1.

Which group had a hit in 1977 with Birdland?

Weather Report

Minority

crews (=Cruise)

Tom Hollander

  Minority Report – Tom Cruise 

2.

Who wrote the distinctive music featured on the soundtrack of the Wim Wenders film Paris, Texas?

Ry Cooder

Mark Carney

Bridge of S(p)ighs

Lance Armstrong

  Bridge of Spies – Mark Rylance 

3.

Which English folk song has the chorus:

"Oh, 'tis my delight on a shining night, in the season of the year."

The Lincolnshire Poacher

Phil Daniels

Lewes Bonfire Night procession

Robin Day

  Lincoln – Daniel Day-Lewis 

4.

Which Coldplay single was their only 2015 chart success?  It was taken from their album A Head Full of Dreams.

Adventure of a Lifetime

Tinting

Circus (Serkis)

Andy Caddick

  The Adventures of Tintin – Andy Serkis

5.

What was the name of the 17th century harpsichordist who gave his name to an aria and 30 related pieces?

Johann Gottlieb Goldberg

(Bach's Goldberg Variations)

“Purple Haze”

(missing words from lyrics to Jimi Hendrix hit)

whoopee cushion

(S)culler

  The Color Purple – Whoopi Goldberg 

6.

Hometown Glory is a single taken from which 2008 album?

19

(by Adele)

Peter Ackroyd

Level 42

(-1 = 41)

Dan Snow

  1941 – Dan Aykroyd 

7.

Which 1970 song included these lines in the lyrics:

"What is it good for?
Absolutely nothing."

War

(by Edwin Starr)

haws

(from a hawthorn tree)

TV Guide

(i.e. What’s On)

Emily Davison

(suffragette killed at the Derby)

  War Horse – Emily Watson