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Quiz about Nice Day for It Ten Songs About the Weather

'Nice Day for It...' Ten Songs About the Weather Quiz

Nobody talks about the weather like us British; here are ten songs about different types of weather, you choose the correct act.

A multiple-choice quiz by Mutchisman. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
Mutchisman

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
253,179

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
4035

Last 3 plays: turtle52 (9/10), FrappMaster (10/10), MargW (7/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which of these groups had a hit single with "Riders on the Storm"? Hint

Love

The Byrds

The Beach Boys

The Doors

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which blues legend wrote and had a hit with "Smokestack Lightning"? Hint

Muddy Waters

Howlin' Wolf

Blind Boy Fuller

Ray Charles

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Question 3 of 10

3. "Sunshine of Your Love" was a hit for which British 'sixties act? Hint

The Yardbirds

Cream

Traffic

Blind Faith

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Question 4 of 10

4. "Blowing in the Wind" has been covered many, many times but who wrote it? Hint

Lennon/McCartney

Bob Dylan

Neil Young

Joan Baez

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Question 5 of 10

5. "Summer Breeze" was first taken into the American charts by Seals and Crofts in 1972. Two years later the song was covered by which act? Hint

The Walker Brothers

The Isley Brothers

The Four Tops

The Temptations

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Question 6 of 10

6. The first record played on BBC Radio 1 was "Flowers in the Rain". Which Birmingham UK band recorded this? Hint

The Move

Traffic

The Moody Blues

The Idle Race

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Fog on the Tyne" was a number one album for this band in 1971 but the title track didn't enter the single charts until 1990. Can you remember who sang it? Hint

The Strawbs

Lindisfarne

Geordie

Fairport Convention

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Thunder" was a 1992 hit for which act? Hint

Prince

Stevie Wonder

Michael Jackson

George Michael

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who had a hit with "Always the Sun"? Hint

The Pogues

The Clash

The Stranglers

The Damned

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Hail to the Thief" was a fourth number one album for which band in 2003? Hint

Muse

Oasis

REM

Radiohead

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Nov 20 2024 : turtle52: 9/10
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which of these groups had a hit single with "Riders on the Storm"?

Answer: The Doors

A posthumous hit for Jim Morrison, "Riders on the Storm" entered the charts a few weeks after the great man's death in Paris.

2. Which blues legend wrote and had a hit with "Smokestack Lightning"?

Answer: Howlin' Wolf

Covered by many blues acts including The Yardbirds (who altered and added to the original lyrics), few are brave enough to emulate Howlin' Wolf's famous howl; electrifying and scary.

3. "Sunshine of Your Love" was a hit for which British 'sixties act?

Answer: Cream

I guess most of you already know the links between these groups but just in case; Eric Clapton was a member of The Yardbirds, Cream and Blind Faith; Steve Winwood was in Traffic and Blind Faith; Ginger Baker was in Cream and Blind Faith, great bands all.

4. "Blowing in the Wind" has been covered many, many times but who wrote it?

Answer: Bob Dylan

Both Joan Baez and Neil Young have covered "Blowing in the Wind" but it was written by Bob Dylan. The highest chart position that the song achieved in Britain was number thirteen; Peter, Paul and Mary achieved this in 1963.

5. "Summer Breeze" was first taken into the American charts by Seals and Crofts in 1972. Two years later the song was covered by which act?

Answer: The Isley Brothers

"Summer Breeze" got to number sixteen in 1974. The Isley Brothers' first hit in Britain was with "Twist and Shout" in 1963, a song covered by a band from Liverpool, can't think of their name.

6. The first record played on BBC Radio 1 was "Flowers in the Rain". Which Birmingham UK band recorded this?

Answer: The Move

BBC Radio 1 started broadcasting in 1967, it was the first authorised radio station in the UK dedicated to playing pop and rock music. Before this we had to listen to the 'pirate stations' broadcasting from the North sea.

7. "Fog on the Tyne" was a number one album for this band in 1971 but the title track didn't enter the single charts until 1990. Can you remember who sang it?

Answer: Lindisfarne

Lindisfarne were from the Newcastle area and the 1990 version of "Fog on the Tyne" included vocals by local footballer Paul Gascoigne; I'm sure it was 'Gazza's' beautiful voice that had people buying this version!

8. "Thunder" was a 1992 hit for which act?

Answer: Prince

The credits from this hit went to Prince and the New Power Generation. It reached number 28 in the UK charts.

9. Who had a hit with "Always the Sun"?

Answer: The Stranglers

"Always the Sun" was a later hit for The Stranglers reaching number 30 in 1986. Previously they had achieved six top ten hits.

10. "Hail to the Thief" was a fourth number one album for which band in 2003?

Answer: Radiohead

Although "Hail to the Thief" was certainly a successful album, its fourteen week run on the chart doesn't bear too much comparison with Radiohead's "The Bends" which spent over three years in the top one hundred!

Source: Author Mutchisman

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