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Up, Up And Away! Trivia Quiz

Rock/Pop songs of 60s and 70s that feature the word "UP" in the title or in the lyrics. (Quiz created to satisfy the requirements of a challenge)

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

Author
logcrawler

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
361,811

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

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Question 1 of 10

1. We're gonna start off real easy-like with a 1967 song about balloons by the Fifth Dimension. What was the name of this hit with which they enjoyed a huge success all over the globe? Hint

Let The Sunshine In/Aquarius

Stoned Soul Picnic

One Less Bell To Answer

Up, Up And Away

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Question 2 of 10

2. Who brought us the tune "Uptown Girl", in 1983? Hint

Billy Joel

Brian Hyland

Joe Walsh

Cristopher Cross

3. These lyrics, that belong to the "interior" of a song popularized by the group Canned Heat in 1968, should help you figure out where they were planning to go.

"Now baby, pack your leaving trunk
You know we've got to leave today
Just exactly where we're going I cannot say
But we might even leave the U.S.A.
'Cause there's a brand new game that I wanna play."

What was the location that the group wanted to visit?
(Remember the quill music/pan flute intro to the tune.) Hint

Up The Road To My Place

Waking Up In Madrid

Up From Saigon

Going Up The Country

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Question 4 of 10

4. This song by CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) featured the following verses. Can you name that song, in say, 80 notes?

"There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly
Come away, come away if you're goin', leave the sinkin' ship behind.

Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good,
Hitch a ride to the end of the highway where the neons turn to wood.

You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day,
Always time for a good conversation, there's an ear for what you say."

What line from the song title fills in the gaps for the chorus? Hint

Other End Up

Up Around The Bend

Up To My Back Door

All The Way Up

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Question 5 of 10

5. Bob Marley wrote it.
Johnny Nash popularized it in 1972.

Which upbeat song was this that Mr. Nash featured on his album, "I Can See Clearly Now"? Hint

Why Give Up?

Shake My World Up

Stir It Up

Up Is Not Down

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Question 6 of 10

6. My, my. This song hit the music charts SEVERAL times in the 50s, 60s and 70s, with a variety of different artists achieving success with it each time!

So, in 1974, what brother and sister duo had a chart topper with "I'm Leaving It All Up To You"? Hint

Will and Grace

Donnie and Marie

Roy and Dale

Fran and Ollie

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Question 7 of 10

7. The Foundations had a hit with these lyrics in 1969.

"... "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again.
But you're late, I wait around and then (dah-dah-dah)
I went to the door, I can't take any more
It's not you - you let me down again."

What was the name of this tune that charted at the number three position on the U.S. charts that year? Hint

Make It Up To Me Baby

Up On Cripple Creek

Build Me Up Buttercup

It's Up In The Air

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Question 8 of 10

8. A "flower" originally sang the song "You Light Up My Life", prior to Debby Boone's version which peaked at number one in 1977.
What was the name of the American songstress of Ukrainian ethnicity whose version featured in the movie of the same name in 1977? Hint

Ingerba Lladnaz

Kvitka Cisyk

Mevrica Asltemask

Haunelt Brizksi

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Question 9 of 10

9. "When this old world starts getting me down
And people are just too much for me to face
I climb way up to the top of the stairs
And all my cares just drift right into space"

"Up On The Roof" became a major hit for which R & B group in 1963? Hint

The Delfonics

The Spinners

The Platters

The Drifters

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Question 10 of 10

10. "It's Up To You" became a hit for this artist in 1962.

"It's up - to you
Because I've done everything I can
I hope - that you
Will say that I'm your lovin' man"

Who crooned this tune in '62?
Hint

Bobby Vinton

Elvis Presley

Fabian Forte

Ricky Nelson

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. We're gonna start off real easy-like with a 1967 song about balloons by the Fifth Dimension. What was the name of this hit with which they enjoyed a huge success all over the globe?

Answer: Up, Up And Away

A sub genre of pop music called "sunshine pop" was the driving force behind many of the mid to late 60s pop music tunes. "Up, Up and Away" was an almost iconic classic of this sub genre.
Light, airy and upbeat, "sunshine music" was popularized by such groups as The Turtles, The Mamas and the Papas, The Association and The Beach Boys.

By the early '70s, though, "sunshine pop" was no longer seen as a major contributor to pop music, as the market gave way to more of a "hard rock" sound and as "singer/songwriter" music stepped more into the limelight.

2. Who brought us the tune "Uptown Girl", in 1983?

Answer: Billy Joel

One of the lines to Billy Joel's 1983 hit single, "Uptown Girl" goes like this:

"She's been living in her white bread world
As long as anyone with hot blood can
And now she's looking for a downtown man
That's what I am."

In the song, he seems to describe himself as a working-class man, seeking to win the favor of a wealthy woman from another part of town.

3. These lyrics, that belong to the "interior" of a song popularized by the group Canned Heat in 1968, should help you figure out where they were planning to go. "Now baby, pack your leaving trunk You know we've got to leave today Just exactly where we're going I cannot say But we might even leave the U.S.A. 'Cause there's a brand new game that I wanna play." What was the location that the group wanted to visit? (Remember the quill music/pan flute intro to the tune.)

Answer: Going Up The Country

Canned Heat had an instant hit with "Going Up The Country", a tune that they re-worked from an old 1920s Henry Thomas song, "Bull Doze Blues."

The name of the band had originated as the result of yet another artist of the '20s, Tommy Johnson, who had a hit in 1928 with a song called "Canned Heat Blues".

4. This song by CCR (Creedence Clearwater Revival) featured the following verses. Can you name that song, in say, 80 notes? "There's a place up ahead and I'm goin' just as fast as my feet can fly Come away, come away if you're goin', leave the sinkin' ship behind. Bring a song and a smile for the banjo, better get while the gettin's good, Hitch a ride to the end of the highway where the neons turn to wood. You can ponder perpetual motion, fix your mind on a crystal day, Always time for a good conversation, there's an ear for what you say." What line from the song title fills in the gaps for the chorus?

Answer: Up Around The Bend

"Come on the risin' wind
We're goin' up around the bend."

Creedence Clearwater Revival was a popular band in the late 60s and early 70s. Lead singer John Fogerty, his brother, Tom, and Stu Cook and Doug Clifford comprised the band familiarly known as CCR.

This song hit the number four position on Billboard's Hot 100 charts in 1970.

5. Bob Marley wrote it. Johnny Nash popularized it in 1972. Which upbeat song was this that Mr. Nash featured on his album, "I Can See Clearly Now"?

Answer: Stir It Up

"Stir It Up" was originally written by Jamaican reggae musician, Bob Marley, for his wife.
Johnny Nash's version of the song managed to reach the top fifteen slot on both British and American music charts.

6. My, my. This song hit the music charts SEVERAL times in the 50s, 60s and 70s, with a variety of different artists achieving success with it each time! So, in 1974, what brother and sister duo had a chart topper with "I'm Leaving It All Up To You"?

Answer: Donnie and Marie

Donnie and Marie Osmond turned this song into a number four hit on the Hot 100 chart in the U.S. and a number one hit on the easy listening charts. Linda Ronstadt's cover of the song was also quite successful in 1970, with Dale and Grace topping the charts with a number one hit with it in 1963, just a few years after it had first been written by Dewey Terry and Donald Harris in 1957.

7. The Foundations had a hit with these lyrics in 1969. "... "I'll be over at ten", you told me time and again. But you're late, I wait around and then (dah-dah-dah) I went to the door, I can't take any more It's not you - you let me down again." What was the name of this tune that charted at the number three position on the U.S. charts that year?

Answer: Build Me Up Buttercup

"Build Me Up Buttercup" by the Foundations began like this:

"Why do you build me up (build me up) Buttercup, baby?
Just to let me down (let me down) and mess me around
And then worst of all (worst of all) you never call, baby
When you say you will (say you will) but I love you still..."

The Foundations consisted of people from the West Indies, Britain and Sri Lanka. Theirs was an eclectic mix of musical talents and a diversity of racial backgrounds.

8. A "flower" originally sang the song "You Light Up My Life", prior to Debby Boone's version which peaked at number one in 1977. What was the name of the American songstress of Ukrainian ethnicity whose version featured in the movie of the same name in 1977?

Answer: Kvitka Cisyk

Kvitka (Kasey) Cisyk's version was the one heard in the movie that preceded Debby Boone's smash hit with the song in 1977.

Kvitka, whose name means "flower" in her ancestral tongue sang many commercial jingles, including "Have you driven a Ford lately" and "You deserve a break today" for Ford Motor Company and McDonald's, respectively.

The voices of Debby Boone and Kvitka Cisyk were so remarkably similar that many people had trouble distinguishing between their versions of the song.

9. "When this old world starts getting me down And people are just too much for me to face I climb way up to the top of the stairs And all my cares just drift right into space" "Up On The Roof" became a major hit for which R & B group in 1963?

Answer: The Drifters

"Up On The Roof" was written by Gerry Goffin and Carole King.

The Drifters popularized it in 1963, but since then it has been covered by such artists as James Taylor, Julie Grant, Neil Diamond, the Grassroots, and Kenny Lynch, just to name a few.

10. "It's Up To You" became a hit for this artist in 1962. "It's up - to you Because I've done everything I can I hope - that you Will say that I'm your lovin' man" Who crooned this tune in '62?

Answer: Ricky Nelson

Ricky (Rick) Nelson was born as Eric Hilliard Nelson. His music career spanned over two decades, with his last major hit "Garden Party" being recorded in 1972.

Source: Author logcrawler

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