In Time: The Best Of R.E.M 1988-2003 Quiz

Answer: Electrolite

The lyrics go: 'Twentieth century go and sleep. You're plasticine. That is obscene. That is obscene. You are the star tonight. You shine electric outta sight. You light eclipsed the moon tonight. Elecrolite.' R.E.M. decided on their name by flicking through a dictionary.

Answer: Bad Day

'The Papers wouldn't lie! I sigh, not one more. It's been a bad day. Please don't take a picture.' R.E.M. officially stands for 'rapid eye movement', but it has been said that the band's name stood for 'rapid ear movement'.

Answer: Losing My Religion

'Like a hurt lost and blinded fool. Oh no I've said too much. I set it up.' The video for this song was banned in Ireland for religious reasons.

Answer: The Sidewinder Sleeps Tonight

'This here is the place I will be staying. There isn't a number. You can call the pay phone. Let it ring a long, long, long, long time. If I don't pick up, hang up, call back, let it ring some more. If I don't pick up, pick up... The sidewinder sleeps, sleeps, sleeps in a coil. Call me when you try to wake her up. Call me when you try to wake her.' R.E.M. are from the U.S.A.

Answer: Orange Crush

'Collar me, don't collar me. I've got my spine, I've got my orange crush.' This song was an anti-war song.

Answer: At My Most Beautiful

'I read bad poetry, into your machine. I save your messages, just to hear your voice. You always listen carefully, to awkward rhymes. You always say your name, like I wouldn't know it's you, at your most beautiful.' Michael Stipe was offered the part of 'John Doe' in the film Se7en.

He also did a voice in 'The Simpsons' and played an ice-cream seller, called Captain Scrummy in 'The adventures of Pete and Pete'

Answer: Daysleeper

'I see today with a newsprint fray. My night is colored headache grey. Daysleeper'. R.E.M.'s first single was called 'Radio Free Europe'.

Answer: All the way to Reno

'You didn't have to go so far. You didn't have to go. You know what you are. You're gonna be a star. You know what you are. You're gonna be a star. You know who you are. You know who you are. You know who you are. All the way to reno' R.E.M. met and formed at the university of Georgia, in Athens, Georgia, USA.

Answer: Nightswimming

'I forgot my shirt at the water's edge. The moon is low tonight. Nightswimming deserves a quiet night.' In November 1987, 'Rolling Stone' named R.E.M. America's best band.

Answer: What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

'I was brain-dead, locked out, numb, not up to speed. I thought I'd pegged you an idiot's dream. Tunnel vision from the outsider's screen. I never understood the frequency, uh-huh. You wore our expectations like an armored suit, uh-huh' The band is made up of Mike Stipe (vocals), Peter Buck (guitar) and Mike Mills (bass guitar). Bill Berry was drummer for the band until he left in 1997.

Answer: Man on the Moon

'If you believed they put a man on the moon, man on the moon. If you believe there's nothing up my sleeve, then nothing is cool.' When R.E.M. made their guest appearance on 'Sesame Street', they rewrote 'shiny happy people', re-naming it 'furry happy monsters'.

Answer: Animal

'Spin me, win me, lift me, kis me. Trip me, trust me, cuss me, judge me. Touch me now. You take my hand. You trust me now, you understand. Hey, what's the big deal - I'm an animal.' R.E.M. was very popular on college radio.

Answer: The Great Beyond

'I'm keeping flowers in full bloom. I'm looking for answers from the great beyond' R.E.M was formed in January 1980.

Answer: Stand

'Now face North. Think about direction. Wonder why you haven't before. Now stand in the place where you work. Now face West. Think about the place where you live. Wonder why you haven't before' R.E.M.'s first television appearancw was on 'Late night with David Letterman'.

Answer: Everybody Hurts

'Sometimes everything is wrong. Now it's time to sing along. When your day is night alone, (hold on, hold on). If you feel like letting go, (hold on). When you think you've had too much of this life, well hang on. Everybody hurts.' R.E.M. used to be called 'Twisted Kites'