lyrics are?

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Answer: Life Isnt Everything
100.

In what year did Queen perform with Elton John at the premiere of the Bejart Ballet For Live?

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Answer: 1997
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