Pop Quiz was a British

United Kingdom

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 television quiz programme that originally aired on BBC1 from 4 July 1981 to 28 December 1984 with a Top of the Pops special from 4 January 1994 hosted by Mike Read

Mike Read

Michael David Kenneth Read is an English radio disc jockey, writer, journalist and television presenter.-Early life:...

, It was then revived from 21 May to 9 July 1994 on the same channel but this time hosted by Chris Tarrant

Chris Tarrant

Christopher John "Chris" Tarrant, OBE is an English radio and television broadcaster, now best known for hosting the first version of the television game show Who Wants to Be a Millionaire? in the United Kingdom and later Ireland, as the two national versions of the show merged in 2002.Chris...

, it was revived again on Red TV

RED TV

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 from 14 June 2008 to 30 August 2008 with Mike Read returning as host.

Original series

The teams are made up of three pop stars with one acting as team captain. Guests who have appeared as captains include Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan

Bev Bevan is an English rock musician, who was the drummer and one of the original members of The Move and Electric Light Orchestra...

, Dave Edmunds

Dave Edmunds

David 'Dave' Edmunds is a Welsh singer, guitarist and record producer. Although he is primarily associated with Pub rock and New Wave, and had numerous hits in the 1970s and early 1980s, his natural leaning has always been towards 1950s style rock and roll.-Early bands:As a teenager Edmunds first...

, Robert Plant

Robert Plant

Robert Anthony Plant, CBE is an English singer and songwriter best known as the vocalist and lyricist of the iconic rock band Led Zeppelin. He has also had a successful solo career...

, Bob Geldof

Bob Geldof

Robert Frederick Zenon "Bob" Geldof, KBE is an Irish singer, songwriter, author, occasional actor and political activist. He rose to prominence as the lead singer of the Irish rock band The Boomtown Rats in the late 1970s and early 1980s alongside the punk rock movement. The band had hits with his...

 and Roger Taylor

Roger Meddows-Taylor

Roger Meddows Taylor , known as Roger Taylor, is a British musician, singer-songwriter and multi-instrumentalist. He is best known as the drummer, backing vocalist and occasional lead vocalist of British rock band Queen. As a drummer he is known for his "big" unique sound and is considered one of...

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The show has both team and individual rounds. The individual rounds see each player given a song then asked a question about the song (like a guest player on the recording) or asked to name a song where a certain lyric appears. Team rounds include a naming a list of number one hits by a group, a compilation of songs of a particular theme where the teams guess the artists and a quick-fire round.

Original series

Series	Start date	End date	Episodes
1	4 July 1981	29 August 1981	8
2	3 April 1982	19 June 1982	11
3	9 April 1983	25 June 1983	11
4	26 May 1984	9 October 1984	12
5	21 May 1994	9 July 1994	8
6	14 June 2008	30 August 2008	12

Specials

Date	Entitle
29 December 1981	Christmas Special
28 December 1982	Christmas Special
24 December 1983	Christmas Special
24 December 1984	Christmas Special
28 December 1984	Duran Duran vs. Spandau Ballet
4 January 1994	Top of the Pops 30th Anniversary Special