Towns and Cities in Songs Trivia Quiz

Answer: Dublin

Molly was a fish monger who sold fish from a barrow and the subject of a very popular Irish song 'Molly Malone' also known as 'Cockles and Mussels'. The character is partly historical and partly legend, and the song has become an anthem of Dublin. A statue of Molly Malone was unveiled in Grafton Street in Dublin in 1988 to celebrate the city's millennium.

Answer: Durham

The city of Durham is in the north of England and has a very fine cathedral. The song 'Durham Town' was written and performed by Roger Whittaker who was born in Kenya to British parents and considered himself a British singer songwriter.

Answer: Paris

'April in Paris' was a song from the 1952 musical of the same name, starring Doris Day and James Bolger. The music was written by Vernon Duke and the lyrics by Leroy Prinz, and the story is about a chorus girl who is mistakenly invited to represent American theatre at a Paris convention.

Answer: Bangor

Bangor is a seaside town in Wales and this song was written and performed by a British group called Fiddler's Dram. It was called 'Day Trip to Bangor' and they had a hit with it in 1979 and then again in 1989.

Answer: San Francisco

'I left my heart in San Francisco' was the signature tune of Tony Bennett. Although it was written in 1953 by George Cory and Douglass Cross, Tony Bennett did not release his record of it until 1962. However, it then quickly became his song.

Answer: New York

This song 'Best That You Can Do' was the theme to the movie 'Arthur' which starred Dudley Moore and Liza Minelli. It was written by Burt Bacharach, Carole Bayer, Christopher Cross and Peter Allen 'Best that You Can Do' won the Academy and the Golden Globe awards for best original song in 1982.

Answer: Glasgow

'I Belong to Glasgow' was written by a music hall entertainer called Will Fyffe. He said that he got the inspiration after helping a drunk home who said 'The way I feel tonight Glasgow belongs to me'. In 1990 this song featured in an episode of the comedy show 'Rab C. Nesbitt', when they altered the lyrics to 'I belong to Glasgow, dear old European city of culture town', as Glasgow was that year.

Answer: Amsterdam

Amsterdam is certainly the world's capital for tulips. Trips to see the bulb fields and the famous Keukenhof Gardens are very popular. Every spring over seven million flowers bloom in Keukenhof. In 1958 the British comedian and singer Max Bygraves reached number three in the U.K. charts with this song, 'Tulips from Amsterdam'.

Answer: Copenhagen

This song was written by Frank Loesser to be sung by Danny Kaye in the 1952 movie 'Hans Christian Anderson', and in episode 301 of the 'Muppet Show' he sang the song again.

Answer: London

'London Pride' was written by Noel Coward in 1941 and was inspired by the London Blitz during the second world war. The lyrics continue with, 'London Pride means our own dear town to us, and our pride it forever will be. Grey city, stubbornly implanted, taken so for granted for a thousand years'. It perfectly portrays the blitz spirit of Londoners.