Music Pub Quiz Questions and Answers

Music is the round people actually look forward to. It rewards the person who never studied for anything, it splits a table straight down the middle by age, and one wrong decade costs a team the night.

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  1. Which Spanish duo topped charts worldwide in 1996 with the dance sensation 'Macarena'?

    Answer: Los del Río

  2. Which British band had a surprise 1997 hit with the drinking anthem 'Tubthumping', featuring the line 'I get knocked down'?

    Answer: Chumbawamba

  3. Which rapper became famous for the 1990 hit 'Ice Ice Baby', built around a sampled Queen and David Bowie bassline?

    Answer: Vanilla Ice

  4. Which Texas band scored a 1995 hit referencing an Audrey Hepburn film in the song 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'?

    Answer: Deep Blue Something

  5. Which band's hazy 1997 single 'Sex and Candy' became a lasting alt-rock radio staple?

    Answer: Marcy Playground

  6. Which R&B singer had a cheeky global smash in 2000 with 'Thong Song'?

    Answer: Sisqó

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