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Quiz about The Obvious Advantages of Being British

The Obvious Advantages of Being British Quiz

British musicians have released a wealth of excellent music for the world to enjoy, particularly during the 1980s. Let's see how many you can name based on lyrics from their songs! Good Luck!

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

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leviathanlotl

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5 mins

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Multiple Choice

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332,790

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which band released a song with these lyrics?

"In touch with the ground,
I'm on the hunt I'm after you
Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd..." Hint

Duran Duran

Power Station

Arcadia

Simon Le Bon

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which band performed a song with these lyrics?

"Red army calls you
Red army needs you

Gentlemen you heard this call
Raised your glass and called for more
Only young men broke the wall" Hint

David Sylvian

Japan

Dalis Car

Porcupine Tree

3. True or False? The following lyrics are from a Kate Bush song:

"Here I go!
It's coming for me through the trees
Help me, someone!
Help me, please!

Take my shoes off and throw them in the lake,
And I'll be two steps on the water..."

True

False

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which band gave us these lyrics?

"Funny how I find myself in love with you,
If I could buy my reasoning, I'd pay to lose,
One half won't do..." Hint

The The

No Doubt

The Psychedelic Furs

Talk Talk

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which new romantic band sang these lyrics?

"Sent la pluie comme un ete anglais.
Comme les notes d'une chanson lointaine
Sortant de derriere d'un poster esperant
Que la vie ne fuit si longue

Feel the rain
like an English summer
Feel the notes from a distant song
Stepping out from a back shop poster"
Hint

Elli et Janco

Magazine

Visage

Ultravox

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Question 6 of 10

6. True or false? Adam and the Ants sang a song with these lyrics:

I have a picture pinned to my wall,
An image of you and of me and were laughing
We're loving it all
But look at our life now
Tattered and torn
We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears we cry until dawn...

True

False

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which gothic band gave us these lyrics?

"White on white
Translucent black capes
Back on the rack..." Hint

Joy Division

Siouxsie & the Banshees

Bauhaus

Echo & the Bunnymen

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which band released a song with these lyrics?

"I don't know what color your eyes are baby
But your hair is long and brown,
You're legs are strong and oh so long
And you don't come from this town..."

Answer: (3 words, no ampersand)

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Question 9 of 10

9. True or False? Tears for Fears released a song with a sample of a shipping report broadcast by the BBC named "Pharaohs".

True

False

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which band gave us these lyrics?

"Look to the hills, now look at my face
Do you notice my eyes, are they in the right place?
There's a Mantovani backdrop-to pucker-up a tummy tuck
A voice soft as lint-mashed up with shades of pink" Hint

The Cure

The Glove

Siouxsie & the Banshees

The Creatures

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which band released a song with these lyrics? "In touch with the ground, I'm on the hunt I'm after you Smell like I sound, I'm lost in a crowd..."

Answer: Duran Duran

"Hungry Like the Wolf" was released on the album "Rio" in 1982. The band itself took its name from a movie called "Barbarella," which also happened to spawn another song named of all things, "Electric Barbarella"!

2. Which band performed a song with these lyrics? "Red army calls you Red army needs you Gentlemen you heard this call Raised your glass and called for more Only young men broke the wall"

Answer: Japan

The song is named "Cantonese Boy" and appears on the final official release by Japan called "Tin Drum". The bassist, Mick Karn, has gone on to work with Peter Murphy (Bauhaus, Dalis Car) and Terry Bozzio (Frank Zappa, Missing Persons, Polytown).

3. True or False? The following lyrics are from a Kate Bush song: "Here I go! It's coming for me through the trees Help me, someone! Help me, please! Take my shoes off and throw them in the lake, And I'll be two steps on the water..."

Answer: true

The song is "Hounds of Love" and appears on the album of the same name. David Gilmour of Pink Floyd fame helped to bring Kate into the recording industry after he heard some of her demos, and even recorded the outro solo on her first single, "Wuthering Heights"!

4. Which band gave us these lyrics? "Funny how I find myself in love with you, If I could buy my reasoning, I'd pay to lose, One half won't do..."

Answer: Talk Talk

The song, "It's My Life" was released on the album of the same name in 1984. No Doubt in 2003 covered the song with accompanying video to boot.

5. Which new romantic band sang these lyrics? "Sent la pluie comme un ete anglais. Comme les notes d'une chanson lointaine Sortant de derriere d'un poster esperant Que la vie ne fuit si longue Feel the rain like an English summer Feel the notes from a distant song Stepping out from a back shop poster"

Answer: Visage

Visage released this song, "Fade to Grey" in 1980 on their eponymous debut album. The group bordered on being a supergroup for all of the people brought in to help make the first album including: Midge Ure (Ultravox) and John McGeoch (Magazine, Siouxsie & the Banshees, The Armoury Show, PIL).

6. True or false? Adam and the Ants sang a song with these lyrics: I have a picture pinned to my wall, An image of you and of me and were laughing We're loving it all But look at our life now Tattered and torn We fuss and we fight and delight in the tears we cry until dawn...

Answer: false

The Thompson Twins were a band with no twins, but consisted of: Tom Bailey (vocals, guitars), Joe Leeway (bass) and Alannah Currie (keys, percussion, vocals). The group started off as a 7-piece band but was whittled down to three until Joe left and a short time later Tom and Alannah ended the group.

7. Which gothic band gave us these lyrics? "White on white Translucent black capes Back on the rack..."

Answer: Bauhaus

Bauhaus released their first album in 1979 named, "In the Flat Field" but their first single, "Bela Lugosi's Dead" was released prior. All in all, they would release four studio albums before disbanding ("In the Flat Field", "Mask", "The Sky's Gone Out", "Burning From the Inside").

8. Which band released a song with these lyrics? "I don't know what color your eyes are baby But your hair is long and brown, You're legs are strong and oh so long And you don't come from this town..."

Answer: Love and Rockets

Love and Rockets was formed in the ashes of Bauhaus by Kevin Haskins, David J and Daniel Ash. The song, "So Alive" was released in 1989 on their fourth album aptly named, "Love and Rockets".

9. True or False? Tears for Fears released a song with a sample of a shipping report broadcast by the BBC named "Pharaohs".

Answer: true

This song was the B-Side to the hit single, "Everybody Wants to Rule the World" from their sophomore 1985 album, "Songs from the Big Chair". In "Pharaohs" you can hear the shuffle beat that made "EWTRTW" distinctive as well as tinges of Roland's guitar solo towards the end.

10. Which band gave us these lyrics? "Look to the hills, now look at my face Do you notice my eyes, are they in the right place? There's a Mantovani backdrop-to pucker-up a tummy tuck A voice soft as lint-mashed up with shades of pink"

Answer: Siouxsie & the Banshees

An interesting fact about Siouxsie and the Banshees is that they had a knack for picking guitarists with the same first name. John McKay (The Scream, Join Hands), John McGeoch (Kaleidoscope, Juju, A Kiss in the Dreamhouse), John Valentine Carruthers (Tinderbox, Through the Looking Glass), Jon Klein (Peepshow, Superstition, The Rapture).

The only official studio album released by the group that didn't have a John playing guitar on the majority of the tracks is 1984s "Hyaena" which featured Robert Smith of The Cure taking over those duties.

Source: Author leviathanlotl

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