1. This week, Rolling Stone magazine named which singer the greatest of the “rock’n’roll era”?

   1. Aretha Franklin

   2. James Brown

   3. Sam Cooke

   4. Elvis Presley

2. The block of houses once known as Tin Pan Alley went on sale in New York this week to the protests of residents and conservationists. How much is it being sold for?

   1. $12m

   2. $44m

   3. $95m

   4. $188m

3. 'N Sync singer Lance Bass told American talk show host Jay Leno this week that Russian cosmonaut training, which he undertook in 2002, has done what to his body?

   1. Made him two inches shorter

   2. Increased his sex drive

   3. Worsened his eyesight

   4. Left him with a permanent limp

4. 

   Which contestant was controversially voted off the X Factor last weekend, prompting thousands of fans to sign a petition calling for them to be reinstated?

   1. Laura White

   2. Diana Vickers

   3. Rachel Hylton

   4. Eoghan Quigg

5. Death Row Records founder Suge Knight is suing which rapper, alleging that the musician was partly to blame for an incident three years ago when Knight was shot in the leg and subsequently lost a diamond earring worth $135,000?

   1. Nas

   2. P Diddy

   3. Q-Tip

   4. Kanye West

6. Who is set to fill the half-time slot at the NFL Superbowl final this weekend?

   1. Janet Jackson

   2. Sasha Fierce aka Beyoncé Knowles

   3. Katy Perry

   4. Bruce Springsteen

7. Which musician caused the Cliffs Pavilion in Southend to receive an official warning from the council this week, after he flaunted the smoking ban by lighting up onstage?

   1. Tony Christie

   2. Paul Weller

   3. Rod Stewart

   4. Mark E Smith

8. A reference to which song was removed from GCSE music papers after complaints were made by teaching unions and the press?

   1. Suffer Little Children - The Smiths

   2. Another Brick in the Wall - Pink Floyd

   3. I’m the Leader of the Gang (I am) - Garry Glitter

   4. Sex Bomb - Tom Jones and Mousse T

9. 

   Mitch Mitchell, the drummer and last remaining member of the Jimi Hendrix experience, died this week. But in which year did Jimi Hendrix die?

   1. 1968

   2. 1969

   3. 1970

   4. 1971

10. Which singer told BBC 6 Music this week that she had written six songs for her new album, two of which she described as “all right” the other four as “really bad”?

    1. Adele

    2. Joss Stone

    3. Lily Allen

    4. Norah Jones

Solutions

1:A, 2:B, 3:A, 4:A, 5:D, 6:D, 7:B, 8:C, 9:C, 10:A

Scores

1. 2 and above.

   Trapped in the closet

2. 5 and above.

   I will survive

3. 8 and above.

   Go West

4. 10 and above.

   It’s raining men