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Loreena McKennitt's Songs Trivia Quiz

Mostly lyrics: if you're a fan, this quiz should not give you any problem. Lots of lyrics. If you're not fan and you like celtic or new age stuff, you have to find one of her CDs. My favorites: The Visit and Parallel Dreams. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by lykorne. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
lykorne

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
15,733

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
20

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
12 / 20

Plays
254

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 20

1. 'I lost myself to him, and laid my face upon my lover's breast' Hint

The Dark Night of the Soul

Annachie Gordon

Night Ride Across the Caucasus

Moon Cradle

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Question 2 of 20

2. 'I'm drunk today, but I'm seldom sober' Hint

Kellswater

Skellig

Between the Shadows

Carrighfergus

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Question 3 of 20

3. 'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight' Hint

The Highwayman

Marco Polo

Annachie Gordon

Full Circle

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Question 4 of 20

4. 'Fear not slander, censure rash; Thou hast finished joy and moan' Hint

Cymbeline

Prospero's Speech

Courtyard Lullaby

Dante's prayer

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Question 5 of 20

5. 'I did not believe because I could not see, though you came to me in the night...' Hint

Standing Stones

Breaking the Silence

Samain Night

Dante's prayer

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Question 6 of 20

6. 'Let your thoughts be on Night the Herder.' Hint

Courtyard Lullaby

Moon Cradle

The Two Trees

The Lark in the Clear Air

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Question 7 of 20

7. 'The wind is full of a thousand voices...' Hint

Samain Night

Bonny Portmore

Stolen Child

All Soul's Night

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Question 8 of 20

8. 'Strange news is come to town, strange news is carried' Hint

Blacksmith

The Highwayman

The Lady of Shalot

Greensleeves

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Question 9 of 20

9. What is the 'strange news' in 'Strange news is come to town, strange news is carried'?

Answer: ('Strange news fly up and down that (4 words).')

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Question 10 of 20

10. 'And there does sit my false sister, Anne...' Hint

The Bonny Swans

Greensleeves

The Dark Night of the Soul

She Moved Through the Fair

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Question 11 of 20

11. What did my false sister, Anne do? Hint

She drowned her sister

She killed her unfaithfull lover

She slept with a man their father disapproved of.

She was just born bad

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Question 12 of 20

12. 'My world was not yours, your eyes told me so' Hint

The Old Ways

Come by the Hills

The Lady of Shalot

Full Circle

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Question 13 of 20

13. Here's a very short one : '...Camelot...' Hint

Bonny Portmore

The Mystic's Dream

Greensleeves

The Lady of Shalot

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Question 14 of 20

14. 'When souls are torn to everlasting fire' Hint

Dante's Prayer

Lullaby

The Dark Night of the Soul

The Old Ways

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Question 15 of 20

15. In the song 'Seeds Of Love', how many flowers did the gardener pick for her? Hint

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Question 16 of 20

16. In 'The Highwayman', what was the name of the landlord's daughter?

Answer: (One word)

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Question 17 of 20

17. Again, in 'the Highwayman' how did she warn her lover of the trap set for him? Hint

She shot herself

She was bound and gagged, she could not warn him

She screamed when she saw him coming

She sent him a letter

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Question 18 of 20

18. Which is the longest song? Hint

The Lady of Shalot

The Two Trees

The Highwayman

Annachie Gordon

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Question 19 of 20

19. 'Now take the hourglass, and turn it on its head; for when the sands are still, 'tis then you'll find me dead' Hint

Annachie Gordon

Carrighfergus

The Bonny Swans

Skellig

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Question 20 of 20

20. Loreena McKennitt is: Hint

American

Scottish

Irish

Canadian

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. 'I lost myself to him, and laid my face upon my lover's breast'

Answer: The Dark Night of the Soul

2. 'I'm drunk today, but I'm seldom sober'

Answer: Carrighfergus

Hum. Maybe its the best way to be... drunk I mean...

3. 'One kiss, my bonny sweetheart, I'm after a prize tonight'

Answer: The Highwayman

4. 'Fear not slander, censure {rash;} Thou hast finished joy and moan'

Answer: Cymbeline

For those who recognized it, Yes, Loreena borrowed from Shakespeare...

5. 'I did not believe because I could not see, though you came to me in the night...'

Answer: Dante's prayer

6. 'Let your thoughts be on Night the Herder.'

Answer: Moon Cradle

7. 'The wind is full of a thousand voices...'

Answer: All Soul's Night

8. 'Strange news is come to town, strange news is carried'

Answer: Blacksmith

9. What is the 'strange news' in 'Strange news is come to town, strange news is carried'?

Answer: my love is married

10. 'And there does sit my false sister, Anne...'

Answer: The Bonny Swans

11. What did my false sister, Anne do?

Answer: She drowned her sister

12. 'My world was not yours, your eyes told me so'

Answer: The Old Ways

13. Here's a very short one : '...Camelot...'

Answer: The Lady of Shalot

14. 'When souls are torn to everlasting fire'

Answer: Lullaby

Once again, Loreena did a bit of borrowing, from William Blake this time.

15. In the song 'Seeds Of Love', how many flowers did the gardener pick for her?

Answer: 3

The violet, the lilly and the pink.

16. In 'The Highwayman', what was the name of the landlord's daughter?

Answer: Bess

17. Again, in 'the Highwayman' how did she warn her lover of the trap set for him?

Answer: She shot herself

She killed herself but he could not escape. He died anyway. (So sad!)

18. Which is the longest song?

Answer: The Lady of Shalot

19. 'Now take the hourglass, and turn it on its head; for when the sands are still, 'tis then you'll find me dead'

Answer: Skellig

20. Loreena McKennitt is:

Answer: Canadian

Canadian heh?

Source: Author lykorne

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