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Bad Moon on the Rise Trivia Quiz

There are many songs about predicting bad things coming up - name the artists of the following songs about those bad moons on the rise!

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

Author
merylfederman

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
382,492

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. The song is "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)".
The prediction of the future "starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes..."

Which group sang of this dire future? Hint

The Cure

R.E.M.

Chris Cornell

John Mellencamp

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Question 2 of 10

2. The song is "Hammer to Fall."
The predictions are nonspecific but include knowing that "one day they call your name" and even if you "lock your door/the rain is falling through the windowpane."

Who predicted that you will wait for the "Hammer to Fall"? Hint

Boston

Foreigner

Red Hot Chili Peppers

Queen

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Question 3 of 10

3. The song is "Sinnerman."
The predictions include "I run to the sea, it was bleedin" and "I run to the sea, it was boiling".

Which singer belted the major incarnation of this Revelation-sounding song? Hint

Billie Holiday

Etta James

Aretha Franklin

Nina Simone

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Question 4 of 10

4. The song is "Ball of Confusion".
The predictions include "unemployment rising fast," and "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth".

Who sang these indictments of the modern condition? Hint

Earth, Wind, and Fire

Kool and the Gang

The Four Tops

Temptations

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Question 5 of 10

5. The song is the often-performed "God's Gonna Cut You Down".
The prediction, besides the title event, includes items like "What's done in the dark will be brought to the light."

Which artist did NOT sing these Biblical predictions?
Hint

Moby

Johnny Cash

Woody Guthrie

Odetta

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Question 6 of 10

6. The song is "Radioactive".
The prediction for "the new age" is stark - "this is it, the apocalypse".

Which group sang this song about "a revolution, I suppose"? Hint

Imagine Dragons

Jimmy Eat World

The Killers

My Chemical Romance

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Question 7 of 10

7. The song is "Karn Evil 9".
The predictions include "a show that never ends" and is "guaranteed to blow your head apart."

Which group sang of this frightening and impressive show in an epic 30-minute sequence? Hint

After the Fire

Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

The Moody Blues

King Crimson

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Question 8 of 10

8. The song is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall".
The predictions include "guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children" and of course, the title one.

Who wrote and performed this song that has such a mournful tone in regards to current society? Hint

Bob Dylan

Joan Baez

Tom Petty

George Harrison

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Question 9 of 10

9. The song is "Eve of Destruction".
The predictions include "And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'," and "There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave."

This song was written by P. F. Sloan, but it hit #1 in 1965 when it was sung by which artist? Hint

Barry McGuire

John Denver

Lou Adler

Pete Seeger

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Question 10 of 10

10. And now, of course, the final song is "Bad Moon Rising".
The predictions include the introductory verse, which goes:
"I see the bad moon arising.
I see trouble on the way.
I see earthquakes and lightnin'.
I see those bad times today."

This troubling view of the near future was brought to us by which group? Hint

The Rolling Stones

Blind Melon

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Steve Miller Band

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The song is "It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)". The prediction of the future "starts with an earthquake, birds and snakes..." Which group sang of this dire future?

Answer: R.E.M.

"It's the End of the World As We Know It (And I Feel Fine)" was a 1987 hit famous for its lightning-fast sequence of references and a long string of names of famous people with initials "L.B." "Leonard Bernstein" is a famously comprehensible lyric in the middle of the hard-to-hear jumble, but all of the madness is about the catastrophic end of the world if you listen close enough!

2. The song is "Hammer to Fall." The predictions are nonspecific but include knowing that "one day they call your name" and even if you "lock your door/the rain is falling through the windowpane." Who predicted that you will wait for the "Hammer to Fall"?

Answer: Queen

"Hammer to Fall" was inspired by the Cold War and the continuous societal anticipation of nuclear disaster. It also invokes the inevitability of death that, regardless of society or personal status, will come to everybody.

3. The song is "Sinnerman." The predictions include "I run to the sea, it was bleedin" and "I run to the sea, it was boiling". Which singer belted the major incarnation of this Revelation-sounding song?

Answer: Nina Simone

This song about the judgment of a sinner is a traditional spiritual with a long life and many incarnations, written in the early 20th century. The version with the most stature is the Nina Simone 1965 version, a 10+ minute epic. Nina Simone was inspired to her version by a strong religious background, which exposed her to the song.

4. The song is "Ball of Confusion". The predictions include "unemployment rising fast," and "an eye for an eye, a tooth for a tooth". Who sang these indictments of the modern condition?

Answer: Temptations

"Ball of Confusion" is a 1970 #3 hit on the Billboard Top 100, which was later covered by Tina Turner and Love and Rockets. It makes reference to fellow pessimistic song "Eve of Destruction", featured later in this very quiz.

5. The song is the often-performed "God's Gonna Cut You Down". The prediction, besides the title event, includes items like "What's done in the dark will be brought to the light." Which artist did NOT sing these Biblical predictions?

Answer: Woody Guthrie

This folk song, also known as "Run On", has been recorded many times, but never by Woody Guthrie. The Odetta version was styled as a revival preaching hymn, while Cash's 2006 version is his characteristic country style and Moby's was more musically upbeat.

6. The song is "Radioactive". The prediction for "the new age" is stark - "this is it, the apocalypse". Which group sang this song about "a revolution, I suppose"?

Answer: Imagine Dragons

"Radioactive" was a 2013 #3 Billboard Top 100 hit for "Imagine Dragons," and traded heavily on revolutionary and apocalyptic imagery. It is on the more empowering side of the songs here, since its depiction of the dystopian future is shot through with some hope for resistance.

7. The song is "Karn Evil 9". The predictions include "a show that never ends" and is "guaranteed to blow your head apart." Which group sang of this frightening and impressive show in an epic 30-minute sequence?

Answer: Emerson, Lake, and Palmer

"Karn Evil 9" is a 4-part sequence (split into three "Impressions," one of which has two parts). First Impression, Part 2, is the most widely recognizable, as it is the one which was played on the radio most frequently. Throughout, a depraved carnival (symbolic of the depravity of the wider world) is described.

8. The song is "A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall". The predictions include "guns and sharp swords in the hands of young children" and of course, the title one. Who wrote and performed this song that has such a mournful tone in regards to current society?

Answer: Bob Dylan

"A Hard Rain's A-Gonna Fall" was a 1962 Dylan song inspired by the Cuban Missile Crisis. However, Dylan has countered claims that the "hard rain" refers to nuclear fallout specifically, saying that it's simply a general reference to the corruption and chaos of the modern world.

9. The song is "Eve of Destruction". The predictions include "And even the Jordan River has bodies floatin'," and "There'll be no one to save with the world in a grave." This song was written by P. F. Sloan, but it hit #1 in 1965 when it was sung by which artist?

Answer: Barry McGuire

Barry McGuire hit #1 on the Billboard Top 100 with "Eve of Destruction" in 1965, and as mentioned in Q4, the song was quoted in "Ball of Confusion". Despite its enduring resonance, the song was controversial upon its debut because of its pessimism, with some calling it unpatriotic - a few more positive songs were even written in direct response to it.

10. And now, of course, the final song is "Bad Moon Rising". The predictions include the introductory verse, which goes: "I see the bad moon arising. I see trouble on the way. I see earthquakes and lightnin'. I see those bad times today." This troubling view of the near future was brought to us by which group?

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

"Bad Moon Rising" was a #1 Billboard Top 100 hit in 1969, and since then it has been covered many times and been a cultural staple. Though it sounds like it might be personal, with the singer imploring the listener "hope you are quite prepared to die," it was actually intended to be as broadly apocalyptic as any of the songs on this list, according to John Fogerty.

Source: Author merylfederman

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