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Waking Up is Hard to Do Trivia Quiz

Waking up is hard for many of us. Naturally, this fact has not escaped songwriters. How well do you know songs that deal with sleeping, dreaming and waking up?

A multiple-choice quiz by Map1964. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Map1964

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
359,466

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
525

One at a Time - Single Page - Timed Game

Question 1 of 10

1. Who did the Everly Brothers beg to wake up singing, "The movie's over, it's four o'clock/and we're in trouble deep"? Hint

Little Susie

Little Gertie

Big Mama (Thornton)

Suzannah

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Question 2 of 10

2. This band asks to be awakened when September ends. Hint

Coldplay

The Black Eyed Peas

Green Bay

Green Day

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Question 3 of 10

3. Lizzie, we should all "Wake up! Wake up!/On a Saturday Night." Hint

Hilary Duff

Britney Spears

Rihanna

Miley Cyrus

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Question 4 of 10

4. This British singer wonders why she got out of bed at all, but wants to thank you for giving her the best day of her life. Hint

Charo

Cher

Dido

Rihanna

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Question 5 of 10

5. Which famous lyricist's song entitled "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning?" gives an amusing response to hearing the song "Reveille" each morning? Hint

George Gershwin

Irving Berlin

Cole Porter

Oscar Hammerstein

6. This band's tribute to daydreaming hit the number one spot on the US Billboard Top 100 in 1967. The lyrics go: "Oh, I could hide 'neath the wings/of the bluebird as she sings./The six o'clock alarm would never ring." Hint

The Beatles

The Monkees

The Byrds

Anne Murray

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Question 7 of 10

7. "Wake me up before you go go," sang this British pop sensation. Hint

Culture Club

Wham!

Duran Duran

The Beatles

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which group begged, "Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me
Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping"? Hint

The Who

The Beatles

The Rolling Stones

The Byrds

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Question 9 of 10

9. Let's switch gears a little, and move to a band who describes sleep thusly: "They're these terrors and it's like/It feels as if somebody was gripping my/They're these terrors and it's like/It feels as if somebody was gripping my throat." Which band sings about this nightmarish form of repose? Hint

My Chemical Romance

Pearl Jam

Alice in Chains

The Smashing Pumpkins

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Question 10 of 10

10. "Six o'clock already/I was just in the middle of a dream/I was kissin' Valentino/By a crystal blue Italian stream" are the opening lines to this 1984 Bangles hit. Can you remember the name? Hint

Panic Monday

Manic Monday

Magic Sunday

Tragic Monday

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Who did the Everly Brothers beg to wake up singing, "The movie's over, it's four o'clock/and we're in trouble deep"?

Answer: Little Susie

"Wake Up Little Susie" was written and released in 1957. My, how times have changed.

As an aside: Willie Mae "Big Mama" Thornton was the first person to record the hit song "Hound Dog" (1952). Elvis Presley recorded it in 1956. This bit of information has nothing to do sleeping or waking up, but I think it is interesting.

2. This band asks to be awakened when September ends.

Answer: Green Day

The song was written as a memorial to lead singer, Billie Joe Armstrong's, father, who died of cancer when Billie was just ten.

3. Lizzie, we should all "Wake up! Wake up!/On a Saturday Night."

Answer: Hilary Duff

Hilary Duff played Lizzie McGuire on the Disney Channel's program of the same name.

4. This British singer wonders why she got out of bed at all, but wants to thank you for giving her the best day of her life.

Answer: Dido

"Thank You" by Dido peaked at number three on the US Billboard Top 100 chart in 2001, becoming the first US hit for this British singer-songwriter.

5. Which famous lyricist's song entitled "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning?" gives an amusing response to hearing the song "Reveille" each morning?

Answer: Irving Berlin

Irving Berlin wrote "Oh! How I Hate to Get Up in the Morning" in 1918, while he was serving in the US Army during World War I. My mother used to sing this song to me in the mornings when I had a hard time getting up for school.

Answer: The Monkees

Anne Murray also recorded a version of "Daydream Believer," in 1979. It hit number twelve on Billboard's Top 100 and number three on the country music charts.

7. "Wake me up before you go go," sang this British pop sensation.

Answer: Wham!

This song was Wham's first number one hit.

8. Which group begged, "Please, don't wake me, no, don't shake me Leave me where I am - I'm only sleeping"?

Answer: The Beatles

"I'm Only Sleeping" is on the Beatles' 1966 album, "Revolver".

Answer: My Chemical Romance

Sadly, alternative rock band, My Chemical Romance, announced their break up on March 22, 2013.

10. "Six o'clock already/I was just in the middle of a dream/I was kissin' Valentino/By a crystal blue Italian stream" are the opening lines to this 1984 Bangles hit. Can you remember the name?

Answer: Manic Monday

"Manic Monday" was actually written by Prince of "Purple Rain" fame, who used the pseudonym Christopher.

Source: Author Map1964

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