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Quiz about Guess the Album from the Cover Description
Quiz about Guess the Album from the Cover Description

Guess the Album from the Cover Description Quiz


I will describe an album cover. All you have to do is identify which album it is. Most of the albums are Classic Rock but there are a few exceptions.

A multiple-choice quiz by Spontini. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
Spontini
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
377,279
Updated
Jul 16 24
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
618
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which album depicts four men crossing an English street using a Zebra crossing? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Now for something a little more macabre. Which album cover shows a rocket powered motorcycle apparently flying out of the ground in a cemetery? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. A man in a casual white shirt and blue jeans is seen from the back. A red hat hangs from his rear pocket. He seems to be standing in front of the American flag. Can you identify the album? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. The next album has a black cover with the faces of the four group members emerging from the blackness in diamond formation. The lowest face has a pair of hands beneath as if the owner had crossed his arms. Do you know which album I have described? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. This one should be fairly easy. Which album cover shows a large group of people standing behind a drum with the name of the album on it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. A beam of light seems to be hitting a prism and then being split into the colours of the rainbow. Which album might this be? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A rather spooky cover apparently showing children crawling up a rocky outcrop towards a distant light. The sky is orange. What album cover have I described? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A naked baby boy (clearly) swims underwater towards a dollar bill on a hook. Which album is this? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. A young man is inside an old fashioned English public telephone box. Another is on the roof. Yet another is giving a helping hand to get a fourth onto the phone box. A fifth looks on. What album have I described? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. A classic album cover is next. It shows a wave crashing on to the shore with a cloudy blue sky above and in front of the clouds a chrome plated steel pipe bent into a triangle. Can you identify the album? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which album depicts four men crossing an English street using a Zebra crossing?

Answer: The Beatles - "Abbey Road"

An iconic album cover designed by Kosh/Iaia MacMillan. The Zebra crossing in question has now been awarded Grade II listed status which signifies it is now regarded as having Special Architectural or Historic interest.
2. Now for something a little more macabre. Which album cover shows a rocket powered motorcycle apparently flying out of the ground in a cemetery?

Answer: Meat Loaf - "Bat Out of Hell"

The album cover was designed by Jim Steinman and Richard Corben. Steinman also wrote and composed all the songs on that album.
3. A man in a casual white shirt and blue jeans is seen from the back. A red hat hangs from his rear pocket. He seems to be standing in front of the American flag. Can you identify the album?

Answer: Bruce Springsteen - "Born in the USA"

The album cover was taken from a photo by Annie Leibovitz.
4. The next album has a black cover with the faces of the four group members emerging from the blackness in diamond formation. The lowest face has a pair of hands beneath as if the owner had crossed his arms. Do you know which album I have described?

Answer: Queen - "Queen II"

Mick Rock took the original photograph used for the album cover. Initial doubts about its suitability as the album cover were put aside and it went on to be a massive hit.
5. This one should be fairly easy. Which album cover shows a large group of people standing behind a drum with the name of the album on it?

Answer: The Beatles - "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band"

Designed by Sir Peter Blake, the group of people are arranged in four lines and include a wide variety of famous people from all walks of life. The third row includes Stuart Sutcliffe (extreme left) who was a former member of the Beatles. The front row includes waxworks of each of the fab four as well as the real thing.
6. A beam of light seems to be hitting a prism and then being split into the colours of the rainbow. Which album might this be?

Answer: Pink Floyd - "The Dark Side of the Moon"

The photographer Storm Thorgerson designed the album as a graphic rather than a photograph.
7. A rather spooky cover apparently showing children crawling up a rocky outcrop towards a distant light. The sky is orange. What album cover have I described?

Answer: Led Zeppelin - "Houses of the Holy"

Designed by Aubrey Powell and Storm Thorgerson, the photos used as the basis for the cover were taken at the Giant's Causeway in Northern Ireland.
8. A naked baby boy (clearly) swims underwater towards a dollar bill on a hook. Which album is this?

Answer: Nirvana - "Nevermind"

Kurt Cobain is said to have thought of the idea for the album cover after watching a TV programme about water births. The designer Robert Fisher brought the idea to fruition.
9. A young man is inside an old fashioned English public telephone box. Another is on the roof. Yet another is giving a helping hand to get a fourth onto the phone box. A fifth looks on. What album have I described?

Answer: One Direction - "Take Me Home"

One Direction found fame in 2010 when they finished third in the UK talent show "The X Factor". Signed up by Simon Cowell, they have become a global success. The two acts to beat them have not been so lucky.
10. A classic album cover is next. It shows a wave crashing on to the shore with a cloudy blue sky above and in front of the clouds a chrome plated steel pipe bent into a triangle. Can you identify the album?

Answer: Mike Oldfield - "Tubular Bells"

Designed by Trevor Key, the album was an enormous hit for what was essentially an instrumental album. It was the very first one released by the fledgling Virgin Records company and was used in the soundtrack of the 1973 film "The Exorcist".
Source: Author Spontini

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