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Quiz about Alphabetical U2  TZ
Quiz about Alphabetical U2  TZ

Alphabetical U2 : T-Z 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: 6 mins.
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Author
bookworm78
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
219,072
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
20
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
15 / 20
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1756
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
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Question 1 of 20
1. "Nothing much to say I guess; just the same as all the rest."
"I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you."
Which song contains both of these lines?
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Question 2 of 20
2. "My body grows and grows, it frightens me you know. The old man tried to walk me home, I thought he should have known."
Which T song is this?
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Question 3 of 20
3. "I don't know if it's black or white, there's others who see it red. I don't give the answers right, I'll leave that to you."
Which song contains these lyrics?
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Question 4 of 20
4. "Sometimes I feel like I don't know, sometimes I feel like checking out. I want to get it wrong, can't always be strong and love, it won't be long."
What song begins this way?
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Question 5 of 20
5. "And if the mountain should crumble, or disappear into the sea. Not a tear, no not I stay in this time. Stay tonight in a light."
Which U2 song is this?
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Question 6 of 20
6. "You know I love the element of surprise. In the garden I was playing the tart, I kissed your lips and broke your heart."
What song would you listen to so you could hear these words?
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Question 7 of 20
7. "It's a bitter pill I swallow here to be rent from one so dear. We fought for justice not for gain, but the magistrate sent me away,"
What U2 song is this?
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Question 8 of 20
8. "Lights go down it's dark , the jungle is your head - can't rule your heart. I'm feeling so much stronger than before, your eyes are wide and though your soul it can't be bought, you might be wonder. Hello, hello, I'm at a place called..."
What song title completes this lyric?

Answer: (One Word, starts with V)
Question 9 of 20
9. "All that you fashion - All that you make - All that you build - All that you break - All that you measure - All that you feel - All this you can leave behind."
Which song do these lines come from?
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Question 10 of 20
10. "I went drifting through the capitals of tin, where men can't walk or freely talk and sons turn their fathers in."
What song would you listen to so you could hear these words?
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Question 11 of 20
11. "I used to make love under a red sunset, I was making promises I was soon to forget. She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown But I left her standing..."
What song is this?
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Question 12 of 20
12. "I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside, I want to reach out and touch the flame..."
What song title completes this line?
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Question 13 of 20
13. "You're an accident waiting to happen, you're a piece of glass left in a beach. Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to, then you leave me just out of reach."
Which U2 song is this?
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Question 14 of 20
14. "I send you flowers, could flowers thaw your heart? I know your garden is full, but is there sweetness at all?
In what "W" song are these questions answered?
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Question 15 of 20
15. "I want to go to the side, to the one who made me sing, to the side of the hill. We were still, we were filled with a love; we want to be loved."
What song contains these lines?
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Question 16 of 20
16. "See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side, I wait for you. Sleight of hand and twist of fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait."
What song begins this way?
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Question 17 of 20
17. "Take these hands, teach them what to carry; take these hands, don't make a fist; take this mouth so quick to criticize; take this mouth, give it a kiss."
Which song is this?
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Question 18 of 20
18. "Zooming in - zooming out, nothing I can't do without. A lens to see it all up close, magnifying what no one knows. Never in company - never alone - no car alarm - no cellular phone."
What song ends this way?
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Question 19 of 20
19. "I'm ready - I'm ready for the laughing gas -I'm ready - I'm ready for what's next - I'm ready to duck - I'm ready to dive - I'm ready to say I'm glad to be alive - I'm ready - I'm ready for the push."
What song begins this way?
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Question 20 of 20
20. "And I have no religion, and I don't know what's what, and I don't know the limit, the limit of what we've got."
Which Z song is this?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Nothing much to say I guess; just the same as all the rest." "I'm gonna run to you, run to you, run to you." Which song contains both of these lines?

Answer: Trying to Throw Your Arms Around the World

This song from "Achtung Baby" is dedicated to The Flaming Colossus, a club in Hollywood that is big with the celebrity crowd.
2. "My body grows and grows, it frightens me you know. The old man tried to walk me home, I thought he should have known." Which T song is this?

Answer: Twilight

This song is from "Boy", although an earlier version was released as a B-Side on "Another Day". The original cover of the single showed a shirtless young boy. It was deemed inappropriate, so a new cover was created for the American release.
3. "I don't know if it's black or white, there's others who see it red. I don't give the answers right, I'll leave that to you." Which song contains these lyrics?

Answer: Two Hearts Beat as One

This song from 1983's "War" was written by Bono while he was on his honeymoon.
4. "Sometimes I feel like I don't know, sometimes I feel like checking out. I want to get it wrong, can't always be strong and love, it won't be long." What song begins this way?

Answer: Ultraviolet

During the recording of "Ultraviolet", Larry accidentally dropped his drumstick halfway through the song. The band decided to keep the take, to preserve the hilarity of the moment. The song appears on "Achtung Baby".
5. "And if the mountain should crumble, or disappear into the sea. Not a tear, no not I stay in this time. Stay tonight in a light." Which U2 song is this?

Answer: Unforgettable Fire

This song is obviously the title track for the album "The Unforgettable Fire". The name came from an exhibit at the Chicago Peace Museum that U2 saw in 1983. It showed artwork from victims of the bomb in Hiroshima.
6. "You know I love the element of surprise. In the garden I was playing the tart, I kissed your lips and broke your heart." What song would you listen to so you could hear these words?

Answer: Until the End of the World

This song appears on the 1991 album "Achtung Baby" and was also used to promote the 2000 movie "Proof of Life", which starred Meg Ryan and Russell Crowe.
7. "It's a bitter pill I swallow here to be rent from one so dear. We fought for justice not for gain, but the magistrate sent me away," What U2 song is this?

Answer: Van Diemen's Land

Van Diemen's Land is the original term for Tasmania. The song is from "Rattle and Hum" and is about John Boyle O'Reilly who led an Irish rebellion in 1848 and was subsequently banished to Tasmania.
8. "Lights go down it's dark , the jungle is your head - can't rule your heart. I'm feeling so much stronger than before, your eyes are wide and though your soul it can't be bought, you might be wonder. Hello, hello, I'm at a place called..." What song title completes this lyric?

Answer: Vertigo

Vertigo is a disease where the victim suffers from dizziness or a feeling of extreme disorientation. "Vertigo" is also the name of a 1958 Alfred Hitchcock movie. This song from "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb" starts with Bono saying, "Uno, dos, tres, catorce!" Translated from Spanish, this is "1, 2, 3, 14!"
9. "All that you fashion - All that you make - All that you build - All that you break - All that you measure - All that you feel - All this you can leave behind." Which song do these lines come from?

Answer: Walk On

This song is about Daw Aung San Suu Kyi, a Burmese activist who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1991 because of her work to bring peace to Burma. The album "All That You Can't Leave Behind" has been banned in Burma because of this song.
10. "I went drifting through the capitals of tin, where men can't walk or freely talk and sons turn their fathers in." What song would you listen to so you could hear these words?

Answer: Wanderer, The

This song from 1993's "Zooropa" was written by U2 for Johnny Cash, who sings the lead vocal. It was originally to be called "Johnny Cash on the Moon".
11. "I used to make love under a red sunset, I was making promises I was soon to forget. She was pale as the lace of her wedding gown But I left her standing..." What song is this?

Answer: When Love Comes to Town

This song from "Rattle and Hum" is a duet with U2 and B.B. King. After "The Joshua Tree" came out, U2 attended a concert in Dublin of King's, as they were fans. King was nervous when he found out who was in the audience, but invited them backstage after so he could meet them. Later, during the American tour for the album, U2 met up with King in Texas and they performed "When Love Comes to Town" together.
12. "I want to run, I want to hide, I want to tear down the walls that hold me inside, I want to reach out and touch the flame..." What song title completes this line?

Answer: Where the Streets Have No Name

From songfacts.com: "U2 performed this at halftime of the 2002 Super Bowl between the Patriots and Rams. As they played, names of victims in the September 11 attacks were scrolled on a giant screen. At the end of the performance Bono opened his jacket to reveal an American flag in the lining." The song first appeared on the album "The Joshua Tree".
13. "You're an accident waiting to happen, you're a piece of glass left in a beach. Well, you tell me things I know you're not supposed to, then you leave me just out of reach." Which U2 song is this?

Answer: Who's Gonna Ride Your Wild Horses

From "Achtung Baby", the band had a lot of problems mixing the song correctly. Eventually Steve Lillywhite, Daniel Lanois, and Brian Eno were all credited as producer for the song. The single of the song uses keyboards instead of guitar, and is acknowledged by the band to be a better version than the album release.
14. "I send you flowers, could flowers thaw your heart? I know your garden is full, but is there sweetness at all? In what "W" song are these questions answered?

Answer: Wild Honey

From "All That You Can't Leave Behind", allmusic.com calls "Wild Honey "[U2's] best pure pop song ever." A song by the same title was a hit for The Beach Boys and also the name of their 1967 album.
15. "I want to go to the side, to the one who made me sing, to the side of the hill. We were still, we were filled with a love; we want to be loved." What song contains these lines?

Answer: With a Shout

The horns on this song from the 1981 album "October" were played by a Dublin group called Some Kind of Wonderful.
16. "See the stone set in your eyes, see the thorn twist in your side, I wait for you. Sleight of hand and twist of fate, on a bed of nails she makes me wait." What song begins this way?

Answer: With or Without You

In 1987, a "Rolling Stone" magazine readers' poll placed this song from "The Joshua Tree" as the top single of the year. In the television show "Friends", this song was requested by Ross on the radio for Rachel before they began dating.
17. "Take these hands, teach them what to carry; take these hands, don't make a fist; take this mouth so quick to criticize; take this mouth, give it a kiss." Which song is this?

Answer: Yahweh

From 2004's "How To Dismantle an Atomic Bomb", The song's title is in Hebrew and translates to say 'God'.
18. "Zooming in - zooming out, nothing I can't do without. A lens to see it all up close, magnifying what no one knows. Never in company - never alone - no car alarm - no cellular phone." What song ends this way?

Answer: Your Blue Room

From the "Staring at the Sun" single, "Your Blue Room" can also be found on the "Best of 1990-2000" DVD. "Staring at the Sun" was single for the 1997 album "Pop".
19. "I'm ready - I'm ready for the laughing gas -I'm ready - I'm ready for what's next - I'm ready to duck - I'm ready to dive - I'm ready to say I'm glad to be alive - I'm ready - I'm ready for the push." What song begins this way?

Answer: Zoo Station

The title of this song from "Achtung Baby" is an homage to the Zoo Bahnhof train station in Berlin. The band visited the Berlin Zoo and used it as a theme for both their next album, "Zooropa" and the Zoo Tour.
20. "And I have no religion, and I don't know what's what, and I don't know the limit, the limit of what we've got." Which Z song is this?

Answer: Zooropa

The German phrase at the beginning, "Vorsprung durch technik" means "lead through technology", an Audi slogan. Many of the lyrics in this song from "Zooropa" are from ads, i.e. for Colgate, Daz, and Fairy Liquid.

Most interesting information for this quiz comes from songfacts.com
Source: Author bookworm78

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