FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 5 Trivia Quiz

Answer: Brown

"Brown Eyed Girl" is the signature song by Rock & Roll Hall of Fame living legend Van Morrison. It was recorded on March 28, 1967 and released by Bang records as a 45 RPM single in June of that year. According to various biographies, the song was about a Jamaican girl Morrison knew, and was originally titled "Brown Skinned Girl." The producer was another colossus of the early rock era named Bert Berns, who flew Morrison from his native Belfast to the recording session in New York City. Morrison has since maintained that Berns tricked him into an unfair contract with Bang and ironically, Berns died six months later before the issue was resolved. Morrison also claims to have never received any royalties from writing or recording the song.

Question by player Nealzineatser

Answer: Milli Vanilli

Pop duo Milli Vanilli, consisting of Fab Morvan and Rob Pilatus, had three US number 1 hits and several other worldwide successes. However, after a recording started to skip during a live show in Bristol, Connecticut, and the band members ran off the stage, questions were raised and after controversies over money, their producer Frank Farian finally unmasked them by admitting that all the records were sung by studio musicians and Rob and Fab just fronted the band.

Farian released another album with songs that had already been recorded under the name "The Real Milli Vanilli", while Rob and Fab published an album under the band name "Rob & Fab".

Question by player wildmatz

Answer: Jim Morrison

Steve Irwin was the 'Crocodile Hunter'. Davy Jones was lead singer of The Monkees. Roger Daltry is lead singer of The Who. Jim Morrison sadly passed away July 3, 1971.

Question by player madasasnake

Answer: in your pocket

Recorded in 1957, 'Catch a Falling Star' became the RIAA's first ever gold record in 1958. It also won Perry Como a Grammy award. The song was written by Paul Vance and Lee Pockriss. Perry Como died in Florida in 2001 just a few days short of his 89th birthday.

Question by player Jennifer5

Answer: Brass Monkey

Now isn't this an interesting tidbit? The Beastie Boys first album, "Licensed to Ill", refers to an alcoholic beverage also named Brass Monkey.

Source: Wikipedia

Question by player QuirkyScorpio

Answer: a fictional train

It is a fictional train commemorated in a song written in 1882 and later recorded by Bing Crosby, Woody Guthrie, and The Moody Brothers.

Question by player thaibob

Answer: Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da

"Ob-La-Di, Ob-La-Da" was written by Paul McCartney, but the duo Lennon-McCartney was credited with its composition, It was released in 1968, as part of the album "The Beatles", aka "The White Album". Although in some countries, like Switzerland and Australia, the song was very popular, a CNN journalist claimed that Lennon "loathed" it.

Question by player DeepHistory

Answer: Johnny Cash

This is the climactic scene in "A Boy Named Sue" - Sue has finally found "the man who gave me that awful name", and is determined to kill him. Of course, it all works out in the end, and Sue learns why his daddy saddled him with a name that meant he would "have to get tough or die".

As the song ends, Sue muses, "And if I have a son, I think I'll name him ...." Well, not Sue. The song was written by Shel Silverstein, and was one of Cash's biggest crossover hits.

Question by player agony

Answer: Xhosa

Released in USA in 1967 "Pata Pata" was written by Makeba and Jerry Ragovoy. It was a great success reaching number twelve on Billboard. A first version of the song was released in South Africa in 1959 by Makeba and the Skylarks.

Yoruba is a West African language, Quechua and Guarani are South American ones.


Question by player gme24

Answer: Jupiter

Gustav Holst's Opus 32, "The Planets" is a seven-movement orchestral piece with each division representing one of the seven planets (other than Earth) known at the time it was written, during the early stages of WWI. Holst designated Jupiter as "The Bringer of Jollity".
Of the alternatives, Mercury is the "Winged Messenger"; Saturn the "Bringer of Old Age"; and Neptune the "Mystic".

Question by player EnglishJedi