Beastly Beats Trivia Quiz

Answer: Butterfly

The Mission released "Butterfly on a Wheel" in 1990 from their album "Carved in Sand". The song was moderately successful, reaching a twelfth place on the UK charts. From the band's inception in 1986, to 2016 they released eleven studio albums. The album "Carved in Sand" fared better on the charts, reaching a respectable seventh place.

Answer: Dog

Led Zeppelin released the "Black Dog" in 1971, recorded for their album "Led Zeppelin IV". The song reached fifteenth position on the US "Billboard Hot 100" chart and was ranked in 2004 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" list at position 294. It was rated at number one on Q Magazine's "The 20 Greatest Guitar Tracks" list in 2007.

Answer: Bulls

Rage Against the Machine recorded "Bulls on Parade" for their 1996 album, "Evil Empire". The song did not fare very well on the US Billboard charts, only reaching position 62. It did very well in Canada and Norway though, reaching a third and fourth place on the respective country's charts. VH1's "40 Greatest Metal Songs" list, features the song at position fifteen.

Answer: Rooster

"Little Red Rooster" was written by Grammy Award winning blues musician Willie Dixon and first recorded by Chester "Howlin' Wolf" Burnett in 1961. The Rolling Stones released the song as a single in 1964. The song reached first place on the UK singles chart. The Stones later released the song in 1965 on their album "The Rolling Stones, Now!".

Answer: Fox

"Fox on the Run" was released on Sweet's 1975 album "Desolation Boulevard". The song did very well on the charts, reaching top spot in Australia and achieving a very respectable fifth place on the UK, US Billboard Hot 100 and US Cash Box Top 100 charts.

Manfred Mann recorded a song with the same title in 1968, but the songs are completely different. Sweet's song is not a cover version of Manfred Mann.

Answer: Lion

"Iron Lion Zion" was recorded by Bob Marley in 1974, but only released posthumously in 1992 on the album "Songs of Freedom". it reached fifth position on the UK Singles chart. The song's best charting position, was second place in both New Zealand and Sweden.

Answer: Monkey

Pixies released "Monkey Gone to Heaven" in 1989 from their album "Doolittle". It reached fifth position on the US Modern Rock Tracks chart, but failed to achieve the same success in the UK reaching a dismal sixtieth position. The music video to "Monkey Gone to Heaven" was also the Pixies's first music video.

Answer: Octopus

"Octopus's Garden" is from the 1969 album by The Beatles called "Abbey Road". It is one of a small handful of songs featuring the band's drummer, Ringo Starr on lead vocals. The album was a great success for the band, charting in top spot all over the world, except for Japan. It only managed a third place on the Japanese Oricon LPs chart.

Answer: Frog

The Doors recorded "Peace Frog" for their 1970 album "Morrison Hotel". The song was adapted from a number of Jim Morrison's poems. The album was well received on the charts, reaching fourth place on the US Billboard 200 album chart. It has been certified platinum in Canada, France, Poland, Spain and the United States. The lyrics contain the word "blood" repeated seventeen times. That is a lot of blood for a song containing the word "peace" in its title.

Answer: Cheetah

Red Hot Chili Peppers released "Slow Cheetah" in 2006 from their album "Stadium Arcadium", which was their ninth studio album. The album charted in top position on twenty two out of twenty five international charts. The album also won a Grammy award in 2007 for "Best Rock Album".