Science and Nature in Songs Trivia

1. Chewie, the Lightsaber-toothed Cat is a big fan of "Star Wars". Which composer would he most likely hear music from when he's watching a lightsaber duel?

From Quiz Lightsaber-toothed Cat

Answer: John Williams

John Williams is an American composer who gained notoriety for creating the music found in all nine "Star Wars" films, including "The Imperial March" and "Duel of The Fates". John Williams' music can also be heard in other famous movies such as "Jurassic Park", "Home Alone" and "E.T. the Extra-Terrestrial". Throughout his career, John Williams has won 25 Grammy Awards, as well as five Academy Awards.

From Quiz Mother Brain Freeze

Answer: The Rolling Stones

Mick Jagger channels Chuck Berry as he struts and complains that his girlfriend is like an ice-cream cone while he's the "bleeding volcano". Poor Mick. The song was the second single to be released from their 1980 album "Emotional Rescue" which followed hot on the heels (pun intended) of their highly successful "Some Girls" disc from 1978. Whilst "Emotional Rescue" was panned for its disco flavour, there is little argument that "She's So Cold" is just a good, down-to-earth, rock and roll song. This question was thawed out by Phoenix Rising team member pollucci19.

From Quiz Cold Songs

Answer: Foreigner

In 1977, "Cold As Ice" by Foreigner reached Number Six on the US Billboard Top Pop 40. It was one of 16 Top 40 songs for Foreigner between 1977 and 1988. Their top four songs were: "I Want To Know What Love Is" (Number One in 1984), "Double Vision" (Number Two in 1978), "Waiting For A Girl like You" (Number Two in 1981), and "Hot Blooded" (Number Three in 1978).

From Quiz Measure for Measure

Answer: A bushel and a peck

"I love you a bushel and a peck, a bushel and a peck and a hug around the neck..." Oddly enough, the song was left out of the 1955 movie version (except for a brief snippet in the background), even though its singer, Miss Adelaide, was portrayed by Vivian Blaine on both stage and screen. A bright and catchy tune, "A Bushel and a Peck" has been recorded by Vivian Blaine, Doris Day, Perry Como and Betty Hutton, and the Andrews Sisters amongst others. Como and Hutton's rendition peaked at number six on "Billboard" magazine's charts in October 1950. Bushels and pecks are used for measuring things like fruit, oats and other dry goods, with four pecks making a bushel.

From Quiz "Rock" Lyrics

Answer: Rock Me Amadeus

"Rock Me Amadeus" is a song by Falco. "Rock Me Amedeus" came out in 1985 by the Austrian born singer. It was Falco's only number one hit in the US and the UK. In 1998, shortly before his 41st birthday, Falco was killed in an automobile accident.

From Quiz The Shape of Music

Answer: Adam and the Ants

Adam and the Ants were a British band that recorded from 1977 until 1982. Their flamboyant and overtly sexual style of singing turned them into a cult favorite. This band had many members come and go, and "Kings of the Wild Frontier" was the second of their three albums. Some of their lyrics were definitely off the wall. Here is an example of the opening lyrics to their song "Don't Be Square (Be There)": "Music for a future age Don't be square be there All good clean fun Whatever that means Antmusic for sexpeople Sexmusic for antpeople Get off your knees And hear the insect prayer"

From Quiz Elements of Rock

Answer: Silver Bullet Band

The 1979 song "Old Time Rock and Roll" hit number 28 on the US Billboard Hot 100, and was famously featured in the 1983 film "Risky Business." The 1980 song "Against the Wind" peaked at number five on the Billboard Hot 100, and was featured in the 1994 film "Forrest Gump." Formed in 1974, the lineup Silver Bullet Band, besides Seger, consisted of Drew Abbot on guitar, Alto Reed on saxophone, Chris Campbell on bass, and David Teegarden on drums for both of these recordings.

From Quiz Stone Fever

Answer: To

The song "Turn to Stone" appears on this British band's 1977 double album "Out of the Blue". After Roy Wood left in 1972, Jeff Lynne wrote, arranged and produced all the band's material. Some have said that they took over from where the Beatles left off. The Beatle connection was certainly there. George Harrison and Ringo Starr frequently put in appearances on ELO albums and Jeff Lynne was in the Traveling Wilburys with George Harrison. Jeff Lynne also produced a number of ex-Beatle records.

From Quiz Classic Rock Songs "Eye to the Sky"

Answer: Blue Sky

Written by Dickey Betts and released on the ABB's 1972 "Eat a Peach" album, this tune has been covered by numerous other artists, including Joan Baez. It remains one of the band's most requested songs on classic rock radio stations.

From Quiz When Music Met Science

Answer: Girls Aloud

Girls Aloud were formed in 2002 once they won the English talent show, "Popstars: The Rivals". Their original lineup of Cheryl Cole, Nadine Coyle, Sarah Harding, Nicola Roberts and Kimberley Walsh survived and was not changed for a decade. They are considered to be one of the most successful bands to have come from a talent show. "Biology" was one of the songs on Girls Aloud's third album, "Chemistry", released in 2005. That album title would fit in quite well with this quiz as well! Unfortunately, no other branches of science feature as titles in "Chemistry". Back on topic, the song was brought to life with its atypical structure -- the musical structure of the song changes twice before introducing the chorus at two minutes into the song, which is generally quite late in songs to introduce a chorus. The song achieved reasonable success on the UK Singles chart, breaking into the top ten.

From Quiz Songs with Sand in the Title

Answer: Nancy Sinatra

After composing hits for Nancy Sinatra such as "These Boots Are Made for Walkin'", "How Does That Grab Ya, Darlin'" and "Summer Wine" Lee Hazlewood and Nancy recorded a duet album in 1968 titled "Nancy and Lee". In addition to "Sand" and "Summer Wine" the album included "Some Velvet Morning" and "Jackson". The "Nancy and Lee Again" album was released three years later. Lee Hazlewood began his career as a disc jockey and later produced hits for guitarist Duane Eddy. Nancy Sinatra signed with her father's Reprise label and released a number of unsuccessful singles until "These Boots Were Made for Walkin'" became a hit. Lee paired with Ann Margret for the 1969 album "The Cowboy and the Lady". "Gypsies and Indians" was a 1993 collaboration with Lee Hazlewood and Anna Hanski. Aida Fries played a belly dancer in "The Last of the Secret Agents?", a 1966 film co-starring Nancy Sinatra.

From Quiz Back to School - Rock Music

Answer: Sapphire

The word 'sapphire' comes from the Greek 'sappheiros' meaning blue stone. Interestingly, sapphires occur in different colours, determined by other elements present. To achieve greater clarity, sapphires are usually heated. The Clash were an English band of the '70s. What I think is amusing (my sense of humour!) is that the band had members with the surnames 'Strummer', 'Chimes', and 'Harper'.

From Quiz List, Lexicon, Record, Register, Table, Tally

Answer: Fine

That's right it's part of R.E.M's "It's The End of the World and We Know it (And I Feel Fine)". Who wouldn't - there's ice cream!

From Quiz Blinded By Science

Answer: Britain

The song, from 1982/3, reached number 5 on the Billboard Hot 100 in America, but reached only number 49 in the UK. A well-known presenter of science programmes in the UK at the time, named Magnus Pyke, contributes to the record by shouting out comments.

From Quiz Ice on the Billboard Charts

Answer: Foreigner

"Foreigner" was Foreigner's debut album and contained "Long Long Way From Home", "Feels Like the First Time" and "Cold as Ice". The band formed when various members of other groups united to forge a musical alliance. The name was derived from the fact that the band was comprised of American and British members. Their debut album sold over 4,000,000 copies and their follow-up album, "Double Vision", outsold "Foreigner" the following year. "Head Games" was a 1979 album. The 1984 "Agent Provocateur" album contained the band's only US Number One hit, "I Want to Know What Love Is".

From Quiz Measure of a Song

Answer: Chain Reaction

Diana Ross reached number one in the UK with "Chain Reaction" in 1985. The cover version by Steps in 2001 reached number two, also in the UK. A chain is equal to 66 feet/22 yards and is the distance between the two sets of stumps on a cricket pitch. Furthermore four poles make a chain and ten chains make a furlong.

From Quiz Computers and Related Parts in Songs

Answer: Silicon Chip

The first verse of the song "I Don't Like Mondays" begins with the lyric, "The Silicon Chip inside her head was switched to overload." The single reached the number one position on the UK singles chart in 1979, but only reached a lowly position of 73 on the Billboard Hot 100. The song was written by Bob Geldof and was the bands second number one hit in the UK.

From Quiz Hit Songs with Geology Terms

Answer: mountain

The original song was released in 1967, and then Diana Ross of the Supremes released a second version in 1971. The lyrics go, "Ain't no mountain high enough, ain't no valley low enough, ain't no river wide enough, to keep me from getting to you."

From Quiz Elements # 4: Earth

Answer: Peter Frampton

Marriott, Jerry Shirley and Greg Ridley were the other original members of the Pie. When Frampton had left he was replaced by Dave "Clem" Clempson. Rod Stewart was Marriott's replacement as the lead singer of the (Small) Faces.

From Quiz Elements # 3: Air

Answer: Telstar

The Telstar, a satallite, was launched in the early 60s. President Kennedy promised a man on the moon by the end of the decade and the space programmes followed one another in quick succession. Mercury and Gemini were programmes leading up to the famous Apollo sequence which delivered on JFK's promise in 1969. Sputnik was a Russian space programme.

From Quiz Elemental Songs

Answer: Oxygen

Oxygen, one of the most abundant in the Earth's crust, is a component of hundreds of thousands of organic compounds and combines with most other elements. Additionally, oxygen composes 21% of Earth's atmosphere. It's breathed in by animal life, enabling them to "burn" the macronutrients in food for energy.

From Quiz Lightsaber-toothed Cat

Answer: Georgia

Reba McEntire released her version of the song "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" on the album "For My Broken Heart" in 1991. "The Night the Lights Went Out in Georgia" was actually a cover song, which was initially released by American comedian Vicki Lawrence in 1973.

From Quiz Ice Cold Music

Answer: Jethro Tull

Sadly, the song failed to chart for the band, however, it remains one of the favourite songs of the band's founder, Ian Anderson. In a 2018 interview with Rolling Stone magazine he listed it as one of the ten songs that defined the band's career and it has appeared on numerous compilation albums. Anderson advised that back in the early 1970s scientists were predicting a new ice age and this became the inspiration for the track. Anderson also noted that those scientists were wrong, terribly wrong. The world is warming and, as he says, it essentially made this song redundant. This question was removed from the chiller by Phoenix Rising member Pollucci19.

From Quiz Cold Songs

Answer: Cold Blooded

In 1983, "Cold Blooded" got only to Number 40 on the US Billboard Top Pop 40 chart. Rick James had four other Top 40 songs between 1978 and 1984: "You And I" (Number 13 in 1978), "Give It To Me Baby" (Number 40 in 1981), "Super Freak (Part I)" (Number 16 in 1981), and "17" (Number 36 in 1984).

From Quiz Measure for Measure

Answer: The company store

The chorus ends with the line "St Peter, don't you call me 'cause I can't go, I owe my soul to the company store." The implication was that the miner couldn't die yet, because he was always in debt to the company for which he worked. Written either by Merle Travis, or by former coal miner George S. Davis, "Sixteen Tons" was recorded by the former in 1946. Probably the most famous cover version was by Tennessee Ernie Ford in 1955, which was successful on both country and pop music charts published by "Billboard". Tons are tons, yes? Well, yes and no, as there are long tons (2240 pounds, used in the UK) and short tons (2000 pounds, used in the US). We won't even think about metric tonnes...

From Quiz "Rock" Lyrics

Answer: Like a Rock

"Like a Rock" was written by Bob Seeger. It was first performed in 1986 by Bob Seeger and The Silver Bullet Band. The song made it to number one in the US. Bob Seeger was born in 1945.

From Quiz The Shape of Music

Answer: Fleetwood Mac

Known world-wide for their pop rock music, Fleetwood Mac performed live for over 40 years. "Heroes Are Hard to Find" was their ninth album and included the song "Bermuda Triangle" about the mysterious area of water that is rumored to have claimed numerous ships and planes in unusual or unknown circumstances. The lyrics are a straight forward accusation of a government conspiracy to cover up whatever is or is not going on in the area.

From Quiz Stone Fever

Answer: It

This song first appeared on the 1970 "Moondance" album and tells of a semi-mystical experience Irish singer Van Morrison has as a child. The song's chorus supplies the title for the song. Many of his songs hark back to his youthful times in Belfast, Ireland. His music career started in the late 1950s.

From Quiz Classic Rock Songs "Eye to the Sky"

Answer: Southern Cross

Jimmy Buffett and others have covered "Southern Cross" and it is still a staple at CSN concerts. The studio recording included backup vocals by Art Garfunkel. The other three songs are still performed live but were never released as singles.

From Quiz When Music Met Science

Answer: Speed of Sound

The speed of sound is, as stated, 343.2 meters per second in dry air, which a physicist would probably know. Comparably, the speed of light is 186,282 miles per second, which is... a bit hard to swallow, really. The song mentions both the speed of light and the speed of sound in its lyrics. Of course, the 'speed of sound' elements are more prominent within the song as the name would suggest. When creating the song, bandmember Guy Berryman admitted that when creating the song, they tried to emulate the drum style of a Kate Bush song called "Running Up That Hill". The drum beat is incorporated into the song as the song goes on, although a consistent piano tune is present throughout. However, in a somewhat blunt way, lead singer Chris Martin expressed his dislike of the song, claiming that they "didn't get it quite right on record". Despite this, the song was nominated for two Grammy awards and hit number two in the UK singles chart (and, obscurely enough, a number one in the Polish singles chart!) so Chris Martin's dislike of the song was not universally shared.

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