From Craig David to Coronation Street – do you know this week in pop history?

Craig David … An eventful week. Photograph: Dave Hogan/Getty Images

1. 

   Which music magazine, which at its peak sold 350,000 copies per edition, was launched on 1 August 1963?

   1. Music Week

   2. Record Mirror

   3. Guitar Pedal Enthusiast incorporating Amplifier World

   4. The Beatles Book Monthly

2. 

   This week in 2007, Prince began a series of 21 concerts at the O2 Arena in London. How much did he charge for tickets?

   1. £19.99

   2. £31.21

   3. £69

   4. £172.50

3. 

   Which band made a cameo performance on Coronation Street this week in 2005, playing themselves?

   1. Status Quo

   2. T’Pau

   3. The Libertines

   4. Black Lace

4. 

   Madonna went to No 1 in the UK for this first time on 3 August 1985, with Into the Groove. In the accompanying video, what did she dry using a hot air blower in the ladies’ loos?

   1. Her pet cat

   2. A scrawled note from her lover

   3. Her armpits

   4. A dripping wet crucifix

5. 

   This week in 2006, the great Arthur Lee of Love died. He frequently toured the UK in his latter years, but which of these groups never backed him up as Love?

   1. The Vaccines

   2. Shack

   3. The High Llamas

   4. Baby Lemonade

6. 

   Craig David’s Seven Days went to No 1 this week in 2000. Which of the following statements from the song is true?

   1. He took her for a curry on Tuesday

   2. They were making Airfix models on Wednesday, Thursday and Friday

   3. They kicked back on Sunday

   4. She was aged 24

7. 

   Which group achieved their fifth and final No 1 single this week in 2011?

   1. Queen

   2. JLS

   3. The Wanted

   4. The Saturdays

8. 

   Happy 70th birthday, Jimmy Webb, songwriter extraordinaire. If there were a fourth verse to By the Time I Get to Phoenix, where might reasonably expect the narrator to have reached?

   1. Memphis

   2. Omaha

   3. San Antonio

   4. Des Moines

9. 

   Pink Floyd released their debut album this week in 1967. They were originally known as the Pink Floyd – but which of these contemporaries of theirs also had a definite article in their name that they later shed?

   1. Small Faces

   2. Procul Harum

   3. Timebox

   4. Status Quo

10. 

    The soundtrack album from the TV series fame went to No 1 on 6 August 1982. Which unlikely garment did the show help popularise?

    1. The fingerless lacy glove

    2. The leg warmer

    3. The fedora

    4. The burgundy waffled trouser

Solutions

1:D - The magazine ran for 77 editions, until 1969., 2:B - He had also called his album, website and perfume 3121., 3:A - The Quo performed at Les and Cilla Battersby’s wedding reception. But not with the classic Frantic Four line-up., 4:C - The video was composed of clips from the film Desperately Seeking Susan, in which Madonna starred, 5:A - The Vaccines have, however, been John Fogerty’s backing band, albeit only for one show, 6:D - And it all started when she asked him for the time. Miracles do happen., 7:B - She Makes Me Wanna featured Dev, but spent only one week at No 1., 8:A - Our anti-hero is heading roughly east of north east. St Louis would also be possible., 9:D - Their own debut album, from 1968, was called Picturesque Matchstickable Messages from the Status Quo., 10:B - To this day you can buy the “Fame-style leg warmer” online.

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