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Quiz about Al Stewart Lyrics

Quiz about Al Stewart Lyrics

Al Stewart Lyrics Trivia Quiz

As his fans never tire of saying, there's more to Al Stewart than just 'Year of the Cat'. In this quiz, I'll give you the opening lines, you give me the song. Piece of cake.

A multiple-choice quiz by jeffa. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
jeffa

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
66,487

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
9 / 15

Plays
268

Last 3 plays: Guest 161 (12/15), sooz888 (10/15), mulder52 (13/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. 'On a morning from a Bogart movie' Hint

'Indian Summer'

'Time Passages'

'Year of the Cat'

'Merlin's Time'

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Question 2 of 15

2. 'In Gloucester Cathedral, on Saturday night' Hint

'Gethsamane Again'

'Old Compton Street Blues'

'Life and Life Only'

'Zero She Flies'

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Question 3 of 15

3. 'The morning is humming, it's a quarter past nine' Hint

'Roads to Moscow'

'Time Passages'

'Merlin's Time'

'The Last Day of June, 1934'

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Question 4 of 15

4. 'The wands of smoke are rising' Hint

'Running Man'

'Last Days of the Century'

'Murmansk Run'

'Palace of Versailles'

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Question 5 of 15

5. 'What if you reached the age of reason' Hint

'A Man For All Seasons'

'Helen and Cassandra'

'Russians and Americans'

'Charlotte Corday'

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Question 6 of 15

6. 'On a night just like this, in a place far away' Hint

'Midnight Rocks'

'Rocks in the Ocean'

'Optical Illusion'

'Songs Out of Clay'

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Question 7 of 15

7. 'I'm here sitting in the wreck of Europe' Hint

'Roads to Moscow'

'Russians and Americans'

'A League of Notions'

'Laughing into 1939'

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Question 8 of 15

8. 'I'm leaving my home in Europe behind' Hint

Old Admirals

'Running Man'

'Warren Harding'

'Post World War Two Blues'

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Question 9 of 15

9. 'I can remember the first girl that I did love' Hint

'A Long Way Down from Stephanie'

'Lover Man'

'Love Chronicles'

'Denise at 16'

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Question 10 of 15

10. 'I sent my crack divisions through the early morning mist' Hint

'Where Are They Now?'

'Fields of France'

'Roads to Moscow'

'Rumours of War'

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Question 11 of 15

11. 'You always were a city kid though you were country raised' Hint

'If It Doesn't Come Natureally, Leave It'

'Sand in your Shoes'

'Optical Illusion'

'Almost Lucy'

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Question 12 of 15

12. 'Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low' Hint

'Rumours of War'

'Manuscript'

'Old Admirals'

'The News from Spain'

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Question 13 of 15

13. 'So here we stand at the edge of 1984' Hint

'Nostradamus'

'Post World War Two Blues'

'Russians and Americans'

'Always the Cause'

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Question 14 of 15

14. 'And I think of you now as a dream that I had long ago' Hint

'The One That Got Away'

'Optical Illusion'

'Merlin's Time'

'Time Passages'

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Question 15 of 15

15. 'The fishing boats go out across the evening water' Hint

'Time Passages'

'On The Border'

'Year of the Cat'

'Lord Grenville'

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'On a morning from a Bogart movie'

Answer: 'Year of the Cat'

From the album of the same name. (If you didn't get this one, then perhaps playing this quiz was not a great idea)

2. 'In Gloucester Cathedral, on Saturday night'

Answer: 'Gethsamane Again'

A beautiful song found on the 'To Whom it May Concern' compilation

3. 'The morning is humming, it's a quarter past nine'

Answer: 'The Last Day of June, 1934'

From 'Past, Present and Future', a song dealing with the 'Night of the Long Knives', when Hitler shot Ernest Roehm and the SA, thus doing away with internal opposition in the Nazi Party.

4. 'The wands of smoke are rising'

Answer: 'Palace of Versailles'

From the 'Time Passages' album, a musical take on the French Revolution

5. 'What if you reached the age of reason'

Answer: 'A Man For All Seasons'

Also from 'Time Passages', a song about Sir Thomas Moore, executed in 1535 for his refusal to accept the supremacy of King Henry VIII.

6. 'On a night just like this, in a place far away'

Answer: 'Rocks in the Ocean'

From the the '24 (P)Carrots' album

7. 'I'm here sitting in the wreck of Europe'

Answer: 'A League of Notions'

From the 'Between the Wars' album, a song about the Versailles Peace Conference.

8. 'I'm leaving my home in Europe behind'

Answer: 'Warren Harding'

From 'Past, Present and Future'

9. 'I can remember the first girl that I did love'

Answer: 'Love Chronicles'

Found on the 'To Whom it May Concern' compilation, this rambling, autobiographical song became briefly notorious for featuring the 'f' word.

10. 'I sent my crack divisions through the early morning mist'

Answer: 'Where Are They Now?'

From the 'Last Days of the Century' album

11. 'You always were a city kid though you were country raised'

Answer: 'Sand in your Shoes'

Another great song from 'Year of the Cat'

12. 'Prince Louis Battenberg is burning the Admiralty lights down low'

Answer: 'Manuscript'

Found on the 'To Whom It May Concern' compliation, this was Al's first attempt at a song on an historical theme.

13. 'So here we stand at the edge of 1984'

Answer: 'Russians and Americans'

From the album of the same name

14. 'And I think of you now as a dream that I had long ago'

Answer: 'Merlin's Time'

From the '24 (P)Carrots' album

15. 'The fishing boats go out across the evening water'

Answer: 'On The Border'

Another well-known, often-played, song from 'Year of the Cat'

Source: Author jeffa

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