‘Monday Mind Workout’ – Monday 7th December 2020

Dear all,
Today’s Monday Mind Workout is based on 60s music. Good luck!

1.True or false: Penny Lane is named after a real street in London
2. Who is the lead singer of The Who?
3.It’s Now or Never was the first 60s number one for which musical icon?
4.Who sang the title track of 60s Bond film Thunderball?
5.Which Daydream Believer band initially began as a fictional band on a sitcom?6.Peter, Paul and Mary famously sang Leaving on a Jet Plane – but who wrote and sang the original version?
7.What is the best selling single of the 1960s in the UK?
8.Which UK comedian had the best-selling UK single of 1965?
9.The Animals formed in which UK city?
10.What was the name of Tom Jones’ first number one in 1965, later popularised by Carlton in The Fresh Prince of Bel-Air?
11.Which iconic BBC music show premiered on 1st January 1964?
12. Itsy Bitsy Teenie Weenie Yellow Polkadot Bikini was a 1990 hit for Bombalurina, but who sang the 1960 original?
13. Which band were recording their first album at Abbey Road while The Beatles were recording Sgt. Pepper’s Lonely Hearts Band?
14. How many number one albums did Cilla Black have in the 60s?
15.Which American rocker was the final performer at Woodstock festival in 1969?
16.Jim Morrison was the lead singer of which controversial band?
17.Name the song: “All the leaves are brown, And the sky is grey…”
18.How many number ones did The Beatles have during the 1960s in the UK?19.Gimme Shelter and Paint It Black were hits for which legendary British band?20.Which blonde bombshell became the face of country music in the 60s?

sourced: radiotimes