Emily Brinnand 

Here’s this week’s music quiz

Who's setting up their own label? Which bands are breaking up? Test your knowledge of the last seven days in music
  
  


  1. Which group broke up this week?

    1. One Direction

    2. Pendulum

    3. Take That

    4. Chase and Status

  2. Which American R&B star is encouraging young people living in Hackney to pursue a career in music?

    1. Chris Brown

    2. Jay-Z

    3. Usher

    4. Beyoncé

  3. Who's portraying Jackie O and JFK in a new music video?

    1. Cheryl Cole is playing Jackie O and getting will.i.am to act as JFK in her new song God Bless America

    2. Lana Del Rey is playing Jackie O and getting A$AP Rocky to act as JFK in her new song National Anthem

    3. Beyoncé and Jay-Z

    4. Kayne West and Kim Kardashian

  4. Who's announced plans to set up their own record label?

    1. Katy Perry

    2. Rihanna

    3. Lady Gaga

    4. Beyoncé

  5. Which 80s group were rumoured to be getting back together this week, which the Guardian confirmed wasn't true?

    1. Genesis

    2. a-ha

    3. Wham!

    4. ABBA

  6. Which boyband have said they're performing their last gig ever this Saturday?

    1. Westlife

    2. One Direction

    3. JLS

    4. Boyzone

  7. Which band was Dave Simpson describing when he said their entrance had "the air of a battle-weary army returning home"?

    1. The Stone Roses

    2. Blur

    3. Pearl Jam

    4. The Maccabees

  8. In Dorian Lynskey's latest blog about why Bruce Springsteen makes middle-aged men behave like teenagers, who was he quoting when he said: "Springsteen is no longer a musician. He's a belief system."?

    1. Alexis Petridis

    2. Matt Taylor

    3. Stephen Metcalf

    4. Thom Zimny

  9. What happens to Mischa Barton in Noel Gallagher's High Flying Birds' brand new video?

    1. The video is set as if it's a dream and Mischa Barton is running down the streets with wings on her back. In slow motion, her feet suddenly leave the ground and she starts to fly

    2. In the video Noel Gallagher is her taxi driver and when she steps out of the car her dress gets caught in the door, Noel drives away and she's left standing there in her underwear

    3. In the video Noel Gallagher is her taxi driver and when she steps out of the car her hair gets caught in the door, Noel drives away and it appears that Mischa was wearing a wig

    4. In the video Noel Gallagher is her taxi driver and when she steps out of the car her hair gets caught in the door, Noel drives away and Mischa is left there stark naked

  10. Which three things does Alexis Petridis say are in the sleeve notes of Go Kart Mozart's third album?

    1. A reading list of CDs, vinyls and music books to buy. Playlist of 80s dance music, a MiniDisc with an exclusive track on it called On the Hot Dog lies Ketchup

    2. A reading list with books about love, life and death. Playlist, which reveals how the song The Life of the Hot Dog was written and a list of bands that Go Kart Mozart dislike

    3. A playlist including all the music Go Kart Mozart think you should buy, a reading list of autobiographies that have influenced the band and a list of potential band names for anyone wanting to start making music

    4. A reading list with books on sociology, music and mental illness. Playlist, which reveals how the song On the Hot Dog Streets was influenced and a list of potential band names for anyone inspired by the album

Solutions

1:B, 2:C, 3:B, 4:A, 5:C, 6:A, 7:C, 8:C, 9:B, 10:D

Scores

  1. 4 and above.

    You scored 4 out of 10. Get revising... Right this video is strange. It's by FAt MESS and it's called Gary GLITTER Baby SITTeR. We warned you … <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/2l3ySdZXauU" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  2. 5 and above.

    You scored 5 out of 10. Surely you can do better? So your reward for this score is the new video from Kate Nash. Sorry. It's not as bad as you think <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JIB3YCGihp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  3. 6 and above.

    You scored 6 out of 10. But could you get a perfect 10? So your reward for this score is the new video from Kate Nash. Sorry. It's not as bad as you think <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JIB3YCGihp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  4. 7 and above.

    You scored 7 out of 10. But could you get a perfect 10? So your reward for this score is the new video from Kate Nash. Sorry. It's not as bad as you think <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JIB3YCGihp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  5. 8 and above.

    You scored 8 out of 10. But could you get a perfect 10? So your reward for this score is the new video from Kate Nash. It's really not as bad as you think <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JIB3YCGihp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  6. 9 and above.

    You scored 9 out of 10. But could you get a perfect 10? So your reward for this score is the new video from Kate Nash. It's really not as bad as you think <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/JIB3YCGihp0" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>

  7. 10 and above.

    You scored 10 out of 10. You're so good maybe you should write the quiz? Your reward for that score is watching the brilliant new video from Noel Gallagher's High Flying birds. It's like a sequel to The OC <iframe width="400" height="233" src="http://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/dpqQJfdLO14" frameborder="0" allowfullscreen></iframe>
 

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