1. Which song was ABBA’s second highest selling single, selling over ten million copies worldwide? Waterloo; Chiquitita; Take a Chance on Me; Fernando?
“Though I never thought that we could lose/There’s no regret/If I had to do the same again/I would, my friend.”
2. Which of the following songs, written by America, are about a man trying to get his courage up to marry his girlfriend, but overwhelmed with the commitment of marriage? “Here and Now;” “Sister Golden Hair;” “Someone to Call My Lover;” “Self-doubt Candlelight.”
3. “Looking out at the road rushing under my wheels/Looking back at the years gone by like so many summer fields…” Who sang these lyrics? Eagles, “Life In The Fast Lane;” Jackson Browne, “Running On Empty;” Poco “Keep On Trying;” Neil Young’s “Alabama.”
4. What band sang these lyrics: “Maybe if we think and wish and hope and pray it might come true/Baby then there wouldn’t be a single thing we couldn’t do?” The BeeGees, “Stayin’ Alive;” Don McLean “American Pie;” The Beach Boys, “Wouldn’t It Be Nice;” The Doors, “Light My Fire.”
5. In Pink’s song “Get The Party Started” what type of car does she have? Mercedes Benz; Porsche; Rolls Royce; Pink Cadillac.
6. In Nirvana’s “Smells Like Teen Spirit” how is it less dangerous? Keeping enemies closer; Being stupid; With the lights out; With the guns loaded?
7. What song are these lyrics from: “He’s the hairy-handed gent who ran amuck in Kent/Lately he’s been overheard in Mayfair”? Wolfman Jack; All Summer Long; Werewolves of London; Rocketman.
8. What song are these lyrics from: “Go on and write me up for 125/Post my face/Wanted dead or alive/Take my license an’ all that jive”? “Ventura Highway;” “Kickstart My Heart;” “I Can’t Drive 55;” “The Race is On.”
9. What place is referred to in the line ‘I wanna tell you all a story bout a ... widowed wife’? Harper Valley; New York City; Hooper Valley; Gibston Valley.
10. A lesser known girl group of the sixties sang ‘I know something about love’ ... what were they advising you to do? Show Him; Stand by your man; Keep your hands off my baby; Tell Him?
ANSWERS
1. “Fernando” was originally only released as a single, until it showed up on their “Greatest Hits” album. The song eventually reached number one on the Billboard Adult Contemporary Chart in 1975.
2. “Sister Golden Hair,” a folk rock song, was written by Gerry Beckley. They cut the single from their album, “Hearts,” in 1975. Reaching number one, it stayed on the charts for one week, but the song was considered too controversial, in that it encourages living together without marriage.
3. Jackson Browne is best known for his deep, introspective, socio-political lyrics. “Running On Empty” is about life on tour with songs recorded from on-stage to on the tour bus or even in the hotel room.
4. The Beach Boys – “Wouldn’t It Be Nice” The opening track off the classic 1966 album, “Pet Sounds.”
5. The lyrics go: “Sending out the message to all of my friends/We’ll be looking flashy in my Mercedes Benz.”
6. The lyrics are; “With the lights out it’s less dangerous/Here we are now/Entertain us/I feel stupid and contagious/Here we are now/Entertain us.”
7. “Werewolves of London” by Warren Zevon on the 1978 album “Excitable Boy.”
8. “I Can’t Drive 55” was the lead single and first track from Sammy Hagar’s eighth studio album “VOA” in 1984.
9. The Jeannie C Riley song “Harper Valley PTA”
10. “Tell Him” by The Exciters, an American pop music group of the 1960s.