The music quiz of the year: from Katy Perry’s baby to life-threatening bum injuries

1. Which R&B icon revealed that she worked on an unreleased alt-rock album in the 1990s?

   1. Jennifer Lopez

   2. Beyoncé

   3. Alicia Keys

   4. Mariah Carey

2. Which of these male rockers managed not to spread coronavirus misinformation this year?

   1. Ian Brown

   2. Noel Gallagher

   3. Johnny Marr

   4. Van Morrison

3. Which US pop star appeared to align herself with socialism when she advocated for a strike and wealth redistribution in March?

   1. Madonna

   2. Christina Aguilera

   3. Britney Spears

   4. Miley Cyrus

4. Katy Perry welcomed her first child with Orlando Bloom in August. What is their daughter’s name?

   1. Rose Bloom

   2. Daisy Bloom

   3. Petal Bloom

   4. Hebe Bloom

5. At this year’s Brit awards, only one woman was nominated in the mixed-gender categories. Who was it?

   1. Mabel

   2. Dua Lipa

   3. Jorja Smith

   4. Jess Glynne

6. Teenage YouTube stars Fred and Tim Williams went viral for their reaction video to which 80s hit?

   1. Tina Turner – What’s Love Got to Do With It

   2. Phil Collins – In the Air Tonight

   3. The Cure – Just Like Heaven

   4. George Michael – Faith

7. In September, BTS became the first K-pop band to top the US singles chart. What was the name of the song?

   1. Firework

   2. Detonate

   3. Thunder

   4. Dynamite

8. Which British indie band fired their frontman in July after he was convicted of assaulting his fiancee?

   1. The Libertines

   2. Franz Ferdinand

   3. Kasabian

   4. Arctic Monkeys

9. BBC Radio 1 organised a single to benefit coronavirus relief featuring artists such as Dua Lipa, Chris Martin, Biffy Clyro and Paloma Faith. What classic 2000s rock song did they cover?

   1. Foo Fighters – Times Like These

   2. Green Day – Wake Me Up When September Ends

   3. Evanescence – Bring Me to Life

   4. U2 – Beautiful Day

10. One classic rocker almost died of a heart attack after shredding his bum muscles in a gardening accident in May. Who was it?

    1. Lindsey Buckingham

    2. Brian May

    3. Rod Stewart

    4. Jimmy Page

Solutions

1:D - Carey worked on an album with the band Chick, writing in her recently released memoir that she envied their “angry, angsty and messy” style at a time when “every move I made was so calculated and manicured”., 2:C - Eternal good egg Johnny Marr has taken the government to task for its handling of the pandemic, while also remembering to wear a mask., 3:C - On Instagram, Spears shared a graphic featuring text by the writer Mimi Zhu, which many fans – particularly those aligned with the #FreeBritney movement – interpreted as a comment on the star’s guardianship battle., 4:B - Despite the floral theme – and the echo of Perry’s recent single, Daisies – Daisy Bloom is a pretty normal name for a celeb baby. Well done, everyone., 5:A - Mabel, the daughter of Neneh Cherry, was up for best new artist and best song. She won neither, although she did win best female artist. , 6:B - “I ain’t never seen nobody drop a beat three minutes in a song,” said Fred. “He killed it! That’s unique.”, 7:D - BTS are “shining through the city with a little funk and soul” so they’re going to “light it up like dynamite”. OK!, 8:C - After Kasabian parted ways with Tom Meighan, they said “domestic violence and abuse of any kind is totally unacceptable”., 9:A - And surprisingly moving it was, too, at least after the first few hernia-inducing lines., 10:B - He survived, everyone laughed and he didn’t like it one bit. “I kind of forgot that anything to do with the bum people find amusing, so I got a bit pissed off with all the ‘Brian May gets a pain in the bum’ kind of stuff,” he said.

Scores

1. 7 and above.

   As it should be: what else has there been to do after curfew but watch TOTP repeats and Song Exploder?

2. 4 and above.

   You don’t know your Brits from your BTS. Back to the pop drawing board.

3. 10 and above.

   Is your name Stan? Maybe take it down a peg or two.

4. 0 and above.

   Admittedly it’s been hard to bother with anything but comfort listening this year, but seriously, you’ve embarrassed yourself.