Radio Times Quiz of the Year 2012: Music

Try Stuart Maconie's fiendish ten question end-of-year music puzzler

Published: Thursday, 27 December 2012 at 6:15 am

1. To the nearest tenner, how much were the top-priced tickets for the Rolling Stones’ 50th anniversary gigs at the O2 arena?

£370

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2. New teenage sensation Jake Bugg hails from which British city?

Nottingham

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3. Muse had a number one album this year with The 2nd Law. Singer Matt Bellamy’s dad had a number one single in the 60s with which band and track?

The Tornados, Telstar

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4. The Huffington Post said that in America “2012 was the year of…” Who?

One Direction

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5. Who won this year’s Mercury Music Prize album of the year?

alt-J

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6. Which British band provided the official theme for the table tennis at the 2012 Olympics?

Hot Chip

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7. Which hit namechecked a fashionable district of Seoul?

Gangnam Style

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8. How is Benjamin Paul Ballance-Drew better known?

Plan B

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9. Which soul legend’s comeback album The Bravest Man in the Universe was co-produced by Damon Albarn?

Bobby Womack

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10. Which raucous guitar band came of age in 2012?

The Vaccines, with the album Come of Age

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Authors

Stuart Maconie

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