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Quiz about Elvis for Beginners
Quiz about Elvis for Beginners

Elvis for Beginners Trivia Quiz


Given the opening lyrics of an Elvis hit can you select the right title. You don't have to be an Elvis fanatic to play this one. Just sing along - to the title of the song. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by musicmonkeyman. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
157,825
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
8474
Awards
Top 10% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 70 (5/10), Guest 24 (7/10), Maybeline5 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Elvis hit opened with this line?

"Wise men say only fools rush in."
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Question 2 of 10
2. "When no-one else can understand me
When everything I do is wrong."

What is the title of this track?
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Question 3 of 10
3. "Well it's one for the money
Two for the show
Three to get ready
Now go cat go."
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Question 4 of 10
4. "The way she moves her hips
To her finger tips
I feel I'm heaven bound."
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Question 5 of 10
5. "Pardon me if I'm sentimental
When you say goodbye."

This is the first line of which lyric sung by Elvis.
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Question 6 of 10
6. "A well'a bless my soul
What's a wrong with me
I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree."
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Question 7 of 10
7. "Babe, you're getting closer
The lights are goin' dim
The sound of your breathin'
Has made the mood I'm in."
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Question 8 of 10
8. "You know I can be found
Sittin' all alone
If you can't come around
At least please telephone."
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Question 9 of 10
9. "Stop, look and listen baby
That's my philosophy."
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Question 10 of 10
10. "We're caught in a trap
I can't walk out
Because I love you too much baby."
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which Elvis hit opened with this line? "Wise men say only fools rush in."

Answer: Can't Help Falling in Love

"Can't Help Falling in Love" featured in the movie "Blue Hawaii".
Released 1962 "Can't Help Falling in Love" topped both the US and UK charts.

Elvis Aaron Presley was born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1935.
2. "When no-one else can understand me When everything I do is wrong." What is the title of this track?

Answer: The Wonder of You

Released in 1970 "The Wonder of You" charted at #37 in the US, and topped the UK charts.

The Presley family moved to Memphis, Tennessee in 1948.
3. "Well it's one for the money Two for the show Three to get ready Now go cat go."

Answer: Blue Suede Shoes

"Blue Suede Shoes" was released in 1956 - Charting at #20 in the US and #9 in the UK.
This track featured in the movie "G.I. Blues".

Elvis signed with his first label, Sun Records, in 1954.
4. "The way she moves her hips To her finger tips I feel I'm heaven bound."

Answer: Rock-a-hula Baby

Released in 1962 "Rock-a-Hula Baby" featured in the film "Blue Hawaii".
Peaking at #23 in the US this track topped the UK charts.

"Blue Hawaii" was just one of the 33 movies in which Elvis starred.
5. "Pardon me if I'm sentimental When you say goodbye." This is the first line of which lyric sung by Elvis.

Answer: A Fool Such as I

These lyrics come from "A Fool Such as I".
Released in 1959 this track climbed to #2 in the US charts and #1 in the UK.

Elvis joined the US army in 1958.
6. "A well'a bless my soul What's a wrong with me I'm itching like a man on a fuzzy tree."

Answer: All Shook Up

A chart topper in both the US and the UK "All Shook Up" was released in 1957.

Elvis won three "Grammy's" and, at the age of 36, a "Grammy Lifetime Achievement Award".
7. "Babe, you're getting closer The lights are goin' dim The sound of your breathin' Has made the mood I'm in."

Answer: Way Down

"Way Down", released in 1977, was a US and UK chart topper for the King of rock 'n' roll.

Elvis is estimated to have more than a billion world-wide record sales.
Only Elvis and the Beatles can make this claim. But, Elvis is the only solo artist to achieve this feat.
8. "You know I can be found Sittin' all alone If you can't come around At least please telephone."

Answer: Don't Be Cruel

Released in 1956 "Don't Be Cruel" was a US #1. When released in the in UK 1978 this track peaked at #24.

Elvis has collected more platinum and gold records than any other solo artist.
9. "Stop, look and listen baby That's my philosophy."

Answer: Rubberneckin'

"Rubberneckin'" featured in the film "Change of Habit".
It was released in the US in 1969 as double A-side with "Don't Cry Daddy".
A version of "Rubberneckin'", re-mixed by Paul Oakenfield, was released in UK in 2003.

Elvis was inducted into both "The Rock and Roll Hall Of Fame" and "The Country Music Hall Of Fame".
10. "We're caught in a trap I can't walk out Because I love you too much baby."

Answer: Suspicious Minds

Released 1969 "Suspicious Minds" topped the US singles chart peaking at #2 in the UK.

Elvis died at Graceland, his Memphis home, on August 16, 1977.
Many fans now visit Graceland to pay homage to '"The King of Rock 'n' Roll".
Source: Author musicmonkeyman

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