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Quiz about Child Abuse in Popular Music
Quiz about Child Abuse in Popular Music

Child Abuse in Popular Music Trivia Quiz


Another sad subject that is touched on frequently in popular music. See if you can identify these songs and/or artists.

A multiple-choice quiz by genacov. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
genacov
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
87,601
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Tough
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
764
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Question 1 of 10
1. Which Disturbed song has a VERY disturbing verbal interlude in the middle where you can hear the artist begging "Please don't hit me again, mommy. I'll be a good boy.."? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. The song by Primer55 says, "This isn't what you wanted. Someone to bring you down every ... day". Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. This female vocalist had her first U.S. hit with a song written to her mother concerning the abuse that both she and her mother experienced at the hands of her father. What is the song? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Another female artist wrote and recorded a heartbreaking ballad to her unborn child that is often mistaken for a true case of rampant neglect. The title is "Playboy Mommy". Who is the artist? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Popular late 80's-early 90's female vocalist had a hit with a song about an abused child in her apartment complex, told in the first person from the child's point of view. Who was the artist?

Answer: (The song is "Luka")
Question 6 of 10
6. Pearl Jam had two hit songs dealing with abused and neglected children. One took matters into his own hands by committing suicide. The other pleaded, "Don't call me (your) _______". What were these two troubled youths known as in the songs? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Blink182 has a popular song about what so many parents in unhappy relationships do. That would be... Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Everclear wrote a song about an abusive father that walked out. It stated "how can you sleep? With the children you've abandoned, and the wife we saw you beat?" Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. In the song "Father of Mine", what did the singer say his father gave him, then walked away? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. Another Everclear song is about a father who stayed, when he shouldn't have. The title? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Which Disturbed song has a VERY disturbing verbal interlude in the middle where you can hear the artist begging "Please don't hit me again, mommy. I'll be a good boy.."?

Answer: Down With the Sickness

This portion was cut from the song on radio airplay, and can only be heard on the unedited CD.
2. The song by Primer55 says, "This isn't what you wanted. Someone to bring you down every ... day".

Answer: This Life

"This is not the life you wanted--someone to make you, someone to break you..."
3. This female vocalist had her first U.S. hit with a song written to her mother concerning the abuse that both she and her mother experienced at the hands of her father. What is the song?

Answer: "Good Enough"

The artist is Sarah McLaughlin.
4. Another female artist wrote and recorded a heartbreaking ballad to her unborn child that is often mistaken for a true case of rampant neglect. The title is "Playboy Mommy". Who is the artist?

Answer: Tori Amos

This song is a reference to a miscarriage.
5. Popular late 80's-early 90's female vocalist had a hit with a song about an abused child in her apartment complex, told in the first person from the child's point of view. Who was the artist?

Answer: Suzanne Vega

Vega is probably best known for this track and the acapella song "Tom's Diner".
6. Pearl Jam had two hit songs dealing with abused and neglected children. One took matters into his own hands by committing suicide. The other pleaded, "Don't call me (your) _______". What were these two troubled youths known as in the songs?

Answer: Jeremy & Daughter

"Jeremy" was a hit off Pearl Jam's first album and "Daughter" was off their second.
7. Blink182 has a popular song about what so many parents in unhappy relationships do. That would be...

Answer: stay together for the kids

"So here's your holiday...." (some holiday!)
8. Everclear wrote a song about an abusive father that walked out. It stated "how can you sleep? With the children you've abandoned, and the wife we saw you beat?"

Answer: "Father of Mine"

The singer also states that now that he has a son of his own ,"..I know I'll never let him go..."
9. In the song "Father of Mine", what did the singer say his father gave him, then walked away?

Answer: his name

This was all his father gave him.
10. Another Everclear song is about a father who stayed, when he shouldn't have. The title?

Answer: Wonderful

"They keep saying 'everything will be wonderful someday'".
Source: Author genacov

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