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Basking in the "Afterglow" Trivia Quiz

This quiz is about Sarah's 2003 album, "Afterglow". It's a wonderful album, possiblly her best ever. Some questions are about lyrics, with some trivia thrown in there too.

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

Author
Tatsiko

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,905

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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496

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Question 1 of 10

1. What was a contibuting factor to why it took six years for Sarah to come out with this new studio album? Hint

She thought she wanted to retire

She had a baby

She hated the music business

She was in an accident

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Question 2 of 10

2. What was the first single from this album?

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 3 of 10

3. What song are the following lyrics from:
"Love has made me a fool. Set me on fire and watched as I floundered..." Hint

Stupid

Perfect Girl

Push

Time

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Question 4 of 10

4. Complete the lyric from "Trainwreck":
"A wild fire born of frustration, born of the one love that gets me so _______, I've no fear at all."

Answer: (One Word)

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which song did Sarah say she wrote for her husband, drummer Ashwin Sood? Hint

Push

Dirty Little Secret

Fallen

Drifting

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Question 6 of 10

6. "World on Fire" was written in part for her daughter, to help explain that bad things happen in the world. Who helped write that song with Sarah? Hint

Ashwin Sood

Pierre Marchand

Camille Henderson

Sarah's mother

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Question 7 of 10

7. What song are the following lyrics from:
"In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground. I will hold the balance if you can't look down." Hint

Answer

Drifting

Time

World on Fire

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Question 8 of 10

8. What is a main difference between this album and all of Sarah's other albums? Hint

There are no songs about heart-break on this album

Sarah played all the instruments on this album

It was recorded in the USA

All songs were written using the piano

9. Complete the lyric from "Drifting":
"You walk in a room and the world stops to stare. You mesmerize all who are caught in the glare of the spotlight that follows wherever you go. Does it light up the ___________ "

Answer: (One Word, watch spelling!)

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song was orginally supposed to be left out of the album, but Sarah fought to put it on there?
Hint

Answer

World on Fire

Dirty Little Secret

Time

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What was a contibuting factor to why it took six years for Sarah to come out with this new studio album?

Answer: She had a baby

Her daughter, India, was born in April 2002. Also, in the time between studio albums, her mother passed away. Sarah said it was a really hard time for her.

2. What was the first single from this album?

Answer: Fallen

"Fallen" is the first song and her first single on the album.

3. What song are the following lyrics from: "Love has made me a fool. Set me on fire and watched as I floundered..."

Answer: Stupid

"Love has made me a fool set me on fire and watched as I floundered. Unable to speak except to cry out and wait for your answer, and you come around in your time speaking of fabulous places create an oasis that dries up as soon as you're gone.
You leave me here burning in this desert without you."

4. Complete the lyric from "Trainwreck": "A wild fire born of frustration, born of the one love that gets me so _______, I've no fear at all."

Answer: high

"Cause I'm a train wreck waiting to happen. Waiting for someone to come pick me up off the tracks. A wild fire born of frustration
born of the one love that gets me so high, I've no fear at all."

5. Which song did Sarah say she wrote for her husband, drummer Ashwin Sood?

Answer: Push

Sarah describes "Push" as her first successful attempt at writing a true love song.

6. "World on Fire" was written in part for her daughter, to help explain that bad things happen in the world. Who helped write that song with Sarah?

Answer: Pierre Marchand

Even though they are credited as co-writers on the song, Sarah said that Pierre wrote most of it. Pierre has written many songs with Sarah, and he has played on many of her albums as well. Sarah describes him as her lifelong musical partner.

7. What song are the following lyrics from: "In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground. I will hold the balance if you can't look down."

Answer: Answer

"I will be the answer at the end of the line. I will be there for you, while you take the time. In the burning of uncertainty, I will be your solid ground. I will hold the balance if you can't look down."

8. What is a main difference between this album and all of Sarah's other albums?

Answer: All songs were written using the piano

Sarah said all the songs on this album were written originally using the piano. Most of her other songs on her previous albums, she originally wrote using the guitar.
-"Stupid" is about heart-break.
-The album was recorded in Canada
-Sarah had a lot of help recording this album

9. Complete the lyric from "Drifting": "You walk in a room and the world stops to stare. You mesmerize all who are caught in the glare of the spotlight that follows wherever you go. Does it light up the ___________ "

Answer: emptiness

A beautiful, sombre song.

10. Which song was orginally supposed to be left out of the album, but Sarah fought to put it on there?

Answer: Dirty Little Secret

When the album was only nine songs long, Sarah thought it was a little short. "Surfacing", her last studio album, only had nine songs and she got some complaints about it. She fought to add "Dirty Little Secret" as track 10, and she got her wish.

Source: Author Tatsiko

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