1 Naimee Coleman was the featured vocalist on Aurora's hit cover of which Duran Duran song?

2 Ghostface Killah, Method Man and Inspectah Deck are members of which Rap collective?

3 In 1978, U2 won #500 in a talent competition in Limerick, but which brand of lager sponsored the contest?

4 'Coming Around' was a hit this year for which band?

5 At which Dublin venue did Bob Dylan play an intimate show this year?

6 Atomic Kitten hail from which English city?

7 Which Country legend died in the back of a car on New Year's Eve, 1952?

8 Which Dublin band released an album this year called Adventura Majestica?

9 Who played the lead role in the Lars Von Trier movie Dancer In The Dark?

10 Hillary Wood plays bass with which band?

11 Who wrote the story and lyrics for the new Andrew Lloyd-Webber musical The Beautiful Game?

12 In June, which Beatles album was voted the best British album of all time by Q Magazine?

13 Which Irish act turned on this year's Blackpool illuminations?

14 Who was the leader of the influential British R'n'B outfit The Bluesbreakers?

15 Those Were The Days is a 2-CD collection of which great Dublin band's work?

16 The All Saints hit 'Pure Shores' featured on the soundtrack of which movie?

17 In the early nineties, London dance outfit US3 were allowed unlimited access to the master tapes of which legendary Jazz label?

18 Bastinado is this year's debut album by which Irish band?

19 Which band's only single this year was called 'Music Is My Radar'?

20 The Joan Collins Fan Club featured which flamboyant comedian on vocals?

21 Which title links hit singles by Dire Straits and Billie Piper?

22 Dear Boy by Tony Fletcher is a biography of which legendary drummer?

23 Crush was a 2000 album by which American Stadium Rock dinosaurs?

24 What was the nickname of the Jazz trumpeter John Birks Gillespie?

25 Which laid-back rappers were 3 Feet High And Rising in 1989?

26 What's the name of the new label set up by Alan McGee?

27 Which David Bowie song formed the basis of the Samantha Mumba hit 'Body To Body'?

28 JerUSAlem was a disastrous movie by which eighties group?

29 Mick Hanly, Flo McSweeney and Christy Moore were all lead singers with which band?

30 Which members of Boyzone released a cover of Milli Vanilli's 'Girl You Know It's True' this year?

31 Casey Chaos is the lead singer with which American Rock band?

32 Which lyricist is most closely associated with the work of Burt Bacharach?

33 In 1990, Roger Waters presented an all-star performance of The Wall in which European city?

34 Who sang lead vocals on Spiller's chart-topping 'Groovejet (If This Ain't Love)'?

35 In 1988, Clint Eastwood directed a biopic of which Jazz legend?

36 Alone With Everybody was the debut solo album by which artist?

37 How many members are there in the boyband A1?

38 Herb Alpert and Jerry Moss were the founders of which label?

39 Which one-hit wonder from the 1960s performed with a flaming helmet on his head?

40 Which controversial American band are fronted by Jimmy Pop?

41 Early Days and Latter Days are compilations by which Heavy Rock legends?

42 Mike Batt was the musical mastermind behind which furry seventies hitmakers?

43 Who duetted with Tom Jones on the hit single 'Sex Bomb'?

44 Tina Weymouth was the bassist with which arty New York new wave band?

45 Face Dances and A Quick One were albums by which great English band?

46 Which drum'n'bass star played a villain in the Bond movie The World Is Not Enough?

47 'A New Beginning' was the debut single by which artist?

48 Which Gangsta Rap label is run by the notorious Marion 'Suge' Knight?

49 John Sykes and Scott Gorham currently front which Rock band?

50 What nationality are the dance duo Air?

51 Which U2 song did Johnny Cash cover on this year's album American 111 - Solitary Man?

52 Who sings the female lead on Ronan Keating's version of 'A Fairytale Of New York'?

53 What was the title of Michael Jackson's follow-up album to the mega-selling Thriller?

54 Which seventies Soul and Disco icon was affectionately nicknamed 'The Walrus Of Love'?

55 Lisa 'Left Eye' Lopez, Tionne 'T-Boz' Watkins and Rozanda 'Chilli' Thomas comprise which mega-selling US group?

56 Who topped the bill at this year's Slane festival?

57 Which hit this year featured the hook "I hate you so much right now"?

58 Which HG Wells book inspired a best-selling seventies album by Jeff Wayne?

59 By what name were Bill Medley and Bobby Hatfield better known?

60 Which Scottish band features the songwriting talents of Norman Blake, Gerry Love and Raymond McGinley?

61 Which title links albums by REM, ABC and Right Said Fred?

62 In Channel 4's 'Top Ten' of boybands earlier this year, which outfit came out on top?

63 Hellfire by Nick Tosches is a biography of which legendary rock'n'roller?

64 Brothers Ken and Carl Pappenfus are members of which Downpatrick band?

65 From which US state do the band Lonestar hail?

66 In which city did the Manic Street Preachers greet the new millennium?

67 What was the nickname of the American R'n'B singer Clarence Henry?

68 Bryan Adams and Maire Brennan have both featured on hit singles by which dance act?

69 In the 1980 movie The Coal Miner's Daughter, Sissy Spacek starred as which Country singer?

70 Happy To Meet, Sorry To Part was the debut album by which Irish band?

71 In which year did the infamous Altamont festival take place?

72 Who duetted with Siniad O'Connor on the 1995 single 'Haunted'?

73 What was the title of Frankie Goes To Hollywood's second single?

74 Earlier this year, singer Zack De La Rocha left which influential rap-rock act?

75 Which album scooped this year's Mercury Prize?

76 Which two guitarists accompanied Bob Dylan on his hilariously ramshackle appearance at Live Aid?

77 Lene Marlin is a native of which Scandinavian country?

78 With which instrument do you associate traditional virtuoso Ringo McDonagh?

79 Ronan Keating's 'Life Is A Rollercoaster' was written by Greg Alexander, but which band did the author front?

80 This year, The Friends Of Rachel Worth was a comeback album by which Australian band?

81 Chris Martin is the lead singer with which band?

82 In 1974, Lindsey Buckingham and Stevie Nicks joined which down-on-their-luck English Blues band?

83 Which reggae singer starred in the 1972 film The Harder They Come and sang the title track?

84 Which soul great wrote the music for the clasic Blaxploitation flick Superfly?

85 Prior to the 1992 UK general election, which former Beatle played a beneft concert on behalf of the Natural Law Party?

86 In Craig David's '7 Days', by which day of the week were he and his lady 'Makin' love'?

87 Which singer published an autobiography called Tainted Life?

88 Jez and Andy Williams are members of which Mancunian trio?

89 Which great American vocal group was founded in 1953 by Clyde McPhatter?

90 The movie Toy Story featured original songs by which American artist?

91 In which year did Baddiel, Skinner and The Lightning Seeds first have a hit with 'Three Lions'?

92 By what name is rapper James Todd Smith better known?

93 the late Bon Scott was the original singer with which long-running hard rock band?

94 Which late superstar once released a version of 'I Can Hear Music' under the name Larry Lurex?

95 'Sketches' of which country provided Miles Davis with a classic album in 1960?

96 Which band released The Menace this year, five years after their debut?

97 Which member of Public Enemy is known to his mammy as Carlton Ridenhour?

98 In which year did Chris De Burgh reach No.1 with the romantic 'The Lady In Red'?

99 Which Bob Dylan song was sampled on Gabrielle's 'Rise'?

100 On the cover of In Blue, Andrea Corr wears a t-shirt depicting which influential American band from the early seventies?

QUIZ 2000 ANSWERS

1. Ordinary World 2. The Wu-Tang Clan 3. Harp 4. Travis 5.Vicar Street 6. Liverpool 7. Hank Williams 8. Sack 9. Bjork

10. JJ72 11. Ben Elton 12. Revolver 13. Westlife 14. John Mayall 15. The Blades 16. The Beach 17. Blue Note 18. Wilt

19. Blur 20. Julian Clary 21. Walk Of Life 22. Keith Moon 23. Bon Jovi 24. Dizzy 25. De La Soul 26. PopTones

27. Ashes To Ashes 28. The Style Council 29. Moving Hearts 30. Shane Lynch and Keith Duffy 31. Amen 32. Hal David

33. Berlin 34. Sophie Ellis-Bextor 35. Charlie Parker 36. Richard Ashcroft 37. Four 38. A&M 39. Arthur Brown

40. Bloodhound Gang 41. Led Zeppelin 42. The Wombles 43. Mousse T 44. Talking Heads 45. The Who 46. Goldie

47. Stephen Gately 48. Death Row Records 49. Thin Lizzy 50. French 51. One 52. Maire Brennan 53. Bad 54. Barry White

55. TLC 56. Bryan Adams 57. Caught Out There by Kelis 58. The War Of The Worlds 59. The Righteous Brothers

60. Teenage Fanclub 61. Up 62. Boyzone 63. Jerry Lee Lewis 64. Relish 65. Texas 66. Cardiff 67. Frogman 68. Chicane

69. Loretta Lynn 70. Horslips 71. 1969 72. Shane MacGowan 73. Two Tribes 74. Rage Against The Machine

75. The Hour Of Bewilderbeast by Badly Drawn Boy 76. Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood 77. Norway 78. Bodhran

79. New Radicals 80. The Go-Betweens 81. Coldplay 82. Fleetwood Mac 83. Jimmy Cliff 84. Curtis Mayfield

85. George Harrison 86. Wednesday 87. Marc Almond 88. Doves 89. The Drifters 90. Randy Newman 91. 1996

92. LL Cool J 93. AC/DC 94. Freddie Mercury 95. Spain 96. Elastica 97. Chuck D 98. 1986

99. Knockin' On Heaven's Door 100. New York Dolls