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Run! Run! Run!

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Fun Trivia : Quizzes : Songs With Same Word : Run! Run! Run!

Introduction:
"I don't know what it is about running, but a disproportionate number of my favourite rock songs have "run" or "running" in the title! (Most of these are considered classic rock; if that's not your cup of tea the quiz probably won't be, either.)"


1. Van Halen exploded on the rock scene in 1978 with a self-titled debut LP that was destined to go Gold within 6 weeks and eventually 10 times Platinum. The album opens with the song "Runnin' With the Devil", but what memorable sound effect begins the song?
    galloping horses
    explosion
    gunfire
    car horns


2. "Born to Run" was the title track on Bruce Springsteen's magnificent album of 1975. What girl is addressed in the song's lyrics?
    Rosalita
    Wendy
    Mary
    Crazy Janey


3. "Take It On the Run" was a big hit in 1981 for REO Speedwagon. Which Speedwagon album did the song first appear on?
    Ballads
    You Can Tune a Piano But You Can't Tuna Fish
    Hi Infidelity
    Nine Lives


4. What was Jackson Browne "Running On" in December of 1977?
    Empty
    Adrenaline
    Hi-Octane fuel
    Sentences


5. The British heavy metal band Iron Maiden has produced not one, not two, but three songs that make the "run" list. Which of the following is the only one NOT done by Iron Maiden?
    Running Free
    Run to the Hills
    Run Silent, Run Deep
    Nowhere to Run


6. Moose Jaw, Moosomin, Red Deer, Terrace, and Medicine Hat are all mentioned in this 1972 hit, but ultimately the Guess Who went "Runnin' back to.." where?
    Winnipeg
    Peggy's Cove
    Toronto
    Saskatoon


7. This "run" song by the Sweet was on their 1974 album "Desolation Boulevard," but not released as a single until 1975.
    Answer: (Four Words "I - don't want to know your name, 'cause you don't look the same...")


8. The song "Run Like Hell" appeared on an album which was released late in 1979 and went on to become the best selling album of 1980, and a movie in 1982. Which British supergroup was responsible for this tour-de-force?
    Answer: (Two Words (the band, not the album))


9. "Walk Don't Run" is a brilliant rock instrumental with a heavy bass line. Most recently it was recorded by Steve Howe in 1998, but which band did the original version, back in 1960?
    Answer: (Two Words (the same band that created the Hawaii 5-0 theme song!))


10. In 1989 the song "Runnin' Down a Dream" appeared on Tom Petty's album, "Full Moon Fever." Tom pays tribute to one of his influences, a rocker of the early 1960s, by singing, "I had the radio on, I was drivin'; trees flew by, me and _____ were singin' ______, I was flyin'" What words belong in the blanks?
    Bill; Rock Around the Clock
    Del; Little Runaway
    Elvis; Heartbreak Hotel
    Paul; She Loves You


11. "Run For Cover" was the title track from Gary Moore's 1985 album. Moore used three different bass players on the album, all of them famous and accomplished. Who actually played bass on the title track?
    Glenn Hughes, formerly of Deep Purple
    Bob Daisley, formerly of Ozzy Osbourne's tour band
    Phil Lynott, formerly of Thin Lizzy
    Moore played the bass himself


12. "Take the Money and Run" was a quirky little ditty from Steve Miller's "Fly Like an Eagle" LP in 1976. It deals with serious crime in a carefree, tongue-in-cheek way. Who "shot a man while robbing his castle?"
    Billy Jack
    Bobby Sue
    Billy Joe
    Billy Mack


13. "On the Run" appears on Pink Floyd's 1973 LP "Dark Side of the Moon." The song is an instrumental, but although there are no lyrics the music clearly conveys a message. What word best describes the mood in "On the Run?"
    melancholy
    joyful
    relaxed
    frantic


14. "Run to You" appeared on Bryan Adams 1984 blockbuster LP "Reckless." Bryan Adams is?
    American
    British
    Canadian
    Australian


15. "Band on the Run" was the title track from a hugely successful LP by Paul McCartney and Wings in 1974. What is the opening line of the song?
    Well the night was falling as the desert world
    If I ever get out of here
    Stuck inside these four walls
    Well the rain exploded with a mighty crash


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