Regina Spektor Trivia

1. Which song is this from? "Born like sisters to this world In a town where blood ties are only blood If you never say your name out loud to anyone They can never ever call you by it."

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics: "Far" and "Begin to Hope"

Answer: Better

The song "Better" is from "Begin to Hope" (2006). It was also featured in the TV show "How I Met Your Mother" and the movie "My Sister's Keeper."

From Quiz She's Spektacular!

Answer: Four

She released "11:11" in 2001, "Songs" in 2002, "Soviet Kitsch" in 2004, and "Begin to Hope" in 2006. "Far" was released in 2009, and she also released "Live in London" in 2010.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics from "11:11"

Answer: Back of a Truck

"The mothers' get whiskey and the girlfriends' get tongue. And there's a back of a truck selling smoke-free lungs." This was Regina's debut album. It was released in July of 2001.

From Quiz Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch"

Answer: The Ghost of Corporate Future

Second verse: "Well maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee and never ever watch the ten o'clock news. Maybe you should kiss someone nice or lick a rock or both. Maybe you should cut your own hair, 'cause that can be so funny. It doesn't cost any money and it always grows back. Hair grows even after you're dead." After the whole Fox News debacle back in 2007 (where Fox was found to be communicating wrong information), Regina would slip that into this song. The lyrics went as follows: "Maybe you should just drink a lot less coffee and never ever watch the ten o'clock news, especially Fox."

From Quiz Human of the Year: Regina Spektor

Answer: Dance Anthem of the '80s

"Dance Anthem of the '80s" is the ninth song on the 2009 album "Far". It is one of the songs selected off "Far" with its own music video.

From Quiz ReSpekt: A Quiz About Regina Spektor

Answer: Russia

Regina Spektor was born in Moscow, Soviet Union, February 18th, 1980. Some connections to Russia are made through her albums and songs, such as the album Soviet Kitsch, which comes from Milan Kundera's expression of communism. In her song, "Aprés Moi", Regina speaks Russian.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics: "Far" and "Begin to Hope"

Answer: That beat & the beat

This line is from the song "Dance Anthem of the 80's." It was featured on the album "Far" (2009).

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics from "11:11"

Answer: 2.99c Blues

"He don't say much as he tips his hat and he carries his body as heavy as lead. He could have been flying through the snow on his sled, but the wife was in bed and the horses had to be fed." She was not signed to a major label at this point, so the album was self-released and only sold at her shows.

From Quiz Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch"

Answer: The Flowers

Second verse: "The papers around me are piling and twisting, Regina the paperback mummy, what then? I'm taking a knife to the books that I own and I'm chopping and chopping and boiling soup from stones." "Soviet Kitsch" was released in 2004 and while the critical response was very good, she did not gain widespread acclaim from consumers until the release of "Begin to Hope" in 2006.

From Quiz Human of the Year: Regina Spektor

Answer: Us

"Us" is one of Spektor's most popular songs, which first appeared on the album "Soviet Kitsch", and was her second official single. It was used in 2009 film "(500) Days of Summer".

From Quiz ReSpekt: A Quiz About Regina Spektor

Answer: Music Box

The lyric comes from the song "Music Box", which can be interpreted in several different ways, but clearly depicts a person stepping out of their comfort zone and trying something new, or, in the song's case, drinking soap.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics: "Far" and "Begin to Hope"

Answer: with God

These lines are from "Laughing With". It was featured on the album "Far." The song was written by Regina Spektor and produced by Jacknife Lee.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics from "11:11"

Answer: Rejazz

Second verse: "And the clock still strikes midnight and noon. And the sun still rises and so does the moon. Birds still migrate south and people move on, even though I'm no longer in your arms." While the album is currently out of print, it can be found online for digital download.

From Quiz Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch"

Answer: Carbon Monoxide

First verse: "Carbon monoxide, soon I'll go to sleep. If I don't got my socks on right, they slide right off of my feet as I walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk-a walk. Walk-a walk, walk-a walk, walk-a walk." This was the first single released off of "Soviet Kitsch".

From Quiz Human of the Year: Regina Spektor

Answer: Fidelity

"Fidelity", one of Spektor's most widely played songs, appeared on album "Begin to Hope", and has a distinctive music video where she stands in a black and white room and ends up throwing paint powder with a man. It has been widely played on television shows, including "Grey's Anatomy".

From Quiz Regina Spektor

Answer: ...answers in the pages

Here's the full verse: "We're living in a den of thieves Rummaging for answers in the pages We're living in a den of thieves And it's contagious, and it's contagious And it's contagious, and it's contagious"

From Quiz ReSpekt: A Quiz About Regina Spektor

Answer: Piano

Regina plays the piano/synthesizer, and plays as well as sings at her concerts.

From Quiz She's Spektacular!

Answer: The most human color

As well as blue lips, she sings of blue veins, and she also tell us repeatedly that blue is the color of our planet from far far away.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics from "11:11"

Answer: Wasteside

Second verse: "I was sleeping by wasteside of tomorrow, but it's better than sleeping by the wasteside of today. All the people in my town would be born and then they'd get themselves a haircut and then promptly after they'd be dead." Because this album is so scarce, it has become a point of interest for her fan community to track down hard copies.

From Quiz Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch"

Answer: Somedays

Bridge and chorus: "I'm in love with your daughter. I wanna have her baby. Oh I'm in love with your daughter, so can I please? Downtown, downtown. I'm not here, not anymore. I've gone away, don't call me, don't write." Contrary to the pictures painted with many of Regina's songs, her songs are rarely, if ever, a direct relation to her own life. She tells stories through either her point of view or the point of view of somebody/something else.

From Quiz Human of the Year: Regina Spektor

Answer: Edit

"Edit" is the 10th track on "Begin to Hope", and is a unique song in that it only has 8 lines of lyrics which are repeated throughout the song.

From Quiz Regina Spektor

Answer: Live at Bull Moose

"Live in London" is a recording of her tour promoting the album "Far."

From Quiz Regina Spektor

Answer: ...touch me made her awful sad

Here is the full verse: "And to see me made her awful sad And to touch me made her awful sad And to see me made her awful And to touch me made her awful"

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics: "Far" and "Begin to Hope"

Answer: Time Is All Around

This song was featured on the special edition version of the album "Far." The album went to number three on the U.S. Billboard 200 chart.

From Quiz She's Spektacular!

Answer: Dance Anthem of the 80's

Regina uses the sound "eet" throughout the song, as in "meat," "street," and "eat." This song is great for dancing!

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics from "11:11"

Answer: Flyin'

Fourth verse: "One of them took me with him to sleep, said not to make a peep. Said it'll be a secret we keep, so I didn't make a peep. Kissed my cheek and rubbed my feet, but his kissin' didn't taste so sweet. Told him I just wanted to sleep, so he got mad and he got madder and he got maddest of them all." Regina wrote every song on the album.

From Quiz Regina Spektor - Lyrics from "Soviet Kitsch"

Answer: Chemo Limo

Second verse: "When I woke up, the kids were being quiet. I knew it was a dream, right away I called the limousine company. The doctor he asked which way we were headed. I said, 'Sir let's just go west." And he listened obediently." Many of Regina's songs from "Soviet Kitsch" (including this one) can be found on the UK released compilation album entitled "Mary Ann Meets the Gravediggers and Other Short Stories." This album was not released in the U.S., but some of the features that came with it (the DVD with the music video for the song "Us") were released with "Soviet Kitsch" as a bonus feature.

From Quiz Human of the Year: Regina Spektor

Answer: Consequence of Sound

"Consequence of Sound" is very much a rap with a tune, rather than a song with words. It appeared on album "Songs", where it was called "Consequence of Sounds", and then was placed on compilation album "Mary Anne Meets The Gravediggers..."

From Quiz ReSpekt: A Quiz About Regina Spektor

Answer: Ben Folds

The song was released in 2008, and was featured on an episode of "Grey's Anatomy". Ben Folds is also well known for other songs, such as "Rockin' The Suburbs", which was featured in the movie "Over the Hedge", but the majority of the lyrics of the song were changed due to the amount of profanity used.

From Quiz Regina Spektor Lyrics: "Far" and "Begin to Hope"

Answer: orca whales (and) owls

This line is from "Hotel Song." It was featured on "Begin to Hope." The album was released by Sire Records.

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