Fun Trivia : Enya

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'From Bissan to Palan - in the shade of Avalon, from Fiji to Tiree and the Isles of Ebony, from Peru to Cebu hear the power of Babylon, from Bali to Cali - far beneath the Coral Sea, from the North to the South, Ebudae into Khartoum, from the deep sea of clouds to the island of the moon'. Which song are these lyrics from?

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'Orinoco Flow'. 'Orinoco Flow', also know as 'Sail Away', is from 'Watermark' (1988).



Enya has released a Christmas single named 'Oiche Chiun'. What does 'Oiche Chiun' mean in English?

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'Silent Night'.



Which popular song was used in the movie, 'Far and Away', starring Tom Cruise and Nicole Kidman?

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'Book of Days'. Most pressings from mid-1992 onwards replaced the original 'Book Of Days' with a re-recording of the English lyric version used in the film, which had previously been released as a single.



Enya is one of the world's best-known female artists. By the end of the year 2001, how many albums had she sold worldwide?

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More than 40 million.. By the end of the year 2001, Enya had sold 44 million albums worldwide - which ranks alongside Cher, Tina Turner, Madonna, and Whitney Houston in total sales.



Where is Enya from?

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Ireland. Enya is Ireland's best-selling solo artist ever.



Enya had some songs, including 'Watermark' and 'Storms In Africa II' in a movie staring Andie MacDowell. What is the movie?

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'Green Card'. 'Green Card' also stared the French actor Gerard Depardieu.



Enya's first record 'Enya', was recorded in 1986 and released in 1987. However, the album was remastered and reissued as what?

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'The Celts'. 'The Celts' was reissued in 1992.



YES or NO: In the twentieth century, did Enya win a Grammy?

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Yes . Enya won a Grammy for 1995's 'The Memory Of Trees'.



Enya has two songs on which 2001 soundtrack?

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'The Lord of the Rings: The Fellowship of the Ring'. The songs on the soundtrack are 'May It Be' and 'The Council of Elrond' ('Aniron').



From which song would you find the following lyrics? "I walk the maze of moments but everywhere I turn to Begins a new beginning but never finds a finish"

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Anywhere Is. From the album 'The Memory of Trees', 1995.



Where does this one come from? "Who can tell me if we have heaven Who can say the way it should be Moonlight holly, the Sappho Comet Angel's tears below a tree"

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China Roses. Another from 'The Memory of Trees', this track also features on 'Paint the Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya' album.



And this one? "Let the rain fall down, everywhere around you Give into it now, let the day surround you You don't need a reason, let the rain go on and on"

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Wild Child. From the 2000 album 'A Day Without Rain', one of my favourite albums.



In which song would you find this lyric? "From the North to the South, Ebudae into Khartoum, From the deep sea of Clouds, to the island of the moon Carry me on the waves, to the lands I've never been Carry me on the waves, to the lands I've never seen"

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Orinoco Flow. One of the most recognised Enya tracks, it reached number one in the U.K in October 1988, taken from the amazing 'Watermark' album, and is the first track on 'Paint the Sky With Stars: The Best of Enya'. Just as a further side note, 'Fairytale' is an instrumental track, and 'The Longships' has very few lyrics.



Where does this lyric appear? "City lights shine on the harbour Night has fallen down Through the darkness and the shadow I will still go on"

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Long Long Journey. Taken from the 2005 album 'Amarantine', which was five years in the making, and well worth the wait!



Be careful with this one, it is a translation! Which song features it? "Our words go beyond the moon Our words go into the shadows The river sings the endlessness We write of our journey through night We write in our aloneness We want to know the shape of eternity"

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The River Sings. Another of Enya's songs that is sung in Loxian, a language created by Roma Ryan, found in the book 'Water Shows the Hidden Heart', and used on the 'Amarantine' album of 2005 (and one of my favourite songs). As much as I wish I could put the Loxian lyrics here, it's nigh on impossible to write them!



Another sung in a different language, in which song could you find it? "Ergo, oceanus, maritimus Ergo, opacare, matutinus Ergo, septentrio, meridies Ergo, occidens et orientis"

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Tempus Vernum. Another from the 2000 album 'A Day Without Rain', this song has a deeper tone than most of Enya's other work.



Almost there! Which track hosts these lyrics? "Dawn breaks; there is blue in the sky Your face before me, though I don't know why Thoughts disappearing like tears from the Moon"

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I Want Tomorrow. Taken from Enya's first album, 'Enya' released in 1987, and remastered and re-released in 1992 as 'The Celts'. The other three choices are all instrumental tracks.



Two to go! Which delightful song hosts these words? "Lovers in the long grass, look above them Only they can see where the clouds are going Only to discover Dust and sunlight Ever make the sky so blue"

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Flora's Secret. Another from 'A Day Without Rain', and one of my absolute favourites. It is worth noting that Enya uses the word 'Amaranthine' late in the song, and the 2005 album is called 'Amarantine'. Why the 'h' was dropped I'm not sure.