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Quiz about 1969  A Baaaad Moon Is Risin
Quiz about 1969  A Baaaad Moon Is Risin

1969 - A Baaaad Moon Is Risin' Quiz


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A multiple-choice quiz by maddogrick16. Estimated time: 4 mins.
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Author
maddogrick16
Time
4 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
196,088
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
Plays
5613
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 204 (10/10), Guest 108 (10/10), aandp1955 (7/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. "I hear hurricanes a-blowing
I know the end is coming soon
I fear rivers over flowing
I hear the voice of rage and ruin"

Remember this classic?
Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. "Now it's been ten thousand years, man has cried a billion tears
For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through"

Another huge hit in 1969 with the portent of doom spelled out in the lyrics. What year fills in the blank of the title - "In The Year_____"?
Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Can you identify this #5 hit of B.J. Thomas from the following slice of lyric?

"I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me
Girl you just don't realize what you do to me
When you hold me in your arms so tight
You let me know everything's alright".
Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye
Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye"

Everyone knows the lyric, but who was the artist?
Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. "I can turn your gray sky blue
I could make it rain whenever I wanted to
I can build a castle from a single grain of sand
I can make a ship sail on dry land
But my life is incomplete and I'm so blue"

The next line is the song's title and explains why the singer is so blue. That line and song title is?
Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. "The earth says hello
You twinkle above us
We twinkle below"

Granted, this is not much of a lyric to hang a question on but there wasn't much more to the lyric that could be quoted! It was a #3 hit in 1969 and to be fair, I'll give some perspective - it was featured in the musical "Hair". Its title?
Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. "Did you find the directing sign on the
Straight and narrow highway
Would you mind a reflecting sign
Just let it shine within your mind
And show you the colors that are real"

The title of this #2 hit?
Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. "The game she played lasted all day till way after dark
All the girls they criticized her
But all the guys just idolized her
'Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark"

Where did Mary Hill play her little games? That's the song's title.
Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out
Because I love you too much baby
Why can't you see what you're doing to me
When you don't believe a word I say"

What song was this?
Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. "Bein' good isn't always easy
No matter how hard I try
When he started sweet talkin' to me
He'd come'n tell me everything is all right
He'd kiss and tell me everything is all right
Can I get away again tonight"

Who was this silver tongued charmer?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "I hear hurricanes a-blowing I know the end is coming soon I fear rivers over flowing I hear the voice of rage and ruin" Remember this classic?

Answer: Bad Moon Rising

The second #2 hit for Creedence Clearwater Revival in 1969, the bleak lyrics were John Fogerty's view of an impending apocalypse of doom. The music, however, was real toe-tapping and energetic, totally incongruous to the message! It's speculated that Fogerty did this on purpose feeling that radio stations wouldn't play the song if the music was as sombre as the words.

The point may be moot but the fact is that the record sold over 2 million copies!
2. "Now it's been ten thousand years, man has cried a billion tears For what, he never knew, now man's reign is through" Another huge hit in 1969 with the portent of doom spelled out in the lyrics. What year fills in the blank of the title - "In The Year_____"?

Answer: 2525

The song was #1 for six weeks and is another of those songs that is now widely regarded as one of the worst songs ever recorded despite its success. The artists were Zager and Evans and they are the true one hit wonders - they never had another song enter the Hot Hundred Billboard charts! Both were from Nebraska and originally played together in a shortlived band called The Eccentrics in the early 1960s. Reuniting as a duo in 1968, they decided to record this song which Rick Evans had written in 1963. Frustrated with their subsequent lack of success, they split up in 1974. Evans carried on as a song writer while Denny Zager retired from the industry and became a music teacher.
3. Can you identify this #5 hit of B.J. Thomas from the following slice of lyric? "I can't stop this feeling deep inside of me Girl you just don't realize what you do to me When you hold me in your arms so tight You let me know everything's alright".

Answer: Hooked On A Feeling

Some will remember this hit more readily from the #1 Blue Swede cover in 1974 with the famous "Ooga chucka, ooga ooga ooga chucka" intro. B.J. forged a successful pop career over a ten year period starting in 1966. This million seller was his biggest hit to this point soon to be eclipsed by his mega-hit "Raindrops Keep Fallin' On My Head" in 1970. By 1973, he switched directions and re-established himself as a Country and Gospel artist and was invited to join the Grand Ole Opry in 1981.

He still tours and cuts records on an occasional basis.
4. "Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye Na na na na, na na na na, hey hey-ey, goodbye" Everyone knows the lyric, but who was the artist?

Answer: Steam

Essentially, Steam didn't even exist when this song was recorded yet it shot right to the top of the charts. Paul Leka, a record producer, crafted the lyric and recorded it with a couple of studio musicians, Gary DeCarlo and Dale Frashuer. Leka really liked the flip side, "It's The Magic In You Girl" and only recorded this song because each 45 needs two sides.

He's admitted that the musicians purposely played the song sloppily to assure that DJ's would never play it! Moreover, the "Na na na na" lyrics were just thrown in because of time pressure - he didn't have time to complete the lyric properly prior to the recording session. Sure enough, the brass at the record company loved this song and insisted on making it the "A" side.

When it became a hit, Leko quickly assembled another group of musicians from Connecticut to present themselves as Steam and go on tour.

The new group would only have one more moderate hit that charted at #46 then the group quickly faded into obscurity.
5. "I can turn your gray sky blue I could make it rain whenever I wanted to I can build a castle from a single grain of sand I can make a ship sail on dry land But my life is incomplete and I'm so blue" The next line is the song's title and explains why the singer is so blue. That line and song title is?

Answer: I Can't Get Next To You

This Barrett Strong/Norm Whitfield composition became a #1 song for The Temptations for two weeks, their first since "My Girl" in 1965. It would also be rated as the biggest of their many hits, no small feat considering the group would have 55 songs chart over their 27 year recording career.
6. "The earth says hello You twinkle above us We twinkle below" Granted, this is not much of a lyric to hang a question on but there wasn't much more to the lyric that could be quoted! It was a #3 hit in 1969 and to be fair, I'll give some perspective - it was featured in the musical "Hair". Its title?

Answer: Good Morning Starshine

This was one of Oliver's two top ten songs, the other being "Jean" later in the year. It's interesting to note that music critics David Browne and David Hinckley of The New York Daily News published an article sometime during the 1990s listing their choices of the "worst songs" ever recorded over the past 25 years. Both of Oliver's top tens made the list!
7. "Did you find the directing sign on the Straight and narrow highway Would you mind a reflecting sign Just let it shine within your mind And show you the colors that are real" The title of this #2 hit?

Answer: Spinning Wheel

"Spinning Wheel" was the second of three consecutive #2 songs that Blood, Sweat and Tears would chart in 1969. Their brand of "jazz-rock fusion" was certainly unique to the era and their distinctive sound was immensely popular with the public. One of the problems of a nine man band is keeping everyone focused on a singular concept and this was the case with Blood, Sweat and Tears.

In 1972, the group was splintering: lead singer David Clayton Thomas wanted the group to pursue a Vegas show band motif; the horn section formed the jazz camp; the percussion players leaned toward a more rock oriented approach.

This led to some personnel defections and by 1975 most of the original group had left. With so many former members attempting to capitalize on the group name, legal hassles have resulted in no new recordings with the group name since the mid-1980s although touring versions with Thomas occasionally pop up as of 2004.
8. "The game she played lasted all day till way after dark All the girls they criticized her But all the guys just idolized her 'Cause Mary Hill was such a thrill after dark" Where did Mary Hill play her little games? That's the song's title.

Answer: Cherry Hill Park

Mary Hill met a man with money and, much to the dismay of "the boys", he took her away and married her. Lyrics were certainly getting more and more suggestive in the late 1960s compared to earlier in the decade! Billy Joe Royal, whose biggest hit was his debut release "Down In The Boondocks" in 1965, bid farewell to the pop charts with this #15 song.

He was born in Georgia and grew up in the business with folks like Ray Stevens, Joe South and Jerry Reed in the early 1960s. He was another victim of the changing 1970s music scene and worked Vegas for several years before successfully turning to country music in the mid-1980s.

As of 2004, he continues to tour and record in that genre.
9. "We're caught in a trap, I can't walk out Because I love you too much baby Why can't you see what you're doing to me When you don't believe a word I say" What song was this?

Answer: Suspicious Minds

From 1955 to 1962, Elvis piled up seventeen #1 hits; from 1962 until his death in 1977, a period during which he still recorded on a regular basis, he would have one - and this was it! Throughout the mid-1960s Elvis recorded a string of releases that made little chart impact, but he bounced back around this time with four top ten hits, all of which were Gold Records.

This song was the second of those four following "In The Ghetto". The streak would end with "The Wonder Of You" in 1970 after which he would only have one more top ten, "Burning Love" in 1972.

When he began in 1954, rockers were vying with crooners; a generation later, he was a rocking crooner vying with disco and heavy metal artists.
10. "Bein' good isn't always easy No matter how hard I try When he started sweet talkin' to me He'd come'n tell me everything is all right He'd kiss and tell me everything is all right Can I get away again tonight" Who was this silver tongued charmer?

Answer: the son of a preacher man

Billy Ray was the preacher's son and in Dusty Springfield's words in the chorus, "The only one who could ever reach me was the son of a preacher man". Dusty was another whose chart successes were about to wane. She would have two more middling hits in 1969 but then would have to wait eighteen long years before hitting the top forty charts again with "What Have I Done To Deserve This?", a song she performed with The Pet Shop Boys.
Source: Author maddogrick16

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