Here I Go Again Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Primitives

The Primitives first formed in 1984 in Coventry, England. They disbanded in 1992 after the poor showing of their 1991 album "Galore". They reformed seventeen years later, but without one of their founding members Steve Dullaghan who passed away the year before.

Their first album "Lovely", released in 1988, reached sixth place on the UK album charts and the lead single "Crash" reached fifth place on the UK Singles chart and third place on the U.S. Modern Rock Tracks chart. The song features in a number of films like "Dumb & Dumber"(1994) and "Mr Bean's Holiday"(2007).

Answer: Holds out his hand

Boom Boom Room formed in the 1980s in the UK and released one album "Stretch" in 1987. "Here Comes the Man" reached position seventy-four on the UK Singles chart. The song was covered by South African group The Parlotones in 2004 for their EP "Borderline Patrol".

"I'm on a black balloon
I'm coming down,
I break the ties that bind us
wear a golden crown
of thorns I'm on a cloud
I'm gonna fall for you
I beat my chest with all the biggest
a flame of passion burns me through and through yeah
here comes the man holds out his hand
he's looking strangely at me
and in a flash I'm on the floor and all his friends are laughing"

Answer: Cars

"Cars" was the debut single by English musician Gary Numan recorded for his 1979 album "The Pleasure Principle". It reach top position on the Canadian Singles chart, as well as the UK Singles chart and also managed a top ten position on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The song was covered by the band Fear Factory, but their version only managed a sixteenth place on the U.S. Mainstream Rock Chart in 1998. Frank Zappa did a cover version in 1984 for his album "Them or Us", but replaced the word 'cars' with 'France'.

"Here in my car
I feel safest of all
I can lock all my doors
It's the only way to live
In cars
Here in my car
I can only receive
I can listen to you
It keeps me stable for days
In cars"

Answer: Rain

Eurythmics, made up of Annie Lennox and Dave Stewart, released nine albums from "In The Garden" in 1981 to "Peace" in 1999. "Touch" was their third album released in 1983 and reached top position on the UK Album chart. "Here Comes the Rain Again" was one of three singles released from the album and it charted at fourth position on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Hot Dance Club Play charts.

"Here comes the rain again
Falling on my head like a memory
Falling on my head like a new emotion
I want to walk in the open wind
I want to talk like lovers do
I want to dive into your ocean
Is it raining with you"

Answer: George Harrison

Of the four options both George Harrison and Paul McCartney were part of The Quarrymen, Pete Best was together with them in the Beatles and Bob Dylan was part of the Travelling Wilburys with George Harrison. So of the four, only George Harrison was in both bands. "Here Comes the Sun" was recorded for the Beatles album "Abbey Road".

The song reached fourteenth position on the US Billboard Hot Rock Songs chart. Interestingly, John Lennon had no part in this song, as he was recovering from a car crash.

Answer: Imminent arrival of Hurricane Irma on the Florida coast

"Here I am
Rock you like a hurricane"

Hurricane Irma was a Category 5 hurricane which made landfall in Florida on September 10th, 2017. Over six and a half million people were evacuated, practically a third of the state's population. The Marlins/Braves game took place two days prior. An official from the Braves gave an apology to a "Miami Herald" writer, stating that the song was part of the Braves playlist when playing at home. This is not the first time the song caused controversy. In 2006, cheerleaders from the Tampa Bay Buccaneers played the song at halftime during a Buccaneers/New Orleans Saints NFL game in the aftermath of Hurricane Katrina.

"Rock You Like a Hurricane" was recorded in 1984 for the Scorpions album "Love at First Sting".

Answer: Joel Schumacher

"Here come the woman
With the look in her eye"

"Devil Inside" was very successful for the band, reaching second position on the US Billboard Hot 100 and US Billboard Album Rock Tracks charts. The video was filmed in California, but certain members of the band believed it to be "too American".

Joel Schumacher directed twenty-four films between 1981 and 2011. He is responsible for films like "St. Elmo's Fire"(1985) which he also wrote, as well as two films adapted from John Grisham novels, "The Client"(1994) and "A Time to Kill"(1996). He has worked with a number of popular actors like Nicole Kidman, Sandra Bullock, Tommy Lee Jones and Julia Roberts.

Answer: Damn the Torpedoes

Of the four options, only "Damn The Torpedoes" is a Tom Petty album. "Honky Château" (1972) is an Elton John album, "Paranoid" (1970) was the second album by Black Sabbath and "Appetite for Destruction" (1987) was the debut album from Guns N'Roses.

"Here Comes My Girl" reached position fifty-nine on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. The album itself reached position two on the US Billboard Album chart and reached top position on the New Zealand chart. The album was certified platinum in the US. It also reached position 313 on the "Rolling Stone" magazine's "500 Greatest Albums of All Time" list.

Answer: Jimmy Page

"Here Comes Night" was first recorded by Scottish singer Lulu in 1964. Her version reached fiftieth position on the UK charts. Them recorded it four months later as a single and it reached second position on the same chart. It also features in the top forty on the Top 100 best-selling UK singles the following year.

In the early 1960s, prior to the formation of Led Zeppelin, Jimmy Page worked as a session musician for a number of artists including Donovan, Joe Cocker, the Beatles, the Rolling Stones and the Kinks. He then went on to join The Yardbirds in the late 1960s and Led Zeppelin formed soon after.

Answer: Stevie Wonder

All four options given are blind, but only Stevie Wonder is known to play the piano. Feliciano and Healey are both guitarists and Boccelli is not known for playing an instrument.

"Signed, Sealed & Delivered" was written by Stevie Wonder and recorded in 1970 the album of the same name. It was a number one hit on the US Billboard R&B and US Cash Box Top 100 charts. This song has been covered by a variety of artists like Peter Frampton, The Osmonds, Chaka Khan and Jamiroquai.