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Blue Sky Mining Trivia Quiz

Here is a lyric quiz for Midnight Oil, all songs from the album "Blue Sky Mining."

A multiple-choice quiz by bookworm78. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
bookworm78

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
189,960

Updated
Dec 18 23

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
7 / 10

Plays
1664

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Question 1 of 10

1. From which song would you find the lyric: "Don't want to talk about Elvis Presley. Don't want to see his white shoes walkin' around and around and around and around over here."? Hint

Bedlam Bridge

Antarctica

River Runs Red

Stars of Warburton

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Question 2 of 10

2. "Who'd like to change the world?
Who wants to shoot the curl?
Who gets to work for bread?
Who wants to get ahead?"
These questions and more come from which song? Hint

Antarctica

King of the Mountain

Forgotten Years

One Country

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Question 3 of 10

3. In what song would you hear "Who can remember, we've got to remember!" sung? Hint

One Country

Blue Sky Mine

Forgotten Years

Shakers and Movers

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Question 4 of 10

4. What location is spoken about in the following lyrics:
"So how stands the city on this winter's night?
The city on the hill or so they said."? Hint

Bedlam Bridge

Mountains of Burma

Antarctica

Stars of Warburton

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Question 5 of 10

5. "There must be one place left in the world."
Which is NOT mentioned in the song "Antarctica? Hint

Where the water's real and clean

Where the mountains meet the sea

Where we can be

Where the sky goes beyond the horizon

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Question 6 of 10

6. Where are you if you are "light-years away"? Hint

Blue Sky Mine

One Country

Bedlam Bridge

Mountains of Burma

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Question 7 of 10

7. "_____
_____
_____, black rain falls, dust in my head." Which of the following phrases is missing from this line? Hint

Blue Sky Mine

River Runs Red

Shakers and Movers

King of the Mountain

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Question 8 of 10

8. "Yeah the storm is breaking now,
Yes the storm is crashing down."
In which song would you find these lyrics? Hint

Mountains of Burma

Shakers and Movers

Bedlam Bridge

Forgotten Years

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which phrase is missing from the following:
"Well you can say you're Peter, say you're Paul,
don't put me up on your bedroom wall.
Call me _____
_____
_____
_____."? Hint

the mountain of Burma

before you try sleeping

king of the mountain

a shaker and mover

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Question 10 of 10

10. According to the lyrics, what kind of company is the "Blue Sky Mine"? Hint

not revealed

turquoise mine

sugar refining company

the government

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. From which song would you find the lyric: "Don't want to talk about Elvis Presley. Don't want to see his white shoes walkin' around and around and around and around over here."?

Answer: Stars of Warburton

Midnight Oil consisted of mainly Robert Hirst, James Moginie and Peter Garrett until 2002 when Garrett left the group. (Also included are Dwayne "Bones" Hillman, Martin Rotsen, Andrew James and Peter Gifford.)

2. "Who'd like to change the world? Who wants to shoot the curl? Who gets to work for bread? Who wants to get ahead?" These questions and more come from which song?

Answer: One Country

The original band was called The Farm- formed in 1971.

3. In what song would you hear "Who can remember, we've got to remember!" sung?

Answer: Forgotten Years

Though Midnight Oil is largely considered an 80's and 90's group, their first album was released in 1978.

4. What location is spoken about in the following lyrics: "So how stands the city on this winter's night? The city on the hill or so they said."?

Answer: Bedlam Bridge

Midnight Oil is from Australia- though you probably already knew that if you are a fan.

5. "There must be one place left in the world." Which is NOT mentioned in the song "Antarctica?

Answer: Where the sky goes beyond the horizon

"Blue Sky Mining," released in 1990, is the band's 9th album.

6. Where are you if you are "light-years away"?

Answer: Mountains of Burma

Midnight Oil is often compared to 2 other great bands, R.E.M. and U2.

7. "_____ _____ _____, black rain falls, dust in my head." Which of the following phrases is missing from this line?

Answer: River Runs Red

Following the album's release, Midnight Oil played a concert outside of the Exxon corporation's Manhattan office in protest of the company's handling of the Alaskan oil spill.

8. "Yeah the storm is breaking now, Yes the storm is crashing down." In which song would you find these lyrics?

Answer: Shakers and Movers

"Blue Sky Mining" contains many songs about preserving the environment. Midnight Oil have given concerts for Greenpeace and Save the Whales!

9. Which phrase is missing from the following: "Well you can say you're Peter, say you're Paul, don't put me up on your bedroom wall. Call me _____ _____ _____ _____."?

Answer: king of the mountain

"Blue Sky Mining" was considered one of the top 10 Alternative albums in 1990.

10. According to the lyrics, what kind of company is the "Blue Sky Mine"?

Answer: sugar refining company

Source: Author bookworm78

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