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Music Trivia Trivia Quiz

Here's a mix of general trivia on the songs currently on my i-shuffle. Enjoy

A multiple-choice quiz by almaster. Estimated time: 7 mins.

Author
almaster

Time
7 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
221,964

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
4 / 10

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796

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Name the singer who sang the song "Lady D'Arbanville". Hint

Robert Plant

Prince

Cat Stevens

Freddie Mercury

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Question 2 of 10

2. This song's original name was "Driving to __________". It was composed by the lead singer of the band while they were driving through the Sahara Desert. The title of the song, surprisingly, is a region of the world they were nowhere near to at that time. Which famous song am I talking about?

Answer: (A very cold, 'violent' region of the world)

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Question 3 of 10

3. This song is supposed to be about a boy by the name of _________ Delle, a 16 year old who killed himself in front of his English class at Richardson High School in Richardson, Texas. The chorus goes '________ spoke in class today'. Name the song.

Answer: (There is a good reason why I have left the blank)

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Question 4 of 10

4. This song by a one hit wonder band, is also the title of a movie starring Audrey Hepburn. The song centres around a couple who are about to break-up, because they seem to have nothing in common. Which song is it? Hint

Breakfast at Tiffany's

Gone With the Wind

Roman Holiday

Carol

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who sang the inspiring title song of the movie, 'Flashdance'? Hint

Irene Cara

Roberta Flack

Tracy W Bush

Pat Benatar

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Question 6 of 10

6. Connect the following:
Spencer Elden, age 4 months
A Brand of deodorant
Buddhism
Moulin Rouge

Answer: (Something smells? (A song))

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Question 7 of 10

7. Another connection, another song.
Connect the following:
The opening words of the Kuran
A renaissance astronomer
The Lord of the Flies
An Arabic word meaning "a stock character who turns out to be a boastful coward"

Answer: (A region in the Czech republic??)

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Question 8 of 10

8. The song "Woke Up This Morning", by the band A3, is also the theme song for which popular television show? Hint

Desperate Housewives

Friends

The Sopranos

Dharma and Greg

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which of Bruce Springsteen's songs was named after a 1958 Robert Mitchum movie? Hint

Born in the USA

Down to the River

Dancing in the Dark

Thunder Road

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Question 10 of 10

10. With which popular fictional character will one associate the "Imperial March" tune?

Answer: (I'm Your Father.. two words)

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Name the singer who sang the song "Lady D'Arbanville".

Answer: Cat Stevens

Released in 1970, this song by Cat Stevens is supposed to be about his girlfriend, Patti D'Arbanville. Its a beautiful song about a guy singing to his dead girlfriend(?)

Answer: Kashmir

"Kashmir", along with "Achilles' Last Stand" are probably two of the best Led Zep songs ever. All the band members agree that this is probably their best musical achievement.

Answer: Jeremy

A very popular Pearl Jam song, which was also accompanied six years later by an award winning video. Troublingly, in 1996 Barry Loukaitis, a junior-high student in Washington State, shot and killed two students and a teacher when he went to school. He claimed he was copying the video for this song.

source: www.songfacts.com

Answer: Breakfast at Tiffany's

Deep Blue Something's only hit, "Breakfast at Tiffany's" is the right answer. "Breakfast At Tiffany's" is a 1961 movie based on a book by Truman Capote. It starred Audrey Hepburn as Holly Golightly, a high-priced escort looking for a rich man to marry.
Interestingly, this was not the movie which actually inspired the lead singer of Deep Blue Something to write the song. It was actually 'Roman Holiday', but he thought "Breakfast At Tiffany's" sounded better.

Source: www.songfacts.com

5. Who sang the inspiring title song of the movie, 'Flashdance'?

Answer: Irene Cara

Irene Cara's chart busting song caught producers of the movie unawares as the soundtrack sold out faster than they could make the disks/ cassettes. The video, or at least the movie sequence where the song is played, has also been copied by artistes in their videos in recent times.

6. Connect the following: Spencer Elden, age 4 months A Brand of deodorant Buddhism Moulin Rouge

Answer: Smells Like Teen Spirit

One of Nirvana's Best known songs, 'Smells Like Teen Spirit', was actually inspired by graffiti scrawled on Kurt Cobain's wall by the singer of another band. At that time, Cobain was dating a girl who used the deodorant, 'Teen Spirit', hence the graffiti, "Kurt Cobain Smells Like Teen Spirit".
Spencer Elden was the name of the child used in the famous album cover.
The song was also used in the film, "Moulin Rouge", with permission from Courtney Love.

7. Another connection, another song. Connect the following: The opening words of the Kuran A renaissance astronomer The Lord of the Flies An Arabic word meaning "a stock character who turns out to be a boastful coward"

Answer: bohemian rhapsody

All the connections are words found in the lyrics of the song.

'Bismillah': The first word of the Quran
'Galileo': the astronomer
'Beelzebub': Another name for the Devil meaning 'Lord of the Flies'
'Scaramouche': "a stock character who turns out to be a boastful coward"

8. The song "Woke Up This Morning", by the band A3, is also the theme song for which popular television show?

Answer: The Sopranos

Strangely enough, the song has nothing to do with the mob or even gangsters generally. It is about an abused wife, who shot her husband after twenty years of taking his abuse.

9. Which of Bruce Springsteen's songs was named after a 1958 Robert Mitchum movie?

Answer: Thunder Road

Funnily enough, Springsteen hadn't seen the movie himself, but he liked the title so he used it for this song.

10. With which popular fictional character will one associate the "Imperial March" tune?

Answer: Darth Vader

The tune itself is based somewhat on the well known funeral march from Chopin's "Piano Sonata No. 2 in B flat Minor". Ironically, supposed to be one of Hitler's favourite pieces of music. It is played much more from the second movie in the hexology (..that is the correct word I think;)

Hope you enjoyed the quiz!

Source: Author almaster

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