Song Backgrounds

This pub quiz handout round features details of the backgrounds behind 10 famous number one hit singles (what the song is about, who it was written for, etc.) Given this information, the aim for teams in your quiz is work out the titles of the songs. For example, the answer to "based on the true story of Moody Blues vocalist Justin Hayward getting lost in Jamaica" is "Dreadlock Holiday", which was a number one hit single in 1978 for 10cc.

The information in this handout round could be used to make up standard question and answer rounds where the quiz-master asks questions aloud and teams write their answers on blank answer sheets, but we recommended that they are used as a handout round. For more information on handout rounds and our recommended use for them in quizzes click here

If you buy this handout round, we will give you access to pdf files you can download. Two of these will be for the main handout sheet - one as illustrated above, and one in a more plain format. The third sheet will contain the answers. You probably already have everything you need to access and use these rounds in your quiz, but you might want to check our requirements page to make sure.

Please note that this handout round also appears in Weekly Quiz 90. If you would prefer to purchase our pre-compiled full weekly quizzes, then click here, where you can find quizzes with a handout round, 2 rounds on general subjects, a specialist subject round, a connections round, an initial letter link round, and a stick or twist round, as well as professionally designed answer sheets and full instructions on how to run your quiz. If, however, you prefer to use your own format for your quizzes, then this handout round should help towards creating an entertaining and challenging quiz.

Note: This product was added to our site in May 2008.
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