Singing for their Supper Trivia Quiz

Answer: American Pie

Released in 1971, "American Pie", on an album of the same name is one of the most recognised Don McLean songs. The song is about the 1959 plane crash that killed Buddy Holly, The Big Bopper and Ritchie Valens. McLean's words "the day the music died" have become synonymous with the tragedy. Even though the title is food related the actual title "American Pie" has nothing to do with a pie or food.

The song is about being a true American and includes the song lyrics "Miss American Pie".

Answer: Coconut

Harry Nilsson recorded "Coconut" on his 1971 album, "Nilsson Schmilsson". Nilsson uses three different voices in the song to differentiate the characters. The general gist of the song is about a girl with a stomach ache that rings a doctor for advice. The doctor prescribes a drink with the humorous line of "put the lime in the coconut and drink 'em both together".

Answer: I Want Candy

The Strangeloves in 1965 sang the original version of "I Want Candy". Although Bow Wow Wow did not have a huge success in the charts with their 1982 release of "I Want Candy", it has become a new wave staple, thanks mainly to the video that received significant airplay in the early days of MTV.

Answer: Tutti Frutti

Tutti Frutti is an Italian dessert comprising of a mixture of fruit, usually mixed with ice cream. The song was originally released in 1951 by Little Richard without success. It was rereleased in 1955 after a performance by Little Richard where he banged his piano and screamed that he had been performing it for five years.

Answer: Bread and Butter

1964 and it is the Newbeats with their song "Bread and Butter". The Newbeats were successful with the song "Bread and Butter" as it reached the second spot on the Billboard Hot 100 chart in September 1964. During the 1970s and 1980s "Bread and Butter" was an advertising jingle for Schmidt Baking Company.

Answer: Toast and Marmalade for Tea

"Toast and Marmalade for Tea" was performed by an Australian group Tin Tin. The song was produced by Maurice Gibb of The Bee Gees fame. "Toast and Marmalade for Tea" gained the 20th spot on the Billboard Hot 100 list for the year 1971 and reached the tenth spot on Australia's Go-Set National Singles Chart in the same year.

Answer: Orange Crush

It was originally thought that the song "Orange Crush" was about a soft drink but it was really about Agent Orange, a chemical used in the Vietnam War. The father of Michael Stipe, the writer of the song, served in the Vietnam War and Stipe wrote the song as a tribute to those who fought there and for the injustices of the war.

Answer: Soul Cake

In 2009 Sting performed the song "Soul Cake". The origin of the song goes back to an old English tradition whereby they fed the dead on Halloween hoping that they would be satisfied and not come back for another year. As the dead were not hungry and did not eat the soul cake it became known instead as food for the poor.

Answer: Malted Milk

Originally "Malted Milk" was a Robert Leroy Johnson song. Eric Clapton was an admirer of Robert Leroy Johnson and chose "Malted Milk" as one of the featured songs for his "unplugged" sessions in 1992. The origin of the song is believed to be that malted milk meant a beer as it was released shortly after the end of prohibition.

Answer: Tangerine

Led Zeppelin of course are well known for their song "Stairway to Heaven" but there is so much more to them. Jimmy Page wrote the song "Tangerine" whilst he was with the Yardbirds but it was not released at that time. "Tangerine" was released by Led Zeppelin in 1970 on "Led Zeppelin III" album. The song was written by Page as a tribute to Jackie DeShannon after their breakup. Although the song is not actually about the fruit tangerine, tangerine is a citrus fruit.