Sing Me Around the World Trivia Quiz

Answer: Men at Work

"Down Under" appeared on Men at Work's first album, released in 1981 and titled "Business As Usual". In 1983, Australia won the America's Cup yacht race and "Down Under" was the Australian team's theme song. The song mentions that great icon of Oz - Vegemite!

Answer: Roger Miller

Roger Miller also wrote this song. It was his eleventh hit on the US Country Chart. The song was covered by singers Petula Clark and Pat Boone in 1967. Roger Miller was posthumously inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1995, three years after his death with lung cancer.

Answer: Andy Stewart

Andy Stewart wrote the lyrics of "A Scottish Soldier" to the traditional Scottish bagpipe tune "The Green Hills of Tyrol". Here are some of the great lyrics:

"There was a soldier, a Scottish soldier
Who wandered far away, and soldiered far away
There was none bolder, with good broad shoulder
He's fought in many a fray, and fought and won.
He's seen the glory, and told the story
Of battles glorious, and deeds victorious
But now he's sighing, his heart is crying
To leave these green hills of Tyrol
Because these green hills are not highland hills,
Or the island hills, they're not my land's hills
And fair as these green foreign hills may be
They are not the hills of home".

Answer: Gene McDaniels

Gene McDaniels was born in 1935 and had many hits in the '60s, including "Spanish Lace" and "Point of No Return".

"She was standing there, so beyond compare, in Spanish lace
My heart touched the sky, captivated by her angel face
Dancing 'neath the moon I soon discovered the new world that lovers always
Find When I saw her there, so beyond compare, in Spanish lace".

Answer: The Beatles

"Norwegian Wood comes from the Beatles 1965 Album "Rubber Sole" and was written by Lennon/McCartney. George Harrison played the sitar in this song, the first time that instrument had been used in a rock song.

Answer: Bonnie Tyler

"Lost in France" was Welsh singer Bonnie Tyler's debut single, and it was her first single to sell a million copies. The song was included in her first album "The World Starts Tonight", released in 1977.


"I was lost in France
In the fields the birds were singing
I was lost in France
And the day was just beginning
As I stood there in the morning rain
I had a feeling I can't explain
I was lost in France in love"

Answer: Harry Belafonte

Harold George "Harry" Belafonte, Jr was born on March 1, 1927, and was sometimes referred to as "the King of Creole".

"Jamaica Farewell" was often also referred to as "Kingston Town" because Kingston Town is referred to in the song.. Some of Belafonte's other hits were "Day O" (The "Banana Boat" song), "Island in the Sun", and "There's a Hole in the Bucket", just to name a few.

"Down the way where the nights are gay
And the sun shines daily on the mountain top
I took a trip on a sailing ship
And when I reached Jamaica I made a stop".

Answer: James Taylor

James Taylor had two hits from his sixth album "Gorilla" - "Mexico" and "How Sweet it Is (To Be Loved by You)". He achieved his breakthrough with the song "Fire and Rain" in 1970.

Answer: Rosemary Clooney

Rosemary Clooney was born in 1928 and died in 2002. She had many hits including "Come On-a My House", "Hey There" and "This Old House".

"Mambo Italiano" has also been recorded by Dean Martin, Bette Midler, Alma Coogan and Renato Caroscone.

Answer: Don McLean

"American Pie" was from the album of the same name released in 1971. The song is about the deaths of Buddy Holly, Ritchie Valens and The Big Bopper in a plane crash in 1959 - "The Day the Music Died".

Don was inducted into the Songwriters' Hall of Fame in 2004 and has had more than forty gold and platinum records.