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Synthpop Challenge Trivia Quiz

A quiz about synthesizer-based pop acts - e.g. Pet Shop Boys, Depeche Mode, Erasure.

A multiple-choice quiz by sandcat. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
sandcat

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
30,429

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
5 / 10

Plays
585

Last 3 plays: Guest 85 (10/10), Guest 174 (1/10), Guest 89 (4/10).

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Question 1 of 10

1. Where did the Human League take their name from? Hint

A computer game

A film

A novel

A poem

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the New York disco producer whom the Pet Shop Boys worked with early in their career. Hint

Bobby X

Bobby D

Bobby O

Bobby M

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Question 3 of 10

3. Erasure's chart-topping 'Abbaesque' EP included a cover of 'Take a Chance on Me', which was reviled by some for including a rap. Who performed the rap? Hint

MC Solaar

MC Kinky

Andy Bell

MC Escher

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Question 4 of 10

4. Fill in the missing word in this Depeche Mode lyric: '_____ are very unnecessary; they can only do harm'. Hint

Words

Stockbrokers

Guns

Tears

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Question 5 of 10

5. Everybody's heard of Jimmy Somerville, but who was the other half of the Communards? Hint

Dave Ball

Fred Housego

Chris Lowe

Richard Coles

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Question 6 of 10

6. Who produced the Sparks hits 'Beat the Clock' and 'The Number One Song in Heaven'? Hint

Stephen Hague

Giorgio Moroder

Todd Rundgren

Tony Visconti

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which British rock star featured on Saint Etienne's song 'I Was Born on Christmas Day'? Hint

Shaun Ryder from the Happy Mondays

Tim Burgess from the Charlatans

Tim Booth from James

Damon Albarn from Blur

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Question 8 of 10

8. Which of the following bands has Vince Clarke never been in? Hint

Assembly

Yazoo

Indigo Rubber

Depeche Mode

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Question 9 of 10

9. Who wrote the books 'Pet Shop Boys, Literally' and 'Pet Shop Boys vs America'? Hint

Chris Robinson

Chris Heath

Heath Robinson

Chris Robins

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Question 10 of 10

10. Which Depeche Mode album contains the songs 'Stories of Old', 'Something to Do' and 'Master and Servant'? Hint

Violator

Some Great Reward

Speak and Spell

Songs of Faith and Devotion

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Mar 17 2024 : Guest 85: 10/10
Mar 15 2024 : Guest 174: 1/10
Mar 02 2024 : Guest 89: 4/10
Feb 26 2024 : Guest 208: 2/10

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Where did the Human League take their name from?

Answer: A computer game

The game was called Star Force

2. Name the New York disco producer whom the Pet Shop Boys worked with early in their career.

Answer: Bobby O

Bobby O produced the first version of West End Girls, which was popular in the clubs, but the song didn't become a chart hit until the duo re-recorded it with Stephen Hague producing.

3. Erasure's chart-topping 'Abbaesque' EP included a cover of 'Take a Chance on Me', which was reviled by some for including a rap. Who performed the rap?

Answer: MC Kinky

Q magazine said the rap was like 'installing a jacuzzi in Anne Hathaway's cottage'. Personally, I quite like it.

4. Fill in the missing word in this Depeche Mode lyric: '_____ are very {unnecessary;} they can only do harm'.

Answer: Words

From the beautiful 'Enjoy the Silence'.

5. Everybody's heard of Jimmy Somerville, but who was the other half of the Communards?

Answer: Richard Coles

Coles now appears on BBC Radio 4 doing comedy piano routines. (Among other things, I expect.)

6. Who produced the Sparks hits 'Beat the Clock' and 'The Number One Song in Heaven'?

Answer: Giorgio Moroder

Giorgio Moroder also produced Donna Summer's classic 'I Feel Love'.

7. Which British rock star featured on Saint Etienne's song 'I Was Born on Christmas Day'?

Answer: Tim Burgess from the Charlatans

Perhaps the best Christmas song ever, yet it only got to number 37 in the UK Top 40. Shame.

8. Which of the following bands has Vince Clarke never been in?

Answer: Indigo Rubber

Indigo Rubber is a fictional band, from Diana Wynne Jones' children's book 'The Ogre Downstairs'. A great name waiting to snapped up...

9. Who wrote the books 'Pet Shop Boys, Literally' and 'Pet Shop Boys vs America'?

Answer: Chris Heath

The two books follow the Pet Shop Boys on tour, and come highly recommended!

10. Which Depeche Mode album contains the songs 'Stories of Old', 'Something to Do' and 'Master and Servant'?

Answer: Some Great Reward

Source: Author sandcat

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