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Tony Christie and Peter Kay longed to be in Amarillo, but where is it?
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California
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Florida
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New Mexico
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Texas
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Calypso music originated in which Caribbean country?
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Cuba
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Haiti
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Jamaica
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Trinidad and Tobago
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The legendary Woodstock festival was actually staged more than 50 miles from the eponymous town. But where?
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Bethel
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Harris
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Parksville
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White Sulphur Springs
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In 2006, which city was chosen by Unesco to be its first City of Music?
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Havana
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Liverpool
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New Orleans
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Seville
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In 1978, the female rock group and one-hit-wonders Clout had a worldwide smash with Substitute. Where were they from?
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Australia
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Denmark
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Canada
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South Africa
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If you were getting your kicks on Route 66, which of these states would you NOT drive through?
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Arizona
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Louisiana
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Missouri
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New Mexico
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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?
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A1
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A6
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A13
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A39
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Where does gamelan music originate?
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Finland
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Ghana
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Indonesia
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India
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Paul Simon began writing Homeward Bound while “sittin' in the railway station” waiting for a late-night train home. What was the station?
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Chicago Union Station
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Paris Gare du Nord
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New York’s Grand Central
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Widnes
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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?
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Egypt
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Mali
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Morocco
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Niger
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Algerian musician and singer Khaled is known as "the king" of which genre of music?
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Afrobeat
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Gnawa
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Mbalax
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Raï
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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?
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Casablanca
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Essaouira
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Fez
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Marrakech
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Sunburn, Asia's largest music festival, was held in Goa from 2007–2015, before moving to which Indian city in 2016?
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Jaipur
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Mumbai
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Mysore
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Pune
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The Rolling Stones recorded Exile on Main Street at Nellcôte, a belle epoque villa near to which town on the Côte d'Azur?
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Cannes
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Nice
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St-Laurent-du-Var
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Antibes
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Serbia's Dragačevski Sabor, or Guča Festival, is a celebration of what kind of music?
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Brass bands
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Jazz
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Folk
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Techno
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Solutions
1:D, 2:D, 3:A - On Max Yasgur's dairy farm, New York state, 4:D - It was selected for its "legendary Flamenco scene", described as an "intangible cultural heritage"., 5:D, 6:B, 7:C - From London to Essex: "It starts down in Wapping … Southend's the end", 8:C, 9:D - He was waiting for a train to take him back to his girlfriend in London, where he lived at the time., 10:B, 11:D, 12:B - Hendrix was inspired by the ruined watchtower of Bordj El Berod, 13:D, 14:B, 15:A
Scores
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11 and above.
You're rocking all over the world!
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5 and above.
On song … but not exactly calling the tune
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0 and above.
Out of tune!