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How many of these songs, featuring insanity or some kind of mental disturbance, can you remember? (Note: These are mainly UK based artists)

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
338,367

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
5 / 10

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Last 3 plays: crossesq (8/10), Shadman11 (7/10), sabbaticalfire (1/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. Which character from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the subject of these lyrics?
"Everybody shoved him, I very nearly loved him.
I said, 'Hey, listen to me, stay sane inside insanity'
But he locked the door and threw away the key" Hint

Riff Raff

Frank N. Furter

Eddie

Rocky

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which word completes this lyric from the song "Insanity" by Oceanic?
"Dream ____, teach me how to fly,
Oooh come on baby, take me so high
Imagination, emotions running wild" Hint

Tripper

Weaver

Lover

Baby

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which song features these lyrics?
"Recompense for all my crimes of self defence.
Cures you whisper make no sense,
Slip gently into mental illness" Hint

Mirror in the Bathroom

Brain Damage

They're Coming to Take me Away Ha-Haaa!

Milk and Alcohol

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Question 4 of 10

4. In the song "Can I Play With Madness", by Iron Maiden, how does the prophet foretell the future? Hint

Tarot Cards

Casting Bones

Ouija Board

Crystal Ball

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who recorded a song called "Insanity" with these lyrics?
"All around the world now,
Like a big bright cherry cloud" Hint

Tangerine Dream

Oingo Boingo

Pink Floyd

They Might be Giants

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which heavy metal band released a song called "Perfect Insanity" in 2007? Hint

Creed

Disturbed

Slipknot

Papa Roach

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which line comes next, and also completes the title of a song by Madness?
"People say that I'm crazy,
But I'm not that way inclined.
I know what I know, and I'll happily show
That madness is..."

Answer: (Four Words 3,2,3,4)

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Question 8 of 10

8. What type of insanity did Jamiroquai sing about in 1996? Hint

Total

Midlife

Female

Virtual

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which band had a hit in the UK in 1981 with "The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum"? Hint

Tears for Fears

Soft Cell

Fun Boy Three

Animotion

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Question 10 of 10

10. What completes this lyric from the Secret Affair song "Only Madmen Laugh"?
"Only madmen laugh, 'cause they know something we don't know,
Only madmen laugh, ____" Hint

At the freaks from the sideshow

At the mad world's floorshow

Howling at the Moon's glow

Going with this insane flow

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which character from "The Rocky Horror Picture Show" is the subject of these lyrics? "Everybody shoved him, I very nearly loved him. I said, 'Hey, listen to me, stay sane inside insanity' But he locked the door and threw away the key"

Answer: Eddie

The song in question is "Eddie's Teddy" and as the scene where it is sung continues, it becomes apparent that Eddie has in fact been cooked and served as dinner!
"Rocky Horror Picture Show" was written as a stage musical by Richard O'Brien in 1973, and the film version, starring Meatloaf as Eddie, was made in 1975.

2. Which word completes this lyric from the song "Insanity" by Oceanic? "Dream ____, teach me how to fly, Oooh come on baby, take me so high Imagination, emotions running wild"

Answer: Tripper

"Insanity" reached number three in the UK Singles Chart in 1991, and was Oceanic's only Top Ten hit in the UK.

3. Which song features these lyrics? "Recompense for all my crimes of self defence. Cures you whisper make no sense, Slip gently into mental illness"

Answer: Mirror in the Bathroom

"Mirror in the Bathroom" was one of five UK Top Ten hits for The Beat. It reached number four in the UK Singles Chart in 1980.

4. In the song "Can I Play With Madness", by Iron Maiden, how does the prophet foretell the future?

Answer: Crystal Ball

The lyric is "Can I play with madness, the prophet stared at his crystal ball".
The song was from the album "Seventh Son of a Seventh Son", and the video marked one of the last appearances of Graham Chapman (of "Monty Python" fame) before he sadly died of cancer in 1989.

5. Who recorded a song called "Insanity" with these lyrics? "All around the world now, Like a big bright cherry cloud"

Answer: Oingo Boingo

"Insanity" featured on the band's final studio album, "Boingo", using the abbreviated band name Boingo.
Lead singer Danny Elfman is also well known for his film and TV score writing, and has been nominated for several Oscars. He also won a Grammy Award for his work on the film "Batman" (1989).

6. Which heavy metal band released a song called "Perfect Insanity" in 2007?

Answer: Disturbed

The song was released digitally in 2007, as one of two singles to promote the band's 2008 album "Indestructible". The album became Disturbed's third consecutive album to enter the US Billboard 200 chart at number one; they were only the sixth band ever to achieve this feat.

7. Which line comes next, and also completes the title of a song by Madness? "People say that I'm crazy, But I'm not that way inclined. I know what I know, and I'll happily show That madness is..."

Answer: all in the mind

"Madness (Is all in the Mind)" was released as a Double A side single together with "Tomorrow's (Just Another Day)" and they reached number eight on the UK Singles Chart in 1983.

8. What type of insanity did Jamiroquai sing about in 1996?

Answer: Virtual

"Virtual Insanity" featured on the album "Travelling Without Moving", and reached number three on the UK Singles Chart. It also made the top forty on the US Billboard Modern Rock chart, and won four MTV awards for the accompanying video.

9. Which band had a hit in the UK in 1981 with "The Lunatics Have Taken Over the Asylum"?

Answer: Fun Boy Three

This song was the first of seven top twenty hits for Fun Boy Three in the UK, between 1981 and 1983.
Front man Terry Hall also had hits with The Specials and Colourfield, to name but two of his numerous musical projects.

10. What completes this lyric from the Secret Affair song "Only Madmen Laugh"? "Only madmen laugh, 'cause they know something we don't know, Only madmen laugh, ____"

Answer: At the freaks from the sideshow

"Only Madmen Laugh" featured on the "Behind Closed Doors" album, released in 1980.
The lead singer of Secret Affair, Ian Page, also wrote four gamebooks in the "Lone Wolf" role-playing series.

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