Know your music? Now that’s what I call a quiz

With the 100th Now compilation coming along in a couple of weeks, it is time to test your knowledge. Can you take the Now challenge?

Please note - these questions are based on the Now albums as they were released in the UK.

Now that’s what I call a quiz

1. What was side one, track one, on the very first Now album?

   1. "You Can't Hurry Love" by Phil Collins

   2. "19" by Paul Hardcastle

   3. "Is There Something I Should Know?" by Duran Duran

2. What was the first Ed Sheeran track to feature on a Now album?

   1. Small Bump

   2. Castle on the Hill

   3. The A-Team

   4. Galway Girl

3. Which artist has appeared the most on the main numbered Now series?

   1. Michael Jackson

   2. Madonna

   3. Girls Aloud

   4. Robbie Williams

4. 1982 hit "Should I Stay or should I Go" by The Clash ended up on a Now album after it appeared in a Levi's advert. Which year?

   1. 1987

   2. 1991

   3. 1997

   4. 2001

5. True or false - some Now albums were released on MiniDisc?

   1. True

   2. False

6. 

   What year did Now 50 come out? It opened with Can't Get You Out Of My Head by Kylie Minogue

   1. 1997

   2. 1999

   3. 2001

   4. 2003

7. 

   When did Zayn Malik make his first solo appearance on a Now album?

   1. Now 93 in March 2016

   2. Now 98 in December 2018

   3. Now 90 in March 2015

8. 

   In the late 90s and early 2000's, The Vengaboys appeared on how many consecutive Now compilations?

   1. 3

   2. 5

   3. 6

   4. 8

9. Can you identify which of these images is from Now 3?

   1. 

      This?

   2. 

      This?

   3. 

      This?

   4. 

      This?

10. Who has the longest distance mentioned in a song title on a numbered Now compilation?

    1. The Proclaimers

    2. The Pretenders

    3. The Rolling Stones

    4. Vanessa Carlton

11. 

    True or false - Kanye West has never allowed his tracks to be licensed to Now compilations

    1. True

    2. False

12. When did Now albums stop routinely appearing on vinyl?

    1. 1996

    2. 1998

    3. 2001

    4. 2003

13. When a complete set of the Now vinyl albums was put on eBay in 2017, how much did the seller want for them?

    1. £150

    2. £250

    3. £300

    4. £900

14. True or False: Ant & Dec featured on consecutive Now albums?

    1. True

    2. False

15. Now 63 includes the lowest selling UK #1 of all time. What was what?

    1. "No Tomorrow" by Orson

    2. "Sign of the Times" by Harry Styles

    3. "What Do You Mean?" by Justin Bieber

    4. "Maneater" by Nelly Furtado

Solutions

1:A - Good old Phil set the series up. "That's All" by Genesis was also on the LP so Phil was quids in., 2:C - The A-Team featured on Now 79, released in July 2011, 3:D - Just like in Moscow, Robbie can flick the finger at everybody else in the race, he's appeared 30 times, more than anybody else. Rhianna is in second sport, followed by Kylie., 4:B - "Should I Stay or should I Go" opened up Now 19 in 1991., 5:A - It's true. Now 43 through to Now 48 were available on Sony's short-lived music format., 6:C - Now reached their half-century a little bit after the turn of the century. By 1992 the series had settled into a regular rhythm of three releases per year, but prior to that there were sometimes only two compilations each year., 7:A - Solo single "Pillowtalk" was the first time Zayn struck out on his own in the world of Now. Zayne had left the band the previous year., 8:C - Six times. No, we don't remember there being that many Vengaboys singles either, but Up & Down, We Like to Party (The Vengabus), Boom Boom Boom Boom, We're Going to Ibiza, Kiss (When the Sun Don't Shine), Shalala Lala and Uncle John from Jamaica all made the cut between Now 41 and Now 47., 9:C - The pig featured on Now 3, 10:D - Carlton's "A Thousand Miles" holds this title. The Proclaimers were on a Now, but only walked 500 miles, the Rolling Stones "2000 Light Years From Home" never made it onto Now, and The Pretenders "2000 Miles" is only on the Now Christmas albums., 11:B - Totally false. In fact Kanye has appeared lots of times in the series, included three consecutive appearances on Now 68, 69 and 70., 12:A - The last of the regular series to get a full vinyl release was Now 35, in November 1996. Some wags have suggested it's possibly the only even vinyl release to feature both Boyzone and Bjork., 13:D - Yes, £900 was the asking price for a set of mint copies of every single Now release., 14:A - It's true. When I Fall in Love by the duo featured on Now 35, and Shout featured on Now 36. They were also on Now 31 with Stuck on U., 15:A - Orson sadly holds this record - reaching number one with just 17,694 physical copies sold

Scores

1. 8 and above.

   Now that's what we call a good effort

2. 4 and above.

   Now that's where we think you must try harder

3. 0 and above.

   Now that's what we call a disaster

4. 12 and above.

   Not that's what we call a result