MUSIC QUIZ NO.3
Posted: Sat Aug 18, 2007 3:39 pm1. The song "Another Brick in the Wall, Part 2" The song is from the album and movie "The Wall". Because Bob Geldof played the main character in the movie, many assume that no Pink Floyd member appeared in the movie as a player. That isn't true as one member of the band actually had an on screen appearance. Who was it? ROGER WATERS
2. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is one of the more popular songs written by Chuck Berry. This specific song was of particular influence to which song by John Fogerty? CENTERFIELD
3. The beautiful song "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke was featured on the soundtrack to which classic movie? NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
4. For the sake of gratuitous trivia, which band wrote and recorded the song "Marquee Moon"? TELEVISION
5. The song "I Can't Explain" was the song that The Who rode to superstardom. When the band's producer was getting ready to record the track, he was afraid that Pete Townshend would be unable to handle the guitar duties during the recording, so he brought in a ringer. Which guitar superhero did he have on back-up in case Townshend was unable to pull off the gig? JIMMY PAGE
6. Many people know that the song "The Wind Cries Mary" was written by Jimi Hendrix as a make-up present to his girlfriend after a major fight. Can you name the girl responsible for this Hendrix ballad? KATHY MARY ETCHINGHAM
7. "I'm A Man", by Bo Diddley. The song was released in June of 1955. Which famed record label released this single? CHECKER
8. Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus". There is a rather interesting cover version of ths song released by an unlikely singer on the 2002 album "American IV: The Man Comes Around". Whose album am I referring to? JOHNNY CASH
9. Cream's bass player, Jack Bruce, wrote the music to the song "White Room". Who wrote the lyrics? PETE BROWN
10. From which movie soundtrack did the Bee Gees song "How Deep Is Your Love" originally appear? SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
11. The Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" was released in July of 1965, but it was the "B" side to another single. What was the featured track? HUNG ON YOU
12. "Highway 61 Revisited" is the title track from Bob Dylan's sixth studio album. The song is basically seven separate verses that relate the adventures of some pretty colorful characters with names like Louie the King, Georgia Sam and Mack the Finger. Highway 61 is a real American route that begins in Bob Dylan's birth town. Can you name the city? DULUTH MINNESOTA
13. "The Letter", by The Box Tops is one of the shortest number one songs of all times. The song clocks in at just under two minutes. Alex Chilton, lead singer of The Box Tops, went on to form another band that has found near-cult following. Which band is it? BIG STAR
14. Which 1967 Beatles' hit contained Paul McCartney singing the chorus to "She Loves You" at the end? ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
15. Which authority stretching song was the first that drummer Topper Headon played on after the firing of original drummer Terry Chimes? COMPLETE CONTROL
16. Roberta Flack's hit single, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was written about which male singer? DON MCLEAN
17. Which bluesman recorded a version of the blues standard "Got My Mojo Working" in 1957 on Chess Records? MUDDY WATERS
18. The song "Nowhere to Run" by Martha and the Vandellas. Do you know the origin of the name of the band? STREET NAME AND ACTRESS NAME
19. Which song contains the following lyric:
"Well she's walkin' through the clouds with a circus mind that's running around.
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairytales.
That's all she ever thinks about, ridin' with the wind."? LITTLE WING
20. Marilyn Manson recorded a version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" in 1995. Which group recorded the original song in 1982? EURYTHMICS
21. The song, "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival was featured in two different movies. One was "Twilight Zone: The Movie". Do you know the other? AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
22. Accrding to the 1977 song title, Elvis Costello was "Watching the _____". What was he so intent on keeping an eye on? DETECTIVES
23. Eric Clapton wrote the song "Tears in Heaven" after his four year old son, Conor, fell out of a New York apartment window and died. What was the movie soundtrack that the song appeared on? RUSH
24. The song "All Shook Up" has a co-songwriting credit given to Elvis Presley even though he never had anything to do with the writing process. Who is the writer of the song? OTIS BLACKWELL
25. This Platters hit was the very first R&B song to make it to number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the USA. Can you name the song? THE GREAT PRETENDER
2. "Brown Eyed Handsome Man" is one of the more popular songs written by Chuck Berry. This specific song was of particular influence to which song by John Fogerty? CENTERFIELD
3. The beautiful song "Wonderful World" by Sam Cooke was featured on the soundtrack to which classic movie? NATIONAL LAMPOON'S ANIMAL HOUSE
4. For the sake of gratuitous trivia, which band wrote and recorded the song "Marquee Moon"? TELEVISION
5. The song "I Can't Explain" was the song that The Who rode to superstardom. When the band's producer was getting ready to record the track, he was afraid that Pete Townshend would be unable to handle the guitar duties during the recording, so he brought in a ringer. Which guitar superhero did he have on back-up in case Townshend was unable to pull off the gig? JIMMY PAGE
6. Many people know that the song "The Wind Cries Mary" was written by Jimi Hendrix as a make-up present to his girlfriend after a major fight. Can you name the girl responsible for this Hendrix ballad? KATHY MARY ETCHINGHAM
7. "I'm A Man", by Bo Diddley. The song was released in June of 1955. Which famed record label released this single? CHECKER
8. Depeche Mode's "Personal Jesus". There is a rather interesting cover version of ths song released by an unlikely singer on the 2002 album "American IV: The Man Comes Around". Whose album am I referring to? JOHNNY CASH
9. Cream's bass player, Jack Bruce, wrote the music to the song "White Room". Who wrote the lyrics? PETE BROWN
10. From which movie soundtrack did the Bee Gees song "How Deep Is Your Love" originally appear? SATURDAY NIGHT FEVER
11. The Righteous Brothers' version of "Unchained Melody" was released in July of 1965, but it was the "B" side to another single. What was the featured track? HUNG ON YOU
12. "Highway 61 Revisited" is the title track from Bob Dylan's sixth studio album. The song is basically seven separate verses that relate the adventures of some pretty colorful characters with names like Louie the King, Georgia Sam and Mack the Finger. Highway 61 is a real American route that begins in Bob Dylan's birth town. Can you name the city? DULUTH MINNESOTA
13. "The Letter", by The Box Tops is one of the shortest number one songs of all times. The song clocks in at just under two minutes. Alex Chilton, lead singer of The Box Tops, went on to form another band that has found near-cult following. Which band is it? BIG STAR
14. Which 1967 Beatles' hit contained Paul McCartney singing the chorus to "She Loves You" at the end? ALL YOU NEED IS LOVE
15. Which authority stretching song was the first that drummer Topper Headon played on after the firing of original drummer Terry Chimes? COMPLETE CONTROL
16. Roberta Flack's hit single, "Killing Me Softly With His Song" was written about which male singer? DON MCLEAN
17. Which bluesman recorded a version of the blues standard "Got My Mojo Working" in 1957 on Chess Records? MUDDY WATERS
18. The song "Nowhere to Run" by Martha and the Vandellas. Do you know the origin of the name of the band? STREET NAME AND ACTRESS NAME
19. Which song contains the following lyric:
"Well she's walkin' through the clouds with a circus mind that's running around.
Butterflies and zebras and moonbeams and fairytales.
That's all she ever thinks about, ridin' with the wind."? LITTLE WING
20. Marilyn Manson recorded a version of "Sweet Dreams (Are Made of This)" in 1995. Which group recorded the original song in 1982? EURYTHMICS
21. The song, "Bad Moon Rising" by Creedence Clearwater Revival was featured in two different movies. One was "Twilight Zone: The Movie". Do you know the other? AN AMERICAN WEREWOLF IN LONDON
22. Accrding to the 1977 song title, Elvis Costello was "Watching the _____". What was he so intent on keeping an eye on? DETECTIVES
23. Eric Clapton wrote the song "Tears in Heaven" after his four year old son, Conor, fell out of a New York apartment window and died. What was the movie soundtrack that the song appeared on? RUSH
24. The song "All Shook Up" has a co-songwriting credit given to Elvis Presley even though he never had anything to do with the writing process. Who is the writer of the song? OTIS BLACKWELL
25. This Platters hit was the very first R&B song to make it to number one on the Billboard Pop Singles chart in the USA. Can you name the song? THE GREAT PRETENDER
