GLOBE columnist Peter Grant - author of the book Mersey Mastermind - takes your mind off Coronavirus with his Mother's Day music Quiz.
1: "Momma, just killed a man ..." is the opening line from which Queen song?
a) Another one bites the dust
b) Killer Queen
c) Bohemian Rhapsody
2: In which year did Abba release their single Mama Mia?
a) 1974
b) 1975
c) 1976
3: In which year did Abba have a number four UK hit with Does your mother know?
a) 1978
b) 1979
c) 1980
4: Which solo Beatle wrote a haunting autobiographical song called Mother?
a) Paul McCartney
b) George Harrison
c) John Lennon
5: In which Beatle film will you hear the song Your Mother should Know?
a) A Hard Day's Night
b) Help!
c) Magical Mystery Tour.
6: Who had a hit with a cover version of Ma He's Making Eyes at Me?
a) Shirley Temple
b) Lena Zavaroni
c) Bonnie Langford
7: Never Turn Your Back on Mother Earth was a hit for which '70s and '80s band?
a) Sparks
b) Simple Minds
c) U2
8: In what year did Genesis have a hit with Mama?
a) 1983
b) 1985
c) 1987
9: In which year did The Spice Girls' reach number one with Mama?
a) 1994
b) 1995
c) 1996
10: Who had a hit with Mother of Mine in 1971?
a) Aled Jones
b) St Winifred's School Choir
c) Neil Reid
11: Tom Jones and The Stereophonics released Mama Told Me Not to Come in 1999. What position did it reach in the chart?
a) 1
b) 4
c) 9
12: Ma Baker was a disco hit for which 70s band?
a) Boney M
b) Odyssey
c) Paper Lace
Answers: 1) c; 2)b; 3);b; 4 )c; 5) c; 6);b; 7)a; 8)a; 9)c; 10)c; 11)b; 12)a.
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