Sunday, October 5, 2008

Questions (#69): Monday, October 6, 2008

1) Let’s go environmental. For your first 10 points, give me 5 songs that were hit singles with the word “green” in them. Any 5 will do. I will then compare the answers and see what we come up with.
(2 points each) 10

2) Name 5 hit songs with the name of an animal in the title and again, I’ll compare.
(2 points each) 20

3) Name 5 hit songs with the word “woman” in the title and I’ll compare.
(2 points each) 30

4) Name 5 hit songs with “eyes” or “eye” in their titles.
(2 points each) 40

5) Peter Paul & Mary had a hit in 1962 about a tool. What was its title?
(10 points) 50

6) In 1972, there was a song about this girl by a one hit wonder. I seem to recall the refrain “you’re a fine girl.” What the girl’s name and the artist?
(5 points each) 60

7) What was the 1985 hit by the Eurythmics that questioned their truthfulness?
(10 points) 70

8) Who asked us to “Come Dancing” in 1983?
(10 points) 80

9) You don’t hear country songs like 1961’s “Hello Walls.” Who sang this?
(10 points) 90

10) Who did these “rain” songs: “November Rain” “Kentucky Rain” “Rain” “Listen to the Rhythm of the Falling Rain” and Like Walking in the Rain” ?
(2 points each) 100

1 comment:

Malcolm said...

1.Green River- CCR, Green Tambourine- The Lemon Pipers, Green Green- The New Christy Minstrels, Green Onions- Booker T. and the MGs, and Green Grass- Gary Lewis and the Playboys

2. Walkin’ the Dog- Rufus Thomas, Paper Tiger- Sue Thompson, Hungry Like the Wolf- Duran Duran, Cat’s In the Cradle- Harry Chapin, Monkey Time- Major Lance

3. Woman- John Lennon, Woman, Woman- Gary Puckett and the Union Gap, Kentucky Woman- Neil Diamond, Witchy Woman- The Eagles, and A Woman, A Lover, A Friend- Jackie Wilson

4. Eye of the Tiger- Survivor, Eyes Without A Face- Billy Idol, Suite: Judy Blue Eyes- Crosby, Stills, and Nash, Bette Davis Eyes- Kim Carnes, Looking Through the Eyes of Love- The Partridge Family

5. If I Had A Hammer

6. Brandy, Looking Glass

7. Would I Lie To You?

8. The Kinks

9. Faron Young

10. Guns ‘N’ Roses, Elvis Presley, The Beatles, The Cascades, The Ronettes or Jay and the Americans?

By the way Editor, if you have time, I hope you can check out Tuesday Trivia this week. I've eased up a bit on my fastball so the questions are (I hope) a little easier. :-)