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Alphabetical U2 : I-S Trivia Quiz

I'll give you lyrics from a U2 song, you tell me the song. And, of course, the answers will be in alphabetical order, some for almost every letter.

A multiple-choice quiz by bookworm78. Estimated time: 7 mins.

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bookworm78

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Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 25

1. "I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields only to be with you."
What very popular U2 song are these lyrics from?
Hint

I Will Follow

Inside Out

In a Little While

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

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Question 2 of 25

2. "I was on the inside when they pulled the four walls down. I was looking through the window, I am lost, I am found."
Which song contains these lyrics? Hint

I Will Follow

In God's Country

In a Lifetime

Is That All

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Question 3 of 25

3. "When the night takes a deep breath and the daylight has no end, if I crawl, if I come crawling home, will you be there?"
What "I" song has these lyrics in it? Hint

I've Got You Under My Skin

In a Little While

I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

I Threw a Brick Through a Window

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Question 4 of 25

4. "Desert rose- dreamed I saw a desert rose dress torn in ribbons and in bows."
Where would you find this line? Hint

Into the Heart

I Feel Free

In God's Country

In a Little While

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Question 5 of 25

5. "Who's to say where the wind will take you? Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow."
This comes from U2's only "K" song. What is it called? Hint

Kind of Blue

Kite

Kiss Me, Kill Me

KLM

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Question 6 of 25

6. "And when you're dry she draws her water from the stone. And I feel like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under. And I feel like I'm holding onto nothing."
What song is this? Hint

Love Comes Tumbling

Lady With the Spinning Head

Love Rescue Me

Lemon

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Question 7 of 25

7. "In the cold mirror of a glass I see my reflection pass, I see the dark shades of what I used to be, I see the purple of her eyes, the scarlet of my lies."
Which U2 song is this? Hint

Lemon

Love Rescue Me

Like a Song

Lost On A Silent Planet

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Question 8 of 25

8. "We hear their heartbeat in the wind, we hear their laughter in the rain, we see their tears, hear their heartbeat."
In what song would you find these lyrics? Hint

Mysterious Ways

Miami

Miss Sarajevo

Mothers of the Disappeared

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Question 9 of 25

9. "To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal. If you wanna kiss the sky better learn how to kneel, on your knees boy!"
What "M" song do these lines come from? Hint

Mysterious Ways

MLK

Miss Sarajevo

Mothers of the Disappeared

10. "Under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white. Arms entwined, the chosen few. The newspapers says, says, say it's true!"
From what song did the album title, "Under a Blood Red Sky" come? Hint

New York

Night and Day

Never Let Me Go

New Year's Day

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Question 11 of 25

11. "Summers get hot, well into the hundreds. You can walk around the block without a change of clothing."
What U2 song is this? Hint

New York

New Year's Day

No Man's Land

North And South Of The River

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Question 12 of 25

12. "Don't project- Don't connect- Protect- Don't expect- Suggest."
Which "N" song is this?

Answer: (One Word, 4 letters)

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Question 13 of 25

13. "And Kingdoms rise, and Kingdoms fall, but you go on, and on."
What song does this line come from? Hint

October

Original Of The Species

One Minute Warning

Out of Control

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Question 14 of 25

14. "Is it getting better? Or do you feel the same? Will it make it easier on you now? You got someone to blame."
What song begins this way? Hint

One Tree Hill

One

One Step Closer

Out of Control

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Question 15 of 25

15. "We see the sun go down in your eyes, you ran like river to the sea."
Which song does this line come from? Hint

One Step Closer

One

One Tree Hill

One Minute Warning

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Question 16 of 25

16. "Where I grew up there weren't many trees. Where there was we'd tear them down and use them on our enemies."
What song contains these lyrics? Hint

Please

Peace on Earth

Paint It Black

Party Girl

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Question 17 of 25

17. "One man crawled on a barb wire fence, one man he resist. One man washed on an empty beach. One man betrayed with a kiss."
Which "P" song has these lyrics? Hint

Peace on Earth

Promenade

Please

Pride (in the Name of Love)

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Question 18 of 25

18. "We're wounded by fear, injured in doubt, I can lose myself. I'm holding on- you're all that's left to hold on to."
What song is this? Hint

Rejoice

Red Light

Running to Stand Still

Red Hill Mining Town

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Question 19 of 25

19. "He's falling, he's falling, and outside the buildings are tumbling down, and inside all over the ground. Do it again."
Which song begins this way? Hint

Red Light

Red Hill Mining Town

Running to Stand Still

Rejoice

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Question 20 of 25

20. "The bitter taste in my mouth, I see seven towers but I only see one way out. You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice."
Which song beginning with "R" contains these lyrics? Hint

Red Hill Mining Town

Rejoice

Red Light

Running to Stand Still

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Question 21 of 25

21. "The temperature is rising, the fever white hot. Mister, I ain't got nothing, but it's more than you got."
What U2 song is this? Hint

Seconds

So Cruel

Silver and Gold

Stay (Far Away So Close)

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Question 22 of 25

22. "Listen to me now, I need to let you know, you don't have to go it alone. And it's you when I look in the mirror, and it's you when I don't pick up the phone."
Which song written for Bono's father is this? Hint

Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own

Staring At The Sun

Shadows and Tall Trees

She's A Mystery To Me

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Question 23 of 25

23. "You got to get yourself together, you've got [...] and you can't get out of it. Don't say that later will be better."
What song title fits into these lyrics? Hint

Sweet Baby Jane

Street Mission

Stuck in a Moment

Spanish Eyes

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Question 24 of 25

24. "And it's true we are immune, when fact is fiction and TV reality and today the millions cry. We eat and drink while tomorrow they die. The real battle just begun to claim the victory Jesus won."
What song is this? Hint

Stories for Boys

Springhill Mining Disaster

Scarlet

Sunday Bloody Sunday

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Question 25 of 25

25. "Baby's got blue skies up ahead but in this, I'm a raincloud, ours is a stormy kind of love."
What song contains these lyrics? Hint

Sweetest Thing

Stranger in a Strange Land

Spanish Eyes

Slow Dancing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "I have climbed highest mountain, I have run through the fields only to be with you." What very popular U2 song are these lyrics from?

Answer: I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For

From "The Joshua Tree". U2 heard The New Voices Of Freedom Gospel Choir perform this and were so impressed, they rehearsed the song with them in Harlem. Then, they all performed in Madison Square Garden and included the video on "Rattle and Hum".

2. "I was on the inside when they pulled the four walls down. I was looking through the window, I am lost, I am found." Which song contains these lyrics?

Answer: I Will Follow

From the first album, "Boy". Bono wrote the lyrics for his mother, who had died when he was 14.

3. "When the night takes a deep breath and the daylight has no end, if I crawl, if I come crawling home, will you be there?" What "I" song has these lyrics in it?

Answer: In a Little While

Bono has said that this song from "All That You Can't Leave Behind" was written about a hangover.

4. "Desert rose- dreamed I saw a desert rose dress torn in ribbons and in bows." Where would you find this line?

Answer: In God's Country

Yet another song from "The Joshua Tree" that talks about American politics. Bono said he was inspired to write this song while looking at the Statue of Liberty.

5. "Who's to say where the wind will take you? Who's to say what it is will break you? I don't know which way the wind will blow." This comes from U2's only "K" song. What is it called?

Answer: Kite

From "All That You Can't Leave Behind". Bono was inspired to write this song after flying kites with his two daughters. Several hours after his father died of cancer, Bono dedicated this song to him at a concert.

6. "And when you're dry she draws her water from the stone. And I feel like I'm slowly, slowly, slowly slipping under. And I feel like I'm holding onto nothing." What song is this?

Answer: Lemon

It seems Bono has written a lot of songs for both his mother and his father. "Lemon" from "Zooropa" was written after he watched home videos of his mother in a lemon yellow dress. Also, during the Popmart Tour, the band emerged from a giant lemon.

7. "In the cold mirror of a glass I see my reflection pass, I see the dark shades of what I used to be, I see the purple of her eyes, the scarlet of my lies." Which U2 song is this?

Answer: Love Rescue Me

While writing this song for "Rattle and Hum", Bono thought it reminded him of a Bob Dylan song. Dylan had no claim on the song, but decided to help Bono finish it anyway and even recorded a version of the song with the group, though it was never released because of Dylan's contract obligations.

8. "We hear their heartbeat in the wind, we hear their laughter in the rain, we see their tears, hear their heartbeat." In what song would you find these lyrics?

Answer: Mothers of the Disappeared

Songfacts.com states "This is about the thousands of opponents to the Argentine military regime that took power in 1976 who were kidnapped and never seen again. Known as 'The Disappeared', their mothers formed a group demanding accountability from the government of Argentina." The song appears on the album "The Joshua Tree".

9. "To touch is to heal, to hurt is to steal. If you wanna kiss the sky better learn how to kneel, on your knees boy!" What "M" song do these lines come from?

Answer: Mysterious Ways

"Mysterious Ways" is from "Achtung Baby". While recording this song in Berlin, the band suddenly got the idea for their song "One" and recorded that. At the time, they were having trouble coming up with new stuff and considered breaking up. This was in 1990.

10. "Under a blood red sky a crowd has gathered in black and white. Arms entwined, the chosen few. The newspapers says, says, say it's true!" From what song did the album title, "Under a Blood Red Sky" come?

Answer: New Year's Day

From "Under a Blood Red Sky", this was the first single to make the charts in the U.S.A. and the first Top Ten hit in the U.K. It was also the fist U2 video shown on MTV.

11. "Summers get hot, well into the hundreds. You can walk around the block without a change of clothing." What U2 song is this?

Answer: New York

Kind of self-explanatory, this song from "All That You Can't Leave Behind" is about New York: the crime, sin, confusion, etc. But it is still supposedly a great place to live.

12. "Don't project- Don't connect- Protect- Don't expect- Suggest." Which "N" song is this?

Answer: Numb

This song was written by the Edge, soon after his divorce. He also sings lead vocal, which is unusual. "Numb" first appeared on 1993's "Zooropa".

13. "And Kingdoms rise, and Kingdoms fall, but you go on, and on." What song does this line come from?

Answer: October

This is the title song for the album "October". It was named because that was the month it was released. The song is also a hidden track of "Best of 1980-1990- The B-Sides". You can find it after "All I Want is You".

14. "Is it getting better? Or do you feel the same? Will it make it easier on you now? You got someone to blame." What song begins this way?

Answer: One

This is from 1991's "Achtung Baby". In 1992, the song was voted 'best single' by "Rolling Stone" magazine. In 2003, "Q" magazine voted "One" as the 'best song ever'.

15. "We see the sun go down in your eyes, you ran like river to the sea." Which song does this line come from?

Answer: One Tree Hill

One Tree Hill is a volcano in Auckland, New Zealand. Bono visited the volcano with Greg Carroll, a friend. Greg died in a motorcycle accident a year after meeting U2. This song and the entire "Joshua Tree" album were dedicated to him. "One Tree Hill" describes the Maori burial given to Greg.

16. "Where I grew up there weren't many trees. Where there was we'd tear them down and use them on our enemies." What song contains these lyrics?

Answer: Peace on Earth

Bono wrote this song from "All That You Can't Leave Behind" after a bombing in Northern Ireland. The song reflects the tensions of the country. Some of the lyrics are responses from family members of the deceased broadcast on the news.

17. "One man crawled on a barb wire fence, one man he resist. One man washed on an empty beach. One man betrayed with a kiss." Which "P" song has these lyrics?

Answer: Pride (in the Name of Love)

Chrissie Hynde, lead singer of The Pretenders, sings backup on this song from "The Unforgettable Fire". Though the song was aimed at President Reagan, the song talks about Martin Luther King, Jr.

18. "We're wounded by fear, injured in doubt, I can lose myself. I'm holding on- you're all that's left to hold on to." What song is this?

Answer: Red Hill Mining Town

During the tour for "The Joshua Tree", this song was never performed live because Bono could not consistently hit the high notes.

19. "He's falling, he's falling, and outside the buildings are tumbling down, and inside all over the ground. Do it again." Which song begins this way?

Answer: Rejoice

During the "October" tour in America, the lyrics to this song were stolen, so Bono had to make some up on the spot. Years later, a woman in Tacoma found the lyrics and some other stolen things in her attic and returned them to U2.

20. "The bitter taste in my mouth, I see seven towers but I only see one way out. You got to cry without weeping, talk without speaking, scream without raising your voice." Which song beginning with "R" contains these lyrics?

Answer: Running to Stand Still

Unlike many bands, U2 has remained mostly drug free. Adam was once arrested for marijuana possession, but gave a sizable charity donation in lieu of conviction. This song from "The Joshua Tree" is about heroin addiction.

21. "The temperature is rising, the fever white hot. Mister, I ain't got nothing, but it's more than you got." What U2 song is this?

Answer: Silver and Gold

This song first appeared on the compilation "Artists United Against Apartheid", an album by various artists protesting the situation in Africa. The song was later released on "Rattle and Hum".

Answer: Sometimes You Can't Make it On Your Own

This song from "How to Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" was written for Bono's father, who died in 2001. The cover of the single features a picture of all four fathers of the band members, taken many years ago.

23. "You got to get yourself together, you've got [...] and you can't get out of it. Don't say that later will be better." What song title fits into these lyrics?

Answer: Stuck in a Moment

This song was written for Michael Hutchence, the lead singer of INXS. He committed suicide in 1997. The song is on the "All That You Can't Leave Behind" album. According to songfacts.com, "In an interview with 'Rolling Stone', Bono said that he and Hutchence discussed suicide in the past: 'We discussed suicide a few times and we both agreed how pathetic it was.' He said they had 'kinda promised each other' neither would ever kill themselves."

Answer: Sunday Bloody Sunday

In 1920, British troops fired on an Irish crowd at a football game because several British agents had been killed. This was on a Sunday. On January 30, 1972, paratroopers from England killed 13 Irish citizens at a protest rally in Northern Ireland. This was also on a Sunday. The song first appeared on the album "War".

25. "Baby's got blue skies up ahead but in this, I'm a raincloud, ours is a stormy kind of love." What song contains these lyrics?

Answer: Sweetest Thing

Originally a single for "Where the Streets Have No Name", it is also on "Best of 1980-1990: The B-Sides". The song was written for Bono's wife Ali because he was working on her birthday.

Most interesting information for this quiz comes from songfacts.com

Source: Author bookworm78

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