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Ride the Wild Trivia Quiz

A great quiz to check your general Queen knowledge. Let me entertain you!

A multiple-choice quiz by gigi17. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
gigi17

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
156,403

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
1456

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Question 1 of 10

1. Let's start with a rather easy one. This quiz is called "Ride the Wild quiz". I'm sure you know it's because of the song "Ride The Wild Wind", but, which album is this song from? Hint

The Miracle

A Night At The Opera

Innuendo

A Day At The Races

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who was the singer in the pre-Queen band Smile where Roger and Brian played? Hint

Tim Staffel

Freddie Mercury

Barry Mitchel

John Stanford

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which British TV series did the video of "I Want To Break Free" recreate? Hint

The Ingall's Family

Coronation Street

Crown Street

Coronation Road

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which was the first Queen single released? Hint

"Keep Yourself Alive"/ "Son and Daughter"

"Keep Yourself Alive"/ "Doing All Right"

"My Fairy King"/ "Liar"

"Seven Seas of Rhye..."/ "Son and Daughter"

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Question 5 of 10

5. What's John Deacon's middle name? Hint

Richard

Harold

Meddows

Daniel

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which song are these lines from? "There's all the more reason for laughing and crying. When you're younger and life isn't too hard at all"

Hint

Tenement Funster

The Millionaire Waltz

Lily of the Valley

Drowse

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Question 7 of 10

7. There's a line in "Now I'm Here" which says "down in the city just Hoople and me". What or who is Hoople? Hint

Mott the Hoople is a band Queen played support act for in the early seventies.

Mark Hoople. He was a friend of Freddie's.

Hoople was Brian's girlfriend's nickname.

Star Hoople. It was a band that recorded a song with Smile.

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Question 8 of 10

8. Whose girlfriend is the girl in the videoclip of the song "Breakthru"? Hint

Roger's

John's

Brian's

She was the producer's girlfriend

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Question 9 of 10

9. There's a phrase I like too much. I'd like you to tell me which ALBUM is it from. "You have learnt how to teach then forgot how to learn." Hint

Innuendo

Made In Heaven

Sheer Heart Attack

A Day At The Races

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Question 10 of 10

10. Brian has three copies of his hand-made guitar, the amazing Red Special. What did he call them? Hint

Red One, Red Two, Red Three

Roger, Freddie and John

John, Paul and George

Blue Special, Green Special, Yellow Special

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Let's start with a rather easy one. This quiz is called "Ride the Wild quiz". I'm sure you know it's because of the song "Ride The Wild Wind", but, which album is this song from?

Answer: Innuendo

"Innuendo" was released in 1991, and it was the last Queen album that was released while Freddie Mercury was alive.

2. Who was the singer in the pre-Queen band Smile where Roger and Brian played?

Answer: Tim Staffel

Tim left the band in 1968 because he thought they wouldn't succeed. Some decades after that, he said he was glad he had left Smile, because if he hadn't done so, Queen would have never existed.

3. Which British TV series did the video of "I Want To Break Free" recreate?

Answer: Coronation Street

It was Roger's idea to make this videoclip.

4. Which was the first Queen single released?

Answer: "Keep Yourself Alive"/ "Son and Daughter"

Both tracks were written by Brian May. The single was released in 1972 and the songs were then included in Queen's first LP, called "Queen".

5. What's John Deacon's middle name?

Answer: Richard

Meddows is Roger Taylor's middle name and Harold is Brian May's.

6. Which song are these lines from? "There's all the more reason for laughing and crying. When you're younger and life isn't too hard at all"

Answer: Drowse

This song was included in the album "A Day at the Races". It was sung and written by Roger Taylor.

7. There's a line in "Now I'm Here" which says "down in the city just Hoople and me". What or who is Hoople?

Answer: Mott the Hoople is a band Queen played support act for in the early seventies.

Mott the Hoople is the only band which Queen played support act for.
All the other options were produced by my imagination. ;)

8. Whose girlfriend is the girl in the videoclip of the song "Breakthru"?

Answer: Roger's

Her name is Debbie Leng and she has two children with Roger.

9. There's a phrase I like too much. I'd like you to tell me which ALBUM is it from. "You have learnt how to teach then forgot how to learn."

Answer: A Day At The Races

If you chose "A Day At The Races" you might know it's from "White Man" - a very nice song written by Brian May.

10. Brian has three copies of his hand-made guitar, the amazing Red Special. What did he call them?

Answer: John, Paul and George

He named them after three of the Beatles (John Lennon, George Harrison and Paul McCartney). He is a big fan of them.

Source: Author gigi17

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