Music Trivia Quiz # 34
This is Music Trivia Quiz # 34; GOOD LUCK, and we hope you enjoy! There are also many more Music trivia questions for you to enjoy on our website. At any time, you can go to the main Music Quiz index, or try a random quiz.Music Question 1
Synthpop Challenge - Erasure's chart-topping 'Abbaesque' EP included a cover of 'Take a Chance on Me', which was reviled by some for including a rap. Who performed the rap?
The correct answer is 'MC Kinky'
Q magazine said the rap was like 'installing a jacuzzi in Anne Hathaway's cottage'. Personally, I quite like it.
Music Question 2
Finch Lyrics - What song contains these lyrics? "Hand me down to photographs, spread across the floor."
The correct answer is 'New Beginnings'
Finch is from Temecula, California.
Music Question 3
Warren Zevon: The Man and His Music - What is the singer "accidentally like" in a song on "Excitable Boy"?
The correct answer is 'A Martyr'
The song "Accidentally Like a Martyr" is about lost love. The singer feels like an accidental martyr as "the hurt gets worse and the heart gets harder."
Music Question 4
Objects In Rasputina Songs - An "oil drum" is mentioned in one song, but not for holding oil. What song is this container mentioned in?
The correct answer is 'Rusty The Skatemaker'
The use of this "oil drum" was a place of birth. This can be heard in the line "She told herself that this all was enough, for a girl who was born in an oil drum" from the song 'Rusty The Skatemaker.' This song is from Rasputina's 1996 debut album 'Thanks For The Ether.'
Music Question 5
Beatles Tid-Bits - After this song became popular, street signs turned up missing. What is the song?
The correct answer is 'Penny Lane'
(Information from www.myusm.com/usm345602.html) After the song "Penny Lane" became a hit, Penny Lane streets signs kept getting stolen. To put an end to this, people eventually just painted the street name Penny Lane on the buildings.
Music Question 6
Fun Long Hair Lyrics - "There was about a million people lying dead on the floor..."
The correct answer is 'Skid Row'
From the song "Sweet Little Sister". Skid Row's self-titled debut album was followed with the chart topping album "Slave to the Grind".
Music Question 7
"Family Guy: Live in Vegas" - When Tom Tucker and Diane Simmons are announcing the Griffin family at the beginning of the album, what movie does Tom claim he always thinks about whenever he thinks of Las Vegas?
The correct answer is 'Showgirls'
He goes on to say that he, in fact, thinks about Elizabeth Berkley and Gina Gershon in "Showgirls" almost every minute of the day. Diane seems disgusted by this, but not terribly surprised.
Music Question 8
Top 2000: a Treat - Most songs in the Top 2000 were in English, quite a few in Dutch. What was the language of the first foreign-language song we got to hear shortly after the start of the 24-7 program?
The correct answer is 'Italian'
Riccardo Cocciante had a hit with 'Sincerita' in 1984. It dropped 153 places to number 1993.
Music Question 9
The OTHER 60s Beat Groups - Which group's hits included "Tobacco Road" and "Google Eye"?
The correct answer is 'The Nashville Teens'
Mostly from Weybridge, Surrey, the Nashville Teens were one of the few groups in this quiz to make an impression in the US, with their major hit "Tobacco Road" being featured, along with the Supremes, in the movie "Beach Ball". They played extensively in Hamburg, a little after the Beatles were there, and were Jerry Lee Lewis's backing band when he made his "Live At The Star Club" album. After "Google Eye" at the end of 1964, they only managed two small hits.
Music Question 10
Millencolin Swedes - "Cause I believe in Kingwood days!" is from what upbeat Kingwood song?
The correct answer is 'Mooseman's Jukebox'
It's a random bunch of Nikola's fave songs. On the front of "Kingwood", Nikola is wearing antlers, making him Mooseman!