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The BBC's now annual Pop Quiz is in its third year and was again sold-out with 43 teams (six per team maximum). Foz had seven rounds of questions and one picture round. The subjects this year were 1967, Punk & New Wave intros, random lyrics, reggae hits, dead pop stars, 2006 and name-the-album. 

The two teams who tied then had to try and name all of ELO's 16 top 10 hits. Alan Freeman Fan Club got all of them - two more than I Can't Remember could remember. Neither team showed any signs of embarrassment! Maybe they were all at the ELO Part II gig at The Regent earlier this year?

People wrongly assume that Stephen Foster can be bribed by his BBC colleagues who entered several teams this year. Top of the BBC pile were the Six Horseriders Of The Rockapocalypse (featuring breakfast show presenter Mark Murphy, West Suffolk reporter Jon Wright, Virgin shop assistants Amy and Steve, Camelfoot Raiders drummer Craig and BBC Suffolk website reporter Andrew Woodger). They came 4th with 81/90.

Further down the table in 24th place were the BBC Radio Suffolk sports team (Brenner Woolley, Bryan Knights, Graeme McLoughlin, Rebecca Barry, Corinne Roper and Nick Pandolfi). They could only score 61/90. However, that was 3 points better than the BBC Pop Tarts featuring Alison Acton, Kate Arkell, Linda Walker and Emily Fellows.

The Questions

Here are a selection of Foz's questions (answers at the bottom):

1. Which Moody Blues song was released in 1967 and was a hit again in 1979?
2. Who did the artwork for The Beatles' 1967 album Sgt. Pepper?
3. Which Dutch band declared that 'Brenda Lee is coming on strong'?
4. Who won the 2006 Mercury Music Prize?
5. Which US state was Elvis Presley born in?
6. Which former Animal managed Jimi Hendrix?
7. Which movie features Jack Johnson's song 'Upside Down'?
8. Whose latest album is called 'Under The Iron Sea'?
9. Who sang Mr Loverman?
10. Which Marillion single refers to Belsize Park?

An attempt to bribe Pudsey for answers?

If you can answer any of these then you may wish to enter our second Children In Need Pop Quiz taking place at the Bury St Edmunds Corn Exchange on Tuesday 7th November. Click on the weblink on the right for an entry form and pit your wits against more BBC teams >>

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The Answers

1. 'Nights In White Satin'
2. Peter Blake
3. Golden Earring - 'Radar Love'
4. Arctic Monkeys
5. Mississippi
6. Chas Chandler
7. 'Curious George'
8. Keane
9. Shabba Ranks
10. 'Kayleigh'