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Quiz about Thunder and Consolation Lyrics New Model Army

Quiz about Thunder and Consolation Lyrics New Model Army

"Thunder and Consolation" Lyrics - New Model Army Quiz

How well do you know the lyrics to UK band New Model Army's "Thunder And Consolation" album?

A multiple-choice quiz by rowena8482. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
rowena8482

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
259,641

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
157

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which 'place' completes the following lyric - "Staring at those posters we used to laugh at, _________, palm trees by the sea"? Hint

Never Never Land

Of Xanadu

Some Utopia

Cloud Cuckoo Land

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Question 2 of 10

2. In the song "Family", who "looks cool in the flashing lights"? Hint

Jinnie

Jessie

Joey

Janie

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Question 3 of 10

3. What is the singer waiting for in the lyrics of "Archway Towers"? Hint

Heaven to call

The axe that must fall

The number that clicks on the wall

The Doomsday to come

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Question 4 of 10

4. "The afternoon of silence wakes, they hurry through from _____ gate as if they know this dance". Which name completes this lyric from "I Love The World"? Hint

Johnson

Peter

David

Sarah

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Question 5 of 10

5. Complete this lyric from "Stupid Questions" - "It's not a crime to be ______, these things we have not done" Hint

Foolish

Lovers

Dying

Innocent

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which song contains the lyrics "And I would help her if I only knew how, but these things are a mystery to me too"? Hint

555

335

225

445

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which song contains the lyric "I watched you self-destructing, Oh so many times"? Hint

Ballad of Bodmin Pill

Green and Grey

Inheritance

Family

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Question 8 of 10

8. Complete the lyric from "Family Life" - "and after all this time, and after all these words,___________" Hint

Your heart is still breaking

Your lover's name is fading

Your memory is fading

Your hands are still shaking

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Question 9 of 10

9. Complete this lyric - "We follow the ________ out of the City, Moving in a river of red". Hint

Road signs

Young blood

Motorway

Tail lights

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which song contains the lines "So do I thank you? Do I curse you?"? Hint

Green And Grey

Family Life

Inheritance

Family

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which 'place' completes the following lyric - "Staring at those posters we used to laugh at, _________, palm trees by the sea"?

Answer: Never Never Land

From the song "Green and Grey", telling the story of someone left behind, writing to a childhood friend who has left a small town for the supposed 'better life' of the big city. The song was released as a single in the UK in June 1989, and reached number 37 in the charts.

2. In the song "Family", who "looks cool in the flashing lights"?

Answer: Joey

Justin Sullivan of NMA is the grandson of the famous Canadian explorer, engineer, and novelist Alan Sullivan.

3. What is the singer waiting for in the lyrics of "Archway Towers"?

Answer: The number that clicks on the wall

On the vinyl edition of the album, released in the UK in 1989, "Archway Towers" is the final track. The CD, released in 2005 and digitally remastered, contains three bonus tracks: "Chinese Whispers", "White Coats", and "Nothing Touches".

4. "The afternoon of silence wakes, they hurry through from _____ gate as if they know this dance". Which name completes this lyric from "I Love The World"?

Answer: Peter

Petergate is a street in the historic English city of York.
"I Love The World" was covered by the American thrash metal band Anacrusis on their album "Manic Impressions".

5. Complete this lyric from "Stupid Questions" - "It's not a crime to be ______, these things we have not done"

Answer: Innocent

"Stupid Questions" was released as a single and reached number 31 in the UK singles chart in January of 1989.

6. Which song contains the lyrics "And I would help her if I only knew how, but these things are a mystery to me too"?

Answer: 225

In the early 1980s, Justin performed solo as "Slade the Leveller".

7. Which song contains the lyric "I watched you self-destructing, Oh so many times"?

Answer: Ballad of Bodmin Pill

The "Thunder and Consolation" quote used as the title for the album was taken from a work by Edward Burroughs, published posthumously in 1663, entitled "The memorable works of a son of thunder and consolation."

8. Complete the lyric from "Family Life" - "and after all this time, and after all these words,___________"

Answer: Your hands are still shaking

Edward Burroughs (1634 - 1663) was a prominent Northern revolutionary Quaker, and is regarded as one of the "Valiant Sixty" early Quaker preachers and missionaries.

9. Complete this lyric - "We follow the ________ out of the City, Moving in a river of red".

Answer: Tail lights

From "Vagabonds". The song was released as a single and reached number 37 on the UK charts in March 1989.

10. Which song contains the lines "So do I thank you? Do I curse you?"?

Answer: Inheritance

The CD is dedicated to drummer Robert Heaton who, sadly, died of cancer in November 2004.

Source: Author rowena8482

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