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24/04/2017

Big Read Best Read (2)

In April 2003 BBC’s Big Read programme canvassed listeners views on the nation’s 100 best loved novels.  Each of the following 10 novels was on that list.

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1.

Which 1957 Perry Como hot single features on the soundtrack of the film Love Actually?

2.

Born in 1933 how was American singer, songwriter, musician, arranger, and civil rights activist Eunice Kathleen Waymon better known?

3.

Which 1960s New York group founded by John Sebastian and guitarist Zal Yanovsky had a hit with the song Daydream?

4.

Which two-act opera buffa by Rossini with a libretto by Cesare Sterbini is based on a Beaumarchais comedy?

5.

What nickname is given to Schubert's Ninth Symphony?

6.

Whose debut solo album was called Come Away With Me?

7.

Which US singing group includes rappers apl.de.ap and Taboo, and singer J Rey Soul?

8.

Which US 1960s group consisted of three brothers their cousin and a friend called Al Jardine?

9.

Which legendary US guitarist produced the Buena Vista Social Club album?

10.

Which novelty song intended as a parody of songs like Agadoo and Do The Conga reached the UK Number One position in 1986?