Quiz April 2005

[Carl]

Ross from Lafayette, LA wins a clean and comfortable T-shirt.

Here are the answers:

• What U.S. Top-Ten song from the '00s is also the name of a famous painting?
  - "Boulevard Of Broken Dreams" by Green Day
  
  
• What Rap hit from the '90s had a title that was 3 letters?
  - "O.P.P." by Naughty By Nature
  
  
• What singer wrote a song that mentioned his daughter Aisha?
  - Stevie Wonder
  The song is "Isn't She Lovely."
  
  
• What Rock band lost a member in the past year who wanted to focus on religion?
  - Korn
  Guitarist Brian Welch left to concentrate on his Christian faith.
  
  
• What popular Rock band got their name from the title of a Bob Dylan song from the '60s?
  - Judas Priest
  The song is "The Ballad Of Frankie Lee And Judas Priest, released on Dylan's 1967 album, John Wesley Harding."
  
  
• What is the only song to hit #1 twice in both the US and UK?
  - "Lady Marmalade"
  UK- All Saints and Missy Elliot, US - Labelle and Missy Elliot.
  
  
• What hit from the '60s is named after an unusual musical instrument?
  - "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan
  
  
• What singer or band played to the largest crowd ever gathered for a Rock concert?
  - Rod Stewart
  On New Year's Eve, 1994, about 3.5 million people saw him perform a free concert at Copacabana Beach in Rio De Janeiro, Brazil. He was exhausted by the end of the show and was taken away in an ambulance.
  
  
  
• What famous singer's real first name is "Antoine"?
  - Fats Domino
  A lot of people guessed Big Boi from Outkast. His real first name is spelled "Antwan."
  
  
• What U.S. #1 hit song's title contains the name of a popular character on Sesame Street?
  - "St. Elmo's Fire" by John Parr
  
  

Thanks to everyone who took the quiz, and be sure to take the new one

here.

BTW- In the current quiz, the winner will receive not only a T-shirt, but an Aimee Mann prize pack. We're looking out for you guys.

[ryansgirl319]

I have never heard of a painting titled "Boulevard of Broken Dreams." Who painted such a painting?

[SoulGirl]

apparently it's a painting by someone called helnwein. you can see it online:

"Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today". Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean & Humphrey Bogart share their common tales in this classic Diner scene painted by Helnwein

it looks more like a poster than a painting

[regulardave]

damn bloody Lady Marmalade.... I hate that song! I thought it was Bohemian Rhapsody, but i think thats twice (maybe three times) no.1 in UK and only once in US.

BTW, what was the answer to the tie breaker question??

[_jr_]

regulardave? As opposed to davelite?

Welcome to Songfacts. LOLOL

[ryansgirl319]

apparently it's a painting by someone called helnwein. you can see it online:

"Dream as if you'll live forever...Live as if you'll die today". Elvis Presley, Marilyn Monroe, James Dean & Humphrey Bogart share their common tales in this classic Diner scene painted by Helnwein

it looks more like a poster than a painting

That must be the take off of Hopper's "Night Hawks at the Diner." Basing a trivia question about a song based on an imitation of a painting is like saying Kenny Roger's "The Gambler" is based on "Dogs Playing Poker"!

[regulardave]

regular dave as opposed to large dave, small dave, super-sized dave, hot apple dave etc. aka Pete from Sydney, Australia

[Lambchop Flansburgh]

Jakob Dylan is the lead singer for The Wallflowers. Bob Dylan is his father. Jakob named the band after one of his dad's songs. How can you give more credit to Judas Priest than The Wallflowers? That doesn't even make sense.

[Earth-Angel]

[Aunt_Acid]

I thought that was called nightwatch.

- "Hurdy Gurdy Man" by Donovan

Hurdy Gurdies are the man. They sound so cool.

[Foxy]

I LOVE that painting! I wonder if you can buy a print of it anywhere?

[Earth-Angel]

I've seen it sold in the poster racks at alot of the popular stationary and gift stores, should be easy to get hold of one

[Beatlemaniac]

The really famous painting that looks like Boulevard of Broken Dreams is Nighthawks by Edward Hopper. This lesser-known version is a spoof on the Hopper painting. Still, you guys ask some great questions! Very hard, even for an old-timer like me.

[_jr_]

I have all the answers for May. ::

And I know they're right. ::

[miamisammy29]

I have all the answers for May. ::

And I know they're right. ::

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[ryansgirl319]

What about Inner Mongolia?