Quiz rounds based on, or including songs from, the 1970s
Guess The Year – 1972
What year were all these a hit? Well, obviously you know. You bought the quiz. But can your guests work which year these were all in the charts?
TV 70s Themes – 2
Another 10 classic tv themes from the 1970s. Can you identify them and what channel you'd have watched them on? Includes Top of the Pops, Mash, and more....
Grease Fever (or Saturday Night Grease?)
..or Saturday Night Grease? Clips from the soundtracks of two of the 1970s most iconic movies - Grease and Saturday Night Fever. But there are also two rogue tracks in…
Soul Duets
Soul music 1960s - 1980s style Who are the pairs of singers duetting together in these clips? 20 answers from 10 clips Includes gems sung by Marvin Gaye, Aretha Franklin,…
70s Number Ones
Ten number ones from the 1970s the decade of brash colours, huge boots and glam rock, disco and bubblegum. See if you (well, your guests) can identify the artists performing,…
Worst Songs of the 70s (Possibly)
Quite possibly the worst music of the 70s? All I want are the performers of these atrocities, 2pts each for White Plains, The New Seekers, The Pipkins, Ray Stevens, Terry…
Beat the Intro – 1970s – 2
Classic 70s intros including ELO, Sweet, 10cc, Abba....
70s Instrumentals – 2
More 70s Instrumental hits to identify Performer 2pts, Tune 2pts. Easy peasy (good luck with the last one) Listening to: Marvin Hamlisch, Focus, MFSB, The Biddu Orchestra, The Average White…
Christmas No1s 1970-1979
All the 10 No.1 hits from December 25th from the 1970s (1970 - 1979). But in the wrong chronological order! Can you identify the songs, singers and the year they…
70s Punk
10 noisy clips from the Punk/New Wave period Performer and Song Title please. 2 points for each Enjoy/suffer: The Clash, Sex Pistols, Joy Division, Stiff Little Fingers, The Damned, Sham…
TV 70s Themes 3
Classic TV themes from the 70s. Can your guests identify Wonder Woman, Space 1999, Test Match Special, The Tomorrow People, The Cuckoo Waltz, The Incredible Hulk, Citizen Smith, World In…
Alphabet Oldies K-T
Let's identify the performers from these 10 clips, with a massive hint, they are in alphabetical order from K to T Some very easy, some a bit tricky, you decide:…
Guess the Movie (1960s-1980s)
Great film themes from movies from the 1960s - 1980s Classic tunes from classic films like Back to the Future, Car Wash, Ghostbusters, Midnight Cowboy.....
Elvis
10 wonderful clips from Elvis Presley and a great quiz for Elvis fans All you have to do is identify which songs reached number one in the UK charts Enjoy:…
Spot the Connection – Celebrating Breaking Up
10 great songs all about celebrating divorce/break ups. Can your guests spot the connection and identify who the performers are? Includes The Mavericks, Beyonce, Kelly Clarkson, Pink, Gloria Gaynor and…
Beat the Intro – 5 rounds
Beat The Intro everyone's favourite. This big quiz deal features 5 Beat The Intro quiz questions for the price of 4 Beat the Intro 1960s Beat the Intro 1970s Beat…
One Hit Wonders from which Decade?
10 Fantastic (and occasionally bizarre) one hit wonders from 1950s-1980s. We just want to know which decade they charted Enjoy: Ricky Valance, B Bumble and the Stingers, Clive Dunn, The…
Guess the Year – 1971
Multiple news, sport and musical clips to help your contestants identify the year as 1971. 5 points for getting that right and, from the song clips, 1 point for each…
70s Glam Rock 2
Great glam rock artists/bands from the 70s. This one is for those people who know their 70s. Listen to the 10 clips from Sweet, Bowie, Alvin Stardust, Bay City Rollers,…
Chronology – Michael Jackson
10 classic tracks, but in which order did they first chart, and can you remember which year? World famous clips including Bad, Ben, Thriller, Don't Stop Til You Get Enough.…
70s Love Songs
If you feel like some romance, this round is for you AND it isn't too hard I just want the song and performer for each clip : 2 points for…
Covers?
Can you identify who's doing the different versions of these great songs? Who is performing? Which is the original version and which is the cover or are they both covers?…
The BIG 1950s-1970s Quiz
This one's far too easy. The top selling records from each year from 1950 to 1979. In chronological order from 1950 to 1979! Yes, 3 times as big as the usual…
70s Movie Music
Harking back to flared trousers, big boots, political incorrectness and so many wonderful things, here are ten tunes that appeared in ten movies Name the movie, 2pts, Performers 2 pts…
Beat the Intro – 1970 to 2009
A BIG Beat the Intro quiz round, equivalent to FOUR standard quizzes This was requested by a lady for her husband's 40th birthday - wanting a Beat the Intro for…
And who?
10 fabulous clips from the 60s to the noughties (2 of each), all credited with performers in the format of 'Performer and the Band' The quiz task is to get…
70s Instrumentals
10 clips featuring (mostly) instrumental tracks 2pts for Performer (or Composer, you'll know it when you hear it) 2pts for tune title (easy) Let's listen to..Hot Butter, Average White Band,…
70s Glam Rock Quiz (pt 1)
10 memorable songs from the 1970s, all from within the five year Glam Rock genre window Who's performing, 1pt What's the song (too easy?) 1pt Guess the year (tricky) 2pts.…
Can’t Get Used To Losing Andy Williams
10 Classic clips from the world's premier crooner. Easy enough to identify the songs, but can you spot the year of release and the film each song featured in -…
Spot the Connection – songs they tried to ban
10 Songs many decades; all well known but with something in common Such a wide range of tunes, from the Everlys to Frankie Goes to Hollywood..from The Shamen to The…
70s Connections – Didn’t Make Top 20
10 clips from the 1970s from well known artists. In terms of success what did they all have in common 5pts for what they have in common, 2pts for each…
Karen’s BIG Family Quiz
Well, this one's a WHOPPER. 60 (yes SIXTY, equivalent to 6 regular quizzes ) clips for you to identify Give me the Performers and Song Titles; some are easy and some…
David Bowie – Chronology
This quiz is just an excuse to listen to 12 classic Bowie tracks.. Can you place these Singles in order of UK release? Even if you can't, you can still…
Top Selling 70s Hits by Year
10 Classics. The official best selling single of each year of the decade 1pt for Performer, 1 pt for song title, and 3 points for the year (remember they are…
Beat the Intro – 1970s
Beat The Intro - 70s 10 clips from the 1970s Enjoy some Roxy Music, Showaddywaddy, Tina Turner, Lindisfarne, Steve Harley ...and more
TV Classic 1
Remember these 10 classic TV shows from these nostalgic clips, incBatman,Thunderbirds,Star Trek,The Wombles,The Munsters,Fawlty Towers,Steptoe & Son,The Avengers,Juke Box Jury. Mission Impossible
Bubblegum
The best of bubblegum music...the style of music that all 'serious' music fans were scathing about; but for everyone else it was fun,completely unpretentitious, frothy, disposable and,well ...er..., bubblegum. Can…
Location, Location 50s – 80s
10 clips from 50s- 80s and question is 'Spot the Location' (place name) Here we have: George Formby, Dusty Springfield, Billy Preston, Johnny Bristol, Chicago, Dionne Warwick, Barry White, Michael…
70s One Hit Wonders 2
10 wonderful 70s clips. All of them were the single hit for their performer in the 70s Give me the Performers, 2pts each Great stuff from...Wild Cherry, McFadden & Whitehead,…
Beat the Intro – 1970s – 3
Can you identify these 70s hits just from the introductions. We've got ELO, The Faces, Baccara, Rolling Stones, Chicago, Stevie Wonder, David Bowie and more..
Guess The Year – 1978
What year were all these a hit? Well, obviously you know. You bought the quiz. But can your guests work which year these were all in the charts?
70s Colours
10 clips containing colours in the song title and in the performer I want the Song (2pts), Performer (2pts) and colour(s) contained in each clip Enjoy: Melanie, Greyhound, Billy Ocean,…
Boys
10 Clips, 10 guys, 10 names Name them. And, if possible the performers and year Includes clips from Sister Sledge, Twinkle, Pink Floyd, Lightning Seeds, Don Mclean, Paul Simon and…
TV 70s Themes
Wonderful nostalgia for some of us Can you recognise the 70's programmes these clips introduced. Expect to hear The Waltons, The Sweeney, Fawlty Towers and many more
Alphabet Oldies A-J
Let's identify the performers from these 10 clips, with a massive hint, they are in alphabetical order from A to J Some very easy, some a bit tricky, you decide:…
Chronology – Motown
ClassicMotown soulful and upbeat tunes, each one a hit from each year between 1964 and 1973 - can you identify the songs, the singers and, most important which was the…
Chronology – Bee Gees
The amazing Bee Gees with hits over 5 decades, plus song writing credits for so many other artists. Can you put these Bee Gees releases in chronological order of charting.…
70s or 80s
I like this one. 10 great clips from the 70s and 80s, but which songs first charted in which decade Performer and Song - 2 pts each. Correct decade 4pts…
Beat the Intro – Status Quo
15 clips from the rockers who've been playing three chord magic since the 60s, opened Live Aid and have had more than 20 top ten hits. Includes Rockin' All Over…
70s Remakes
Great songs from the 70s re-recorded in later decades, but who did the originals (get a bonus if you know both sets of performers) Enjoy Stairway to Heaven, Venus, Baker…
70s Spot the Connection – Musical Genres
One of my favourites. Here are 10 70s clips, some of which you may not have heard for a while (and wish you still didn't, check out tune 2) 1…
Top Of The Pops Presenters of the 60s and 70s
A huge dollop of nostalgia as we listen to the voices of people who we rarely saw except on TOTP. The clips come from a variety of sources but the…
Beat the Intro – 1960s-1980s
Beat the Intro 60s - 80s Classic songs, classic intros Featuring David Bowie, Madness, T.Rex ...and more
The Big Glam Rock Quiz
A double length quiz round featuring all the platform heels and spangles you could wish for. Great fun music and all you have to do is enjoy it. Oh! And…
Numbers 3 (the 50s and 60s)
Another Numbers quiz round! All these clips either have a number in the performers name or in the song title, can you spot them all and add them up to…
70s Funk and Soul
Hold yourself down and keep the dancing for later Let me know who are performing these challenging 70s soul and funk tracks Enjoy: The Emotions, The Temptations, The Commodores, The…
The BIG 1970s-1990s Quiz
A huge, easy quiz featuring the best selling single from every year from 1970 to 1999 in chronological order - yes! 30 clips, 3 times as big as the usual…
TV Themes of the 70s – 3
Ten TV memories from the 1970s Just identify the shows, which include The Rockford Files, The Professionals, M*A*S*H, The Partridge Family, The Six Million Dollar Man, Charlie's Angels, Starsky &…
Classic Movies 50s-70s
Some fabulous music here from some iconic films. I want the name of the film the music featured in and also the performer Deborah Kerr & Yul Brynner, Marilyn Monroe,…
70s Hits that didn’t reach Top Ten
Some classics from the 70s here, but can your quizzers identify what they all have in common Name the performer 2pt and what they all have in common 5pts Enjoy…
Girls
10 Clips, 10 girls, 10 names Name them. And, if possible the performers and year Includes clips from David Bowie, The Beatles, Cliff Richard, Pink Floyd, Leonard Cohen, Helen Reddy,…
70s One Hit Wonders
Great (well, some..) hits from the 70s by people that only had one hit. Who are they? Try and enjoy Lee Marvin, Matthew's Southern Comfort, Typically Tropical, The Floaters(!), Althea…
Best Selling Songs of the 70s – Chronology
10 absolute classics that were the best selling songs from each of the years of the decade. All you have to do is put them in the right order from…
Decades
3 Decades (plus 1) 10 clips. 3 each from 1960s, 3 from the 1970s, 3 from the 1980s plus one other. Who's singing? What are they singing? Which decade does…
Number One or Not
10 Fab songs from the 60s and the 70s so we'll all know these? But did they reach number one in the charts or not. It's up to you spot the…
Beat the Intro – 1950s-2000s
10 classic clips from the 1950s to 2000 Includes clips featuring The Rolling Stones, Elvis, Bryan Adams, Robbie Williams...and more
Chronology – Abba
Can you put these 10 hits in the right order and, in the meantime, enjoy some great songs. You'll hear Dancing Queen, Mamma Mia, Waterloo and many more
Play That Funky Music
15 Fine Funk Phonographic clips. Classic dance and funk clips from...well, who were the performers? And which decade -1960s, 1970s, 1980s or 1990s?
Soul Places
Can you name these 10 soulful cities and towns? Who's singing about them and what year were they released? AND which one is not about a real town? Includes clips…
Odd One Out – Carole King songs
10 classics that will bring back a host of nostalgia and memories. 9 were composed (or part composed) by Carole King. Which one wasn't? Give your audience as much or…
Abba – Guess the Intro
2018 is the year Abba reformed (!), So how about checking how many well known songs you can recognise just from the intros. Some are very short, some are a…
Connections 60s 70s 80s
10 clips from the 60s 70s 80s. But what has each subsequent track in common with the preceing one? Includes...George Harrison, ELO, Modern Romance, Lionel Richie? ....and more …
Connections 60s – 90s
10 clips from the 1960s -1990s. Connect each song with the one before by a word in the title, a name in the performer or something a little more complex...includes…
One Hit Wonders – 60s-80s
10 clips from 60s 70s 80s from artists whose grasp of fame lasted only one hit Covering 1962 - 1982 and including Spirit In The Sky, It's Raining Men, Pop…