1. 

   Which track by a Beatle was found to be just a bit too similar to the Chiffons’ <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rinz9Avvq6A"target="_blank">He’s So Fine</a>?

   1. My Sweet Lord, by George Harrison

   2. Photograph, by Ringo Starr

   3. Instant Karma, by John Lennon

2. Which Mark Ronson track did keen listeners online think resembled like The Really Wild Show's <a href="http://youtu.be/GSxEUrL-_P8?t=15s"target="_blank">theme tune</a>?

   1. Valerie, featuring Amy Winehouse

   2. Oh My God, featuring Lily Allen

   3. Uptown Funk, featuring Bruno Mars

3. 

   On which 1963 track did the Beach Boys repackage 1958 Chuck Berry classic, <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ZLV4NGpoy_E"target="_blank">Sweet Little Sixteen</a>?

   1. Surfer Girl

   2. Be True to Your School

   3. Surfin' USA

4. A Sum 41 song opens with similar chords to those heard on Coldplay's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RB-RcX5DS5A"target="_blank">The Scientist</a>. Which is it?

   1. Fat Lip

   2. Pieces

   3. Underclass Hero

5. Which Radiohead song was deemed similar enough to The Hollies' <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=70rm31ClOiE"target="_blank">The Air That I Breathe</a> to warrant a songwriting credit for Albert Hammond and Mike Hazlewood?

   1. Creep

   2. Anyone Can Play Guitar

   3. No Surprises

6. 

   Songwriter Bryan Pringle reckoned the guitar hook from his 1998 track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?feature=player_embedded&v=Z7drHJ71rIw"target="_blank">Take a Dive</a> sounded oddly similar to that heard in which Black Eyed Peas hit single?

   1. Boom Boom Pow

   2. Where Is The Love?

   3. I Got a Feeling

7. Which Pitbull song was flagged up by Lee Oskar Levitin for sounding too much like his 1978 track <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oRKj2TFG-s"target="_blank">San Francisco Bay</a>?

   1. Timber featuring Kesha

   2. I have never learnt the name of a Pitbull song

   3. I Know You Want Me (Calle Ocho)

8. Which Sam Smith song was the subject of a lawsuit earlier this year, involving the music publishers of Tom Petty and the Heartbreakers’ 1989 song <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nvlTJrNJ5lA"target="_blank">I Won’t Back Down</a>?

   1. Lay Me Down

   2. Stay With Me

   3. Money On My Mind

9. 

   Which Vanilla Ice song features a bassline so close to Queen and David Bowie's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=a01QQZyl-_I"target="_blank">Under Pressure</a> that the band and Bowie are now listed as songwriters?

   1. Cool as Ice

   2. Ice, Ice Baby aka the only one I've heard of

   3. Play That Funky Music

10. Coldplay, again: which of their songs led to an out-of-court settlement in relation to Joe Satriani's <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8GfVbHLivXg"target="_blank">If I Could Fly</a>?

    1. Paradise

    2. Every Teardrop Is a Waterfall

    3. Viva La Vida

Solutions

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

Scores

1. 3 and above.

   Not an incredible result, but you gave it your best shot. Maybe have another go?

2. 6 and above.

   "Nobody said it was easy" – Chris Martin, on the one that Sum 41 might have liked. Not a bad effort, in any case

3. 9 and above.

   No blurred lines between right and wrong answers for you, eh? Eh? Anyway – well done

4. 10 and above.

   Are you a music copyright lawyer? No, seriously are you? Because a few garbage pop songwriters probably need you to call them. Perfect marks