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10 Question Music Quiz: Name the Artist | Lyrics Mixture

Guess the artist from the lyrics - late 80s, 90s and 00s with a rock/indie edge.

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

Author
alishabeth

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
192,453

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Tough

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Question 1 of 10

1. Who sang these words?
"Sleight of hand and twist of fate.
On a bed of nails she makes me wait." Hint

Greenday

UB40

Radio Head

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which band sang the lyrics?
"Well I've been in town for just about fifteen minutes now
And baby I feel so down and I don't know why."
Hint

Longwave

The Verve

The Shins

The Strokes

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Question 3 of 10

3. Read the following lyrics and tell me who sang them.
"I've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino.
Walked the sand with the crustaceans." Hint

The Cure

Pixies

The Smiths

Nirvana

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Question 4 of 10

4. What is the name the group who sang these words?
"Wake up the dawn and ask her why
A dreamer dreams she never dies
Wipe that tear away now from your eye." Hint

Blur

Embrace

The Verve

Oasis

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who sang these lyrics?
"Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones
Turn into something beautiful." Hint

Travis

Starsailor

Longwave

Coldplay

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who sang the following lyrics?
"There's things I want
There's things I think I want
There's things I've had
There's things I wanna have."
Hint

Stereophonics

Oasis

Jet

Kings of Leon

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which band sang these lyrics?
"Say you're leavin' on the seven thirty train
And that you're heading out to Hollywood." Hint

Guns 'n' Roses

Black Sabbath

Aerosmith

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which band sung these words?
"So slide over here,
And give me a moment.
Your moves are so raw,
I've got to let you know." Hint

The Police

The Stone Roses

The Verve

INXS

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who sung the following lyrics?
"We don't talk about love we only want to get drunk.
And we are not allowed to spend
As we are told that this is the end."
Hint

Blur

The Pet Shop Boys

Happy Mondays

Manic Street Preachers

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Question 10 of 10

10. And finally, which band sang these lyrics?
"These boots were made for walking
The Marquis de Sade don't wear no boots like these
Gold's just around the corner" Hint

Supergrass

Nancy Sinatra

Stone Roses

Embrace

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who sang these words? "Sleight of hand and twist of fate. On a bed of nails she makes me wait."

Answer: U2

Lyrics from U2 "With or Without You" - taken from their 1990 album "The Joshua Tree" and a popular song for Ross and Rachel in the early episodes of "Friends".

2. Which band sang the lyrics? "Well I've been in town for just about fifteen minutes now And baby I feel so down and I don't know why."

Answer: The Strokes

From the song "Last Night" - taken from The Strokes album "Is This It?".

3. Read the following lyrics and tell me who sang them. "I've kissed mermaids, rode the el nino. Walked the sand with the crustaceans."

Answer: Pixies

Lyrics from the track "Wave of Mutilation" by the Pixies from their 1989 album "Doolittle" - also featured in cult classic "Pump up the Volume" with Christian Slater.

4. What is the name the group who sang these words? "Wake up the dawn and ask her why A dreamer dreams she never dies Wipe that tear away now from your eye."

Answer: Oasis

The song is "Champagne Supernova", and it is taken from Oasis' 1995 album "(What's the Story) Morning Glory". The song is over 7 minutes in length.

5. Who sang these lyrics? "Your skin, Oh yeah your skin and bones Turn into something beautiful."

Answer: Coldplay

"Yellow" was Coldplay's first UK single which featured on their number one album in the UK "Parachutes", which was released in 2000. Since then Chris Martin, the bands front man, has gone on to release another number one album "A Rush of Blood to the Head" and work on other artists tracks such as Jamelia and Embrace.

6. Who sang the following lyrics? "There's things I want There's things I think I want There's things I've had There's things I wanna have."

Answer: Stereophonics

This song, "Just Looking", was a UK hit single which featured on the Stereophonics' album "Performance and Cocktails".

7. Which band sang these lyrics? "Say you're leavin' on the seven thirty train And that you're heading out to Hollywood."

Answer: Aerosmith

"Crazy" featured on Aerosmith's 1994 "Big Ones" album and featured Steven Tyler's daughter Liv in the video. Liv is one of today's top movie stars, appearing in "The Lord of the Rings" movies.

8. Which band sung these words? "So slide over here, And give me a moment. Your moves are so raw, I've got to let you know."

Answer: INXS

The lyrics are from the track "Need You Tonight" taken from INXS's 1987 album "Kick".

9. Who sung the following lyrics? "We don't talk about love we only want to get drunk. And we are not allowed to spend As we are told that this is the end."

Answer: Manic Street Preachers

"Design for Life" was a single track taken from the Manic Street Preachers 1996 album "Everything Must Go".

10. And finally, which band sang these lyrics? "These boots were made for walking The Marquis de Sade don't wear no boots like these Gold's just around the corner"

Answer: Stone Roses

Manchester band, The Stone Roses, released "Fool's Gold" on their 1990 album - "The Stone Roses". The Stone Roses split in 1996 with members forming a new band called the Seahorses, joining Primal Scream and the front man Ian Brown continuing as a solo act.

Source: Author alishabeth

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