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2 Happy Mondays quizzes and 35 Happy Mondays trivia questions.
1.
  Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A few questions on the Mondays tunes circa 1990 when they were at their sleaziest and best. Good Luck.
Difficult, 10 Qns, stottie, Apr 19 04
Difficult
stottie
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  Happy Mondays Monster Quiz    
Multiple Choice
 25 Qns
A tuff quiz on funky disco killers the Happy Mondays. Chill those dance floor shoes and see if you can beat this.
Tough, 25 Qns, kozyfantutu, May 28 01
Tough
kozyfantutu
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Happy Mondays Trivia Questions
1. Which former seventies pop singer is featured on the Mondays' single version of 'Lazyitis'?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Karl Denver

Karl Denver was behind the song 'The Lion Sleeps Tonight', you know the one that goes: a-wimba-way a-wimba-way etc.

2. What was The Mondays debut album called?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: 24 Hour Party People Plastic Face Carn't Smile (White Out)

That's a hell of a long one (and a classic). Look out for the film about the Hacienda coming out, called 24 Hour Party People.

3. In the song 'Denis and Lois'(from the 1990 Mondays' album 'Pills, Thrills N' Bellyaches') what kind of club was the 'Midget Club' mentioned in the lyrics?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: boxing club

The Mondays would visit this club on their trips to London in the mid-eighties.

4. Which ex-Velvet Underground player produced it?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: John Cale

He's a Welshman as well, little wizard on bass guitar so he was. I wonder if he was out of rehab?

5. From what gig was the Mondays' 'Live' album recorded?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Elland Road

Triumphant headliner during the summer of 1990,Elland Road Football Stadium in Leeds.

6. In April 1990, the Happy Mondays threw a gig to kick some sand at the Stone Roses' Spike Island scousefestival. Where was it?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Wembley Arena

Marching on stage that night Shaun Ryder addressed the crowd with the notion 'Where's Me Pickled Herrings?'

7. The Mondays' 'Live' album was circulated as a bootleg before the official release date, what was it called?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Baby Bighead

The 'Baby Bighead Bootleg' was meant to be the soundtrack to a film that never appeared and was subsequently the title of a b-side track on the 'Stinkin' Thinkin'' single. It was also rumoured that the band themselves circulated the bootleg.

8. In the killer anthem 'Step On' who does Shaun Ryder invite us to call after we've twisted his melons?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: The Cops

That only got to Number 5 back in what the old blokes down the pub will tell you were the good old days.

9. The late Kirsty Macoll guested on a remix of a Mondays' song, what song was it?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Hallelujah

Kirsty Macoll guested on one of four remixes of the song the others being 'Original', 'Club' and 'Deadstock'. Hers is simply the 'Macoll' mix. She even appeared on 'Top of the Pops' with the band.

10. 'Step On' contained a hijacked sample from which 1971 Johnny Kongo dance-floor filler?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: He's Gonna Step On You Again

Johnny Kongos still gets a sleeve credit for that sample.

11. Why was the word 'Groovy' omitted from the original title of the hit single 'Kinky Afro' just before its release in the U.K.?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: The Farm had just released 'Groovy Train'

The Mondays' removed the word 'Groovy' from the title of 'Kinky Afro' so that no one would get confused with their mates The Farms' hit single 'Groovy Train'.

12. When asked why he was always on one what was Bez's reply?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: It's My Job

Shaun always forced Bez on, one time quoted to say: 'get 'em down yer throat son, Move! Throw 'em down yer neck!'

13. 'Wrote for Luck' originally appeared on the Mondays' 1988 'Bummed' album and eventually became a club hit when it was remixed. Paul Oakenfold remixed the song for the second time but who remixed it for the first club mix as 'W.F.L.'?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Vince Clarke

A slightly harder version than Oakie's 'Think about the Future Mix' and also the version featured in the 'Manchester Legends' video.

14. Which club did Tony Wilson's Factory Records, who first signed the Mondays, own and run?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: The Hacienda & Hacienda & Hac

15. What was the b-side to the Mondays' follow up single 'Judge Fudge'?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Tokoloshe Man

'Tokoloshe Man'was originally recorded for the Mondays' American label Elektra's anniversary album, 'Rubaiyat'. 'Step On' was originally going on the album but it sounded so good they decided to release it as a single. 'Tokoloshe Man' was another John Kongos cover like 'Step On'.

16. Name that man: 'If we legalized E, man we'd probably have a race of mutants on our hands'

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Shaun Ryder

This was Shaun Ryder in the same year as Step On was released.

17. The song 'Do it Better' appears on the Mondays' 'Bummed' album. It reappeared again along with other classics on the 'Live' album, but this time under a different guise, a single letter. What was it called?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: E

'Do it Better' had originally been called 'E' when it was written. When asked whether the song referred to the drug Ecstasy, Shaun Ryder would simply say 'It's called E because it's in the key of E'.

18. Which part of his body did Bez break when he crashed his third jeep recording 'Yes Please' in Barbados?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Arm

When they went over Shaun had just got over heroin addiction. He goes to Barbados and gets hooked on crack cocaine...as Steps would say, Tragedy!

19. In which cities was the the 1990 Mondays' album 'Pills, Thrills N' Bellyaches' recorded?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Trivia Circa 1990

Answer: Los Angeles and London

Recorded in amongst some of the most notorious rock n' roll tales of debauched behavior. Stuff of legend.

20. Who was the superstar DJ producer for 'Pills N Thrills N Bellyaches'?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Paul Oakenfold

Paul Oakenfold now the man at Cream, running the show. I think he looks like a pig, he has a dodgy nose.

21. Name that song: 'I could take you from behind and make you believe...What do you want to hear when we're making love?'

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Bob's Yer Uncle

Yes, there is a white Barry White.

22. Who is the Monday's only female member?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Rowetta

23. Name that song: 'Gonna buy an airforce babe- Gonna wipe out your race- Get stoned in a different place'

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Loose Fit

24. Shaun and Paul Ryder shared what menial job on leaving school?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Postman

Please contact me if Shaun delivered your post.

25. How big was Shaun Ryder's crack habit alleged to be in the Carribean?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: 30-50 Rocks per day

Yes indeedy.

26. What was the name of the Mondays' 1991 live album?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Live

27. The 1989 video for 'Wrote For Luck' was filmed at which Manchester club?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Legends

This was the same club where Paul Oakenfold hosted the infamous Spectrum house night.

28. Which Monday's track kicks off with a sampled aeroplane taking off?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Holiday

29. Who did the Happy Mondays support on tour in 2000?

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: Oasis

There is a rumour going about that Ryder is clean now...don't believe the hype.

30. Name that song: 'God made it easy- God laid 'is E's out on me'

From Quiz Happy Mondays Monster Quiz

Answer: God's Cop

'...Me and all the chiefs got mobile phones..homes'

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