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1. 'Grandma's Feather Bed' is a song from 1974 by which artist?

Answer: John Denver

'Grandma's Feather Bed' is a song from John Denver's 1974 album 'Back Home Again'. The song was written by Jim Connor who played the banjo and harmonica on the album. Although John Denver was born in New Mexico he lived in Aspen, Colorado for much of his life and his love for the state of Colorado was well known.

After Denver died in a plane crash in 1997 his ashes were scattered in the Rocky Mountains in Colorado.

2. 'Loose Change', an EP originally released in 2010 by Ed Sheeran, features a song named after which item of furniture?

Answer: Sofa

The song 'Sofa' appears on the EP 'Loose Change' by English singer/songwriter Ed Sheeran. The EP was self financed by Sheeran and was released independently before the singer achieved mainstream success. Ed Sheeran was born in 1991 and originally gained attention for his music through YouTube before being signed by the label Asylum Records in 2011.

3. "Sittin' on the front porch on a summer afternoon in a straightback chair on two legs, leans against the wall" is the opening to the song 'My Tennessee Mountain Home' by which country music artist?

Answer: Dolly Parton

'My Tennessee Mountain Home' is the title track from Dolly Parton's 1973 album of the same name. The song, like the album as a whole, uses lots of imagery and reminiscences from Parton's rural childhood in Tennessee. Dolly Parton was born in 1946, she got her first big break in country music when she became a regular on 'The Porter Wagoner Show' before having a successful solo career.

She was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 1999.

4. British band The Beautiful South have a song named after which item of furniture?

Answer: Rocking chair

'The Rocking Chair' is a song from the 1992 album '0898 Beautiful South' the third studio album by the band. The Beautiful South formed in the English city of Hull in 1988 and released ten studio albums before splitting up in 2007.

5. "Whoo-ee, ride me high tomorrow's the day that my bride's gonna come. Whoo-ee, are we gonna fly? Down into the easy chair" is the chorus from which song by Bob Dylan?

Answer: You Ain't Going Nowhere

'You Ain't Going Nowhere' was written by Bob Dylan in 1967 although it was first recorded by the group The Byrds who released a version in 1968. Dylan did not release his recording of the song until 1971 when it was featured on the compilation album 'Bob Dylan's Greatest Hits Vol. II'.

6. Kid Creole and the Coconuts sang about what kind of pigeon?

Answer: Stool pigeon

'Stool Pigeon' was the second single from Kid Creole and the Coconuts 1982 album 'Tropical Gangsters'. The term stool pigeon is slang for a police informant. August Darnell, the founder of the band and the writer of 'Stool Pigeon', was inspired to write the song after reading an article about a former Mafia member who had given up information about his associates in exchange for release from prison.

7. Rihanna sang about what kind of 'King Bed' in a 2011 song?

Answer: California

'California King Bed' is a song from Rihanna's 2010 album 'Loud'. The song was released as a single in 2011 and reached number 37 on the US Billboard Top 100. Rihanna was born Robyn Rihanna Fenty in 1988 on the Caribbean island of Barbados. Her first album 'Music of the Sun' was released in 2005.

8. The 1994 song 'The Cheap Seats' by Alabama is about which sport?

Answer: Baseball

'The Cheap Seats' is the third single from the 1993 album of the same name by the band Alabama. The song is about watching and being a fan of a minor league baseball club in a mid-size US town. In 1994 ESPN used the song to introduce their coverage of Minor League Baseball which was being shown due to an MLB strike.

9. 'Armchair Detective' is a 2007 song by which band?

Answer: Reverend and the Makers

'Armchair Detective' is a song from 'The State of Things', the debut album from the British band Reverend and the Makers. Reverend and the makers formed in 2005 in the English city of Sheffield; they take their name from the nickname of the lead singer Jon McClure who is nicknamed The Reverend.

10. "The news people said 'Say, what you doing in bed?' I said, 'We're only trying to get us some peace'" is a lyric from 'The Ballad of John and Yoko', a song by which British band?

Answer: The Beatles

'The Ballad of John and Yoko' was a 1969 single released by The Beatles and reached number one in the UK charts. It was the final UK number one single by The Beatles. The song was written by John Lennon and Paul McCartney and was inspired by John and Yoko's wedding and honeymoon.

The lyrics quoted in this question refer to the couples' 'bed-in for peace' at the Hilton Hotel in Amsterdam which was intended as a peace protest and a protest against the Vietnam War.

Source: Author Stoaty

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Sit Down and Listen Trivia Quiz

Sit down and listen to these questions on songs which all relate to beds or seats of one type or another. Some of the songs may be a little obscure but the pictures provide an extra clue.

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