Band names quiz

ARE you a chart-topper or a one-hit wonder when it comes to musical knowledge? Find out in our quiz about band names.
 
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1) A palindromic acronym from the initials of the first names of the band members.

2) Latin for "the greatest amount of voice".

3) German for "power plant".

4) A beehive hairstyle, which was itself named after a type of airplane.

5) A UK unemployment benefit form.

6) A slang term for spending a day smoking marajuana.

7) A German art movement which operated from 1919 to 1933.

8) A French fashion magazine.

9) A villain in the cult sci-fi film Barbarella.

10) A South African football team - the former team of long-serving former Leeds captain Lucas Radebe.

11) Two characters in the Tintin comics by the Belgium artist Herge.

12) The sidekick of Radioactive Man, a comic book hero adored by Bart Simpson

13) Slang for a drug user who uses a lot of speed.

14) A 1986 Talking Heads song.

15) The title of a 1963 Italian horror film, also known as Tre volti della paura, starring Boris Karloff.

16) A system of music instruction from the 1890s that emphasises physical response.

17) A fictional band mentioned in A Clockwork Orange.

18) A book about sadomasochism.
 
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