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A Thousand Song Titles -- That's a Lot Quiz


Actually, I just mean songs with a "Thousand" in the titles. Have fun!

A multiple-choice quiz by shvdotr. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
shvdotr
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
378,462
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
6 / 10
Plays
242
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Question 1 of 10
1. First, a country song, a 1993 hit for Dwight Yoakam: "I got heartaches in my pocket / I got echoes in my head / And all that I keep hearing / Are the cruel cruel things that you said." Name that tune!
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Question 2 of 10
2. Alright, how about current pop, and a 2008 hit for Tori Amos: "And if it seems / I'm floating in the darkness / Well, I can't believe that I would keep / Keep you from flying." Which song is this? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Back in 1935 Betty Boop sang a song called "No! No! a Thousand Times, No!!" But if you google the title and add "eric bogle," you find a song in 1982 by Bogle, sometimes referred to with the same title as Betty's, and sometimes as "Traditional Folksinger's Lament." So if the Betty Boop title is the answer, what is Eric Bogle's musical question? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. At age 15 'way back in 1960, what made Kathy Young "Realize / You are the one love that I'll adore. / Tell me you love me / Tell me you're mine once more."? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. A little off the beaten path on this one. We're going well past just one thousand to mention an album and single by metal band Disturbed from 2005 which became their second consecutive number 1 on the "Billboard" 200 in the US. Which title is it? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Let's do the big numbers one more time. As a matter of fact, let's go back to 1967 and the Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album. "Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion / We're setting off with soft explosion." Which of these is it?
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Question 7 of 10
7. OK, Baby Boomers, this should be easy: Bobby Vee, 1963. "They say that you're a runaround lover / Though you say it isn't so..." Name that tune!
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Question 8 of 10
8. OK, our next title is "A Thousand Miles." But, there are also song titles listed as "1000 Miles." So whose version, released in 2002 and originally entitled "Interlude," includes these lyrics: "Making my way down town / Walking fast / Faces pass / And I'm home bound. // Staring blankly ahead / Just making my way / Making a way / Through the crowd."?
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Question 9 of 10
9. I first heard the Chad Mitchell Trio sing "The Great Historical Bum" in the early Sixties. Also known as "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago," what is one achievement the singer does NOT brag about having done? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Alright, this is as contemporary as I can get compared with other questions in this quiz). Released in July of 2015, which of these song titles is by Alicia Keys?

"I'm telling you that life's too short to just throw it away
So have the time of your life, so have the time of your life"
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. First, a country song, a 1993 hit for Dwight Yoakam: "I got heartaches in my pocket / I got echoes in my head / And all that I keep hearing / Are the cruel cruel things that you said." Name that tune!

Answer: A Thousand Miles from Nowhere

There's a great video of Dwight singing this song. It has him riding in a train car and is presented with a split screen. It takes one back to the golden age of country music.

Born in 1956, Dwight has won three Grammys and has been nominated for 15 more. He is also an actor and director and was nominated for a Screen Actors Guild Award for "Slingblade."
2. Alright, how about current pop, and a 2008 hit for Tori Amos: "And if it seems / I'm floating in the darkness / Well, I can't believe that I would keep / Keep you from flying." Which song is this?

Answer: 1000 Oceans

Born in 1963 as Myra Ellen Amos, Tori is also a composer, as well as a vocalist. She has released over 13 studio albums and has been nominated for at least eight Grammy Awards.
3. Back in 1935 Betty Boop sang a song called "No! No! a Thousand Times, No!!" But if you google the title and add "eric bogle," you find a song in 1982 by Bogle, sometimes referred to with the same title as Betty's, and sometimes as "Traditional Folksinger's Lament." So if the Betty Boop title is the answer, what is Eric Bogle's musical question?

Answer: Do you sing any Dylan?

Born in Scotland in 1944, Eric Bogle emigrated to Australia in 1969. Appointed a Member of the Order of Australia in 1987, he is best known for the songs "And the Band Played Waltzing Matilda" and "No Man's Land." "Traditional Folksinger's Lament" is also known as "Do You Sing Any Dylan."

"Do Ya Think I'm Sexy" was a 1978 hit for Rod Stewart. "Are You Experienced" was an iconic 1967 album by Jimi Hendrix. "Does Your Chewing Gum Lose Its Flavor" was a 1959 hit by Lonnie Donegan.
4. At age 15 'way back in 1960, what made Kathy Young "Realize / You are the one love that I'll adore. / Tell me you love me / Tell me you're mine once more."?

Answer: A Thousand Stars (in the Sky)

Kathy Young reached teen-aged stardom in 1960 at the age of 15. Her musical career went on the shelf from the Seventies to the middle of the Nineties, but she got back into performing again going into the 2000s. In 2014 she was inducted into the Doo Wop Hall of Fame.
5. A little off the beaten path on this one. We're going well past just one thousand to mention an album and single by metal band Disturbed from 2005 which became their second consecutive number 1 on the "Billboard" 200 in the US. Which title is it?

Answer: Ten Thousand Fists

Disturbed was formed in Chicago in 1994 and originally called themselves Brawl, but took the name Disturbed in 1996. They have a mascot known as "The Guy." Their musical style also sometimes referred to as "nu metal" or "alternative metal." They were nominated for Grammy awards in 2009 and 2011.
6. Let's do the big numbers one more time. As a matter of fact, let's go back to 1967 and the Rolling Stones' "Their Satanic Majesties Request" album. "Sun turnin' 'round with graceful motion / We're setting off with soft explosion." Which of these is it?

Answer: 2000 Light Years From Home

"Their Satanic Majesties Request" was the Stones' eighth US album and appeared between the "Between the Buttons" and "Beggars Banquet" albums. It is their most psychedelic work with a cover that is often compared to the Beatles' "Sgt. Pepper's Lonely Hearts Club Band" album.

"Ten thousand people, maybe more..." is a line from Simon and Garfunkel's "Sound of Silence."
7. OK, Baby Boomers, this should be easy: Bobby Vee, 1963. "They say that you're a runaround lover / Though you say it isn't so..." Name that tune!

Answer: The Night Has a Thousand Eyes

Robert Thomas Velline was born in 1943. Born in Fargo, North Dakota, Bobby Vee is a friend of Bob Dylan (born in Duluth, Minnesota), who toured with Vee's band for a short time in the early years of both singers' careers.
8. OK, our next title is "A Thousand Miles." But, there are also song titles listed as "1000 Miles." So whose version, released in 2002 and originally entitled "Interlude," includes these lyrics: "Making my way down town / Walking fast / Faces pass / And I'm home bound. // Staring blankly ahead / Just making my way / Making a way / Through the crowd."?

Answer: Vanessa Carlton

Vanessa Lee Carlton was born in Milford, PA, in 1980. "Be Not Nobody," which included "A Thousand Miles" was her debut album, released in 2002.

Destine is a Dutch "pop punk" group. They released their "Thousand Miles" in 2011. H.E.A.T. is a Swedish group who released their own "1000 Miles" in 2009. Grinspoon is an Australian metal band who included their "1000 Miles" on their third studio album, entitled "New Detention" in 2003.
9. I first heard the Chad Mitchell Trio sing "The Great Historical Bum" in the early Sixties. Also known as "I Was Born About Ten Thousand Years Ago," what is one achievement the singer does NOT brag about having done?

Answer: "I introduced Lewinsky to Bill Clinton"

Written by Woody Guthrie, the same song is also sometimes known as "The Bragging Song." The Mitchell Trio included it on their third studio album, "At the Bitter End," released in 1962. When the album was released the trio consisted of Chad Mitchell, Mike Kobluk, and Joe Frazier.
10. Alright, this is as contemporary as I can get compared with other questions in this quiz). Released in July of 2015, which of these song titles is by Alicia Keys? "I'm telling you that life's too short to just throw it away So have the time of your life, so have the time of your life"

Answer: 28 Thousand Days

Alicia's birth name is Alicia Augello Cook. A very talented actress, pianist, and singer, Keys includes "28 Thousand Days" on her sixth studio album. "You Crossed My Mind a Thousand Times Today" is a country song released by Connie Smith on her 1976 album, "I Don't Wanna Talk It Over Anymore." "Land of 1000 Dances" was first recorded in 1963.

It was a big hit for Cannibal and the Headhunters in 1965. "A Thousand Years," sung by Christina Perri, was from the 2011 soundtrack from "The Twilight Saga -- Breaking Dawn."
Source: Author shvdotr

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