Why Do Stars Fall Down From The Sky? Quiz

Answer: (They Long To Be) Close To You

The Carpenters, made up of siblings Richard and Karen Carpenter, were active for fourteen years until Karen's untimely death in 1983.

"Close to You", written by Burt Bacharach, was originally recorded by Richard Chamberlain as well as Dionne Warwick and Burt Bacharach himself. It became a hit in 1970 when recorded by The Carpenters. It was released as a single on the album "Close To You". The song reached number one on "US Billboard Hot 100", "US Billboard Easy Listening", "Record World" as well as the Canadian singles chart.

Answer: Heineken

The commercial was called "The Entrance" from Heineken. The song "The Golden Age", is from the band's album "Fruit" released in 2009. Its highest chart position was at number four in Austria and it only reached 109 on the US charts.

Answer: Smash Mouth

Smash Mouth formed in 1994 and still perform live. Only two members of the original line-up are still active in the band, Steve Harwell (lead vocals) and Paul De Lisle (bass guitar).

"Walkin' On The Sun" was a single released on the album "Fush Yu Mang" in 1997. It reached number one on "US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks", "US Billboard Adult Top 40" and "Canada RPM Alternative 30" charts.

Answer: Stormwatch

"Orion" is found on the "Stormwatch"(1979) album. "Stormwatch" peaked at number fifteen on the Norwegian charts, but only reached position twenty-two on the US charts and twenty-seven on the UK charts. It achieved gold album status in both the US and Canada.

"Aqualung" (1971), "Heavy Horses" (1978) and "Rock Island" (1989) are all Jethro Tull albums.

Orion is a constellation named after a hunter in Greek mythology.

Answer: Northern Star

"Northern Star" was released on the 1998 album "Celebrity Skin". The album was Hole's most successful album to date. The single "Celebrity Skin" from the same titled album, reached number one on the "Modern Rock Tracks" chart. The album was nominated for three Grammy awards in 1999 and one more nomination in 2000 for the song "Malibu". Lead vocalist, Courtney Love, was married to Kurt Cobain of Nirvana fame.

The Northern Star is another name for Polaris. It is part of the constellation Ursa Minor and is used for navigation due to its line above the north pole.

Answer: South Africa

Ballyhoo arrived on the South African music scene in the 1970s. "Man On The Moon" reached number one on the South African charts in 1981 and stayed there for nineteen weeks. The band released a total of five albums from 1976 - 1989. They are still active today.

Answer: Southern Cross

"Southern Cross" was released on the album "Daylight Again" in 1982. The song reached number eighteen on the "US Billboard Hot 100". Every member of the band was previously a member of a well known band. Crosby - The Byrds; Stills - Buffalo Springfield; Nash - The Hollies.

The actual Southern Cross is visible from the southern hemisphere and has been used by sailors throughout history to navigate. Incidentally, the Southern Cross is also visible from certain points of the northern hemisphere, such as Northern Africa and Hawaii.

Answer: Halley's Comet

"Second Chance" was released as a single by Shinedown from their album "The Sound Of Madness" in 2008. It reached number one on US Billboard's "Hot Mainstream Rock Tracks", "Hot Modern Rock Tracks" as well as the "Hot Adult Top 40 Tracks" charts.

The lyrics:

"I just saw Halley's comet
She waved
Said, "Why you always running in place?"
Even the man in the moon disappeared
Somewhere in the stratosphere"

Halley's Comet is named after the astronomer Edmund Halley. Halley's Comet is only visible to the naked eye approximately every seventy-six years. This is the length of its rotation around the sun.

Answer: John Denver

"Farewell Andromeda (Welcome To My Mornings)" was recorded on the album "Farewell Andromeda" in 1973 by Country icon John Denver and reached position twenty on the Adult Contemporary chart. The album reached position twenty on the Billboard's "Top 20" chart.

Henry John Deutschendorf, Jr, took his stage name John Denver due to a suggestion that his original last name would not easily fit on a marquee.

The Andromeda Galaxy is a galaxy 2.5 million light years away from Earth.

Answer: Train

"Drops of Jupiter" was an album released by Train in 2001. "Drops of Jupiter (Tell Me)" was the lead single of that album. The song peaked at number one on the "US Billboard Adult Top 40" as well as the Irish and Canadian charts. It was nominated for five Grammy awards and won "Best Rock Song" and "Best Instrumental Arrangement Accompanying Vocalist".

Jupiter is the fifth planet from the sun in our solar system.