Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Welcome to the second of the 'Blank My Blanking Blank' quizzes! Same principle applies, just blank my blanks, and make a blanking good job of it!
Here to open, we have the king of the tubular bells, Mike Oldfield. Please, blank my blanking blanks.
'Four a.m. in the morning, carried away by a moonlight shadow,
I watched your vision forming, carried away by a moonlight shadow,
Star was glowin' in a silvery night, far away on the other side,
Will you [blankety blank blank], but she couldn't find how to push through...'
2. She's one of those people who left 'Neighbours' in order to try for a successful pop career, and unlike Jason Donovan, she actually pulled it off! With hits like 'Shiver' and 'That Day', can you blank Natalie's blanking blank?
'I'm all out of faith, this is how I feel
I'm cold and I am shamed lying naked on the floor
Illusion never changed into something real
I'm wide awake and I can see the perfect sky is [blank]
You're a little late, I'm already [blank].'
Blank those two blanks. It's also the name of the song, if that's any help to any of you quiz-takers.
3. Long before the Cranberries came this band, Ireland's greatest export (except potatoes and Eurovision winners). With songs like 'Beautiful Day' and 'One', can you blank my blanking blank for this U2 hit?
'Listen to me now
I need to let you know
You don't have to go it alone
[Blankety blank blank] when I look in the mirror
[Blankety blank blank] when I don't pick up the phone
Sometimes you can't make it on your own'
4. We're moving back into the mid-eighties here, with a song by those Sister Sledge girls. It's a bit of a selfish choice here, since it's one of my favourite shameful pop songs, but please. Make me smile, and blank my blanking blank for 'Frankie'.
'He looked at me and then I blushed
Cause I remembered I loved you so much
Way back then we were friends
Going together but [blankety blank blank]
Frankie - do you remember me?
Frankie - do you remember?'
5. This was the first and only song released from Youssou N'Dour's album 'The Guide' in the United Kingdom, and also had the singing talents of Neneh Cherry on the track. Though it never made number one, the song has had good airplay since its release, so that could make it easier for you to blank these blanking blanks.
'And when a child is born into this world
He has no concept of the tone of skin he's living in
It's not a second, [blank] seconds away
Just as long as I stay, I'll be waiting'
How many seconds would blank this blanking blank?
6. While this was a hit in the late 80s, when it was rehashed by Kristian Leontiou in 2004, the song didn't even break the top 20. Can you blank the blanking blanks in this deep, almost baritone Tracy Chapman classic?
'You got a [blankety blank]
But is it fast enough that you can drive away
You gotta make a decision
You gotta leave tonight, or live and die this way'
Is the missing lyric also the title of this 1980s hit? Could you actually fill in the blank with the lyric 'Fast Car'?
7. This song, from Lush and Jarvis Cocker, is the story of a couple who have broken up, and is sung (unusually for a Britrock number) in a duet between Jarvis and Miki. Can you blank both of my blanking blanks this time?
Jarvis:
'I must have been crazy to have stayed with you
I can't believe I thought I was in love with you
But now the scales have fallen, I can really see
And I say [blankety blank blank], 'cos that's where you took me'
Miki:
'Well, I've felt better since I slammed that door
You always cramped my style, I never noticed before
It's been a non-stop party since I flew the coop
I can't believe I fell for such a [blankety blank blank]'
8. This, the second of the Britpop/Britrock bands from the 1990s in this quiz, had several hits in the United Kingdom, and their album 'Different Class' is one of the most critically acclaimed records of the Britpop movement. With Jarvis Cocker and Candida Doyle, can you blank my blanking blanks and name the song at the same time?
'But still you'll never get it right
Cos when you're laid in bed at night
Watching 'roaches climb the wall
If you called your Dad you could stop it all
You'll never live like [blankey blank]
You'll never do whatever [blankety blank] do'
9. Tori Amos is a strange one by anyone's reckoning. With songs such as 'Hey Jupiter' and 'Hello Mr Zebra', she's been entertaining the world since the late 80s, when she went under her real name of Ellen Amos. Blank her blanking blanks, why not?
'Never was a [blank] girl
Thought it was a good solution
Hangin' with the [blank] girls
Goin' to the other side
Givin' us the yo heave ho'
Which two edible items can blank these blanks?
10. This Swedish band (named after a piece of knit-wear) has released albums named after British soap operas and computer games, and the lead singer Nina Persson has also released her solo album using the name 'A-Camp'. Can you blanking my blanking blank, again?
'I wonder what it's like, seeing through your eyes
You've offered me to have a try, but I was always late
The filters that I use give me an excuse
I take away what's real, I feel it, and it [blankety blank blank]
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