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16 Smiths quizzes and 210 Smiths trivia questions.
1.
  First Lines The Smiths Songs   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Each question gives you the first lines of a song by The Smiths. Do you know what song?
Easier, 15 Qns, Vermic, Apr 20 04
Easier
Vermic
3612 plays
2.
  The Smiths 1982-1987    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you remember The Smiths? I give you the lyrics, you give me the song. Enjoy.
Average, 10 Qns, dantecmdy, Nov 09 15
Average
dantecmdy
1345 plays
3.
  Easy Smiths Lyrics Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
A quiz to identify the lyrics of the most poetic and wonderful band ever...The Smiths.
Easier, 15 Qns, KatieK54, Jul 14 21
Easier
KatieK54 gold member
Jul 14 21
1656 plays
4.
  The Smiths Songs And Albums   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
I will name two Smiths songs, both coming from a different album, and you must identify the albums.
Average, 10 Qns, veggiekitten, Jan 13 03
Average
veggiekitten
946 plays
5.
  "The Queen is Dead" Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
"The Queen is Dead" is my favorite album by The Smiths. I'll give you a lyric, and you tell me which song it comes from. Have fun!
Easier, 10 Qns, 24girl, Aug 06 05
Easier
24girl
585 plays
6.
  Cover Stars of The Smiths   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
One of the UK's most influential and hard hitting musical groups of the 1980s, The Smiths gave birth to a plethora of amazing songs. This quiz, however, is based on the covers found on their various single and album sleeves.
Average, 10 Qns, doomed, Mar 22 09
Average
doomed
398 plays
7.
  The Smiths Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
How well do you know your Smiths lyrics? Try your best to figure out what songs contain these Morrissey-penned lines.
Average, 15 Qns, JCWs, Mar 15 06
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JCWs
2259 plays
8.
  Depressing Smiths Lyrics   great trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Smiths are my all time favorite band. Even though their lyrics tend to be on the depressing side, they give you a sense of not being alone. I will give you a lyric and you must guess what song it is from.
Average, 10 Qns, cbushman, Feb 26 23
Average
cbushman gold member
Feb 26 23
840 plays
9.
  The Smiths - There Is A Quiz That Never Goes Out    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Morrissey and Co. provided arguably the best music of the 80's.
Average, 10 Qns, golfcart6, Sep 04 02
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golfcart6
1427 plays
10.
  Devilish Smiths Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Here are some Smiths 'snippets' to make it extra difficult. If you get all of these then you're worthy of a bunch of gladioli delivered by Moz himself.
Average, 10 Qns, liammacrae1, Apr 26 06
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liammacrae1
622 plays
trivia question Quick Question
Name the Smiths song that this lyric is from. "How can someone so young sing words so sad?"

From Quiz "Depressing Smiths Lyrics"




11.
  "Hang the DJ" or the World According to The Smiths    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Since my first experience with Morrissey, Marr, Rourke and Joyce, I have found The Smiths' music to be timeless. This quiz will be about the albums that The Smiths' songs first appeared on as well as a couple of more obscure references.
Average, 10 Qns, mos623, Mar 02 06
Average
mos623
526 plays
12.
  What do you know about Smiths Lyrics?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
How well do you know your Smiths songs? I'll give the lyrics, you give me the song.
Average, 10 Qns, Morrigan716, Dec 30 01
Average
Morrigan716 gold member
1599 plays
13.
  General THE SMITHS questions    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
Here are some quite easy questions, if you're a fan of The Smiths.
Tough, 20 Qns, gaie, Jul 23 09
Tough
gaie
1125 plays
14.
  Short Sharp Smiths    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
In a no doubt vain attempt to toughen-up Smiths quizzes (which are notoriously easy for aficionados) I offer 20 clipped lyrics for you to identify...
Tough, 20 Qns, johngordonfnc, Jun 24 03
Tough
johngordonfnc
759 plays
15.
  The Smiths: Quiz 2    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Here's another The Smiths quiz. Hope you enjoy it.
Average, 15 Qns, Livefan, May 28 01
Average
Livefan
1725 plays
16.
  1980s Band: The Smiths    
Multiple Choice
 20 Qns
The Smiths, a great 80s band. Have fun.
Average, 20 Qns, Livefan, Nov 17 11
Average
Livefan
1829 plays
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Smiths Trivia Questions

1. Which Smiths song is this lyric from? "I know I'm unloveable you don't have to tell me."

From Quiz
Depressing Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Unloveable

One of the Smiths better B-sides. However this song was never performed live.

2. OK, a fairly well known one to get you started. What's the song this lyric is from? "A jumped up pantry boy"

From Quiz Devilish Smiths Lyrics

Answer: This Charming Man

One of the best known Smiths songs. Certainly the one I've heard most at rubbish indie discos. I swear, the next person I hear singing "a jumped up country boy" is going to feel the sharp end of my tongue. Full Lyric: "A jumped up pantry boy/ Who never knew his place/ He said: "return the ring"/ He knows so much about these things"

3. In what song will you hear: "There's always someone, somewhere, with a big nose who knows..."?

From Quiz "The Queen is Dead" Lyrics

Answer: Cemetry Gates

This is from track number five, "Cemetry Gates". The misspelling of "cemetry" is intentional by Morrissey in this case.

4. Which studio album contained "I Know It's Over"?

From Quiz "Hang the DJ" or the World According to The Smiths

Answer: The Queen Is Dead

"The Queen Is Dead" was released in 1986 and contained the wonderfully sly "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others".

5. "...you let yours slide..."

From Quiz Short Sharp Smiths

Answer: I Keep Mine Hidden

Apparently the last Smiths song ever recorded for b-side of "Girlfriend In A Coma". One of very few poor efforts too.

6. The most important question of all (almost). What are Morrissey's two given names?

From Quiz General THE SMITHS questions

Answer: Steven Patrick

Has been misspelled as Stephen, but Morrissey himself makes it clear in "Ouijaboard", "It spells S T E V E N..."

7. Guitarist Johnny Marr joined what band briefly after the Smiths broke up?

From Quiz The Smiths - There Is A Quiz That Never Goes Out

Answer: The The

Marr went on to form Electronic with New Order's Bernard Sumner after his stint with The The.

8. "Suffer Little Children" and "I Know It's Over".

From Quiz The Smiths Songs And Albums

Answer: "The Smiths" and "The Queen Is Dead"

"The Smiths" was released in February 1984 and "The Queen Is Dead" was released in June 1986. The band was formed back in 1982.

9. 'Why do I give valuable time to people who don't care if I ___________?'

From Quiz Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Live or I Die & live or die

A very sad song, but fits any person in a depressive mood.

10. 'I dreamt about you last night and I fell out of bed twice'?

From Quiz Smiths Lyrics

Answer: 'Reel Around the Fountain'

From 'The Smiths'.

11. Name the guitar player of The Smiths.

From Quiz The Smiths: Quiz 2

Answer: Johnny Marr

12. 'And I'm not happy and I'm not sad.'

From Quiz The Smiths Lyrics

Answer: This Night Has Opened My Eyes

The song appears on the 'Hatful of Hollow' and 'Louder Than Bombs' albums.

13. Guess which Smiths song this lyric is from. "I don't want to wake up on my own anymore."

From Quiz Depressing Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Asleep

This is Morrissey's bleakest song concerning suicide. "Auld Lang Syne" can be heard playing as the song fades out.

14. "It was dark as I drove the point home And on cold leather seats Well, it suddenly struck me I just might die with a smile on my face after all." Which light-hearted tune is this?

From Quiz The Smiths 1982-1987

Answer: "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore"

The song "That Joke Isn't Funny Anymore" was featured on The Smiths second studio album "Meat Is Murder" released in 1985. Unhappy with the production on their 1984 debut album "The Smiths," Morrissey and Marr decided to produce "Meat Is Murder" themselves. It would go on to be their only original release to hit No.1 in the United Kingdom.

15. Moving on. Again what's the song? "Take me to the haven of your bed"

From Quiz Devilish Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Reel Around the Fountain

A lyric from probably the most beautiful love song ever written. Definitely NOT about child abuse. Full Lyric: "I dreamt about you last night/ And I fell out of bed twice/ You can pin and mount me/ Like a Butterfly/ But take me to the haven of your bed/ Was something that you never said/ Two lumps please/ You're the bee's knees/ But so am I"

16. In which song does this lyric appear: "Send me the pillow, the one that you dream on..."?

From Quiz "The Queen is Dead" Lyrics

Answer: Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others

This lyric is from track number ten, "Some Girls Are Bigger Than Others". It is sung near the end of the song, so listen carefully for it.

17. Brian Ferry's "The Right Stuff" sampled which instrumental track from the cassette version of "Louder Than Bombs"?

From Quiz "Hang the DJ" or the World According to The Smiths

Answer: Money Changes Everything

"Money Changes Everything" first appeared as a b-side to "Bigmouth Strikes Again" in 1986.

18. Who hides behind the name "Orchestrazia Ardwick"?

From Quiz General THE SMITHS questions

Answer: Johnny Marr

This is one of Johnny's nicknames, used on "Strangeways, Here We Come".

19. "What She Said" and "Miserable Lie".

From Quiz The Smiths Songs And Albums

Answer: "Meat Is Murder" and "The Smiths"

"Meat Is Murder" was released in February 1985 and "The Smiths" was released in February 1984. The band had four members: Steven Morrissey, Johnny Marr, Mike Joyce and Andy Rourke.

20. 'Lord knows it would be the first time.'

From Quiz Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Please Please Let Me Get What I Want

The instrumental part at the end is very reminiscent of the art museum scene in 'Ferris Bueller's Day Off.'

21. 'Spending warm summer days indoors writing frightening verse to a buck-toothed girl in Luxembourg'?

From Quiz Smiths Lyrics

Answer: 'Ask'

From 'Louder Than Bombs'.

22. One of the CDs listed below is a recording of a live concert. Do you know which recording is live?

From Quiz The Smiths: Quiz 2

Answer: Rank

23. How can you stay with a fat girl who'll say: 'Would you like to marry me and if you like you can buy the ring'.

From Quiz 1980s Band: The Smiths

Answer: William, it Was Really Nothing

24. 'She said 'I know you and you cannot sing'...'

From Quiz The Smiths Lyrics

Answer: The Queen is Dead

'...I said 'That's nothing, you should hear me play piano.' From the album of the same name.

25. This Smiths lyric is included in which song? "And if you must go to work tomorrow, well if I were you I wouldn't bother, for there are brighter sides to life and I should know because I've seen them but not very often..."

From Quiz Depressing Smiths Lyrics

Answer: Still Ill

This song was included on the Smiths' debut album which was released in 1984. A different version of this song was also released on 1984's "Hatful of Hollow".

26. "Sad veiled bride, please be happy Handsome groom, give her room. Loud, loutish lover, treat her kindly Though she needs you more than she loves you." Which hopeful number is this one?

From Quiz The Smiths 1982-1987

Answer: "I Know It's Over"

"I Know It's Over" was featured on The Smiths third studio album "The Queen Is Dead" released in 1986. According to legend, the vocals were laid down on the first take. The album cover was designed by Morrissey, and featured actor Alain Delon from the 1964 film "L'Insumis." On the Rolling Stone list of greatest albums, "The Queen Is Dead" made number 216 out of 500.

27. Moving on to a B-side now. Heh heh heh. "Oh, the alcoholic afternoons". What's the song?

From Quiz Devilish Smiths Lyrics

Answer: These Things Take Time

"Oh the alcoholic afternoons/ When we sat in your rooms/ they meant more to me, than any/ than any living thing on Earth" Genius

28. The single 'The Boy With The Thorn In His Side' was released in September 1985 reaching number 23 in the UK charts, however, which author famous for writing 'Breakfast at Tiffany's' adorned the single sleeve?

From Quiz Cover Stars of The Smiths

Answer: Truman Capote & Capote

Morrissey later recorded 'Moon River' on the B-side to his 1994 single 'Hold on to your friends', 'Moon River' was written by Henry Mancini for the film 'Breakfast at Tiffany's'. Capote died in August 1984 and the photographer was Cecil Beaton.

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