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1.
  A Trip Around London With Madness   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The legendary British band Madness are synonymous with London. How much attention have you been paying to their lyrics and album sleeves?
Tough, 10 Qns, DUFFMONKEY, May 13 09
Tough
DUFFMONKEY
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  Madness - Our House    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz on Madness classic "Our House" It's a bit of a "fill in the blanks" but in Multiple Choice format. Get that song going in your head and start playing.
Average, 15 Qns, Bad_MaNneR$, Feb 03 08
Average
Bad_MaNneR$
863 plays
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  Mega Madness Mania   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give you a line of a Madness song, and you give me the next line of the same song.
Average, 10 Qns, LAW1998, Sep 14 12
Average
LAW1998
268 plays
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  10 Questions about Madness    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Anyone who enjoyed music in the 80s will know and probably love the music of Madness. So can you identify the track from the lyrics?
Tough, 10 Qns, JenPenWen, Sep 30 13
Tough
JenPenWen
361 plays
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  Madness - North London to World Stars    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the Nutty Boys from London.
Average, 10 Qns, manofkent50, Jun 18 22
Average
manofkent50
Jun 18 22
101 plays
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  Madness    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
An extremely difficult but fun quiz on the British group Madness.
Difficult, 20 Qns, lupin, Apr 04 02
Difficult
lupin
1585 plays
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  First Lines Great Madness Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I give you the first line(s). Can you give me the song?
Average, 10 Qns, Vermic, Apr 04 02
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Vermic
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trivia question Quick Question
This is a classic Madness tune. But what is it: "Baggy trousers, dirty shirt..."?

From Quiz "Mega Madness Mania"





Madness Trivia Questions
1. What was the first single release to make the UK Top 20 for the Nutty Boys?

From Quiz Madness - North London to World Stars

Answer: The Prince

This was released in 1979 and was the first release off of the "One Step Beyond" LP, and reached number 16 in the UK Top 20.

2. 'Mother has to iron his shirt then she sends the kids to school. Sends them off with a small kiss. She's the one they're going to miss in lots of ways.' Which Madness song?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: Our House

Released in 1982 and reached five in the UK charts, 'Our House'. The song was written by band members Chris Foreman and Chas Smash.

3. Can you complete the lyric: "I like driving in my car..."?

From Quiz Mega Madness Mania

Answer: It's not quite a Jaguar

Of course, this song was 'Driving in my Car'. It was released on 24th July 1982, and spent eight weeks on the UK Singles Chart at number four.

4. The sleeve of the band's second album, "Absolutely", sees them pictured outside which London tube station?

From Quiz A Trip Around London With Madness

Answer: Chalk Farm

The first Madness album, "One Step Beyond", did not include any direct references to London streets or landmarks. True, "The Prince" mentions Orange Street, but this is a nod to a thoroughfare in "uptown Jamaica", and is not connected with England's capital city at all. I chose Piccadilly Circus as an option because Madness' inimitable frontman Suggs sang backing vocals on Morrissey's number 18 hit "Piccadilly Palare" in 1990. Liverpool Street was an option because Suggs spent much of his childhood in Liverpool. Covent Garden was one of the choices purely because it is located partly in the Borough of Camden, a place Madness filmed many of their classic videos.

5. In the first line of the song "Our House", what is Father wearing?

From Quiz Madness - Our House

Answer: his Sunday best

"Father wears his Sunday Best. Mother's tired she needs a rest." What's the first Sign of Madness? Suggs walking down your driveway...

6. What was the band's name before 'Madness'?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: North London Invaders

7. What song starts with: 'Buster, he sold the heat, with a rock-steady beat'?

From Quiz First Lines Great Madness Songs

Answer: The prince

8. Which Madness video included the original song writer/singer and Carl running in front of a funeral procession?

From Quiz Madness - North London to World Stars

Answer: It Must Be Love

"It Must Be Love" was written and originally performed by Labi Siffre in 1971; in the video he is seen playing a violin and at the end removes his sunglasses and winks at the camera.

9. 'Pack of party poppers that pop in the night. A toothbrush and hairspray plastic grin. Miss Clay on all corners has just walked in.' Which Madness song?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: House Of Fun

'House Of Fun', released in 1982, was their first and only number one hit and spent nine weeks in the charts. Written by Lee Thompson and Mike Barson, it is about a young lad coming of age and trying to buy condoms, using slang for condoms and getting misunderstood by the chemist and sent to 'The House Of Fun'.

10. Are you able to recognise this song: "Waiting with his neighbor, in the rush hour queue..."?

From Quiz Mega Madness Mania

Answer: Got to get the first bus, so much for him to do

These lyrics were from 'Cardiac Arrest'. It was released 12th February 1982.

11. Which London landmark, located in Hyde Park, is mentioned in "Day On The Town" from the group's third album, "Seven"?

From Quiz A Trip Around London With Madness

Answer: Speaker's Corner

Speaker's Corner is, of course, a designated area of the park where ordinary men and women are given the freedom to say whatever they want to whoever is listening. Much of the time, political issues are discussed, but anything goes, so if you really wanted to, you could stand on your podium and wax lyrical on why cats are better than dogs, or vice versa. The area has attracted many famous visitors over the years, most notably the revolutionary German political activist Karl Marx and the celebrated English author George Orwell. As for the other options, the famous monument to Lord Admiral Nelson is located a couple of miles away from Hyde Park in Trafalgar Square. The Crystal Palace was first erected in Hyde Park in 1851, to house the Great Exhibition of that year. It was designed by the Bedford born architect Sir Joseph Paxton and was moved to Sydenham Hall in 1854, where it would remain until 1936 when it was destroyed by fire. Rotten Row has historically been a meeting place for upper class citizens and its name dates back to the 14th century at the latest, referring to the erstwhile row of cottages that had become infested with rats. The wide track was established by King William III (also known as William of Orange due to his governorship of Holland) as a safety improvement for his journeys to the old St. James' Palace.

12. In the song "Our House", Mother is tired. What does she need?

From Quiz Madness - Our House

Answer: a rest

"Mother's tired she needs a rest. The kids are playing up downstairs."

13. Who was their first manager?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: John Hassler

14. What song starts with: 'It's just gone noon, half past monsoon'?

From Quiz First Lines Great Madness Songs

Answer: Nightboat to Cairo

15. In 1982 what was the song that gave Madness (Nutty Boys) their only number one hit in the UK Top 20?

From Quiz Madness - North London to World Stars

Answer: House of Fun

"Cardiac Arrest" reached number fourteen, "Driving In My Car" reached number four and "Our House" peaked at number five. All of these placings were in the UK Top 20.

16. 'When I get home it's late at night. I'm black and bloody from my life. I haven't time to wash my hands. Cuts will only sting me through my dreams.' Which Madness record?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: Grey Day

'Grey Day' was released in 1981; it spent ten weeks in the UK charts and peaked at number four. It was written by band member Mike Barson before the band were famous.

17. This song wasn't an original Madness song, however they did do a version. But do you know which one it is: "I never thought I'd miss you, half as much, as I do..."?

From Quiz Mega Madness Mania

Answer: And I never thought I'd feel this way, the way I feel, about you

This song is 'It Must Be Love'. Madness only covered this song, the original singer was Labi Siffre, who wrote this song, and appears in Madness' music video.

18. Where did Suggs buy his automobile, according to the lyrics of "Driving In My Car", coincidentally also the title of a track from the band's subsequent studio album, "The Rise and Fall"?

From Quiz A Trip Around London With Madness

Answer: Primrose Hill

Hardly the epitomy of sophistication, "Driving In My Car" was rush released in July 1982 following the number one smash "House Of Fun" two months before. Despite its lack of worldly wisdom, the song has an innocent charm that is difficult to resist. The lyric "I drive up to Muswell Hill" is also included in "Driving In My Car", but I asked where he bought it, rather than where he drove to. Finsbury Park was the venue for Madness' triumphant comeback gig, Madstock, which became a fairly regular event, with three further concerts in 1994, 1996 and 1998. West London's Venus Cafe was where the video was filmed for the band's 1981 number seven hit, "The Return Of The Los Palmas 7".

19. What are the kids doing downstairs in "Our House"?

From Quiz Madness - Our House

Answer: playing up

"The kids are playing up downstairs. Sister's sighing in her sleep." The album "Madstock" which featured "Our House" hit number 22 in the UK charts

20. Name the shop where Barson and Thommo steal the record in 'Take It Or Leave It'.

From Quiz Madness

Answer: Rock On

'Take It Or Leave It' was the 1981 feature film about Madness starring themselves.

21. What song starts with: 'Good morning miss, can I help you son, sixteen today, and up for fun'?

From Quiz First Lines Great Madness Songs

Answer: House of fun

22. The video for which hit had Madness sailing up the river Thames on a pleasure cruiser?

From Quiz Madness - North London to World Stars

Answer: Uncle Sam

"Uncle Sam" was released in 1985 from the "Mad Not Mad" LP. It only reached number 21 in the UK Top 40. Of the other songs in the answers "Wings of a Dove" was highest placed in the UK Top 20 at number two.

23. 'Think of seven letters begin and end in C. Like a big American card but misspelt with a D. I wish this bus would get a move on driver's taking his time.' Which Madness song?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: Cardiac Arrest

'Cardiac Arrest', released in 1982, spent ten weeks in the charts and peaked at 14. The song was written by band members Chris Foreman and Chas Smash, and it basically sums up a man who works and worries so hard he ends up with a heart attack (cardiac arrest). It was not given much airplay due to the reference to heart attacks and maybe that's why it did not make the top ten (personally it is my favourite -- so cleverly written).

24. This is a classic Madness tune. But what is it: "Baggy trousers, dirty shirt..."?

From Quiz Mega Madness Mania

Answer: Pulling hair and eating dirt

This song is 'Baggy Trousers'. It was released near the end of 1981. It is one of their most recognised songs.

25. On "Calling Cards" - one of my favourite tracks from "The Rise and Fall", Suggs alludes to "a sorting office", but where is this rather dubious sounding establishment?

From Quiz A Trip Around London With Madness

Answer: Old Kent Road

"A sorting office on the Old Kent Road caters from coast to most - a nice little number if you're out of work, and aren't the sort to boast". So begins this jaunty number as an antidote to the generally more moody feel of "The Rise And Fall". I chose Whitechapel Road as an option due to its partnership on a UK Monopoly board as one of the cheaper "brown" properties. Orange Street is referred to in the lyrics of the band's debut singls, "The Prince", which peaked at number sixteen on the UK top 40 in September 1979. Kentish Town was the location of the video for the band's 1980 number three hit, "Baggy Trousers".

26. Sister is doing something in "Our House". What is it that she is doing?

From Quiz Madness - Our House

Answer: sighing in her sleep

"Sister's sighing in her sleep Brother's got a date to keep, He can't hang around"

27. Which 'Madness' music video features the Mornington Crescent tube station?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: One Better Day

Mornington Crescent is also a popular radio game show.

28. What song starts with: 'Trying hard, I thought I'd done my best, all my life, I can't get no rest'?

From Quiz First Lines Great Madness Songs

Answer: Tomorrow's just another day

29. What 1986 Madness video was filmed in a disused power station?

From Quiz Madness - North London to World Stars

Answer: Sweetest Girl

The video was filmed inside of Battersea Power Station. The song was originally a hit in 1981 for Scritti Politti. This was also released off of the "Mad Not Mad" LP.

30. 'Lots of girls and lots of boys. Lots of smells and lots of noise. Playing football in the park. Kicking push bikes after dark.' Which Madness song?

From Quiz Madness

Answer: Baggy Trousers

'Baggy Trousers', released in 1980, spent 20 weeks in the UK charts peaking at number three. The song was written by band members Suggs and Chris Foreman. The video showed Lee Thompson flying through the air whilst doing his solo saxophone part; this was done by using wires from a crane.

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