Little Miss Muffet's Songs from the Tuffet Quiz

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1. Which fairy tale character is the subject of the 1966 song by Sam the Sham and the Pharaohs?

Answer: Li'l Red Riding Hood

"Li'l Red Riding Hood" reached number two on the "Billboard Hot 100" in 1966. It was the band's second top ten hit and was used as a killer's "calling card" in the movie "Striking Distance" starring Bruce Willis and Sarah Jessica Parker in 1993.

2. In which Led Zeppelin classic does Robert Plant bemoan the theft of his fair girl from the "deepest depths of Mordor" by Gollum and the evil one?

Answer: Ramble On

Led Zeppelin released "Ramble On" on their 1969 album "Led Zeppelin II". The song was never released as a single, but the album was well received worldwide with number one spots in Australia, Canada, Spain, the UK, West Germany and the US. The lyrics are references to "The Lord of the Rings" authored by JRR Tolkien.

3. Dire Straits performed a song with the same title as a Shakespearean work. What is it called?

Answer: Romeo and Juliet

"Romeo and Juliet" was released on the album "Making Movies" in 1980. The song peaked at number eight on the UK Singles Chart, while the album has been ranked at number 52 on Rolling Stone's "100 Best Albums of the Eighties".

4. In Billy Joel's song "We Didn't Start the Fire", authors and literary works are referenced, but only two actual literary characters are mentioned. One is Ben-Hur and who is the other?

Answer: Peter Pan

The books "Peyton Place", "The Catcher in the Rye", "Stranger in a Strange Land" are sung about, as well as authors Kerouac, Pasternak and Hemingway. "We Didn't Start The Fire" was released on the album "Storm Front" and was very successful on music charts worldwide.

It peaked at number one on the "US Billboard Hot 100" and at number two on the "Australian Singles Chart" in 1989. "Peter Pan" was written by J.M. Barrie in 1902.

5. The song "Three Little Pigs", a re-written version of the original fairy tale replete with Rambo and a Harley riding wolf, was performed by which band?

Answer: Green Jell�

Green Jell� released the song "Three Little Pigs" in 1992 under the band name Green Jell�. Due to trademarking issues, they re-released the song in 1993 as Green Jell�, on the album "Cereal Killers". The song reached number five on the "UK Singles Chart" and number six on the "Australian Singles Chart". In 1993 it reached number ninety-three on the "US Billboard Hot 100" chart.

6. Alice Cooper asks us to feed which literary monster in his 1991 song? "He's a psycho/ Hungry for love/ And it's feeding time".

Answer: Frankenstein

"Feed My Frankenstein" is from Alice Cooper's nineteenth solo album "Hey Stoopid". The song reached number twenty-seven on the UK Charts in 1992. It featured in the 1992 movie "Wayne's World" where Cooper himself performed the song in concert. "Frankenstein" was written by Mary Shelley and published in 1820.

7. Which band had a hit with "White Rabbit" released on their 1967 album "Surrealistic Pillow"? The song is based on "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland".

Answer: Jefferson Airplane

"White Rabbit" was written by Grace Slick, lead singer for Jefferson Airplane and peaked at number eight on "US Billboard Hot 100 list". It is ranked at 478 on Rolling Stone's "500 Greatest Songs of All Time" and features on the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame's "500 Songs that Shaped Rock and Roll". "Alice's Adventures in Wonderland" was written by Lewis Carroll in 1865.

8. Which Kate Bush song has this chorus? "Heathcliff, it's me--Cathy. Come home. I'm so cold! Let me in-a-your window." Both are characters in a popular novel from 1847, which shares a name with the song.

Answer: Wuthering Heights

"Wuthering Heights" the novel, was written by Emily Bronte and published in 1847. "Wuthering Heights" the song, was Kate Bush's debut single in 1978. It went to number one on the "UK Singles Chart" and appears on her album "The Kick Inside". It also peaked at number one in foreign countries, namely Australia, Ireland, Italy and New Zealand.

9. The Canadian band Rush had a hit song in 1981 which would certainly have had Samuel Clemens tapping his feet. What is it called?

Answer: Tom Sawyer

"Tom Sawyer" was originally released on the album "Moving Pictures" in 1981. It peaked at number twenty-five on the UK Singles chart, number forty-four on the US Billboard Hot 100 and number eight on the Billboard Top Tracks chart. "Tom Sawyer" was one of five Rush songs inducted into the Canadian Songwriters Hall of Fame.

10. Electric Light Orchestra (ELO) did a song called "Can't Get It Out of My Head" in 1974. In the song a gang of four literary characters plan a bank job: Robin Hood, William Tell, Ivanhoe and Lancelot. Which two come from the same book?

Answer: Robin Hood and Ivanhoe

The song was released on the album "Eldorado" in 1974. It reached number nine on the "US Billboard Hot 100", number five on the French singles chart.
"Ivanhoe and Robin Hood" were both characters in the 1820 historical novel written by Sir Walter Scott. William Tell is a Swiss folk hero and Lancelot is a character from the stories of King Arthur.

Source: Author kino76

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There are a fair number of literary characters in songs. These are a few I have found.

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