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Snow Patrol Lyrics Trivia Quiz

The Irish quartet, Snow Patrol, made its US debut with their 2003 CD release "Final Straw." This quiz is about songs on that CD.

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

Author
havaguday

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
210,162

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
393

Last 3 plays: Guest 5 (2/10), Guest 86 (5/10), Lea1268 (5/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. What song is this lyric from?
"Please take it easy it can't all be my fault
I haven't made half the mistakes
That you've listed so far"
Hint

Somewhere a Clock is Ticking

Chocolate

Gleaming Auction

How to be Dead

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Question 2 of 10

2. What song is this lyric from?
"Light up, light up
As if you have a choice
Even if you cannot hear my voice
I'll be right beside you dear" Hint

Wow

Spitting Games

Run

Grazed Knees

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Question 3 of 10

3. What song is this lyric from?
"Is there a T-shirt I can wear
Coz I am soaking look at me
What do you mean I don't love you
I am standing here, aren't I"?
Hint

Ways and Means

Tiny Little Fractures

Whatever's Left

Gleaming Auction

4. Which song has this lyric?
"Buried deep in the telegram
I'm sure I never got
Was any clue of the whereabouts
Of all the things I'd lost
Just because you were right before
Doesn't mean you're right
To make up now would just vindicate
Every doubt I had"? Hint

Ways and Means

Somewhere a Clock is Ticking

Same

Gleaming Auction

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Question 5 of 10

5. What song is this lyric from?
"Maybe somewhere else
Will not be half as cold as me
The curtains drawn the winter sun
Makes patterns on your face
It looks like some kaleidoscopic breathing exercise" Hint

Same

Run

Grazed Knees

Wow

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which lyric is not included in the song, "Chocolate"? Hint

"I promise I'll do anything you ask...this time"

"This is the straw, final straw"

"This blanket is freezing, it's been out in the hall"

"This could be the very minute"

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which lyric is not included in the song "Spitting Games"? Hint

"My heart is bursting in your perfect eyes"

"It's not as if I need the extra weight"

"But after that the floodgates opened up"

"I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed"

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which is not a lyric in the song, "Wow"? Hint

"If you'd just take ten more steps to me"

"Just because I couldn't say doesn't make me a liar"

"Goodness knows I saw it coming"

"If it looks like it works and it feels like it works"

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which lyric is not in the song, "Ways and Means?" Hint

"Maybe I can do it if I put my back into it"

"But after that the floodgates opened up"

"Maybe I won't suffer if I find a way to love her"

"Breathing fire was never this much fun"

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Question 10 of 10

10. What does Snow Patrol ask of Mums and Dads of the World? (According to the CD jewel case insert.) Hint

Teach your children to love

Be patient with your children

Hug your children daily

Be aware of what your children are doing

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. What song is this lyric from? "Please take it easy it can't all be my fault I haven't made half the mistakes That you've listed so far"

Answer: How to be Dead

"How to be Dead" is Track 1 on "Final Straw." When it first starts, it sounds as if the CD is skipping, but it's just the introduction.

2. What song is this lyric from? "Light up, light up As if you have a choice Even if you cannot hear my voice I'll be right beside you dear"

Answer: Run

This song is the song that got me hooked on Snow Patrol. "Run" was the second single released in the US off of "Final Straw" disc. They performed it on Letterman in September 2004.

3. What song is this lyric from? "Is there a T-shirt I can wear Coz I am soaking look at me What do you mean I don't love you I am standing here, aren't I"?

Answer: Tiny Little Fractures

The lyrics for "Tiny Little Fractures," along with the rest of the songs, were written by Gary Lightbody, lead vocalist.

4. Which song has this lyric? "Buried deep in the telegram I'm sure I never got Was any clue of the whereabouts Of all the things I'd lost Just because you were right before Doesn't mean you're right To make up now would just vindicate Every doubt I had"?

Answer: Gleaming Auction

"Gleaming Auction" is the shortest song on the CD, at 2:06.

5. What song is this lyric from? "Maybe somewhere else Will not be half as cold as me The curtains drawn the winter sun Makes patterns on your face It looks like some kaleidoscopic breathing exercise"

Answer: Same

Had I put the next line of the song, the answer would have been easy. (The next line is "It's the Same" repeated 6 times.)

6. Which lyric is not included in the song, "Chocolate"?

Answer: "This blanket is freezing, it's been out in the hall"

The music video for "Chocolate" features people in a panic as the hourglass's sand drops. The band members are unaffected by this panic. As the final grains fall, nothing happens, and the music stops. The lead singer then flips the hourglass over, restarting the music, and the panic stricken people slowly get up and run away.

The out of place lyric is from "How to be Dead."

7. Which lyric is not included in the song "Spitting Games"?

Answer: "I've got this feeling that there's something that I missed"

"Spitting Games" was the first single released on the radio stateside from "Final Straw." The out of place lyric is from "Somewhere a Clock is Ticking."

8. Which is not a lyric in the song, "Wow"?

Answer: "Goodness knows I saw it coming"

The out of place lyric is from the song, "Chocolate."

9. Which lyric is not in the song, "Ways and Means?"

Answer: "But after that the floodgates opened up"

The out of place lyric is from "Spitting Games."

10. What does Snow Patrol ask of Mums and Dads of the World? (According to the CD jewel case insert.)

Answer: Be patient with your children

"Mums and dads of the world be patient with your children" is also found on the front page of the band's official web site.

Source: Author havaguday

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