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Kate Bush: the Quiz

Finally, K8 fans can test their knowledge of Kate, her career and her work. Enjoy!

A multiple-choice quiz by mgkbus. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
mgkbus

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
83,088

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
1198

Last 3 plays: Guest 142 (14/20), Guest 172 (12/20), Guest 45 (14/20).

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Question 1 of 20

1. How old was Kate when she was "discovered?" Hint

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Question 2 of 20

2. Who is generally credited with "discovering" Kate Bush ? Hint

David Gilmour

Lindsey Kemp

Del Palmer

Peter Gabriel

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Question 3 of 20

3. What was the name of her first UK #1? Hint

Wuthering Heights

Passing Through Air

Wow

Army Dreamers

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Question 4 of 20

4. Kate almost gave up on her music career: what did she consider as a alternate career? Hint

animal husbandry

psychiatry

nursing

mountain climbing

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Question 5 of 20

5. What was the name of her second album?

Answer: ( One Word ... think England)

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Question 6 of 20

6. September 8th, 1980 saw the release of her third album "Never for Ever." What UK chart position did it initially achieve? Hint

#20

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Question 7 of 20

7. What day is Katemas? Hint

Ocotber 30th

December 1st

July 30th

August 1st

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Question 8 of 20

8. The title cut from her 4th album, "The Dreaming," receives no airplay. Why? Hint

It is a paean to the plight of the Aborigines in Australia

It's too long

It's too dark and moody

The record company did not promote it

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Question 9 of 20

9. Paddy and John Carder Bush are her two brothers?

True

False

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Question 10 of 20

10. Who introduced Kate to the Fairlight CMI and rhythm boxes? Hint

Pete Townsend

Peter Gabriel

David Gilmour

Eric Idle

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Question 11 of 20

11. Kate appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in 1979. Who was the guest host? Hint

Steve Martin

Eric Idle

Dame Edna

Dabney Coleman

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Question 12 of 20

12. In the credits of her 1985 "Hounds of Love" album she mentions "Bonnie and Clyde." Who were they? Hint

two outlaws

two dogs

"bangers and mash"

a salt cellar and pepper mill

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Question 13 of 20

13. What video featured comics Dawn French and Hugh Laurie? Hint

Experiment IV

Hounds of Love

Under the Ivy

Running up that Hill

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Question 14 of 20

14. In the video for "Cloudbusting," what famous actor plays Kate's father? Hint

Nigel Planer

Al Pacino

Donald Sutherland

Sir Alec Guinness

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Question 15 of 20

15. Why wouldn't MTV play the video for "Running up that Hill"? Hint

They thought it was too long

They didn't understand it

They thought it was too grim

They thought it too erotic

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Question 16 of 20

16. What was the Kate Bush song to be featured in the movie "She's Having a Baby?" Hint

This Woman's Work

Love and Anger

Between a Man and a Woman

The Sensual World

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Question 17 of 20

17. What famous author's work inspired the song "The Sensual World"? Hint

Shakepeare's "Romeo and Juliette"

Isherwood's "Berlin Stories"

Hawking's "A Brief History of Time"

James Joyce's "Ulysses"

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Question 18 of 20

18. In the song "Heads We're Dancing" who does she think she's dancing with? Hint

Captain Bligh

Crippen

Adolf Hitler

Jack the Ripper

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Question 19 of 20

19. What song/video did MTV actually put in its "Buzz Bin" rotation in 1993? Hint

Love and Anger

Rocket Man

Ken

Rubberband Girl

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Question 20 of 20

20. What American pop artist did she cowrite and perform with on "Why Should I Love You" ? Hint

Melanie

Prince

Cher

Gowan

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. How old was Kate when she was "discovered?"

Answer: 13

Many ages are guessed, but she was only 13 when her tape was passed along to David Gilmour (Pink Floyd) by family friend Ricky Hopper.

2. Who is generally credited with "discovering" Kate Bush ?

Answer: David Gilmour

Near the end of 1972, David Gilmour heard her tape and was impressed, very. Del Palmer is her bassist/companion, Lindsey Kemp is a performance artist and mime master, and Peter she has duetted with twice ("Don't Give up" and "Another Day").

3. What was the name of her first UK #1?

Answer: Wuthering Heights

"Wuthering Heights" was written during the full moon of March 1977. "Wow" and "Army Dreamers" were written when she was 14, as well as "Passing Through Air", but the latter didn't appear on an album until the box set "This Woman's Work".

4. Kate almost gave up on her music career: what did she consider as a alternate career?

Answer: psychiatry

Well ... she WAS 15 at the time.

5. What was the name of her second album?

Answer: Lionheart

Released in 1978, it entered the UK chart at #36.

6. September 8th, 1980 saw the release of her third album "Never for Ever." What UK chart position did it initially achieve?

Answer: #1

Kate became the first British solo female artist to have a UK #1 album.

7. What day is Katemas?

Answer: July 30th

Katemas is celebrated all over the world by her fans. Its date is Kate's birthday (born in 1958).

8. The title cut from her 4th album, "The Dreaming," receives no airplay. Why?

Answer: It is a paean to the plight of the Aborigines in Australia

At the time, 1982(!), such an anti-colonial song was considered taboo.

9. Paddy and John Carder Bush are her two brothers?

Answer: True

Paddy, also know as Teddy, lead the KT Bush Band (K for Kate, T for Teddy) and her eldest brother, John Carder photographed Kate, often.

10. Who introduced Kate to the Fairlight CMI and rhythm boxes?

Answer: Peter Gabriel

The Fairlight CMI was a computer-aided synth/sequencer/sampler that Peter used extensively on his third (and fourth) releases. Kate did backing vocals on two cuts ("Games without Frontiers" and "No Self Control"). In 1980 the Fairlight was 'state of the art,' now it's a software program.

11. Kate appeared on "Saturday Night Live" in 1979. Who was the guest host?

Answer: Eric Idle

This is the ONLY time she has appeared in the US.

12. In the credits of her 1985 "Hounds of Love" album she mentions "Bonnie and Clyde." Who were they?

Answer: two dogs

These dogs are featured on the cover of the album with her.

13. What video featured comics Dawn French and Hugh Laurie?

Answer: Experiment IV

Filmed at a disused military hospital in South London and a street in the East End.

14. In the video for "Cloudbusting," what famous actor plays Kate's father?

Answer: Donald Sutherland

He portrays Dr. Wilhelm Reich, scientist and discoverer of the mystic energy "Orgone." He is also credited with some of the first successful cloud-seeding (making rain). Kate portrays his son in a boyish wig.

15. Why wouldn't MTV play the video for "Running up that Hill"?

Answer: They thought it too erotic

While all the rest may be true, all that dancing and touching (and masks) must have heated them up.

16. What was the Kate Bush song to be featured in the movie "She's Having a Baby?"

Answer: This Woman's Work

The video for the song, however, is even better than the film. It's very moving, touching and heart rending. Worth a look, as are all of her videos.

17. What famous author's work inspired the song "The Sensual World"?

Answer: James Joyce's "Ulysses"

The main character of the song is Molly Bloom.

18. In the song "Heads We're Dancing" who does she think she's dancing with?

Answer: Adolf Hitler

Dr. H. H. Crippen, poisoner and scoundrel, is mentioned in the song "Coffee Home Ground" - a murderous little tune, from "Lionheart." But from a "picture of you, a picture of you in uniform" she discovers she's been dancing with Hitler.

19. What song/video did MTV actually put in its "Buzz Bin" rotation in 1993?

Answer: Rubberband Girl

"Love and Anger' was on MTV breifly, but in 1989. "Ken" is from the Comic Strip episode "GLC" (on "Aspects of the Sensual World"). She recorded "Rocket Man" and "Candle In the Wind" in 1990 for the Elton John/Bernie Taupin tribute album "Two Rooms." Only "Rocket Man" appeared on the album, though both (plus an instrumental of "Candle ... " are on a CD single.

20. What American pop artist did she cowrite and perform with on "Why Should I Love You" ?

Answer: Prince

Gowan is a rock keyboardist from Canada. Melanie and Cher, while talented, rarely perform with anyone else (although Cher did guest on the Spinal Tap album "Break Like the Wind" recently). I believe Prince was just Prince at this time.

Source: Author mgkbus

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