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3 Counting Crows quizzes and 30 Counting Crows trivia questions.
1.
  Counting Crows for the Casual Fan    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is just some basic trivia about a band that has managed to hang around for over a decade now. This quiz may be a bit too easy for their diehard fans.
Average, 10 Qns, chango, May 22 05
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chango
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  Counting Crows - Hard Candy    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Are you the Counting Crows biggest fan? Take this quiz and find out how much you really know about your favorite band! Lyrics are from their awesome album "Hard Candy"!
Average, 10 Qns, imaterd, Jun 05 05
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imaterd
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  Counting Crows    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the band itself and a couple lyrics.
Tough, 10 Qns, Kimba116, Aug 01 08
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Kimba116
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Counting Crows Trivia Questions
1. In the song "Hard Candy", "when you sleep you find your ________ in the night".

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: mother

I love this song! Adam Duritz writes about many different places in his lyrics. In this song he makes references to Long Island, New York, and even China.

2. In the song, "Mr. Jones", who does Adam say he wants to be?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: Bob Dylan

This was highly publicized at the time, and he now changes the name in concerts.

3. What song says: "There's nothing but pills and ashes under my skin"?

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: American Girls

Sheryl Crow's voice is heard in the background vocals of this feel good song.

4. What was the title of Counting Crows' first album?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: August and Everything After

"August and Everything After" was the name of a song that Adam had written, but never recorded. He was born in August, and it is symbolic of his birth and his life. Some of the lyrics of this song can be seen on the album cover.

5. Adam Duritz liked what kind of girls in "Good Time"?

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: red haired girls

He said he loves red haired girls and that he's "just another boy from Texas". Courtesy of lyrics from the album "Hard Candy".

6. Complete this line: "... Counting crows, one for sorrow, two for joy, three for girls, and four for boys, five for silver, six for gold, and seven ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____ ____. "

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: for a secret never to be told

It took me a few times to memorize that one. This is on "August and Everything After". The song is called "A Murder of One".

7. In "Butterfly in Reverse" who is better than the world?

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: Mary-Ann

I like this song because it reminds me of someone telling another person that they don't have to take other people's criticism and that they can be happy just being themselves.

8. What year did "August and Everything After" come out?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: 1993

It took a couple of months until "Mr. Jones" made the CD more popular.

9. This early demo song got frequent airplay after Counting Crows acheived mainstream success, despite the fact that the song wasn't on their debut album?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: Einstein on the Beach

Their record label decided not to put it on "August and Everything After", because they felt that it was too upbeat, and didn't fit the tone of the rest of the album. Instead, they released it on an album entitled, "DGC Rarities".

10. Name this song: "I miss your hair, you miss my eyes."

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: Carriage

Adam Duritz makes several references to hair on this album. I can relate, because I love hair too- well, who doesn't?

11. What year did "Recovering the Satellites" come out?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: 1996

The Counting Crows had a big hit with "A Long December".

12. In which city did the members of Counting Crows meet and begin performing?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: San Francisco

Adam lived in Berkeley, California when he met San Francisco record producer and guitarist David Bryson. They began collaborating, and later added the rest of the band members.

13. Name the song: "But fall asleep next to me and have a dream".

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: Black and Blue

"Black and Blue" is a melancholy tune that deals with feelings of isolation and despair. It is sad to listen to, but it is so pretty with Adam Duritz's voice and the rich harmony added by Leona Naess.

14. What year did "Live-Across A Wire" come out?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: 1998

This includes live tracks from "VH1 Storytellers" and "MTV Live From The 10 Spot". It is a 2 disc set.

15. In 1996, Counting Crows released their second album, and scored another smash hit with this haunting tune, the video for which featured Courtney Cox?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: A Long December

Adam and Courtney were a couple at the time, though the relationship didn't last. If you listen to Adam's lyrics, you'll see that that is par for the course.

16. Which song from Hard Candy says, "Click your heels and count back from three. Do you wanna go back?".

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: Butterfly in Reverse

I like this line because it reminds me of Dorothy clicking the heels of her ruby red slippers. Except the girl in this song does it in reverse, counting "back from three", signifying that she regrets something in her life and wants to "go back" and change it. Courtesy of lyrics from the album "Hard Candy".

17. What year did "This Desert Life" come out?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: 1999

Their first single was "Hangin' Around". "Colorblind", another song on this disc was also on the soundtrack for "Cruel Intentions".

18. Complete the lyric: "American girls are all _________".

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: weather and noise

According to "American Girls", they are also "all feathers and cream". Courtesy of lyrics from the album "Hard Candy".

19. What Year did "Hard Candy" come out?

From Quiz Counting Crows

Answer: 2002

This is their most recent studio album.

20. Counting Crows again scored a hit in 2002 with a remake of the Joni Mitchell classic, "Big Yellow Taxi". Which pop singer sang background vocals on this song?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: Vanessa Carlton

The song has a long history of being recorded by very diverse artists from Bob Dylan to Janet Jackson to Amy Grant.

21. Which country name completes the lyric: "Take a holiday in ____".

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: Spain

"Holiday in Spain" is so peaceful to listen to. The strings add to the already beautiful melody, making this song a slight tearjerker but pretty nonetheless. This is one of my favorite songs from the album.

22. In "New Frontier", miracle people have what type of hair?

From Quiz Counting Crows - Hard Candy

Answer: marvelous

Again, another hair reference, which cracks me up. Later in the song a friend tells Duritz, "You need a girl with electrical hair". Courtesy of lyrics from the album "Hard Candy".

23. Where does the name Counting Crows come from?

From Quiz Counting Crows for the Casual Fan

Answer: an old English divination rhyme

The rhyme suggests that, "life is as pointless as counting crows".

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