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Stephin Merritt Trivia Quiz

A quiz about one of the best romantic pop songwriters. I'll give you a song, you pick the right band. Note: "Stephin Merritt" means his solo work, not songs he's sung with a particular band.

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

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Author
chicomaz

Time
3 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
136,322

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which group sings "Fear of Trains"? Hint

The Gothic Archies

The Magnetic Fields

Future Bible Heroes

The 6ths

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which of the following sang "I'm Lonely(and I Love it)"? Hint

Future Bible Heroes

Magnetic Fields

Stephen Merritt

The Gothic Archies

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Question 3 of 10

3. The song "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket" was recorded by which band? Hint

The 6ths

The Gothic Archies

Stephen Merritt

Magnetic Fields

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which group recorded "Aging Spinsters"? Hint

The Gothic Archies

Future Bible Heroes

Magnetic Fields

The 6ths

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which group sang "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long"? Hint

Future Bible Heroes

Stephin Merritt

Magnetic Fields

Gothic Archies

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which group sang "It's Useless to Struggle"? Hint

The 6ths

Future Bible Heroes

The Gothic Archies

Magnetic Fields

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which band sang "Rot in the Sun"? Hint

Magnetic Fields

Stephin Merritt

The 6ths

Future Bible Heroes

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which group sang "100,000 Fireflies"? Hint

The Gothic Archies

Magnetic Fields

Stephin Merritt

The 6ths

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who sang the song "Victorian Robots"? Hint

Future Bible Heroes

Stephin Merritt

The 6ths

The Gothic Archies

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Question 10 of 10

10. Who sang "Papa Was a Rodeo"? Hint

The 6ths

Future Bible Heroes

The Magnetic Fields

The Gothic Archies

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which group sings "Fear of Trains"?

Answer: The Magnetic Fields

This song is from "Charm of the Yellow Strip", the Magnetic Fields' country-tinged album.

2. Which of the following sang "I'm Lonely(and I Love it)"?

Answer: Future Bible Heroes

This was from the EP of the same name.

3. The song "Heaven in a Black Leather Jacket" was recorded by which band?

Answer: The 6ths

The 6ths is a project in which Stephin Merritt gets other people to sing the songs he's written.

4. Which group recorded "Aging Spinsters"?

Answer: The 6ths

I didn't include Stephin Merritt as an option as technically, he did sing the song himself, but it was under "The 6ths", from their first album "Wasp's Nest".

5. Which group sang "Fido, Your Leash Is Too Long"?

Answer: Magnetic Fields

This song has some fun with wordplay, as he uses carefully placed pauses with dog names, to make it seem like he's about to swear.

6. Which group sang "It's Useless to Struggle"?

Answer: The Gothic Archies

As the name suggests, the band can be described as "gothic pop".

7. Which band sang "Rot in the Sun"?

Answer: The 6ths

This was a B-side to "Heaven (In a Black Leather Jacket)". Both of the 6ths albums had equally difficult to pronounce album titles for those with lisps. The first was "Wasp's Nest" and the second was "Hyacinths and Thistles". Try saying them- it's not so easy, is it?

8. Which group sang "100,000 Fireflies"?

Answer: Magnetic Fields

This was taken from the album "Distant Plastic Trees", which comes with "The Wayward Bus" and featured Susan Anway on vocals. Stephin was not comfortable with his voice, so he had Susan do the vocals.

9. Who sang the song "Victorian Robots"?

Answer: Stephin Merritt

Taken from the soundtrack of the film "Eban and Charlie". Most of the tracks are instrumentals.

10. Who sang "Papa Was a Rodeo"?

Answer: The Magnetic Fields

Taken from the one of the albums in the boxed set "69 Love Songs". It had been quite some time since Stephin Merritt had released a Magnetic Fields record, so to make up for lost time, he decided to write 100 love songs, but settled on 69 instead, which could be bought in the boxed set, or 3 single CDs.

It is probably some of the best material the band has released, filled with the best song titles and lyrics.

Source: Author chicomaz

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