Sports in Songs Trivia

1. Chicago band Styx recorded "Renegade" back in 1978. Which NFL team use it to get fists pumping in the crowd?

From Quiz Fist Pumpers

Answer: Pittsburgh Steelers

"Renegade" tells the story of an outlaw about to be hanged and is his final message to his mother. Styx often close their live concerts with this track, while the Steelers use it often when they are defending an opposition play.

From Quiz Just Press Play

Answer: Cricket

10cc are an English rock band formed in 1972. The released "Dreadlock Holiday" on their 1978 album "Bloody Tourists" and it ended up being the band's third number on single on the UK chart. It only managed a forty-fourth position on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart though. "I say I don't like cricket oh no I love it I don't like cricket oh no I love it Don't you walk thru my words You got to show some respect Don't you walk thru my words 'Cause you ain't heard me out yet"

From Quiz Hockey Music

Answer: Hit Somebody

This song always makes me a little sad - hockey is not about fighting. But it is a great song and my daughter listens to it on the way to most of her games.

From Quiz Music To Watch Games By: 2008's Top Soccer Sounds

Answer: The Wonder Of You

"When no-one else can understand me When everything I do is wrong..." Arsenal Football Club was founded in 1886. 'The Gunners' liked to run out onto the pitch at the Emirates Stadium (named after their sponsors) to the sounds of 'The King'. The club's mascot was 'Gunnersaurus Rex'. Sources for these questions: 'The Daily Telegraph', August 2008 and individual club websites. This quiz is not intended as an in-depth examination of the clubs or their histories.

From Quiz Sports in Songs

Answer: Backfield in Motion

"Backfield in Motion" was from their 1969 debut album "Good Guys Only Win in the Movies". The duo wrote most of their own material. They also mentioned that the girlfriend was "offside and holding, holding on to someone else" in the lyrics. Mel Hardin and Tim McPherson were cousins from Holly Springs, Mississippi. They gravitated to Chicago where they were discovered by Gene Chandler. Gene had a number one hit with "Duke of Earl" in February, 1962.

From Quiz Songs with a Sporting Theme

Answer: Snooker

Credited to the Matchroom Mob with Chas and Dave, "Snooker Loopy" climbed to number six in the UK charts. There are many songs about football, but songs about snooker are few and far between!

From Quiz Songs about Cricket

Answer: Other People's Houses

Paul used to accompany his mother on cleaning rounds, and sometimes he was allowed to look at the cricket books on the shelves. Paul is yet to write a song called 'Wisden's,' but someone probably has.

From Quiz Fist Pumpers

Answer: Calgary Roughnecks

Being so popular with Canadian sporting teams, one would expect Clutch to be Canadian, but they are from Maryland USA. "Electric Worry" is from their album "From Beale Street To Oblivion" (2007) and features elements of the Muddy Waters track, "Trouble No More" (1955). Calgary Roughnecks were NLL champions in 2004 and 2009.

From Quiz When Music and Football Meet

Answer: Richard Rodgers and Oscar Hammerstein II

'Carousel' is a Rodgers and Hammerstein musical about a carnival barker, Billy bigelow, who falls in love with a mill worker, Julie Jordan, 'You'll Never Walk Alone' is sung by Julie's cousin Nettie after Billy dies in an attempted robbery. Gerry and the Pacemakers released their version in 1963, and it became the warm-up music at Anfield, Liverpool's stadium. Liverpool's manager at the time, Bill Shankly, was a huge fan of the song. Other teams who have adopted 'You'll Never Walk Alone' include Borussia Dortmund (Germany) and Celtic (Scotland). Many other versions of the song have been recorded by artists such as Aretha Franklin, Melanie C (a Liverpool supporter), Die Toten Hosen, and Tammy Wynette.

From Quiz Just Press Play

Answer: Little Boxes

Malvina Reynolds composed "Little Boxes" in 1962 in response to seeing a number of cookie cutter housing developments being built in suburbia. Reynolds was a political activist and folk singer who composed a number of songs in her career. While her version did not chart, her close friend Pete Seeger charted with his cover version reaching position seventy on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. Various artists have covered this song through the years including Elvis Costello, Engelbert Humperdinck, Linkin Park and even Billy Bob Thornton. "And they all play on the golf course And drink their martinis dry And they all have pretty children And the children go to school And the children go to summer camp And then to the university Where they are put in boxes And they come out all the same"

From Quiz Hockey Music

Answer: Welcome to the Jungle

Maybe it is a New England thing, but I hear this at the Monarchs, at the Bruins and at college games.

From Quiz Music To Watch Games By: 2008's Top Soccer Sounds

Answer: The countdown to 'Thunderbirds'

"Five...four...three...two...one...Thunderbirds are Go" The Midlands club Aston Villa FC was established in 1874 and was one of the founding members of the English Football League in 1888. The home ground was Villa Park. Villa's mascot was 'Hercules The Lion'.

From Quiz Sports in Songs

Answer: Sweet Georgia Brown

The version used by the Globetrotters is a 1949 instrumental by Brother Bones & His Shadows. It features whistling and bones by Brother Bones. It was adopted by the Globetrotters in 1952. The music for "Sweet Georgia Brown" was written by Maceo Pinkard and Kenneth Casey composed the words. The tune was first recorded by Ben Bernie and his Orchestra. In the 1953 Vincent Minnelli movie "Cabin in the Sky" the woman whom Little Joe has an affair with is named Georgia Brown. "My Little Georgia Rose" was done by Ricky Scaggs. "Rainy night in Georgia" was the last of Brook Benton's hits. "Georgia on My Mind" was written in 1930 by Stuart Gorrell and Hoagy Carmichael. It is the official state song of Georgia.

From Quiz A Musical Cricket Match

Answer: Hook

Ray Sawyer was a founding member of Dr Hook (and The Medicine Show). He shared vocal duties with Dennis Locorriere. "When You're in Love with a Beautiful Woman" was a number one hit for the group in 1979. Ray lost the use of his right eye following a car accident in 1967; his black eye-patch became a recognisable trademark for him. A hook is a shot played to a short-pitched delivery in which the batsman plays the ball from around shoulder height square or behind square on the onside. The pull, the glance and the cut are three different kinds of cricket shot.

From Quiz Songs with a Sporting Theme

Answer: Darts

Other covers performed by the Darts were "Duke Of Earl" and "Reet Petite". There were bands called The Arrows and Racing Cars, but I'm not aware of a band called the Archers!

From Quiz Fist Pumpers

Answer: Delilah

Sometimes a good song sounds even better when sung en masse and that is certainly the case with "Delilah", whether it's 12,000 Welsh rugby fans or 30,000 Stoke fans singing it. Welsh politicians have tried to stop rugby fans singing the song as "it trivialises the idea of murdering a woman" in their words, but the tradition continues. The singing of it by Stoke City fans is believed to originate from a concert at Stoke's ground in the 1970s by Sensational Alex Harvey Band, who turned it into a audience singalong and the tradition grew from there.

From Quiz Just Press Play

Answer: Jack and Diane

John "Cougar" Mellencamp recorded "Jack and Diane" in 1982 for his album "American Fool". It went to number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Cashbox charts and was even selected as one of the songs of the century by the Recording Industry Association of America. "Little ditty bout jack and diane Two American kids growin' up in the heartland Jacky's gonna be a football star Diane debutante backseat of Jacky's car"

From Quiz Hockey Music

Answer: Black Betty

I have to admit, I just don't understand why this was banned; maybe I'm just too old. The Leadbelly original is a great piece of blues and the Ram Jam cover is fun.

From Quiz Music To Watch Games By: 2008's Top Soccer Sounds

Answer: Burnley

Ok, so this question is a cop-out. My primary source indicated Blackburn didn't have a theme song, and despite a lot of effort, I couldn't contradict that. However, rather than face a deluge of correction notes from irate Blackburn fans telling me there was one, I decided to side-step the issue. Blackburn Rovers FC was established in 1875 and was one of the founding members of the English Football League in 1888. Average crowds of just under 24,000 at Ewood Park provided a lot of their own entertainment, which included watching the antics of the club mascot, 'Roar Lion'. Blackburn fans had a range of chants - most of them denigrating their arch-rivals Burnley (and much too crude to repeat here).

From Quiz Sports in Songs

Answer: Survivor

"Eye of the Tiger" was from the album of the same name. It was released in January, 1982. It was written specifically at the request of Sylvester Stallone for Rocky III. The song topped the Billboard Hot 100 for six weeks beginning July 24, 1982. For a while it was also the entrance theme for professional wrestler Hulk Hogan who was in Rocky III. "Eye of the Tiger" won a Grammy Award and was nominated for an Oscar. It was also voted "Best New Song" by the People's Choice Awards. Styx had a string of hits including "Babe". Foreigner was so named because two members were from the UK and two were from the US. Bad Company recorded a song by the same name along with other rock hits.

From Quiz Hockey Songs

Answer: Black Hawks

"Gordie and My Old Man". The Grievous Angels are an alt-country band from Ontario, mostly focused on and in Northern Ontario, though they originally formed in Toronto. They've been nominated for several Junos over the years, and are worth checking out if you like that kind of music. I gave you a clue with the answer options - the Chicago Black Hawks were the only original six team named.

From Quiz Songs with a Sporting Theme

Answer: Manchester United

"Come On You Reds" was a UK number one, the highest placed hit for the team who have reached the charts on many occasions. The football teams of Chelsea, Brighton and Tottenham have all scored on the pop charts as well as on the pitch. The more discerning listener may well advise them to stick to football!

From Quiz Songs about Cricket

Answer: Stumped

'and he dances down the wicket and he's stumped and I am stunned.' Nowadays, there is a resurgence in spin bowling and, cocomitantly, in stumpings, but there was a time in the 80s when Dean Jones was keeping it alive almost singlehandedly.

From Quiz Fist Pumpers

Answer: The Alan Parsons Project

Alan Parsons Project are hardly well known hit makers, although they did have a Canadian number one in 1982 with "Eye In The Sky" and "Sirius" is, sporting connections aside, not a well known track, but it is the instrumental prelude to "Eye In The Sky" on the 1982 album of the same name. Prior to "Sirius", the Bulls had used Michael Jackson's "Thriller" and the theme to TV show, "Miami Vice", but "Sirius" works much better than either of them, and is well known as the song of the Michael Jordan era.

From Quiz Just Press Play

Answer: John McEnroe

Roger Kitter was an English actor who starred in the television series "'Allo 'Allo!". He recorded "Chalk Dust" as The Brat and it managed a top ten position on charts all over the world, including the Netherlands, Belgium and South Africa. "The ball's in Everyone could see that the ball's in Chalk dust Everyone could see that there was chalk dust (I'm awfully sorry but the ball was out I'd be jolly greatfull if you didn't shout If you don't like it here, well, you shouldn't come Frankly, sir, you're a pain in the bum)" John McEnroe courted much controversy throughout his playing career for the manner in which he disputed umpire calls and he is well known for his trademark phrase of "you cannot be serious" which he shouted at an umpire at Wimbledon.

From Quiz Hockey Music

Answer: Flying

This song really makes me smile, even if it is a bit sadly. I see so many kids dreaming about a chance at the NHL and know that only a few of them will make it to Juniors let alone the pros. And take a listen to his other songs. The incorrect answers are all Stan Rogers songs that sort fit a hockey theme

From Quiz Music To Watch Games By: 2008's Top Soccer Sounds

Answer: 633 Squadron

The theme to the 1964 movie '633 Squadron' was better known as 'The Dambusters March', a reference to the RAF squadron's most famous operation. Established in 1874, Bolton Wanderers FC was, again, a co-founder of the English Football League. Average attendances for 'The Trotters' at the Rebok Stadium were a shade under 21,000 and the mascot was 'Lofty The Lion'.

From Quiz Sports in Songs

Answer: Swim

The record was written and produced by twenty-year-old Sylvester Stewart, later known as Sly Stone who formed Sly and the Family Stone. Bobby Freeman performed at the Condor nightclub in San Francisco in 1964 when Carol Doda began go-go dancing topless. Bobby had a hit when he was only 17 called "Do You Want To Dance?" which has been covered by numerous groups including The Beach Boys. "C'Mon and Swim" was also the title of his 1964 album. The swim dance craze was just about over by the time he released his follow-up "S-W-I-M". Bobby toured for the next few years on the success of his hits.

From Quiz Songs with a Sporting Theme

Answer: Ice Hockey

I'm afraid I have no idea what "Ice Hockey Hair" actually is. The Super Furry Animals seem to go in for interesting song titles, as their hits include "Hometown Unicorn", "God! Show Me Magic" and "(Drawing) Rings Around The World".

From Quiz Songs about Cricket

Answer: Like a boy who has killed a dove

Trumper is one of the game's great tragic figures, dying of tuberculosis in his thirties. Turn of the twentieth century cricketers rival great Yiddish writers in their propensity to die of T.B..

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