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Musical Invertebrates Trivia Quiz

As part of "Mike and Row's Invertebrate Inquizitions" I give you another helping of 'spineless music'. These songs, and/or artists, all mention invertebrates somewhere in their name or lyrics.

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
323,634

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
5567

Last 3 plays: Kalibre (5/10), Hawkmoon1307 (4/10), alythman (6/10).

Question 1 of 10

1. The song "Boris the Spider" reached number four in the UK Album charts in 1966, as it was included on the album "A Quick One". Which band sang it? Hint

The Rolling Stones

The Animals

The Beatles

The Who

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Question 2 of 10

2. "There's a worm at the bottom of the garden,
And his name is ______"
What completes this line from the popular children's song? Hint

Diggly Doo

Piggly Poo

Looby Loo

Wiggly Woo

3. Many people know the refrain "Day-Oh, Day-ay-ay-Oh" and the line about the "deadly black tarantula", from the "Banana Boat Song", but do you know which singer, known as the "King of Calypso," made it his signature song after he had a Top 5 hit on the US Billboard Chart in the late 1950s? Hint

Harold Richardson

Harry Belafonte

Alerth Bedassa

Denzil Laing

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which band had a song with these lyrics?
"Cata cata cata caterpillar girl
flowing in and filling up my hopeless heart"
Hint

The Smiths

The Cure

Icicle Works

Wang Chung

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which band released an album called "Maggot Brain" in 1971? Hint

Funkadelic

Yes

Electric Light Orchestra

Pink Floyd

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which song, most memorably performed by the Nashville Teens, has these lyrics?
"Jump in me old jeep wagon, bump it to the banks of the river
Dig me a worm, and a cricket squirm, and a wade out into the water"
Hint

Catfish John

Google Eye

Shanendoah

Red River Rock

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Question 7 of 10

7. In the song "High Hopes" by Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids", what does the ant do that "everyone knows an ant can't"? Hint

Punch a hole in a dam

Knock a wall right down

Pop a balloon kerplop

Move a rubber tree plant

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which rock band released the album "Fly on the Wall" in 1985? Hint

Deep Purple

Iron Maiden

AC/DC

Black Sabbath

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which Disney film featured the song "Ugly Bug Ball"? Hint

Darby O'Gill and the Little People

Bedknobs and Broomsticks

Summer Magic

Song of the South

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song do these lyrics come from?
"You got the butterflies all tied up,
Don't make me chase you" Hint

The Reflex

3am Eternal

The Sun Always Shines on TV

When Doves Cry

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. The song "Boris the Spider" reached number four in the UK Album charts in 1966, as it was included on the album "A Quick One". Which band sang it?

Answer: The Who

"A Quick One" was released with the title "Happy Jack" in the United States, and the song Happy Jack replaced "Heat Wave" in the track listing. "Boris the Spider" was written by John Entwistle.

2. "There's a worm at the bottom of the garden, And his name is ______" What completes this line from the popular children's song?

Answer: Wiggly Woo

"Worm at the Bottom of the Garden" was written by Billy Scott Coomber, who was popular in Britain in the 1930s. He was an American jazz musician, and often featured in Pathe Newsreels and short films of the time.

Answer: Harry Belafonte

Harry Belafonte had seven hits on the UK Singles Charts in the 1950s. His biggest success was "Mary's Boy Child" which reached number one in 1957, and re-entered the Chart, reaching number 10, in 1958.
"Banana Boat Song" reached number 3 in the UK, in 1957.

4. Which band had a song with these lyrics? "Cata cata cata caterpillar girl flowing in and filling up my hopeless heart"

Answer: The Cure

The song is called "The Caterpillar", and was a number fourteen hit on the UK Singles Chart, in 1984.
The Cure had seventeen hits on the UK Charts during the 1980s.

5. Which band released an album called "Maggot Brain" in 1971?

Answer: Funkadelic

The title track from the album features Eddie Hazel playing guitar, and has been voted onto several lists of the "Best Guitar Solo" or "Best Guitar Track" of all time over the years since its release.

6. Which song, most memorably performed by the Nashville Teens, has these lyrics? "Jump in me old jeep wagon, bump it to the banks of the river Dig me a worm, and a cricket squirm, and a wade out into the water"

Answer: Google Eye

"Google Eye" was actually written by John Loudermilk.
The Nashville Teens' version made it into the Top Ten in the UK Singles Chart in 1964.

7. In the song "High Hopes" by Frank Sinatra "and a bunch of kids", what does the ant do that "everyone knows an ant can't"?

Answer: Move a rubber tree plant

"High Hopes" actually won an Oscar for Best Original Song in 1959, when it was featured in the film "A Hole in the Head". It peaked at number six on the UK Singles Charts of that year.

8. Which rock band released the album "Fly on the Wall" in 1985?

Answer: AC/DC

"Fly on the Wall" was AC/DC's tenth studio album, and was the first to feature Simon Wright on drums.

9. Which Disney film featured the song "Ugly Bug Ball"?

Answer: Summer Magic

"Summer Magic" was released in 1963, and starred Hayley Mills, and Burl Ives, who also sang "Ugly Bug Ball" for the soundtrack.
The book on which the film was based was written by Kate Wiggin, who also wrote "Rebecca of Sunnybrook Farm".

10. Which song do these lyrics come from? "You got the butterflies all tied up, Don't make me chase you"

Answer: When Doves Cry

"When Doves Cry" was the first single to be released from Prince's 1984 album "Purple Rain". It reached number four in the UK Singles Chart, doing better than the title track which only made it to number 8.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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