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3 Erasure quizzes and 40 Erasure trivia questions.
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  Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
How well do you know the songs from Erasure's album "The Innocents"? I bet you know more than you think!
Average, 15 Qns, bookworm78, Apr 13 08
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  Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here is a quiz on my favorite music group, Erasure.
Average, 10 Qns, bookworm78, Nov 17 07
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  Top Ten Hits Of Erasure    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Erasure have had 17 top ten hits in the UK between 1985 and 2008. You have to guess which song it is from the opening line I have provided. Have fun.
Average, 15 Qns, unhygenix, Aug 21 08
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trivia question Quick Question
What was Erasure's first hit in America?

From Quiz "Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond"





Erasure Trivia Questions
1. What UK Top Ten Erasure hit had this opening line, "I can't believe what is happening to me, my head is spinning"?

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Ship Of Fools

This song was Erasure's fourth UK Top Ten hit and reached number six in 1988. It came from 'The Innocents' album.

2. What is "rolling over the past, it can change your life completely" and is "running wild and too fast, but I know it won't defeat me"?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Imagination

If you chose "Cold Summer's Day" you need to brush up on your albums. It is from "Erasure" and is more commonly called "Fingers and Thumbs".

3. Who is the founder of the band Erasure?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Vince Clarke

Vince originally founded the band in 1985 after choosing Andy Bell to join him. He had previously been in Yazoo/Yaz with Alison Moyet (1981), formed Depeche Mode with Dave Gahan and recorded a single with Paul Quinn. He was also the founder of short-lived band The Assembly with Feargal Sharkey in 1984.

4. Erasure had a UK Top Ten hit with this opening line. "I tried to discover, a little something to make me sweeter".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: A Little Respect

This Erasure song became their fifth Top Ten hit and reached number four in 1988. It was from 'The Innocents' album.

5. Which song begins "Hey little wise man, you got the sweetest notion, ooh the sweetest thing"?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Weight of the World

"You hold your head in your hands and the weight of the world on your shoulders, come and pour your heart out to me."

6. How did Vince Clarke and Andy Bell meet?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Bell answered Clarke's newspaper ad.

Andy sent in a demo tape in response to the ad and was chosen out of 40 applicants.

7. "Got to lift your head up high, got to face the darker skies." What might you say to lift your spirits?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Yahoo

"Yahoo! Aah higher, higher, higher, Yahoo! Aah, find your way unto the Lord."

8. Which was Erasure's first album?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Wonderland

"Wonderland" was released in 1986. "The Innocents" came in 1988 and "Erasure" not until 1995. "Sometimes" is not an album name, but is the name of their first hit song.

9. An early Erasure UK Top Ten hit. What song was this opening line taken from? "I don't wanna look, like some kind of fool".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Victim Of Love

In 1987 this became Erasure's second UK Top Ten hit and got to a high of number seven. You could find this song on 'The Circus' album.

10. What was Erasure's first hit in America?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Chains of Love

1988's "Chains of Love" launched the band's career in America, reaching #12 on the charts. The band was already popular in England, thanks to their first hit, "Sometimes."

11. In the UK Top Ten, Erasure scored a hit with this opening line, "We'll be together again, I've been waiting for a long time".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Stop

Taken from the E.P. 'Crackers International' in 1988. It reached number two. It was their sixth UK Top Ten hit.

12. "Down on the corner sits a broken man" "The kids hang out around the old schoolground" "Child in the arms of a teenage mom" "Old friends meet on the edge of town" Where are all these people?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Hallowed Ground

This one should have been easy, because "Hallowed Ground" was the only choice that is actually on "The Innocents". "Here in My Heart" is from "Loveboat"; "Blue Savannah" is from "Wild!"; "Home" is from "Chorus".

13. Which album consists of mostly remixes and live performances?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Two Ring Circus

Featuring songs from both "Wonderland" and "The Circus"- the album "Two Ring Circus" actually stands very well on its own. Be sure to check out the live performance cover of ABBA's "Gimme, Gimme, Gimme".

14. What UK Top Ten Erasure hit had this opening line, "Somewhere cross the desert, somewhere in the early hours"?

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Blue Savannah

This song was Erasure's eighth UK Top Ten hit and reached number three in 1990. It came from the 'Wild!' album.

15. Which song on "The Innocents" starts out "How can I explain when there are few words I can choose? How can I explain when words get broken?"

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Chains of Love

"Chains of Love" was the first hit for Erasure in America. Its single also included the songs "The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" and "Don't Suppose".

16. After 3 years of compilation CDs and singles, Erasure released this album in 1994, featuring their hit "Always," as well as "Run to the Sun" and "I Love Saturday".

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: I Say, I Say, I Say

The first song on the album, "Take Me Back," contains the great line: "Take me back where I see butterflies, to-ing, fro-ing".

17. Erasure had a UK Top Ten hit with this opening line, "Never had a point of view, cause my mind was always someone else's mind".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Breath Of Life

This Erasure song became their 11th Top Ten hit and reached number eight in 1992. It was from the 'Chorus' album.

18. Which song on "The Innocents" has almost no lyrics?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Sixty-Five Thousand

There is some talking at the beginning, but it is just an instrumental song.

19. From which group did Erasure remake four songs, even naming the EP after said group?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: ABBA

The album "ABBA-Esque" features remakes of the songs "Lay All Your Love On Me", "SOS", "Take a Chance on Me" and "Voulez-Vous." In return, Bjorn Again, an ABBA tribute band recorded several Erasure songs and released the album "Erasure-ish"! Pet Shop Boys are a similar group and David Bowie is one of their influences. As far as I know, they have no connection to the Bee-Gees.

20. "I can't believe that you would ever find it easy to walk away as if you never really cared." What do you have?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Heart of Stone

Hope you didn't choose "Crown of Thorns" because it is on the album "Wild!". Noted session performers The Kick Horns add their sound to the song "Heart of Stone".

21. Which album experimented with a departure from their usual pop style?

From Quiz Erasure- Band of the 80's and Beyond

Answer: Erasure

Most of the songs on their self-title album are slow, with long introductions and few lyrics. It includes guest singers "London Community Gospel Choir" in the songs "Stay With Me" and "Rock Me Gently." Also interesting, the songs are all fairly long- the longest at 10 minutes.

22. An early Erasure UK Top Ten hit. What song was this opening line taken from? "It's not the way you lead me by the hand into the bedroom".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Sometimes

In 1986 this became Erasure's first UK Top Ten hit and got to a high of number two. You could find this song on 'The Circus' album.

23. What are you looking for when you sing these lines?: "I try to discover, a little something to make me sweeter, Oh baby refrain, from breaking my heart."

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: A Little Respect

"A Little Respect" was also on a single, and it included the songs "Like Zsa Zsa Zsa Gabor" and "Love Is Colder Than Death".

24. In the UK Top Ten Erasure scored a hit with this opening line, "There's something going on, something not quite right".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Who Needs Love Like That?

This song was Erasure's first hit, but could only manage No. 55 in 1985. It was re-released in 1992 and secured the number ten spot. Taken from the 'Wonderland' album.

25. Which song's chorus says "don't you cry, don't you cry, let me wipe away the tears from your eyes"?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Phantom Bride

None of these songs actually give the title in the chorus. Erasure is good at that kind of thing. Sometimes you wonder where they even got the title, like "Joan" which is on the album "Chorus".

26. What UK Top Ten Erasure hit had this opening line? "I'm crazy flowing over with ideas, a thousand ways to woo a lover so sincere".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Love To Hate You

This song was Erasure's 10th UK Top Ten hit and reached number four in 1991. It came from the 'Chorus' album.

27. "Oh come all ye who are faithful, lay down your sweet head and cry, enter the valley of light." From which song is this invitation?

From Quiz Erasure Lyrics- "The Innocents"

Answer: Witch in the Ditch

"Just watch this witch dig her heels in the ditch, as the ministry waves her goodbye."

28. Erasure had a UK Top Ten hit with this opening line. "For the first time in my life, I'm up to run away".

From Quiz Top Ten Hits Of Erasure

Answer: Run To The Sun

This Erasure song became their 15th Top Ten hit and reached number six in 1994. It was from the 'I Say I Say I Say' album.

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