24 questions to wrap up 2024: your ULTIMATE end of year music quiz

16 December 2024, 15:03

2024 was an action-packed year, but how much of it can you remember?

It wouldn't be the holiday season without some time spent around the dining table with your friends or family doing some quizzing.

Worry not if you've done our Christmas lyrics quiz already, we've got a special end-of-year quiz ready to keep the party going.

• QUIZ: Can you guess the next lyric to these classic 60s, 70s and 80s songs?
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• QUIZ: Can you get 100% on our Christmas lyrics quiz?

You're free to have a go yourself of course, and then you can play quizmaster for all your guests.

We've got all the questions listed first, and then the answers below a helpful video of ABBA performing their classic 'Happy New Year'.

Some are pretty easy... some are fiendishly difficult. Good luck!

Questions

1. Rod Stewart appeared on the front cover of a magazine celebrating which niche hobby in 2024?
2. What's the name of the 2024 documentary that celebrated The Beatles storming America?
3. Who will direct the FOUR Beatles biopics announced in 2024?
4. Which superproducer pieced together the Band Aid 40 megamix in 2024?
5. Who played Bob Dylan in 2024 biopic A Complete Unknown?
6. Which producer of Michael Jackson's classic Thriller album (and so much more) died in 2024?
7. Martin Lee of Brotherhood of Man died in 2024. What was the name of the Eurovision-winning song he did lead vocals on in 1976?
8. What was the name of Billy Joel's 2024 comeback single – his first new song in 17 years?
9. Kris Kristofferson died in 2024 at the age of 88. What was the name of the outlaw country supergroup he formed with Johnny Cash, Waylon Jennings and Willie Nelson?
10. What was the name of Stevie Nicks' powerful feminist anthem released in 2024?
11. Which special guest officiated the ceremony when ABBA's Björn Ulvaeus married for the third time in 2024?
12. Herbie Flowers, who died in 2024 aged 86, played a much-loved bassline on which Lou Reed solo classic?
13. Billy Idol performed his classic 'Rebel Yell' atop which US landmark in 2024?
14. John Mayall died in 2024 at the age of 90. What was the name of his band that helped launch the career of Eric Clapton?
15. What item of Elvis Presley footwear sold for £120,000 in 2024?
16. What singer also known as the Goddess of Pop was FINALLY inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2024?
17. What Elton John song did a returning Joni Mitchell perform in 2024?
18. Who was cast in 2024 to play Bruce Springsteen in upcoming biopic Deliver Me From Nowhere?
19. In 2024, Paul McCartney revealed his favourite Beatles song. What is it?
20. Bay City Rollers celebrated the 50th anniversary of which hit single – the first track from their Rollin' album – in 2024?
21. A lawsuit over the ownership of some handwritten lyrics of which massive Eagles song was dropped suddenly in 2024?
22. Keith Richards released a cover of which Rolling Stones song to celebrate Lou Reed's birthday in 2024?
23. What is the name of Paul McCartney's son, who released his first new music in eight years in 2024 with the single 'Beautiful'?
24. The German producer who was the behind-the-scenes founder of Boney M and Milli Vanilli died in 2024. What was is name?

ABBA - Happy New Year (Video)

Answers

1. Railway modelling
2. Beatles '64
3. Sam Mendes
4. Trevor Horn
5. Timothée Chalamet
6. Quincy Jones
7. Save Your Kisses For Me
8. Turn The Lights Back On
9. The Highwaymen
10. The Lighthouse
11. Sandi Toksvig
12. Walk on the Wild Side
13. Rebel Yell
14. The Bluesbreakers
15. His Blue Suede Shoes
16. Cher
17. I'm Still Standing
18. Jeremy Allen White
19. Here, There and Everywhere
20. Shang-A-Lang
21. Hotel California
22. I'm Waiting For The Man
23. James
24. Frank Farian