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1970 to 1999 music trivia questions
Rewind began with four branches, and this is one of them: 50 questions about 1970 to 1999 music, each tied to a year from 1970 to 1999. The picker’s line for it is “The charts, 1970 to 1999”.
1970 to 1999 music: how the questions fall by date
Split by decade, the questions look like this, earliest year 1970, latest 1999:
- 1970s: 18 questions
- 1980s: 17 questions
- 1990s: 15 questions
What a 1970 to 1999 music card looks like
Four choices, one answer. The first words of the questions break down as follows: 32 start with “Which”, 2 start with “What”, 1 start with “ABBA”. Each answer is followed by a fact of up to 19 words. 15 of the answers are a single word.
Every question was checked against a written source, and the source is kept with it.
1970 to 1999 music samples and their answers
Try these two. They come from the older part of the 1970 to 1999 music bank and were not in the daily ten around the build date of this page.
Question (1971): "Imagine" was released in 1971 by which former Beatle?
Answer: John Lennon. He wrote it at Tittenhurst Park, his home in England.
The wrong choices on the card were Paul McCartney, George Harrison, and Ringo Starr.
Checked against Imagine (John Lennon song) (Wikipedia).
Question (1989): Which Madonna song from 1989 had a video with burning crosses that cost her a Pepsi deal?
Answer: "Like a Prayer". Pepsi dropped its ad campaign with her after the outcry.
The wrong choices on the card were "Like a Virgin", "Vogue", and "Express Yourself".
Checked against Like a Prayer (song) (Wikipedia).
More 1970 to 1999 music questions to try
Questions only this time. The answers and the facts that go with them wait in Rewind.
- Which Village People song from 1978 has a dance where you spell out its title with your arms?
- Which Alanis Morissette album from 1995 included "You Oughta Know" and "Ironic"?
- Santana's 1999 comeback album with "Smooth" was called what?
Play only 1970 to 1999 music
Rewind lets you narrow the day to what you like. Here that means opening Branches, ticking Music with the other Retro branches, and pressing Play these. A day needs ten questions in the selection, and this branch has 50 of its own.
Scoring and the clock are in How to play Rewind.
Next to 1970 to 1999 music in the picker
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Every branch is on the Rewind topics page, and the other daily games are on the topics hub.