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16 Nightwish quizzes and 190 Nightwish trivia questions.
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  25 Question Nightwish Quiz   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
This quiz will test your knowledge of the great symphonic metal band Nightwish. It'll cover the band's members, history, song and album titles, and even lyrics. This is my first quiz on music so be sure to let me know what you think!
Average, 25 Qns, Anaconda728873, Feb 18 24
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Feb 18 24
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  Nightwish Lyrics Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Nightwish is one of the greatest metal bands out there, and they're one of my all-time favorites. Your job, by taking this quiz, is to match the lyrics to their appropriate song title, and vice-versa. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, artichokie, Jul 11 07
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artichokie
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  Nightwish: "Dark Passion Play"   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the Nightwish album, "Dark Passion Play"
Average, 10 Qns, lceQueen, Dec 06 07
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lceQueen
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  Multiple Choice Quiz about Nightwish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about Nightwish. Try to do it without looking up the lyrics. Name the song for the lyrics given, fill in the blanks and which song lyrics go with the song. Good luck!
Average, 10 Qns, Saphira-Gurl13, Jul 11 07
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Saphira-Gurl13
534 plays
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  Nightwish: Where Have I Heard That Before?   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
While listening to Nightwish music, do you ever hear phrases you've heard in other songs of theirs? The quiz covers the U.S. releases of the albums "Angels Fall First" through "Endless Forms Most Beautiful".
Average, 10 Qns, Caseena, May 08 15
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Caseena
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  Long Nightwish Songs    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz contains questions about Nightwish songs that are at least eight minutes long.
Average, 10 Qns, Caseena, Mar 20 17
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Caseena
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  Lyrics from Nightwish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This is a quiz about the lyrics of Finnish power metal band Nightwish.
Average, 10 Qns, moonwitch, Nov 06 22
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moonwitch
Nov 06 22
33 plays
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  Nightwish Lyrics Test    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about the Finnish symphonic metal band Nightwish and the lyrics of some of their songs, mostly written by the keyboardist Tuomas Holopainen.
Average, 10 Qns, Nidalee, Sep 30 13
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Nidalee
125 plays
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  Nightwish: Not Just Noise    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Test your knowledge of the single "Noise" by Nightwish. This quiz covers lyrical content and the related music video.
Tough, 10 Qns, EpicNight13, Apr 06 20
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EpicNight13
Apr 06 20
72 plays
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  Nightwish: "Once"    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the Nightwish album, "Once"
Average, 10 Qns, lceQueen, Dec 11 07
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lceQueen
491 plays
trivia question Quick Question
From which song are these lyrics? "...hope is only an illusion and Ocean Soul's nothing but a name..."

From Quiz "Nightwish Lyrics"




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  Nightwish : 20 Questions    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
This is a quiz about the band Nightwish, featuring curiosities, lyrics, history and many other things.
Tough, 20 Qns, Nidalee, Dec 27 13
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Nidalee
140 plays
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  Nightwish Live    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Funny dialogues during the concerts, fogotten lyrics, special live performances...you have them all. Enjoy!
Difficult, 10 Qns, black_dizzy, Nov 23 19
Difficult
black_dizzy
Nov 23 19
301 plays
13.
  Take this Nightwish Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz about one of the most powerful Gothic Metal bands on Earth!
Tough, 15 Qns, regrin, Jul 11 07
Tough
regrin
853 plays
14.
  Night Wishes for Nightwish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
For my third Nightwish quiz, I've found lyrics that mention night or wishes...or both!
Tough, 10 Qns, Caseena, Nov 24 17
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Caseena
97 plays
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  10 Questions about Nightwish    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Dedicated to all the fans of Nightwish as well as to the band and Tarja.
Average, 10 Qns, rachabsinthe, Sep 02 11
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rachabsinthe
563 plays
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  What do you know about Nightwish Lyrics?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the lyrics of Nightwish!
Average, 10 Qns, Tellyaddict10, Jul 27 08
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Tellyaddict10
392 plays

Nightwish Trivia Questions
1. Which song begins with "The end" and ends with "The beginning"?

From Quiz Long Nightwish Songs

Answer: The Poet and the Pendulum

This song is about fourteen minutes long. It also contains the album's title, "Dark Passion Play" near the nine minute mark: "The morning dawned upon his altar/Remains of the dark passion play". This song is the first on the album, thus starting the entire thing with "The end".

2. "Angels, they fell first but I'm still here." This lyric refers to the title of Nightwish's first album. It comes from which song on "Century Child"?

From Quiz Nightwish: Where Have I Heard That Before?

Answer: End of All Hope

"Angels Fall First" is Nightwish's first album and has more of a folk metal bent to it than any of their other albums. According to the CD's liner notes, their fourth album "Century Child" went gold in two hours and hit platinum in ten days.

3. Which songs feature Finnish lyrics?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: "Lappi", "Taikatalvi", "Kuolema Tekee Taiteilijan"

The majority of Nightwish lyrics were written in English. Some of them, however, feature Finnish lyrics as well. "Lappi", for example, has both English and Finnish lyrics.

4. From which song are these lyrics? "...hope is only an illusion and Ocean Soul's nothing but a name..."

From Quiz Nightwish Lyrics

Answer: Bless The Child

This is a passage from "Bless The Child", from "Century Child" album. This single has a videoclip, recorded in a hangar. Curiosity about the band: Tarja Turunen, singer from 1996 to 2005, always coordinated the color of her clothes with her microphone.

5. Nightwish was founded in which European nation?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Finland

Nightwish was introduced in Kitee, Finland. This notion is not to be confused with the fact that Nightwish's lead vocalist Anette Olzon is Swedish. The band itself was conceived in Finland.

6. "Once I had a dream and this is it" are the first words spoken in which song?

From Quiz Nightwish: "Once"

Answer: Dark Chest of Wonders

"Dark Chest of Wonders" is the opening track on the album.

7. "Dark Passion Play" is the first Nightwish album since singer Tarja Turunen was fired in 2005. Who replaced her?

From Quiz Nightwish: "Dark Passion Play"

Answer: Anette Olzon

Anette is from Sweden and was chosen to be the new singer from over 2000 applicants.

8. When and where was Nightwish's first live performance?

From Quiz Nightwish Live

Answer: Kitee, 1997

Indeed, the first Nightwish live show ever took place in December 1997 (one year and a half after the band had formed) in Kitee, their hometown. They had very few concerts during their early period because Tarja was still in school and Jukka and Emppu had to perform the mandatory military service.

9. Name the song: "You wake up, where's the tomb? Will Easter come, enter my room? The lord weeps with me But my tears fall for you."

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Gethsemane

These lyrics above are from the song "Gethsemane" which is the chorus to the song. "Gethsemane" is from the album "Oceanborn", released in 1998.

10. The idea of Nightwish was born in July 1996 when the founding members were spending a night around a campfire. Who were the founding members?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu

The first three songs, which were acoustic mood music, were recorded between October and December 1996. At that time, the band had three members: Tuomas, Tarja and Emppu.

11. What song do these lyrics belong to? "My flower withered between the pages two and three"

From Quiz Lyrics from Nightwish

Answer: Nemo

Nemo is Latin for "No one". "Nemo" was the first single from their 2004 album, "Once".

12. Who founded the band Nightwish?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Tuomas Holopainen

He started an acoustic band that later would become Nightwish.

13. The song "Noise" by Nightwish makes multiple references to which popular Netflix series?

From Quiz Nightwish: Not Just Noise

Answer: Black Mirror

The lines "your mirror is black" and "feast your eyes on the black mirror" explicitly reference the series; the phrase "shut up and dance" refers to the episode of the same name in the third season of "Black Mirror."

14. The first line of "Song of Myself" refers back to a song title on the album "Angels Fall First" by mentioning which bird?

From Quiz Long Nightwish Songs

Answer: Nightingale

"The nightingale is still locked in the cage" is a call back to the song "Know Why The Nightingale Sings" from the band's first album. "Song of Myself" also refers to earlier album songs "Storytime", "Ghost River", "Scaretale", "Turn Loose the Mermaids", and "Last Ride of the Day".

15. In "Ghost Love Score", what earlier track title from "Once" fits into the blank space? "________ from the deep came to me Sang my name, my longing".

From Quiz Nightwish: Where Have I Heard That Before?

Answer: The Siren

"The Siren" and "Ghost Love Score" both contain sitar music, creating another link between the songs. "The Siren" and "Planet Hell" both contain numerous references to Greek mythology, including the titular sirens, Gaia, and having to pay the ferryman to cross the River Styx.

16. What is the name of the movie made by the band?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Imaginaerum

The band made a movie named "Imaginaerum" in 2012. The original idea was to make a videoclip for every song, but it turned out to be something very different. This movie features the band members of Nightwish in 2012, Tuomas Holopainen, Marco Hietala, Jukka Nevalainen, Emppu Vuorinen and Anette Olzon. The main character of "Imaginaerum" is considered to be Thomas Whitman (portrayed by Francis X. McCarthy), a kind of T. Holopainen alter-ego.

17. Which songs feature a reference to sirens?

From Quiz Nightwish Lyrics

Answer: "Ghost Love Score", "Deep Silent Complete", "Elvenpath"

The word "siren/s" is commonly repeated in Nightwish lyrics. Tuomas Holopainen has said that mermaids fascinate him quite a lot. In "Ghost Love Score" we can see, for example, the reference here: "...A siren from the deep came to me...", in "Deep Silent Complete" here: "...The sirens are calling for me..." and in "Elvenpath" here: "...Songs as a seduction of sirens...". Curiosity about the band: Tuomas Holopainen is considered to be the the Nightwish mastermind, because he writes almost all songs and does the music too.

18. When the project that would be known as "Nightwish" began, who was NOT one of the founding members?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Jukka Nevalainen

Jukka was brought into the band after Nightwish's demo recording. Since the acquisition of Jukka, he has been in every Nightwish album from "Angels Fall First" to "Dark Passion Play".

19. Which song contains the lyrics ""We shall come to set the dolphins free"?

From Quiz Nightwish Lyrics

Answer: Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean

"Devil And The Deep Dark Ocean" is the answer. The lyrics continue "We shall come to set the dolphins free, we shall wash the darkened blood red sea."

20. "Once" is the ____ studio album from Nightwish.

From Quiz Nightwish: "Once"

Answer: Fifth

Earlier Nightwish albums include "Angels Fall First", "Oceanborn", "Wishmaster" and "Century Child".

21. Which song starts with "6:30 winter morn, snow keeps falling, silent dawn"?

From Quiz Nightwish: "Dark Passion Play"

Answer: Eva

"Eva" was released as an internet-only single with profits going to charity.

22. What is specific (and at the same time unusual) about Tarja's live performances?

From Quiz Nightwish Live

Answer: She matches the colour of her microphone with the one of her dress.

Although she sometimes dances something similar to a walz during the instrumental parts, she does headbang, so it's not "All of these". The correct answer is "She matches the colour of her microphone with the one of her dress". Her long yellow dress and matching yellow mic that she constantly used during the "Once World Tour" drew critics from some of the fans who claimed that this is not appropriate for a metal singer.

23. Name the song: "I want to see where the sirens sing Hear how the wolves howl Sail the dead calm waters of the Pacific."

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: Wanderlust

These are lyrics from the song "Wanderlust", this is the first chorus to the song. "Wanderlust" is from the album "Wishmaster" (2000).

24. Name the song: "All of my songs can only be composed of the greatest of pains, every single verse can only be born of the greatest of wishes."

From Quiz Nightwish Lyrics Quiz

Answer: Beauty of the Beast

Nightwish is a Finnish symphonic metal band formed in 1996 in the town of Kitee.

25. What was the name of the single released before the release of "Angels Fall First" in Finland in 1997?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: The Carpenter

"The Carpenter", released in 1997, was Nightwish's first single. Shortly after its release, the single made it to number eight on the official singles chart in Finland.

26. "Sorrow has a human heart" appears in which song?

From Quiz Lyrics from Nightwish

Answer: Sleeping Sun

"Sleeping Sun" was the second single released from "Oceanborn", and the video for it was shot on location in Finland.

27. Nightwish's debut album ("Angels Fall First") was released in what year?

From Quiz Nightwish

Answer: 1997

The album was released in November 1997.

28. The song "Noise" by Nightwish contains a lyric which references a book written about nature, a primary theme of the album "Human Nature." Which book is this?

From Quiz Nightwish: Not Just Noise

Answer: "Walden" by Henry David Thoreau

"You have become tool of a tool" is the line in the song. "Walden" has the famous phrase "men have become the tools of their tools." Notably, Tuomas Holopainen has drawn from this book before, as demonstrated by the song "My Walden" from the previous Nightwish album "Endless Forms Most Beautiful."

29. In "Ocean Soul", what does the singer wish to become?

From Quiz Night Wishes for Nightwish

Answer: Something beautiful

In this "Century Child" song, the singer wants to do this "Through my music, through my silent devotion". The phrase "ocean soul" appears in other Nightwish songs, like "Bless the Child", "Dead to the World", and "Dead Boy's Poem", the latter two of which call the ocean soul a "lonely soul".

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