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The Genius of Maximo Park Trivia Quiz

This quiz looks at the wonderfully clever lyrics of indie-rock band Maximo Park fronted by Paul Smith. It includes lyrics from both their recent release 'Our Earthly Pleasures' as well as their debut album!

A multiple-choice quiz by harrypfan1. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
harrypfan1

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
265,564

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which one of these lyrics does NOT feature in the song 'Apply Some Pressure' from their debut album? Hint

I testify to having guilty feelings

I wish that I could meet you here next year

You magnify the way I think about myself

I hope that I am still alive next year

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Question 2 of 10

2. Maximo Park's debut album was entitled 'A Certain Trigger' but the lyrics of which song from the album include its name? Hint

Signal and Sign

The Coast is always Changing

Limassol

Once a Glimpse

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Question 3 of 10

3. Maximo Park will do 'Graffiti' for you on one condition. What is it? Hint

if you write them a love song

if you kiss them in public

if you tell them you love them

if you sing to them in French

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Question 4 of 10

4. Fill in the gap in these lyrics from the song 'Now I'm all over the shop': 'Patience is _______ when you're near me' Hint

neccessary

indefinate

impossible

a virtue

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Question 5 of 10

5. Name the song these lyrics are from: 'As time gets more compressed, you're always my reminder' Hint

Postcard of a Painting

I Want you to Stay

Going Missing

Acrobat

6. Maximo Park's second album was entitled 'Our Earthly Pleasures'. Fill in the blank for this lyric from the song 'Our Velocity': 'Throughout the conflict I was serene, I can't outrun the _______ I've seen.' Hint

demons

evil

sadness

horror

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Question 7 of 10

7. Name the song this lyric is the first line of: 'The lines of transport make their way through towns.' Hint

By The Monument

Your Urge

The Unshockable

Our Velocity

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which song do these lyrics come from?: 'Sniggering clowns in laughter, we hide behind our hands.' Hint

Nosebleed

The Unshockable

Parasian Skies

Your Urge

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of these lyrics are NOT featured in the song 'A Fortnight's Time'? Hint

When it comes to girls, I'm purely hypothetical

When it comes to guys, I'm purely theoretical

If I list their names, it's purely alphabetical

If I test their nerves, it's merely dialectical

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Question 10 of 10

10. Complete this Lyric from the song 'The Unshockable': 'Scratch away, scrape away, lacerate,....' Hint

keep shocking!

keep scratching!

Keep hurting!

Keep scraping!

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which one of these lyrics does NOT feature in the song 'Apply Some Pressure' from their debut album?

Answer: I wish that I could meet you here next year

"Apply Some Pressure" was the second single released from their debut album. It reached number 20 in the UK charts in February 2005 and it was later re-released and reached number 17. The video showed members of the band popping out of draws [amongst other things!] whilst playing their instruments!

2. Maximo Park's debut album was entitled 'A Certain Trigger' but the lyrics of which song from the album include its name?

Answer: Once a Glimpse

In 'Once a Glimpse', there is a lyric that goes: 'All I need is a certain trigger'.
"A Certain Trigger" was released in May 2005 and it was later nominated for the Mercury Prize in the same year [which was won by Antony and the Johnsons].

3. Maximo Park will do 'Graffiti' for you on one condition. What is it?

Answer: if you sing to them in French

The main lyrics for the chorus start 'I'll do Graffiti if you sing to me in French'! 'Grafitti' was the third single to be released from 'A Certain Trigger' and it reached number 15 in the UK charts.

4. Fill in the gap in these lyrics from the song 'Now I'm all over the shop': 'Patience is _______ when you're near me'

Answer: a virtue

'Now I'm all over the Shop' was written by Paul Smith (vocals) and Duncan Lloyd (guitars).

5. Name the song these lyrics are from: 'As time gets more compressed, you're always my reminder'

Answer: I Want you to Stay

'I Want You to Stay' was the fifth and last single to be released from their debut album, in February 2006. Maximo Park's compilation album of b-sides features 'I Want You to Leave' [a b-side to 'Apply Some Pressure'] and it's a play on 'I Want You to Stay'!

Answer: sadness

'Our Velocity' was the first single to be released from their second album in March 2007 and it reached number 9 in the Uk Charts! The video showed each member of the band being repeated many times over as they played the song.

7. Name the song this lyric is the first line of: 'The lines of transport make their way through towns.'

Answer: The Unshockable

According to frontman Paul Smith, 'The Unshockable' is for 'anybody who sometimes can't be bothered to get out of bed but knows that somewhere in the back of their mind there's something to do.'

8. Which song do these lyrics come from?: 'Sniggering clowns in laughter, we hide behind our hands.'

Answer: The Unshockable

Along with Paul Smith, Maximo Park is made up of Tom English, Duncan Lloyd, Archis Tiku and Lukas Wooller. Tom English, who plays drums, is the only member of the band not to be credited with writing or co-writing any of their songs.

9. Which of these lyrics are NOT featured in the song 'A Fortnight's Time'?

Answer: When it comes to guys, I'm purely theoretical

The correct lyric is actually: 'When it comes to girls, I'm purely theoretical'. All the other lyrics are in the song and the four correct lines together, make up a verse near the end of the song.
'A Fortnight's time' is the second shortest song from the Album 'Our Earthly Pleasures'; the shortest is 'By the Monument'.

10. Complete this Lyric from the song 'The Unshockable': 'Scratch away, scrape away, lacerate,....'

Answer: keep scratching!

Maximo Park's single 'Books from Boxes' was released on the 11th June 2007. The song is far more subdued and melancholy than first single 'Our Velocity' but just as brilliant!

I hope you enjoyed taking my quiz.

Source: Author harrypfan1

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