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Quiz about Run Baby Run
Quiz about Run Baby Run

Run Baby, Run Trivia Quiz

And Other Bits from Garbage

This quiz is a result of an Author challenge. The questions are about the song, the group and various tracks that appear on the same album as "Run Baby, Run". So let's run.

A multiple-choice quiz by gme24. Estimated time: 3 mins.
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Author
gme24
Time
3 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
417,165
Updated
Jul 30 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
45
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Question 1 of 10
1. On which Garbage album, released in 2005, was the song "Run Baby, Run"? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The lead singer of the group Garbage was Shirley Manson. Where was she born? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. The song "Run Baby, Run" begins with the lyrics:
"Love can be so strange
Don't it amaze you?
Every time you give yourself away _____"

What happens when you do that?


Question 4 of 10
4. The song "Run Baby, Run" continues with the lyrics:
"Love's an elusive charm and it can be painful
To understand this crazy world
To understand this crazy world"
What comes next?


Question 5 of 10
5. In the song "Run Baby, Run", what follows
"Run my baby run my baby run
Run from the noise of the street and the _____"?


Question 6 of 10
6. Together with "Run Baby, Run", one of the tracks on the 2005 album is a song about a heart. What kind of heart is it? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Together with "Run Baby, Run", one of the tracks on the 2005 album is a song about a boyfriend. What kind of boyfriend is he?


Question 8 of 10
8. Another song to feature on the same album as "Run Baby, Run" was "it's All Over but the ____". What completed the title?


Question 9 of 10
9. "Boys Wanna ___", was another song to feature on the same album as "Run Baby, Run". What completed the title?


Question 10 of 10
10. In the song "Run Baby, Run", what follows "Find out who you are before you _____"?



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. On which Garbage album, released in 2005, was the song "Run Baby, Run"?

Answer: Bleed Like Me

"Bleed Like Me" also contained the songs "Why Do You Love Me", "Bleed Like Me" and "Sex Is not the Enemy" that were all released as singles. The album got in the top ten album charts in the US and UK as well as Australia, Canada and France.
"Beautiful Garbage" was the band's third album, released in 2001.
"Fresh Garbage" was a song by Spirit, released in 1968.
"My Old Man's a Dustman" was a song released by Lonnie Donegan in 1956.
2. The lead singer of the group Garbage was Shirley Manson. Where was she born?

Answer: Edinburgh, Scotland

Shirley was born and educated in Edinburgh. She started her career with a group called Wild Indians, before joining Goodbye Mr Mackenzie. In 1994 she had a side project called Angelfish. In 1995 she joined Garbage and later moved to USA.
The member of the group, Duke Erikson, was born in Lyons, Nebraska and the group was formed in Madison, Wisconsin.
3. The song "Run Baby, Run" begins with the lyrics: "Love can be so strange Don't it amaze you? Every time you give yourself away _____" What happens when you do that?

Answer: It comes back to haunt you

Shirley is the main lyricist of the group, although the songs are all credited to Garbage.
4. The song "Run Baby, Run" continues with the lyrics: "Love's an elusive charm and it can be painful To understand this crazy world To understand this crazy world" What comes next?

Answer: But you're not gonna crack

The verse ends with "No you're never gonna crack".
Apart from the usual band musicians, Justin Meldal-Johnsen played bass guitar and Matt Walker drums.
5. In the song "Run Baby, Run", what follows "Run my baby run my baby run Run from the noise of the street and the _____"?

Answer: Loaded gun

According to band member Duke Ericson, the song is about not-conforming and the only alternative left is to run away.
6. Together with "Run Baby, Run", one of the tracks on the 2005 album is a song about a heart. What kind of heart is it?

Answer: Metal

The track is called "Metal Heart" and the opening lyrics are
"I wish I had a metal heart
I could cross the line
I wish that I was half as good
As you think I am".
The song is about a soldier returning from the war in Iraq and was written by Steve Marker, Duke Erikson, Butch Vig and Shirley Manson.
7. Together with "Run Baby, Run", one of the tracks on the 2005 album is a song about a boyfriend. What kind of boyfriend is he?

Answer: Bad

"We may not last but we'll have fun till it ends
C'mon, baby, be my bad boyfriend".

This was the opening track of the album and was produced by Garbage and King Gismo.
Dave Grohl played drums on this track.
8. Another song to feature on the same album as "Run Baby, Run" was "it's All Over but the ____". What completed the title?

Answer: Crying

This was the eighth track on the album "Bleed Like Me".
It was ear-marked to be released as a single, but it never happened.
It was included also in the album "Absolute Garbage".
"It's all over but the crying
Fade to black I'm sick of trying
Took too much and now I'm done
It's all over but the crying".
9. "Boys Wanna ___", was another song to feature on the same album as "Run Baby, Run". What completed the title?

Answer: Fight

The song dealt with feminism and equal rights and was also a reference to the Iraq war.

"The boys wanna fight
But the girls are happy to dance all night".

It was produced by the band and written by Butch Vig, Duke Erikson, Shirley Manson and Steve Marker.
10. In the song "Run Baby, Run", what follows "Find out who you are before you _____"?

Answer: Regret it

"Find out who you are before you regret it
'Cause life is so short there's no time to waste it
So run my baby run my baby run".
Source: Author gme24

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