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Quiz: How much do you know about Irish music?

Test yourself.
3.30pm, 25 Dec 2015
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THE IRISH: GREAT for a sing-song.

But how much do you know about our native acts?

The Lady In Red is Chris de Burgh's most famous song. But which album is it from?
Man On The Line
The Getaway

Eastern Wind
Into The Light
The Saw Doctors had a number one hit with a cover of a song by which girl group?
B*Witched
Sugababes

All Saints
Girls Aloud
B*Witched started their careers with four UK number ones, but how many did they have in Ireland in total?
One
Five

Six
Three
Bell X1 and Damien Rice were a band together before they were two acts separately. What were they called?
JJ72
Juniper

The Watchmen
The Eskimos
The writer of Ronan Keating's Life Is A Rollercoaster was also behind which song which turned out to be a one-hit wonder?
Steal My Sunshine - Len
Breakfast At Tiffany's - Deep Blue Something

How Bizarre - OMC
You Get What You Give - The New Radicals
Which was the highest-charting single off Snow Patrol's monster Final Straw album?
Spitting Games
Run

Chocolate
How To Be Dead
Everybody owns a copy of The Frames' live album Set List. Where was it recorded?
Whelans
The Olympia

Vicar Street
The Ambassador
Which Horslips song forms the basis of Ireland's 1990 World Cup song Put Em Under Pressure?
An Bratach Bán
Charolais

Dearg Doom
Blindman
Which member of U2's brother was originally in the band?
Bono
Adam Clayton

The Edge
Larry Mullen
True or false - Thin Lizzy never had a UK number one?
True
False
Answer all the questions to see your result!
You scored out of !
You're Bono!
King of the mountain, really.
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Gary Lightbody!
A big name, but not the biggest!
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Kodaline!
An up and comer!
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Dustin!
An occasional right note...
Share your result:
You scored out of !
You're Six!
A one-hit wonder.
Share your result:

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