music Trivia Quiz # 63
This is Music Quiz # 63; the link to the answers is at the bottom of this page, hope you enjoy! You can return to the main Music Trivia Quiz index, or try your luck at a random Music Trivia Quiz.Music Trivia Question 1
Kate Bush Lyrics "The Dreaming" - Within which song's lyrics is a tambourine mentioned?
The correct answer is 'Houdini'
"Houdini" is the song represented on the album's cover, Kate Bush playing Houdini's wife.
Music Trivia Question 2
Rainbow - The title track of "Difficult to Cure" was an adaptation of whose Ninth Symphony?
The correct answer is 'Beethoven'
Blackmore regularly included Beethoven`s music in his guitar solos whilst on stage with Rainbow and Deep Purple.
Music Trivia Question 3
The World Of Opera Man - Who composed the opera 'Nixon In China'?
The correct answer is 'John Adams'
Wagner was dead long before Richard Nixon was born.
Music Trivia Question 4
"100 Most Metal Moments" part 3 - Which member of KISS was once impersonated by a homeless man?
The correct answer is 'Peter Criss'
KISS has been the subject of many off-the-wall news stories and rumors, but one of the most odd rumors about KISS circulated in 1991. The "Star" tabloid magazine published pictures of a homeless man who claimed he was Peter Criss! Paul Stanley knew right away the pictures weren't the "Catman" drummer. The real Peter was living in his mansion in Redondo Beach. Peter and the imposter finally confronted on the "Phil Donahue Show" and settled their differences. Gene Simmons agrees that any news stories about KISS, good or bad, only help them sell more records.
Music Trivia Question 5
Name The Band 3 - What band does Travis Barker play for?
The correct answer is 'Blink 182'
Music Trivia Question 6
Songs off My Local Alt-Rock Station: Final Volume - "What the world needs now is another folk singer / Like I need a hole in my head" is in a song by which band?
The correct answer is 'Cracker'
The song is "Teen Angst", the first single from Cracker's 1992 self-titled debut album.
Music Trivia Question 7
Jeff Buckley Lyrics - "...and I fell asleep at the gate."
The correct answer is 'So Real'
Music Trivia Question 8
All Iron Maiden - Eddie is the band mascot. On the cover on which album do you see him holding his own womb with his head cracked open and his body in flames?
The correct answer is 'Seventh Son Of A Seventh Son'
The snow figures (at the back-cover) all represent Eddies from previous albums.
Music Trivia Question 9
Hits of 1974 - Which group had great success with the song "Waterloo"?
The correct answer is 'ABBA'
ABBA were a Swedish pop group formed in 1972. "Waterloo" won the Eurovision song contest in 1974. It gained enormous chart success, reaching number one in the UK, Belgium, Finland, Ireland, Norway, South Africa, Switzerland, and got to number 6 in the US.
Music Trivia Question 10
The best O-town quiz - Complete this lyric from "These are the Days": "Gotta use this lonely time to change the picture in my frame of mind.."
The correct answer is 'outside the window there's a sunny day'
"These are the Days" is a really good song, but O-town did not write it. I would have liked "From the Damage" as the first single because they actually wrote that, but I still really like "These are the Days".