Christmas Quiz - Round 2
(Our council is encouraging the use of ‘Active Travel’. Here is a quiz in support based on my collections. Forgive me – I am old. If you are middle aged ask your parents to help, any younger enlist your grandparents!)
Which folk rock band sang ‘Run for Home’ in 1978?
Who was ‘Walking back to Happiness’ in 1962?
In 1931 Cab Calloway sang about a lady called Minnie. Who was Minnie?
In 1964 what were Martha Reeves and the Vandellas doing?
‘Walking the Dog’ is good exercise but who recorded it as a style of dance?
When Johnny Cash encountered a burning ‘Ring of Fire’ in 1967 what did he do?
Which American singer born 1927, died 1990, was ‘Just walking in the rain’ in the ‘50s?
Who recorded ‘My Ship is Coming In’ and ‘Make it Easy on Yourself’ in 1965?
In 1957 which country music star went ‘Walkin’ After Midnight’?
The Manchester Rambler was written in 1932 inspired by the Kinder Trespass. Which protest/folk singer wrote it?
In 1956 who was ‘Walking Backwards to Christmas’ across the Irish Sea?
What was the first single taken from the album ‘The Hounds of Love’ by Kate Bush?
The debut album from Madness in 1979 was called…?
Back in 1966 The Spencer Davis Group was offering what form of exercise?
Released as a single in 1985 who suggested that we should do the Walk of Life?
In 2005 how many bicycles did Katie Malua state as fact that there were in Beijing?
What sort of race did Queen sing about on their ‘Jazz’ album?
A song written in 1948 rapidly became a standard covered by Rosemary Clooney, Ella Fitzgerald, Bing Crosby, Miss Piggy, etc. It charted in this country with Emile Ford. The song was about taking a trip to China. How were they to get there?
In 1960 who was ‘Walking to New Orleans’?
In the Sound of Music what did the Mother Abbess recommend in order to find your dream?