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26 quizzes and 270 trivia questions.

Shredded Classic Rock best quiz

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

I inadvertently shredded my classic rock spreadsheet. I've started to sort things out. I now have a song title that is the front half of one song and the back half of another, both halves belonging to the same artist. Can you work out who the artist is?

Easier, 15 Qns, 1nn1, Mar 28 22

Easier
1nn1

Mar 28 22
4127 plays

Back-to-Back Song Titles

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz features the names of various song titles that share a word in common and are written back-to-back. For example, a hit for Madonna from the movie "Vision Quest" and a popular Joe Cocker song would be "Crazy For You Are So Beautiful". Have fun!

Tough, 10 Qns, DMBfaninSD, Jun 15 11

Tough
DMBfaninSD
7301 plays

Stuck In The Middle

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Another quiz where I will give you two song titles. The same word that ends one title, will be the beginning of the next. Your clue is the two bands the titles belong to. This time, one band will always be Queen.

Easier, 10 Qns, kino76, Nov 22 16

Easier
kino76

527 plays

The Missing Link: Musical Artists

Match Quiz

10 Qns

Match the options that share the same missing word to create ten sets of musical "pairs". For example, Vanilla _____ matches with _____ Cube, as adding "Ice" to each creates musical artists Vanilla Ice and Ice Cube.

Average, 10 Qns, ClarkyB, Aug 05 22

Average
ClarkyB
Aug 05 22
428 plays

Even More Before And After popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Each question contains two songs. Fill in the blank to finish the two titles.

Average, 10 Qns, mafekinggal, Feb 22 22

Average
mafekinggal
Feb 22 22
6206 plays

Beginning of the End popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I will give you two song titles. The same word that ends one title, will be the beginning of the next. Your clue is the two bands the titles belong to.

Average, 10 Qns, kino76, Nov 12 16

Average
kino76

437 plays

More Before And After popular trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Each question has two songs. You fill in the blanks to finish the two songs.

Average, 10 Qns, mafekinggal, Jan 08 08

Average
mafekinggal
7257 plays

Celebrity Link-ups

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is a before and after, however, it is based on singers/musicians. So, as an example, if you had: GEORGE _____ JACKSON the linking word would be MICHAEL. George Michael Michael Jackson

Average, 10 Qns, heatherlois, Aug 24 22

Average
heatherlois

Aug 24 22
322 plays

Musical Before and After best quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz will play just like the "Jeopardy" Before and After category. I will give you two hints and the answers have a word in common. All answers will be musical - song titles, album titles, bands/singers, etc. See question one for an example.

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Oct 13 18

Very Difficult
guitargoddess

Oct 13 18
3107 plays

10.

Rock and Pop - Before and After: Number 1

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

In this quiz, the last word in the first song title is the first word in the second song title. In addition, the last word of the second title is the first word of the first song title in the following question. Have fun filling in the blanks!

Average, 10 Qns, SisterSeagull, Dec 22 15

Average
SisterSeagull

526 plays

Quick Question

This Peter Gabriel song was the love theme from 1989's romantic comedy "Say Anything" while Billy Idol scored a hit with this 1980's tune.

From Quiz "Back-to-Back Song Titles"

11.

Music Sandwiches

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz gives you the names of two well known musicians. You need to work out the common name in the middle and write it to solve the music 'sandwich'. Good Luck!

Easier, 10 Qns, redwaldo, May 23 20

Easier
redwaldo

May 23 20
407 plays

12.

Song Title Before and After

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I will give you the beginning of a song title, and the ending of another. The object is to fill in the word that the two song titles have in common.

Average, 10 Qns, scarygirl11, May 30 10

Average
scarygirl11

802 plays

13.

Before And After

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

If you like Wheel of Fortune, this quiz is for you! Fill in the blanks to make two song titles in each question - the ending of one song title is the beginning of the next. Have fun!

Average, 10 Qns, mafekinggal, Jun 08 14

Average
mafekinggal
6113 plays

14.

Music Mergers

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

The blank in each question is a song that links two songs together. Example: "Stairway To _________ Can Wait". Good luck with the quiz.

Easier, 10 Qns, diamondjim68, Sep 13 12

Easier
diamondjim68
1108 plays

15.

What Word Connects The Songs?

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

I will give you two titles, each with a word that connects both of them together. It is your task to give me the connecting word. Good Luck!

Tough, 10 Qns, leviathanlotl, Feb 11 11

Tough
leviathanlotl
2737 plays

16.

Music Mergers 2

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is the same as my last quiz. Just fill in the blank with the word that links both lyrics together. Good luck and have fun.

Average, 10 Qns, diamondjim68, Sep 13 12

Average
diamondjim68
544 plays

17.

Before and After - Color in Songs

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

You will need to determine the color which is common to each of these song pairings.

Average, 10 Qns, lout62001, Jan 25 18

Average
lout62001

Jan 25 18
319 plays

18.

Music acts after the bomb

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Oh oh! The bomb hit and all your favorite music acts got fused. Some artists got fused with other artists and some bands to bands and some artists to bands. It's a nightmare! Spelling Counts

Average, 10 Qns, bigjohnsludge, Nov 09 17

Average
bigjohnsludge

174 plays

19.

Rock/Metal Albums Before & After

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz is similar to my 'Movie Title B&A' and 'Song Title B&A' quizzes. The last word of the first album title is the first word of the second title. Good Luck!

Average, 10 Qns, scarygirl11, Aug 05 22

Average
scarygirl11

Aug 05 22
493 plays

20.

More Musical Before and After great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Use the provided clues to form a phrase with a word in common. For example, "'Bad Girls' singer who could have recorded a 1984 Bryan Adams hit" = Donna Summer of '69. Good luck!

Very Difficult, 10 Qns, guitargoddess, Nov 07 07

Very Difficult
guitargoddess

1015 plays

21.

Music Before and After great trivia quiz

Multiple Choice

15 Qns

Each answer consists of two song titles, which have one word in common. Once you figure out the two songs put them together for you answer. Example: A Bill Withers song and a Donovan hit. The answer would be "Ain't No Sunshine Superman".

Very Difficult, 15 Qns, hockeygirly, Jul 30 08

Very Difficult
hockeygirly
1305 plays

22.

What Word Connects The Songs? 2

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This is a follow up to my previous quiz of the same name. All you need to do is fill in the blank with the word that connects both titles of the songs. Good luck!

Tough, 10 Qns, leviathanlotl, Feb 11 11

Tough
leviathanlotl
1398 plays

23.

What Word Connects The Songs? 3

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Here it is, my third installment in this series! All you need to do is figure out what word connects the two song titles. All the songs in the quiz were released after 1960. Good luck!

Tough, 10 Qns, leviathanlotl, Jan 16 11

Tough
leviathanlotl
558 plays

24.

Twisted Music Before and After

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

NOTE: Hints now added to make this easier! See first question for full instructions. A Before and After answer is two or more song titles run together; for example, "After Midnight" and "Midnight Rambler" would become "After Midnight Rambler."

Impossible, 10 Qns, crisw, Nov 07 07

Impossible
crisw

2926 plays

25.

Linked Song Titles

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

Each 'question' contains three song titles linked together. Song title one & two will be linked by one (or more) common word(s), as will song title two & three. Your task is to identify the artist who does NOT have a song title included in the chain.

Tough, 10 Qns, ClarkyB, Dec 22 16

Tough
ClarkyB
292 plays

26.

Classic Rock Before and After

Multiple Choice

10 Qns

This quiz combines classic rock and wordplay knowledge. All answers can be found in Norm N. Nite's "Rock On" volume II, and "The Harmony Illustrated Encyclopedia of Rock" by Mike Clifford. Good luck!

Impossible, 10 Qns, Bwebster, Nov 07 07

Impossible
Bwebster
2136 plays

Before and After Trivia Questions

1. The guy who originally sang the song "Tutti Frutti," got fused with the guy who sings the song "Right Here Waiting". What is the name of this new fused act?

From Quiz Music acts after the bomb

Answer: Little Richard Marx

"Tutti Frutti" written by Little Richard and Dorothy LaBostrie in 1955 was Little Richard's first major hit record. Pat Boone's cover of the song actually made it higher on U.S. music charts than Little Richard's original version. The song "Right Here Waiting," by Richard Marx, was released in 1989 and reached number one on the Billboard Hot 100.

2. Identify the artist who does NOT have a song title included in the following chain: Road To Nowhere Man I Feel Like A Woman

From Quiz Linked Song Titles

Answer: Cliff Richard

Talking Heads released "Road To Nowhere" in 1985, The Beatles released "Nowhere Man" in 1966, and Shania Twain released "Man I Feel Like A Woman" in 1999.

3. Example: The Beatles vs Queen: Maxwell's Silver (Hammer) To Fall [The Beatles - Maxwell's Silver Hammer and Hammer To Fall - Queen] Answer = Hammer Talking Heads vs Queen: Psycho ___________ Queen

From Quiz Stuck In The Middle

Answer: Killer

"Psycho Killer" was first recorded as a single by Talking Heads for their 1977 album "Talking Heads:77", despite them having performed it since the bands inception in 1974 when they were known as The Artistic. The song only reached position ninety-two on the US Billboard charts, but managed four top twenty chart positions in The Netherlands and Belgium respectively. Queen recorded "Killer Queen" for their 1974 album "Sheer Heart Attack" and was the band's first US hit reaching a respectable twelfth position on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It did even better in the UK, reaching position two on the UK Singles chart.

4. Example: Gogol Bordello vs Prince: Start Wearing (Purple) Rain [Gogol Bordello - Start Wearing Purple and Purple Rain - Prince] Answer = Purple Bobby McFerrin vs The Turtles: Don't Worry, Be _____________ Together

From Quiz Beginning of the End

Answer: Happy

Bobby McFerrin released "Don't Worry, Be Happy" in 1988 from his album "Simple Pleasures". It is notable for being the first a capella song reaching first place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song won three Grammy awards in 1989 for Song of the Year, Record of the Year, and Best Male Pop Vocal Performance. "Happy Together" was released in 1967 by The Turtles from the album "Happy Together". It reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, but only reached twelfth place on the UK Singles chart.

5. Stairway to (____) and Hell

From Quiz Rock and Pop - Before and After: Number 1

Answer: HEAVEN&heaven&Heaven

This classic song from Led Zeppelin was released on the album 'Led Zeppelin 4' in 1971 and has, in the ensuing decades become the bane of guitar store owners across the world! The album 'Heaven and Hell' released by Black Sabbath in 1980 which hit the number 9 spot on the UK album chart and 28 on the US Billboard 200 chart. 'Heaven and Hell' was the first album by Black Sabbath to feature new vocalist Ronnie James Dio after the departure of the infamous Ozzy Osborne the year previously. Two singles were taken from the album; 'Neon Knights' which was released in July 1980 and 'Die Young' in December that same year.

6. "Crocodile Freedom" is the front part of one song and the back part of another song both sung by the same artist. Which spectacle wearing piano player would sing this "song"?

From Quiz Shredded Classic Rock

Answer: Elton John

Elton John recorded the single "Crocodile Rock" (1972) from the album "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" (1973) and Philadelphia Freedom (1975). Both were number one hits, the latter being the first song Elton John and Bernie Taupin wrote as a single. "Crocodile Rock" was inspired by John's discovery of Australian band Daddy Cool and their hit single "Eagle Rock" (1971). Elton John heard the song and the group on his 1972 Australian tour and was impressed by same. The cover of "Don't Shoot Me I'm Only the Piano Player" features a photo of John's lyricist Bernie Taupin wearing a "Daddy Who?" promotional badge.

7. Two Tickets to ____________ City

From Quiz Music Mergers 2

Answer: Paradise

"Two Tickets to Paradise" was by Eddie Money. "Paradise City" was from Guns n' Roses' debut CD, "Appetite For Destruction".

8. Whole Lotta ___________ Hurts.

From Quiz Music Mergers

Answer: Love

"Whole Lotta Love" was Led Zeppelin's highest charting single. "Love Hurts" was a successful hit covered by the Scottish rock band, Nazareth.

9. What word connects these two songs? I Keep a Close ______ That Man

From Quiz What Word Connects The Songs? 3

Answer: Watch

John Cale is a Welsh musician who was one of the founding members of the Velvet Underground in the 1960s. After he left the band, he began an extremely influential career as a musician and a producer. David Bowie is known as a chameleon for consistently changing his appearance and music. The song "Watch That Man" is taken from the album "Aladdin Sane" at the height of his Ziggy Stardust/Glam phase.

10. 'Houses of the ___________ Diver'?

From Quiz Rock/Metal Albums Before & After

Answer: Holy

The 1973 album 'Houses of the Holy' is by the band Led Zeppelin. It is the band's fifth album. 'Holy Diver' is the debut album from the band, Dio, which was formed by the band's leader and lead singer, the late, great Ronnie James Dio. The album came out in 1983.

11. "Perfect _______________ In the Night"?

From Quiz Song Title Before and After

Answer: Strangers

'Perfect Strangers' is a song by the band Deep Purple off their 1984 album of the same name. 'Strangers In the Night' is a song by Frank Sinatra, off the 1966 album, 'Strangers In the Night'. This song by Sinatra was number one on the UK Singles Chart., as well as reaching #1 on the U.S. Billboard Top 100 and the music chart for Easy Listening.

12. What word connects these titles? Fade to _______ is Black

From Quiz What Word Connects The Songs? 2

Answer: Black

"Fade to Black" is a song by Nina Gordon and "Black is Black" is by Los Bravos.

13. What word connects these two songs? Cities in ______ in the Wind

From Quiz What Word Connects The Songs?

Answer: Dust

Siouxsie and the Banshees recorded "Cities in Dust" and Kansas did "Dust in the Wind."

14. A 1980 Queen hit and one of Kansas' most popular songs.

From Quiz Music Before and After

Answer: Another one bites the dust in the wind

Kansas guitarist Kerry Livgren wrote "Dust in the Wind" after reading a book of Native American poetry.

15. Jimmy Eat World's fourth album that could have featured a 2004 Green Day single from an album of the same name.

From Quiz More Musical Before and After

Answer: Bleed American Idiot

"Bleed American" was released in July 2001. Following the events of September 11, 2001, the album came to be known as simply "Jimmy Eat World", though still officially called "Bleed American". The title track on the album was also renamed "Salt Sweat Sugar". "American Idiot" was the first single released off of Green Day's 2004 album "American Idiot". The "American Idiot" album is a rock opera of sorts - it follows the story of the "Jesus of Suburbia" and his experience with drugs, girls and his subsequent downfall.

16. Example: Member of Wham! who might have recorded "Thriller" = George Michael Jackson. Ready? Here's your first one: 1973 Pink Floyd album which could have had a song from "Breakfast at Tiffany's".

From Quiz Musical Before and After

Answer: Dark Side of the Moon River

"Dark Side of the Moon" was released in March 1973 and was on US Billboard's Top 200 chart for 741 weeks, the longest time of any album in history. It is also the album that is said to synch up with "The Wizard of Oz" (though I've never checked this out for myself). "Moon River", composed by Henry Mancini and Johnny Mercer in 1961, was sung by Audrey Hepburn in "Breakfast at Tiffany's"(1961). The song won an Academy Award for Best Original Song that year.

17. A)Pink Floyd Album and B) Beatles classic by George?

From Quiz Classic Rock Before and After

Answer: Wish You Were Here Comes The Sun

Lots of acoustic guitar in both!

18. James Brown sang about how he felt, while the Beach Boys sang of feeling a little bit "shaky".

From Quiz Back-to-Back Song Titles

Answer: I Feel Good Vibrations

James Brown, a.k.a. "The Godfather of Soul", was inducted into the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame in 1986. His hit "I Feel Good" was a chart-topper in 1966. (Note: the actual title is ("I Got You) I Feel Good" but most people know this song as simply "I Feel Good"). The Beach Boys' #1 Hit from 1966, "Good Vibrations", came from the album "Pet Sounds". *I made up the other three answers using parts of Beach Boys or James Brown song titles, but none of the incorrect answers contain both a Beach Boys and a James Brown title.

19. 'Don't Let Me (______) On the Corner'

From Quiz Even More Before And After

Answer: Down

The Beatles and CCR - both from 1969

20. 'Big Girls (______ ______) Daddy'

From Quiz More Before And After

Answer: Don't Cry

Four Seasons - 1962 and Elvis

21. 'Glad All (______) You'

From Quiz Before And After

Answer: Over

Dave Clark 5 - 1964 and Gary Puckett and the Union Gap - 1968

22. The guy who sings "Longfellow Serenade" got fused with the country band that does the song "One More Day". What is the the name of this new fused act?

From Quiz Music acts after the bomb

Answer: Neil Diamond Rio

Neil Diamond's "Longfellow Serenade" reached number five on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in 1974. It reached number one on the Billboard Easy Listening chart. Diamond Rio's "One More Day" was released in 2000 and made it to number one on Billboard Hot Country Singles & Tracks. It also reached number 29 on the Billboard Hot 100 chart.

23. Identify the artist who does NOT have a song title included in the following chain: Sugar, We're Goin Down Under The Boardwalk

From Quiz Linked Song Titles

Answer: Gloria Gaynor

Fall Out Boy released "Sugar We're Goin Down" in 2005, Men At Work released "Down Under" in 1981, and The Drifters released "Under The Boardwalk" in 1964.

24. Queen & David Bowie vs The Maytals: Under ___________ Drop

From Quiz Stuck In The Middle

Answer: Pressure

"Under Pressure" was written and recorded by Queen and David Bowie and features on Queen's 1981 album "Hot Space". The song reached top position on the UK Singles chart, but only charted at position twenty-nine on the US Billboard chart. The song is listed at position thirty-one on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s list. The Maytals recorded "Pressure Drop" in 1970 for their album "Monkey man" and it features on the soundtrack of the 1972 film "The Harder They Come" starring reggae artist Jimmy Cliff. The song features at 453 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list and has been covered by Izzy Stradlin (Guns 'N Roses), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) as well as The Clash.

25. Hell is for (____) of the Sun

From Quiz Rock and Pop - Before and After: Number 1

Answer: CHILDREN&children&Children

The song 'Hell is for Children' is a song about child abuse and appeared on the album 'Crimes of Passion' by Pat Benatar which was released in 1980. The single 'Children of the Sun' was released in 2013 by British rap artist Tinie Tempah and reached a chart highest position at number 6 in the UK singles chart.

26. "The Logical Way Home" is a mixture of two hits from the same album by this quirky British band. What is the name of the group?

From Quiz Shredded Classic Rock

Answer: Supertramp

"The Logical Song" (1978) and "The Long Way Home" (1979) were both singles from their "Breakfast in America" album (1979). This album had one of the most innovative covers of all time: It featured an assortment of breakfast items arranged to simulate a New York City skyline with a waitress holding a glass of juice aloft to mimic the Statue of Liberty.

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