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Quiz about My Street Is Alive With The Sound Of Music
Quiz about My Street Is Alive With The Sound Of Music

My Street Is Alive With The Sound Of Music Quiz


You will find the answers to these musical questions if you follow the conversations I have with the people I meet on my street. UK chart: "Guinness Book of British Hit Singles". US chart: Joel Whitburn's "Billboard book of Top Pop Singles".

A multiple-choice quiz by shipyardbernie. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
341,416
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
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Question 1 of 10
1. I've just come out of the bank on the corner and there are four lads asking me where they can find a fireman with a clean machine. "Not in my street," I say. Can you direct them to the right place? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. There are five lads by the garage at the end of my street, and they shout "Hey you! Where can we get our kicks around here?" I say, "You won't get any satisfaction in my street, guys, so you had better get rolling". Can you help these young gentlemen find the place they want? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Walking down my street I see a guy picking up cigarette butts and trying to undo some door locks. Then he asked, "Is this Bangor, Maine?" I said, "You are way off track, mate; this is swinging England". He walked of towards the railway station eating a little green apple and muttering what sounded like "Dang me". I thought, "Who does he think he is: royalty?" Perhaps you could tell me. Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. I was talking to brothers David and Raymond outside my house and I asked, "Are you thinking of moving in next door?" Raymond said, "Definitely not because it looks like a dead end street and we are going back to London to see my friends and watch the sunset in Waterloo". What group were they part of? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. There was this young English group with an American name looking for a tobacconist shop in my street, but I told them they wouldn't find any tobacco on this road. Can you name them? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. There are a group of people driving really fast down my street with keyboards in the back of their car. Someone tells me they are German and I tell them they will have to go back to Germany and drive on the autobahn if they want to go so fast. Can you tell me who they are? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. A guy named Gerry stopped me in the street and asked me if I knew where a Mr. S. Holmes lived. I told him I didn't know. Do you? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. A girl named Martha and her friends were having a good time in the street until the local busybody told them what they were doing wasn't allowed in the street and they should go to a club to do it. What were Martha and her friends doing in the street? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Looking out of my window I could only see these guys from the neck up and there seemed to be a lot of conversation between them. I don't think they knew what road they were on or where they were going when they left my street. Can you tell which road they are on? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. I saw this guy coming out of the barber's shop in my street with his hair blowing in the wind. He said to me, "I am looking for a street between 3rd and 5th street". I said, "Duh! That's a difficult one. Are you absolutely positive that's the street you want?" He said, "Yes, that's where I am meeting up with the band" and went on his way. I forgot to ask him his name; do you know it? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. I've just come out of the bank on the corner and there are four lads asking me where they can find a fireman with a clean machine. "Not in my street," I say. Can you direct them to the right place?

Answer: Penny Lane

"Penny Lane" reached number two on the UK chart in 1967. It was number one for one week on the US pop chart the same year.

"Penny Lane" brought to an end a run of 11 consecutive number one hits on the UK chart. If it had not been kept off the top spot by "Release Me" by Engelbert Humperdinck, The Beatles would have had 18 consecutive number one hits on the UK chart. If you have a US promo single copy of "Penny Lane" with the added piccolo trumpet at the end of the song similar to the version on "Anthology 2", get it valued as it is extremely rare.
2. There are five lads by the garage at the end of my street, and they shout "Hey you! Where can we get our kicks around here?" I say, "You won't get any satisfaction in my street, guys, so you had better get rolling". Can you help these young gentlemen find the place they want?

Answer: Route 66

The Rolling Stones recorded their version of "Route 66" for their debut album "The Rolling Stones". It reached number one on the UK album chart in 1964. As "England's Newest Hit Makers/The Rolling Stones", it reached number 11 on the Billboard US album charts the same year.

"(Get Your Kicks On) Route 66" was written by Bobby Troup in 1946 and Nat King Cole was the first singer to record the song. It has been recorded by many others including Perry Como, Chuck Berry, Jerry Lee Lewis, Tom Petty and Skrewdriver. The actual US highway ran from Chicago, Illinois to Los Angeles, California, covering eight states in all. Although it also ran through Kansas, the state and none of its towns are mentioned in the lyrics.
3. Walking down my street I see a guy picking up cigarette butts and trying to undo some door locks. Then he asked, "Is this Bangor, Maine?" I said, "You are way off track, mate; this is swinging England". He walked of towards the railway station eating a little green apple and muttering what sounded like "Dang me". I thought, "Who does he think he is: royalty?" Perhaps you could tell me.

Answer: Roger Miller

Country singer/songwriter/guitarist Roger Miller had a number four hit on the US pop chart with "King of the Road" in 1965. It was number one for one week on the UK chart the same year and was his only UK Top Ten hit.

He had over 40 hits on the Billboard Country chart. He also had five Top Ten hits on the US pop chart: "Dang Me" number seven in 1964, "Chug-A-Lug" number nine in 1964, "Engine, Engine #9" number seven in 1965 and "England Swings" number eight in 1965.
4. I was talking to brothers David and Raymond outside my house and I asked, "Are you thinking of moving in next door?" Raymond said, "Definitely not because it looks like a dead end street and we are going back to London to see my friends and watch the sunset in Waterloo". What group were they part of?

Answer: The Kinks

The Kinks had a number five hit on the UK chart with "Dead End Street" in 1966. It reached number 73 on the US pop chart in 1967.

The original group were brothers Ray (rhythm guitar & lead vocals) and Dave Davies (lead guitar and vocals), Pete Quaife (bass guitar and vocals) and Mick Avory (drums). They were formed in Muswell Hill London in 1964. They had 13 UK Top Ten hits between 1964 and 1970 which included three number one hits. In the US they had five Top Ten hits between 1964 and 1983. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1990.
5. There was this young English group with an American name looking for a tobacconist shop in my street, but I told them they wouldn't find any tobacco on this road. Can you name them?

Answer: The Nashville Teens

The Nashville Teens had a number six hit on the UK chart with "Tobacco Road" in 1964. It reached number 14 on the US pop chart the same year.

The Nashville Teens (a six piece band at the time of this hit but had various line-up changes) were formed in Weybridge Surrey UK in 1962. They had two UK Top 10 hits in 1964. "Tobacco Road" written by John D. Loudermilk was their only US top ten hit.
6. There are a group of people driving really fast down my street with keyboards in the back of their car. Someone tells me they are German and I tell them they will have to go back to Germany and drive on the autobahn if they want to go so fast. Can you tell me who they are?

Answer: Kraftwerk

Kraftwerk had a number 11 hit on the UK chart with "Autobahn" in 1975. It reached number 25 on the US pop chart the same year. It reached number nine on the German chart.

"Autobahn" was written by members of the group, Florian Schneider, Ralf Hutter and Emil Schult. It was their first song with lyrics.
7. A guy named Gerry stopped me in the street and asked me if I knew where a Mr. S. Holmes lived. I told him I didn't know. Do you?

Answer: Baker Street

Gerry Rafferty had a number three hit on the UK chart with "Baker Street" in 1978. It got stuck at number two for six weeks on the US pop chart the same year.

Gerry Rafferty was born in Paisley Scotland in 1947. After a stint busking on the London underground in the '60s, he joined a three man group called The Humblebums in 1969. The trio then became a duo with Gerry and comedian Billy Connolly (Billy who?) but they went their separate ways in 1971. He went solo but then joined Stealers Wheel in 1972 and they had the international hit "Stuck in the Middle With You", which was featured in the movie "Reservoir Dogs" two decades later. He then went solo again.
8. A girl named Martha and her friends were having a good time in the street until the local busybody told them what they were doing wasn't allowed in the street and they should go to a club to do it. What were Martha and her friends doing in the street?

Answer: Dancing

Martha and The Vandellas had a number two hit on the US pop chart with "Dancing in the Street" in 1964. It reached number 28 on the UK chart in 1964 and number four on re-entry to the UK chart in 1969.

The original members of Martha and The Vandellas 1962 - 1964 were Martha Reeves, Rosalind Ashford and Annette Beard. Betty Kelly replaced Annette Beard 1964 - 1967. The group had six US Top Ten hits between 1963 and 1967. They had one UK Top Ten hit when "Dancing in the Street" re-entered the UK chart in 1969. The group was inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 1995.
9. Looking out of my window I could only see these guys from the neck up and there seemed to be a lot of conversation between them. I don't think they knew what road they were on or where they were going when they left my street. Can you tell which road they are on?

Answer: Road to Nowhere

Talking Heads had a number six hit on the UK chart with "Road to Nowhere" in 1985. It was their only UK Top Ten hit. It did not chart in the US.

The group David Byrne (vocals, guitar), Tina Weymouth (bass guitar) and Chris Frantz (drums) got together in 1974 and after a name change became Talking Heads. Jerry Harrison (keyboards, guitar) joined in 1977 from The Modern Lovers. They were inducted into the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2002.
10. I saw this guy coming out of the barber's shop in my street with his hair blowing in the wind. He said to me, "I am looking for a street between 3rd and 5th street". I said, "Duh! That's a difficult one. Are you absolutely positive that's the street you want?" He said, "Yes, that's where I am meeting up with the band" and went on his way. I forgot to ask him his name; do you know it?

Answer: Bob Dylan

Bob Dylan had a number seven hit on the US pop chart with "Positively 4th Street" in 1965. It reached number eight on the UK chart the same year.

Folk singer/songwriter Tom Paxton has never had any hits on the US pop chart, the US album chart or the UK singles chart. He has had three entries on the UK album chart, "The Complete Tom Paxton" reached number 18 on the UK album chart in 1971.

Folk singer/songwriter Pete Seeger had one hit on the US pop chart, "Little Boxes" reached number 70 in 1964. He has never had an album in the US album chart or a hit on the UK singles or album charts.

Folk-Rock singer/songwriter Gordon Lightfoot has had a number of hits on the US pop chart, "Sundown" was a number one hit for one week in 1974. It reached number 33 on the UK chart the same year. The album "Sundown" was number one for two weeks on the US album chart in 1974. It reached number 45 on the UK album chart the same year.
Source: Author shipyardbernie

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