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FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 12 Trivia Quiz

A mix of 10 Music questions, submitted by 10 different FunTrivia players! The first few questions are easy, but the last couple are tough!

A multiple-choice quiz by FTBot. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
FTBot

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
410,147

Updated
Sep 01 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Easy

Avg Score
9 / 10

Plays
1241

Last 3 plays: Hawkmoon1307 (8/10), daveguth (10/10), Guest 147 (8/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. How many times did Tony Orlando tell his darling to knock on the ceiling if she wanted him? Hint

Three

Five

Four

Twice

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which stage musical would you be watching if you heard the song "The All-American Prophet"? Hint

The Book of Mormon

Grease

Cats

Calamity Jane

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Question 3 of 10

3. Whose first hit was "Born to Run" released in 1975? Hint

Bruce Springsteen

Creedence Clearwater Revival

ZZ Top

Bachman-Turner Overdrive

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Question 4 of 10

4. What band recorded "If You Leave Me Now"? Hint: they began recording in the late 1960s, and also recorded the popular tune, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"? Hint

Chicago

Boston

Brooklyn Bridge

Dallas

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Question 5 of 10

5. Listen to the music of the traffic in the city: Who was the first British female singer to be awarded a Grammy? Hint

Christine Collister

Cilla Black

Petula Clark

Sandy Denny

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Question 6 of 10

6. One song links Johnny Cash, Social Distortion and Wall of Voodoo. What song is it? Hint

Ring of Fire

Mexican Radio

Long Black Veil

Bad Luck

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which family game including plastic sticks, is also the name of a Green Day album? Hint

Warning

Buckaroo

Kerplunk

Shenanigans

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is a period of time in which a band plays songs without a break called? Hint

score

concert

set

intermission

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wakes up Little Susie? Hint

Her friend that saw a movie with her

Her pa

Her mama

The goose

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Question 10 of 10

10. What is the name of the lead singer of Bread whose high school band backed Chuck Berry in 1957? Hint

Marvin Gaye

Bob Seger

James Brown

David Gates

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Dec 19 2024 : Hawkmoon1307: 8/10
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Dec 12 2024 : Guest 147: 8/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How many times did Tony Orlando tell his darling to knock on the ceiling if she wanted him?

Answer: Three

"Knock Three Times" was a song released in November 1970 by Tony Orlando and Dawn. It reached #1 on the Billboard Top 100 and the UK Singles Chart.

Question by player Quick11

2. Which stage musical would you be watching if you heard the song "The All-American Prophet"?

Answer: The Book of Mormon

"Book of Mormon" is a satirical musical about young missionaries from The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, a religious group that originated in the USA in the nineteenth century. It began on Broadway in 2011 and has since won multiple awards, including the 2011 Tony Award for Best Musical.

Question by player suzidunc

3. Whose first hit was "Born to Run" released in 1975?

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

Springsteen was trying to break into the mainstream and released his third album in August 1975. "Born to Run" was one of two singles released from the album of the same name. The single peaked at number three on the Billboard Top 200 and had sold six million copies by the year 2000. "Born to Run" was chosen as one of The Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". Springsteen had finally made it to the big time and the rest is history!

Question by player MtnGuy1954

4. What band recorded "If You Leave Me Now"? Hint: they began recording in the late 1960s, and also recorded the popular tune, "Does Anybody Really Know What Time It Is"?

Answer: Chicago

"If You Leave Me Now" reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. Chicago had two other songs reach number one as well, "Hard to Say I'm Sorry"(1982) and "Look Away" (1988).

Question by player paulmallon

5. Listen to the music of the traffic in the city: Who was the first British female singer to be awarded a Grammy?

Answer: Petula Clark

Written by Tony Hatch, Petula Clark's version of "Downtown" topped the charts in the USA and reached number two in the UK in 1964. Hatch claimed to have written it about a visit to New York. Clark received a Best Rock & Roll Record Grammy for "Downtown" in 1965 and won another for Best Contemporary Female Vocal Performance for "I Know a Place" the following year.

Question by player darksplash

6. One song links Johnny Cash, Social Distortion and Wall of Voodoo. What song is it?

Answer: Ring of Fire

"Ring of Fire" was written in 1963 by Johnny Cash, his wife June Carter and Merle Kilgore. It was first released on "Ring of Fire: The Best of Johnny Cash".
Wall of Voodoo made a synthesizer-driven cover of it on their debut EP in 1980.
10 years after, in 1990, Mike Ness and his band, Social Distortion, recorded a punk rock version. A live version of Social Distortion's cover of "Ring of Fire" is included on "Live at Roxy" (1998).

Question by player BigCat_1000

7. Which family game including plastic sticks, is also the name of a Green Day album?

Answer: Kerplunk

Green Day used to be called 'Sweet Children' and Tre Cool hasn't always been the band's drummer. Bassist Mike Dirnt gets his surname due to the sound a bass guitar makes.

Question by player Kerrin88

8. What is a period of time in which a band plays songs without a break called?

Answer: set

Bands are known to play several pieces of music, and then they take an intermission. The time playing music is called a set.

Question by player MyGirl2000

9. Who wakes up Little Susie?

Answer: Her friend that saw a movie with her

In the song by the Everly Brothers, "the movie's over, it's four o'clock, and we're in trouble deep..."

They both fell asleep cause the movie was boring, and now to explain to her mom and dad. He's in trouble! Cute song.

Question by player linkan

10. What is the name of the lead singer of Bread whose high school band backed Chuck Berry in 1957?

Answer: David Gates

David is originally from Tulsa, Oklahoma. Born in 1940 he moved with his family to Los Angeles in 1961. While there, he worked as a music copyist, studio musician and producer. During the 1960s he worked with many artists - most notably - Elvis, Bobby Darin, Merle Haggard, Duane Eddy and Brian Wilson.

The band that backed Chuck Berry included Leon Russell among its line up.

Question by player riodice

Source: Author FTBot

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