Hot Press 2009 Annual Quiz: The Answers

Q1 Mika and Little Richard share what surname?
A1 Penniman

Q3 Bassist Max Rafferty left which band last January?
A3 The Kooks

Q4 Which Irish band is named after a well-known murderer?
A4 The Chapman Society-Mark Chapman

Q5 Rihanna's single ‘SOS (Rescue Me)’ contains a sample from what 1981 hit?
A5 Soft Cell's ‘Tainted Love’

Q6 Back in February, which artist caused a rumpus by performing live on St Stephen’s Green?
A6 Black Francis

Q7 The Republic of Loose joined forces with which female singer on ‘We People Who Are Darker Than Blue’?
A7 Sinead O’Connor

Q8 From which Irish city hail Floyd Soul and The Wolf?
A8 Waterford

Q9 Eleanor McEvoy and Mary Coughlan were both guest performers on the album Short Stories From East Yorkshire by which English artist?
A9 Dave Rotheray

Q10 Their albums include Magico Magico and Nest and they released a live album in 2008. Name them.
A10 Lir

Q11 Name the artist who featured on the cover of the first ever issue of Hot Press in A4 size.
A11 Tom Baxter

Q12 Which Irish singer’s debut album won her a European Breakers Award at Midem 2007?
A12 Dolores O’Riordan

Q13 Whose 2007 album Skullcover was comprised of cover versions?
A13 Maria Doyle Kennedy

Q14 Richard Hawley hails from which English city?
A14 Sheffield

Q16 Which Irish radio station broadcasts Bob Dylan’s Theme Time Radio Hour?
A16 Phantom

Q17 Who did Lou Reed induct into the Hall of Fame early this year?
A17 Leonard Cohen

Q18 Which Pogue joined forces with two Hothouse Flowers for a new band?
A18 Cait O’Riordan in PreNup

Q19 Lou, Eric and Jason reformed in Galway last April. Name the band.
A19 Sebadoh

Q20 Who DJ-ed at the party for the premier of U23D?
A20 David Holmes

Q22 This Irish artist borrowed the title for her 2008 album from a poem by Samuel Menashe.
A22 Gemma Hayes’The Hollow Of Morning

Q23 Who headlined this year’s Trinity Ball?
A23 Mark Ronson

Q24 Who were the first Irish band to record with a member of Kraftwerk?
A24 Empire State Human

Q25 Which Irish band’s tour bus caught fire in Massachusetts last March?
A25 Bell X1

Q26 Name the winners of Vodafone’s Bright New Sounds competition in 2008.
A26 The Minutes

Q27 Which Northern Ireland actor has been touted to play the part of Terri Hooley in the biopic about the former Good Vibrations man?
A27 James Nesbitt

Q28 Name the Irish folk-rock act who crashed the US top 10 with their album Float.
A28 Flogging Molly

Q30 Noel Gallagher objected to which act being included on the 2008 Glastonbury bill?
A30 Jay-Z

Q31 Which album did Van Morrison reprise live at the Hollywood Bowl in 2008?
A31 Astral Weeks

Q32 A posthumous album of duets was released in 2008 featured which Irish solo artist?
A32 Christie Hennessy

Q33 Which band named their label Route 109 Records after the bus route from Dublin to Kells?
A33 Ham Sandwich

Q34 Name the Irish singer voted off American Idol back in the Spring?
A34 Carly Smithson, nee Hennessy

Q35 Jose Gonzalez is associated with Sweden and Argentina. How?
A35 Born in Sweden to Argentinian parents

Q36 This American actress released an album of covers of Tom Waits.
A36 Scarlett Johansson

Q37 Marie Junior of The Brilliant Trees is the daughter of which well-known Irish band manager?
A37 John Hughes – The Corrs

Q38 What country are Biffy Clyro from?
A38 Scotland

Q39 Neil Hannon drove an ice-cream van in the video for what single?
A39 ‘At The Sea’ by Pugwash

Q40 Which city did Liam Gallagher describe as “the second greatest fooking’ city in the world”?
A40 Dublin

Q41 Which Waterford band won Murphy’s Live 2008?
A41 Gorbachov

Q42 Who is Alex Turner’s partner in the Last Shadow Puppets?
A42 Miles Kane

Q43 The Hot Press covers exhibition at Electric Picnic took place in a gallery named after which revered Irish music writer?
A43 Bill Graham

Q44 Which punk icon appeared in a tv commercial for English Country Life butter?
A44 John Lydon

Q45 Which Ash song cover did Annie Lennox include on her 2008 best of?
A45 ‘Shining Light’

Q46 Name the member of Super Furry Animals who has a side project called Neon Neon.
A46 Gruff Rhys

Q47 In what month in 2008 did Ronnie Drew die?
A47 August

Q48 A Cardiff band had their song featured in the Guinness fridge magnet TV commercial. Who are they?
A48 Innercity Pirates

Q50 Name the two members of both SClub 8 and The Saturdays.
A50 Frankie Sandford, Rochelle Wiseman.

Q51 Which Irish record store celebrated 15 years in business in 2008?
A51 Tower Records

Q52 What venue was voted Hot Press Readers Live Music venue of the year?
A52 Vicar Street

Q54 The Kraftwerk gig at the Royal Hospital, Kilmainham was originally supposed to take place where?
A54 Luggala, Co Wicklow

Q55 Courtney Love claimed in 2008 that a particular Irish guitarist was better than Kurt Cobain. Name him.
A55 Micko Larkin

Q56 Which two Irish bands did 2fm select to play the Eurosonic festival in 2009?
A56 The Coronas and Fight Like Apes

Q58 Paul Barrere and Fred Tackett are guitarists with which US band that visited Ireland in 2008?
A58 Little Feat

Q59 Name the first band to play The Point Depot when it opened in 1988?
A59 Huey Lewis and the News

Q60 2008 saw the release of Resistance, his 54th album?
A60 Lee Scratch Perry

Q61 Name the member of Nick Cave’s Bad Seeds who did a solo tour of Ireland recently?
A61 Conway Savage

Q63 Hot Press gave away a free CD of Irish artists to celebrate which Oxfam event?
A63 Oxjam

Q64 Name Glen Baker’s famous Dad?
A64 Don Baker

Q65 Which Irish duo appeared in The Simpsons in 2008?
A65 Glen Hansard and Marketa Irglova

Q66 Name the drummer with Razorlight?
A66 Andy Burrows

Q67 Jack L's 2008 album Burn On is a collection of songs by which songwriter?
A67 Randy Newman

Q68 What was The Script’s follow-up to ‘The Man Who Can’t Be Moved’?
A68 ‘Breakeven’

Q69 Name the Cork venue readying itself for Elton John next June.
A69 Thomond Park

Q70 Miley Cyrus is the daughter of which male country star?
A70 Billy Ray Cyrus

Q71 Which member of The Corrs acted in the London stage presentation of Dancing At Lughnasa?
A71 Andrea

Q72 Name the son of Crowded House’s Neil Finn who will feature in Other Voices in 2008?
A72 Liam Finn

Q73 Name the Wexford band who headlined a festival in Fishguard, Wales in 2008.
A73 Chaplin

Q74 Al Doyle plays guitar for LCD Soundsystem and which other band?
A74 Hot Chip

Q75 Who produced Dirty Epics’ debut album Straight In No Kissing?
A75 Gareth Mannix

Q76 Name the 15-minute sixties track by The Beatles that might be released soon.
A76 ‘Carnival Of Light’

Q77 Is Odi one person or more?
A77Odi consists of Clare Odlum and Dave Redfearn

Q78 Name the last member of the Jimi Hendrix Experience to die?
A78 Mitch Mitchell

Q79 This band have announced they want to give festivals a miss in 2009.
A79 Kasabian

Q81 “Mondays is for drinking to the seldom seen kid” is a line for what song by which band?
A81 ‘Grounds For Divorce’ by Elbow

Q82 His third album was recorded live at the National Concert Hall?
A82 Damien O’Rouke

Q83 Katie White and Jules De Martino are members of what band?
A83 Ting Tings

Q84 Which Irish artist encouraged fans to submit videos of their dance interpretations of his song 'Fading Away'?
A84 Pierce Turner

Q85 What’s Kanye West’s birth name?
A85 Kanye West

Q86 Which band used the names Shrug and Polar Bear before adopting their current name?
A86 Snow Patrol

Q87 The Green and Live gigs are linked to which Irish radio station?
A87 Limerick’s Live 95fm

Q88 Which member of The Blizzards grew a moustache to support the fight against prostate cancer?
A88 Niall Breslin

Q89 Which controversial rock star did The Sun claim in 2008 was going to play for the English football team Queen’s Head Rangers?
A89 Pete Doherty

Q90 Name the Dublin band who re-released their decade old album Friday Night in 2008.
A90 Brilliant Trees

Q91 How long was the Guns N’Roses album Chinese Democracy in the making?
A91 13 years, give or take

Q92 Ronán, Kieran, Níal and Ross are known to as what?
A92 Delorentos

Q93 Which US guitar pioneer is still playing live at the age of 93?
A93 Les Paul

Q94 This Irish singer was born within singing distance of Donaghmede Shopping centre in Dublin.
A94 Damien Dempsey

Q95 Josh Ritter was born in Moscow, true or false?
A95 True. Moscow, Idaho, USA

Q97 Which rock band took their name from a World War II term that referred to unidentified flying objects?
A97 Foo Fighters

Q98 Name the Irish rock band who scored the support slot of AC/DC’s 2008 comeback tour.
A98 The Answer

Q99 ‘Hummer’ and ‘Mathletics’ are tracks by which Oxford, England band?
A99 Foals

Q100 Sheikh Abdulla Bin Hamad Bin Isa Al-Khalifa sued which superstar act for breach of contract, including the non-recording of an album?
A100 Michael Jackson