Are you a Greater Manchester Popmaster?

Test your pop music knowledge

BBC Radio 2's Ken Bruce is off to commercial radio, and taking his quiz with him. So we've done our own version. Same rules as Ken - 10 questions, 3 points for a correct answer, and 6 points if you get a bonus question right. We've chosen the bonus category for you: Mancs for the Memory.

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Ken Bruce of BBC Radio 2... for now

Q1. Shania Twain sang "Man, I Feel Like A..." what?

Q2. The last time the UK won Eurovision was in 1997 with Love Shine A Light... but from which band?

Q3. Your first bonus question - Mancs for the Memory. In 1988, Simply Red did a cover of the soul classic If You Don't Know Me By Now. But who had the original hit in 1972?

Q4. In which year did the following songs hit number 1 in the UK charts: I Will Survive by Gloria Gaynor, Heart Of Glass by Blondie, and We Don't Talk Anymore by Cliff Richard?

Q5. What dance craze was brought into the world by Los del Rio?

Q6. Your second bonus question - Mancs for the Memory. What was the name of the collaboration between Bernard Sumner of New Order and Johnny Marr of The Smiths?

Q7. Justine Frischmann was the lead singer of which Britpop band?

Q8. Aretha Franklin had two big duet hits with British artists in the 1980s. One was with George Michael. With whom was the other?

Q9. Your final bonus question - Mancs for the Memory. What was the Bee Gees' last original number one hit?

Q10. And finally, Peter Gene Hernandez is the real name of which vocalist?

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