Eat Your Veggies Trivia Quiz

Answer: Pavement

'Carrot Rope' is a single from Pavement's 1999 album 'Terror Twilight'. The cover features a rope made of - you guessed it - carrots. On the album tracklisting, it is listed as '...and Carrot Rope' to show that it is the final track. It was Pavement's highest charting single in the UK, the only place where it was released as a single, peaking at Number 27 in the UK Singles Chart.

The band have given various explanations as to what the song is about, though the reference to wickets is a nod to singer Stephen Malkmus' love of cricket.

Answer: Kate Nash

'Pumpkin Soup' is Kate Nash's fourth single (the first being 'Caroline's a Victim') and the third to be taken from her debut album, 'Made of Bricks'. It was released in 2007 and peaked on the UK Singles Chart at Number 23. The title of the song is not actually mentioned in the lyrics; Nash explained in an interview that 'Pumpkin Soup' was a working title she had saved the song under on her computer.

Her record company had wanted to rename it 'I Just Want Your Kiss' after the main line in the chorus.

Answer: Janelle Monae

'Mushrooms & Roses' is a track on Janelle Monae's 2010 debut album 'The ArchAndroid'. 'The ArchAndroid' is a concept album about a love affair between Cindi Mayweather, an android and messianic figure sent back in time to save the citizens of Metropolis from an evil society called the Great Divide, and Anthony Greendown, her human lover. 'Mushrooms & Roses' is a nirvana-like place where humans and droids are free to live their lives in peace.

Answer: The Darkness

Admittedly, this is a bit of an obscure one - it's actually a B-side - but I put it in this quiz because I liked the title. 'Shake (Like A Lettuce Leaf)' can be found on the B-side of the Darkness' 2006 single 'Is It Just Me?', which peaked on the UK Singles Chart at Number Eight.

The song itself is a shout-out to the retro British cuisine of the '70s, featuring such dinner party faves as Lambrusco wine, prawn cocktail and Black Forest gateau, which the singer scorns in favour of more simple fare such as chips and gammon.

Answer: Skunk Anansie

'Charlie Big Potato' is the first single from Skunk Anansie's third album 'Post Orgasmic Chill', released in 1999. It peaked at Number 17 on the UK Singles Chart. The title of the song comes from 'giving it Charlie big potatoes', a London slang term that means a person walking around like they own the place. Singer Skin - who said in a 2019 interview with 'Kerrang!' magazine that she is reluctant to say exactly what the song is about - has performed a slower version of it at her solo gigs.

Answer: Booker T & the M.G.s

'Green Onions' is an instrumental by Booker T & the M.G.'s, and one of their signature tracks. It is the title track of their 1962 debut album. A member of the Stax house band, in which he played keyboards, Booker T Jones was supposed to be recording a session with Billy Riley, but Riley did not show up and the band had a jam session instead.

The result was 'Behave Yourself'. As the band needed a B-side, they wrote 'Green Onions' based around a 12-bar blues riff created by Jones. Jones claimed the song was supposed to be called 'Funky Onions', but Stax boss Jim Stewart's sister thought it sounded too rude.

Answer: Half Man Half Biscuit

'Asparagus Next Left' is a track from Half Man Half Biscuit's 2010 album 'Achtung Bono', their tenth studio album. The song is about driving through the country after a spontaneous 'guerrilla' gig and seeing signs advertising fruit and vegetables, such as 'asparagus next left', 'this-a-way for new potatoes' and 'fresh broad beans and aubergines'.

It also complains of how ridiculous modern vans have become.

Answer: Weezer

'Pork & Beans' is a single from Weezer's 2008 self-titled sixth studio album (and their third self-titled album), nicknamed the 'Red Album'. Its video featured various Youtube 'celebrities', such as Gary Brolsma (a man whose video of him dancing to O-Zone's 'Dragostea Din Tei' went viral) and Tay Zonday, singer of 'Chocolate Rain'.

A remix added other memes, such as a video of Rick Astley singing 'Never Gonna Give You Up' at the end. Singer Rivers Cuomo wrote the song after an argument with Geffen executives, who told the band they needed to record more commercial material.

Answer: Red Hot Chili Peppers

'Pea' is a track on the Red Hot Chili Peppers' 1995 album 'One Hot Minute'. Unusually for a Chilis track, the lead vocal was sung by bassist Flea instead of singer Anthony Kiedis, and solely features him on vocals and bass. The song is said to be about Flea being short as a child, and how bullies picked on him for it. 'One Hot Minute' was also the first Chilis album to feature Dave Navarro on guitar, after John Frusciante quit the band due to drug problems; Navarro had been recommended by drummer Chad Smith.

Answer: The Beach Boys

'Vegetables' is a track on the Beach Boys' 1967 album 'Smiley Smile'. While the Beach Boys were recording the album, Paul McCartney - a famous vegetarian himself - paid the studio a visit and ended up being roped in to help the band record 'Vegetables'. Brian Wilson had placed some celery on a table and the band asked McCartney to munch on it in time to the music.

Although McCartney's presence cannot be verified on the existing studio tapes, both he and Al Jardine confirmed that he was present for the recording. Welsh band Super Furry Animals were inspired to write 'Receptacle for the Respectable', which appears on their fifth album 'Rings Around the World' after hearing 'Vegetables'; they even got McCartney to repeat the vegetable crunching for them!