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Quiz about Lyric Lollapalooza

Quiz about Lyric Lollapalooza

Lyric Lollapalooza Trivia Quiz

The stage is set for a gathering of a variety of song lyrics. These are from a couple different areas, which will mainly include rock, r&b, and some 80's. I'll put down the lyric and you pick the song it's from. Hope you enjoy this quiz!

A multiple-choice quiz by 05Stang. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
05Stang

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,378

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
461

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Which old west themed song is this lyric from: "I've got an old coat for a pillow, and the earth is last night's bed."? Hint

Ride Cowboy Ride

Bed of Roses

Blaze of Glory

Wanted Dead Or Alive

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Question 2 of 10

2. What mid-90's hit does this song line come from: "It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop and there ain't a whole lot that you can do."? Hint

Can't Hold Me Down

Run Around

I Will Survive

Strong Enough

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Question 3 of 10

3. From which R&B song sung by a popular female artist is this lyric: "Would you be yourself, or play a role, tell all the boys, or keep it low?"? Hint

Low Rider

Boys

Low

Try Again

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which old school rap song is this lyric from: "My name is Rob I got a real funky concept. Listen up cause I'm gonna keep you in step. I got an idea, that I wanna share, you don't like it? So what, I don't care." ? Hint

Ice Ice Baby

Parents Just Don't Understand

Funkdified

It Takes Two

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Question 5 of 10

5. This band, who first became successful in 1995, had a hit song containing this lyric: "Comin' down the world turned over, and angels fall without you there. And I go on as you get colder, or are you someone's prayer.". Hint

Angel

Fallin'

Come Down

Black Balloon

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Question 6 of 10

6. This lyric is from a song that helped to spawn the grunge period in the early to mid-90's: "How could I forget? And he hit me with a surprise left. My jaw left hurtin'...ooh, dropped wide open. Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard...". Hint

Jeremy

Triumph

Hit Me With Your Best Shot

Up In Here

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Question 7 of 10

7. A piano-playing R&B artist wrote the song with this lyric: "Some people think that the physical things define what's within. And I been there before but that life's a bore, so full of the superficial.". Hint

Material Girl

If I Ain't Got You

Physical

Keep The Faith

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which popular 80's one hit wonder is this lyric from: "Tell me your troubles and doubts, giving me everything inside and out..."? Hint

Don't You (Forget About Me)

Tell Her About It

Upside Down

Give It To Me

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Question 9 of 10

9. This lyrics is from a song written by the lead singer of a well-known 80's hair band: "My best friend died a lonely man, in some Palm Springs hotel room.".
I got the call last Christmas Eve, and they told me the news..." Hint

Something To Believe In

That's What Friends Are For

Alone

Angel

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Question 10 of 10

10. The artist who wrote this song lyric hails from New Jersey: "Can't see nothin' in front of me, can't see nothin' coming up behind. I make my way through this darkness...". Hint

Coming Out Of The Dark

The Rising

I Have Nothing

Rise and Fall

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which old west themed song is this lyric from: "I've got an old coat for a pillow, and the earth is last night's bed."?

Answer: Blaze of Glory

Jon Bon Jovi wrote this song for the movie "Young Guns II." The song won a Golden Globe award in 1991 for best original song and was nominated for an Academy Award that same year. For those not familiar with the Young Guns movies, they centered around the outlaw Billy the Kid and his gang, the Regulators, in the late 1800's.

2. What mid-90's hit does this song line come from: "It seems my ship still stands no matter what you drop and there ain't a whole lot that you can do."?

Answer: Run Around

This Grammy-winning single off of Blues Traveler's 1994 album "Four" holds the record for longest-charting single ever in the history of the Billboard charts.

3. From which R&B song sung by a popular female artist is this lyric: "Would you be yourself, or play a role, tell all the boys, or keep it low?"?

Answer: Try Again

This track was on the soundtrack for the movie "Romeo Must Die," released in 2000. It was a number one hit, and in her video, Aaliyah featured actor Jet Li from the movie.

4. Which old school rap song is this lyric from: "My name is Rob I got a real funky concept. Listen up cause I'm gonna keep you in step. I got an idea, that I wanna share, you don't like it? So what, I don't care." ?

Answer: It Takes Two

This song by Rob Base was his only major hit in the late 80's. Yet it has made its way on to many old skool hip hop compilation discs.

5. This band, who first became successful in 1995, had a hit song containing this lyric: "Comin' down the world turned over, and angels fall without you there. And I go on as you get colder, or are you someone's prayer.".

Answer: Black Balloon

This song was nominated for a Grammy in 1998, and is featured on the soundtrack to the movie "Here On Earth" starring Chris Klein, Leelee Sobieski, and Josh Hartnett. The song was apparently about someone with a drug addiction.

6. This lyric is from a song that helped to spawn the grunge period in the early to mid-90's: "How could I forget? And he hit me with a surprise left. My jaw left hurtin'...ooh, dropped wide open. Just like the day...oh, like the day I heard...".

Answer: Jeremy

This song of Pearl Jam's (Eddie Vedder got the band name from his grandma Pearl's "hallucinogenic" jam) was one of their biggest hits in the early 90's. This dark video featured a boy who, unhappy with his life, commits suicide in front of his classmates and teacher.

7. A piano-playing R&B artist wrote the song with this lyric: "Some people think that the physical things define what's within. And I been there before but that life's a bore, so full of the superficial.".

Answer: If I Ain't Got You

Alicia Keys, who finished high school by the age of 16, won an NAACP Image award this year (2004) for outstanding female artist.

8. Which popular 80's one hit wonder is this lyric from: "Tell me your troubles and doubts, giving me everything inside and out..."?

Answer: Don't You (Forget About Me)

This song was the only U.S. hit for Simple Minds, which is featured in the 1985 Brat Pack movie "The Breakfast Club."

9. This lyrics is from a song written by the lead singer of a well-known 80's hair band: "My best friend died a lonely man, in some Palm Springs hotel room.". I got the call last Christmas Eve, and they told me the news..."

Answer: Something To Believe In

Bret Michaels of Poison wrote this song in 1990 after his best friend James Kimo Maano, a bodyguard for the band, died in Palm Springs.

10. The artist who wrote this song lyric hails from New Jersey: "Can't see nothin' in front of me, can't see nothin' coming up behind. I make my way through this darkness...".

Answer: The Rising

Bruce Springsteen and his band won three Grammys for this album of the same name in 2003. It was inspired by the events of September 11, 2001.

Source: Author 05Stang

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