Friday, June 12, 2020

Show us the way to Amarillo! Travel and music quiz

Name that tune – or at least where it comes from – in our quiz on music around the world Tony Christie and Peter Kay longed to be in Amarillo, but where is it? California Florida New Mexico Texas Calypso music originated in which Caribbean country? Cuba Haiti Jamaica Trinidad and Tobago The legendary Woodstock festival was actually staged more than 50 miles from the eponymous town. But where? Bethel Harris Parksville White Sulphur Springs In 2006, which city was chosen by Unesco to be its first City of Music? Havana Liverpool New Orleans Seville In 1978, the female rock group and one-hit-wonders Clout had a worldwide smash with Substitute. Where were they from? Australia Denmark Canada South Africa If you were getting your kicks on Route 66, which of these states would you NOT drive through? Arizona Louisiana Missouri New Mexico Billy Bragg made an anglicised version of Route 66, replacing American landmarks with English ones, in a song about the "Trunk Road to the Sea". Which road was he singing about? A1 A6 A13 A39 Where does gamelan music originate? Finland Ghana Indonesia India Paul Simon began writing Homeward Bound while “sittin' in the railway station” waiting for a late-night train home. What was the station? Chicago Union Station Paris Gare du Nord New York’s Grand Central Widnes From 2001 to 2012, the Festival in the Desert attracted international visitors as well as local tribes, people and artists to its Sahara setting, in which country? Egypt Mali Morocco Niger Algerian musician and singer Khaled is known as "the king" of which genre of music? Afrobeat Gnawa Mbalax Raï On a visit to Morocco in the 1960s, Jimi Hendrix was said to have been inspired to write Castles Made of Sand in which city? Casablanca Essaouira Fez Marrakech Sunburn, Asia's largest music festival, was held in Goa from 2007–2015, before moving to which Indian city in 2016? Jaipur Mumbai Mysore Pune The Rolling Stones recorded Exile on Main Street at Nellcôte, a belle epoque villa near to which town on the Côte d'Azur? Cannes Nice St-Laurent-du-Var Antibes Serbia's Dragačevski Sabor, or Guča Festival, is a celebration of what kind of music? Brass bands Jazz Folk Techno 11 and above. You're rocking all over the world! 5 and above. On song … but not exactly calling the tune 0 and above. Out of tune! Continue reading...