The JOE Music Quiz: Week 99

Tonight we’re gonna quiz like it’s 1999…

Hello and welcome to another fiendishly tricky JOE Music Quiz.

This week, we have our standard round on current music-related events to kick things off.

Then we move into a ‘music and movies’ round.

Finally, given that this week’s marks quiz #99, we have a 1999 round to contend with.

Sounds easy, yet it never is…

CURRENT MUSIC-SHAPED HAPPENINGS

The Grammy Awards took place last weekend. How many categories are there in total?

67

86

75

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Fontaines D.C. launched a scholarship programme at which Dublin college?

Trinity College

BIMM

UCD

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Father John Misty has just released a new album. What's his real name, though?

Jake

Joshua

Jacob

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They're trying to remake The Crow for the 112th time. Best of luck. What experimental artist has reportedly been cast in the film?

FKA Twigs

Halsey

Zola Jesus

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Harry Styles is set to release his third studio album in May. What's it called?

Harry's Game

Harry's House

Harry's Here

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In honour of that Crow question above, let's have a MUSIC-THEMED MOVIES ROUND.

Richard Madden and Aidan Gillen play the same real-life character in Rocketman and Bohemian Rhapsody, respectively. Who?

John Reid

Ray Williams

Paul Prenter

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Who plays John Cusack's rambunctious record store colleague in High Fidelity?

Jack Black

Seth Green

Jamie Kennedy

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Yesterday is a pretty bad movie in which the music of The Beatles is erased from existence. Because of that event, another famous band is also non-existent. Which one?

Oasis

Blur

Keane

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What is the name of Scott Pilgrim's band in Scott Pilgrim VS The World?

The Clash at Demonhead

Sex Bob-Omb

Crash and The Boys

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Zac Efron plays a DJ who just wants to hit the big time in what 2015 film?

We Are Your Friends

Ibiza

Eden

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And finally, it's time for the PARTY LIKE IT'S 1999 ROUND.

Which of these chart hits was NOT released in 1999?

'Smooth' – Santana ft. Rob Thomas

'Believe' – Cher

'Livin La Vida Loca' – Ricky Martin

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Slipknot released their debut album in 1999. Name the lead single.

'Spit It Out'

'Wait and Bleed'

'Surfacing'

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Billed as Ireland's first dance music festival, what event took place at Mosney holiday centre in September of 1999?

Creamfields

Life

Homelands

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Smash Mouth's iconic 'All Star' was released in 1999. Complete the opening lyric – "Somebody once told me..."

"The world is gonna own me."

"The world is gonna roll me."

"The world is gonna show me."

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Wrong!

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And finally, where do Backstreet Boys perform in the video for 'I Want It That Way'?

Airport

Football stadium

School

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