FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 13 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Moon

'The Whole of the Moon', by The Waterboys, reached 26 in the UK charts in 1985. The Police had a number one UK hit with, 'Walking on the Moon' in 1979, it was a track from their platinum album, 'Reggatta de Blanc'. 'Fly Me to the Moon', was recorded by Frank Sinatra in 1964.

It was first released in 1954, by Kaye Ballard. The original title of the song was 'In Other Words', but this was changed in 1956.

Question by player demurechicky

Answer: The Marvelettes and The Carpenters

In 1961 "Please Mr Postman" became the Marvelettes only number one, as well as being the first ever number one for Motown Records. The Carpenters version reached number one in 1975 (released 1974) and was their third Billboard number one following "(They Long to Be) Close To You" (1970) and "Top of the World" (1973). "Please Mr Postman" failed to chart in the UK for the Marvelettes, however it did reach number two in the Official UK Charts for The Carpenters.

Question by player CardoQ

Answer: Otis Redding

Otis was killed when his small touring plane crashed into Lake Monona, outside of Madison, Wisconsin. He was 26 years old.

Question by player Eesti

Answer: Phil Collins

Peter Gabriel was the lead singer for the band from 1967 until 1976. After he left to pursue a solo career, drummer Phil Collins took over the lead singing duties.

Question by player workisboring

Answer: 1812 Overture

The Battle of Borodino was fought 120 km west of Moscow in September 1812. It was a tactical victory for the French: the Russian army had to withdraw and the path to Moscow was cleared for Napoleon's "Grande Armée". But it proved to be a Pyrrhic victory and the beginning of the end for Napoleon. Don't mention the Battle of Borodino in France, they would not know what you are talking about as they refer to it as "Bataille de la Moskova".

The Battle of Borodino features in Tolstoy's "War and Peace" and in Tchaikovsky's "1812 Overture" complete with cannon shots, fragments of "La Marseillaise" (the French national anthem) and Russia's anthem "God Save the Tsar!".

Question by player chabenao1

Answer: Ladder or flight of stairs

La Scala (Teatro alla Scala) is situated in Milan in Italy. The original opera house was destroyed by fire on the 25th February 1776 and was rebuilt. It was inaugurated on the 3rd August 1778 and was considered to be the premiere opera house in the world for some time.

It is still ranked as among the best in the world. Many of the world's finest singers have performed at the venue since it was re-opened in 1778. The name "ladder" is appropriate for the building, since, to get to the top deck of the viewing gallery, a patron has to scale approximately five flights of stairs. Quite a climb!

Question by player merrijig

Answer: Model T Ford

Eric Bell, an original band member with Phil Lynott and Brian Downey, bought an English comic "The Dandy" which had a robot character called Tin Lizzie, named after the nickname for the most popular car in its day (1927), The Model T Ford. Bell suggested they change "Tin" to "Thin" to mock the Irish accent which has a propensity to make "Th" sounds as "T".

The name stuck.

Question by player 1nn1

Answer: Molly Malone

This beautiful Irish ballad tells a tale of a young lass who must "push her wheel-barrow through street long and narrow, crying cockles and mussels, alive, alive - oh."

Question by player Jinxgirl

Answer: 1986

Metallica's first platinum album, "Master of Puppets", was the last to feature Cliff Burton, the bassist who sadly perished in a bus accident during the promotional tour of the album. The word "meltdown" in the clue referred to the most famous nuclear meltdown, that of Chernobyl Nuclear Power Plant in Ukraine, which occurred on April 26, 1986.

Question by player daBomb619

Answer: Grace Slick

The female vocalist on Jefferson Airplane's first album was Signe Toly Anderson, who was an original member of the group, alongside Balin, Kaukonen, Kantner and Bob Harvey. Slick was asked to join the band when Anderson left in 1966 and built a long career on that move.

Question by player spanishliz