Stuck In The Middle Trivia Quiz

Answer: Killer

"Psycho Killer" was first recorded as a single by Talking Heads for their 1977 album "Talking Heads:77", despite them having performed it since the bands inception in 1974 when they were known as The Artistic. The song only reached position ninety-two on the US Billboard charts, but managed four top twenty chart positions in The Netherlands and Belgium respectively.

Queen recorded "Killer Queen" for their 1974 album "Sheer Heart Attack" and was the band's first US hit reaching a respectable twelfth position on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart. It did even better in the UK, reaching position two on the UK Singles chart.

Answer: Pressure

"Under Pressure" was written and recorded by Queen and David Bowie and features on Queen's 1981 album "Hot Space". The song reached top position on the UK Singles chart, but only charted at position twenty-nine on the US Billboard chart. The song is listed at position thirty-one on VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the '80s list.

The Maytals recorded "Pressure Drop" in 1970 for their album "Monkey man" and it features on the soundtrack of the 1972 film "The Harder They Come" starring reggae artist Jimmy Cliff. The song features at 453 on Rolling Stone's 500 Greatest Songs of All Time list and has been covered by Izzy Stradlin (Guns 'N Roses), Keith Richards (Rolling Stones) as well as The Clash.

Answer: Free

Queen recorded "I Want To Break Free" in 1984 for their eleventh studio album, "The Works". The song reached third position on the UK charts, and managed a forty-fifth position on the US charts, despite MTV having banned the music video for being too controversial. The music video shows all four members of the band dressed as women, supposedly as a parody of the soap opera "Coronation Street".

"Free Bird" is from Lynyrd Skynyrd's debut album, "(Pronounced 'Lĕh-'nérd 'Skin-'nérd)" recorded in 1973. "Free Bird" charted three times on the US Billboard charts. In 1974 it reached position eighty-seven, in 1975 it hit nineteenth place and a live version charted in 1977 at thirty-eighth position. It sits in third position on Guitar World's 100 Greatest Guitar Solos.

Answer: Crazy

Fine Young Cannibals released "She Drives Me Crazy" in 1988 from their album "The Raw & the Cooked". It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart as well as the US Billboard Hot Dance Music/Club Play Singles chart. The song reached number one in Australia, Canada and Spain. It was re-released in 1997, but only reached thirty-sixth place on the UK charts.

"Crazy Little Thing Called Love" is from Queen's 1979 album "The Game". The song topped the charts in the US, The Netherlands, Mexico, Canada and Australia and reached second place on the UK charts. The album itself, reached top spot on the UK and US charts and was certified gold in the UK, but platinum in the US. It even managed a respectable fifth place on the Japanese album charts.

Answer: Radio

Autograph recorded "Turn Up The Radio" for their debut album "Sign in Please"(1984). The song reached position twenty-nine on the US Billboard chart and seventeenth place on US Mainstream Rock chart. Autograph released seven albums between 1984 and 2016. "Turn Up The Radio" was listed on VH1's 2009 100 Greatest Rock Songs list.

"Radio Ga Ga" is from Queen's 1984 album "The Works". The song topped the charts in a number of countries and managed a number two spot on the UK charts, but only managed sixteenth on the US Billboard Hot 100. The worst chart position was in France, where it only reached twenty-eighth place.

Answer: Dust

Queen recorded "Another One Bites The Dust" for their 1980 album "The Game". It topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, second place on the Hot Soul Singles chart as well as the Disco Top 100 chart. The song was nominated for a Grammy award in 1981 for Best Rock Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, but lost to Bob Seger's "Against The Wind".

"Dust in the Wind" is from the 1977 Kansas album "Point of Know Return". The song reached number six on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart, but did reach top spot on the Canadian RPM Top Adult Contemporary chart. The album reached fourth place on the US Billboard 200 chart in 1978.

Answer: Magic

"A Kind of Magic" was recorded for the album of the same name released by Queen in 1986, written for the 1986 film "Highlander" which starred Christopher Lambert and Sean Connery. The song reached third place on the UK Singles chart and number forty-two on the US Billboard Hot 100.

Steppenwolf recorded "Magic Carpet Ride" in 1968 for their album "The Second". It reached number three on the US charts. The song was rerecorded in 1988 with Grandmaster Flash and the Furious Five and was released on their album "On the Strength". Steppenwolf's original release features in the 1969 film "Easy Rider", starring Peter Fonda and Dennis Hopper.

Answer: Princes

Spin Doctors recorded "Two Princes" for their 1993 album "Pocket Full of Kryptonite". The song reached seventh position on the US charts and third on the UK charts. VH1's 100 Greatest Songs of the 90s has the song at position forty-one. It did manage to top two charts, US Billboard Top 40 Mainstream as well as the Swedish Singles chart.

"Princes of the Universe" was written for the soundtrack of the 1986 film "Highlander" and was released on Queen's 1986 album "A Kind of Magic". The song did not chart on the US charts and was never released as a single in the UK.

Answer: Forever

"Who Wants to Live Forever" was recorded for the "Highlander" film soundtrack and released on the 1986 album "A Kind of Magic". The song reached position twenty-four on the UK chart. German band, Dune, covered the song for their 1996 album "Forever" and charted at position three on the Austrian chart and number nine on the Swiss chart.

Neil Diamond recorded "Forever in Blue Jeans" in 1978 for his "You Don't Bring Me Flowers" album. The song reached twentieth place on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart and second place on the Easy Listening chart. The album features the notable duet with Barbara Streisand, "You Don't Bring Me Flowers Anymore" which topped the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Answer: All

"I Want It All" is from Queen's 1989 album "The Miracle". The song reached third place on the UK Singles chart as well as the US Billboard Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks chart. The album was certified silver in the UK and topped the UK album charts. It only reached position twenty-four on the US Billboard 200 chart.

Bob Dylan recorded "All Along The Watchtower" for his 1968 album "John Wesley Harding". A notable cover of the song was done by the Jimi Hendrix Experience and released on their album "Electric Ladyland" in the same year as Dylan's original. Hendrix's cover went to number five on the UK charts and reached twentieth position on the US Billboard chart.