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Quiz about The Pretenders
Quiz about The Pretenders

The Pretenders Multiple Choice Quiz | Music


The Pretenders were and still are a great band. This will take you down a memory lane of their records. Hope you enjoy.

A multiple-choice quiz by JenPenWen. Estimated time: 7 mins.
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Author
JenPenWen
Time
7 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
360,489
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
5 / 10
Plays
282
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Question 1 of 10
1. 'Hey what you got to hide? I get angry too, well I'm a lot like you. When you're standing at the crossroads and don't know what path to choose. Let me come along 'cause even if you're wrong.'

A beautiful song, do you know what it is called?
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Question 2 of 10
2. 'Now look at the people in the streets in the bars. We all of us in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. Look round the room, life is unkind.'

Another great Pretenders track, what is this one called?
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Question 3 of 10
3. 'Once in a while two people meet. Seemly for no reason they just pass in the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere. Who can explain the thunder and rain but there's something in the air.'

A catchy tune, can you name it?
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Question 4 of 10
4. 'When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me. Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me. I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me.'

Can you name this one?
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Question 5 of 10
5. 'Cause I gonna make you see. There's nobody else here, no one like me. I'm special, so special. I got to have some of your attention give it to me.'

One of my favourites, what is it called?
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Question 6 of 10
6. 'Way up in the sky, over city, over Tokyo. Silver light, summer moon. You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon. While the dolphins swim in the sea, you're going grey my baby.'

What song would you be listening to if you heard these lyrics?
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Question 7 of 10
7. 'You've gone all sad so I feel sad too. I think I know some things we never outgrow. You think it's wrong I can tell you do. How can I explain when you don't want me to.'

If you were singing these lyrics, what would be the song you were listening to?
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Question 8 of 10
8. 'It's not my place to know how you feel. I'd like to know but why should I? Who are you then, who are you now. Common labourer by night, by day highbrow. Back in my room I wonder then I sit on my bed and look at the sky.'

A fantastic hit of theirs, what is the title?
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Question 9 of 10
9. 'It is time for you to laugh instead of crying. Yes it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying oh, oh, oh. There's one thing you gotta do to make me still want you.'

Can you name this Pretenders song?
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Question 10 of 10
10. 'Making me crawl in the dust again. It's just the night under my skin. Slipping it in. His got his hands in my hair and lips everywhere. Oh yeah, it's alright feels good.'

What is the title of the track with these lyrics?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'Hey what you got to hide? I get angry too, well I'm a lot like you. When you're standing at the crossroads and don't know what path to choose. Let me come along 'cause even if you're wrong.' A beautiful song, do you know what it is called?

Answer: I'll Stand By You

'I'll Stand by You' was a release from the album 'Lost of the Independents'. The single got to number ten in the UK singles charts and the album got to number eight in the album charts.
Apparently the name The Pretenders was thought of by Chrissie Hynde when she heard the song 'The Great Pretender'.
2. 'Now look at the people in the streets in the bars. We all of us in the gutter but some of us are looking at the stars. Look round the room, life is unkind.' Another great Pretenders track, what is this one called?

Answer: Message Of Love

'Message Of Love' reached eleven in the UK singles charts. It is a release from the album 'Pretenders II' which was released in 1981 and got to number eleven in the UK album charts.

Although Chrissie Hynde was an American artist, she moved to the UK when she was 22. That is where she made her fame and fortune as a singer, songwriter and guitarist of The Pretenders.
3. 'Once in a while two people meet. Seemly for no reason they just pass in the street. Suddenly thunder, showers everywhere. Who can explain the thunder and rain but there's something in the air.' A catchy tune, can you name it?

Answer: Don't Get Me Wrong

'Don't Get Me Wrong' reached ten in the UK singles charts. It came from the album 'Get Close' which was released in November 1986 and reached ten in the UK album charts.

Chrissie met Farnham in 1978 and together they selected the other band members. The band did its first gigs in Paris but after releasing their first single they started doing gigs in the UK.
4. 'When I look up from my pillow I dream you are there with me. Though you are far away I know you'll always be near to me. I go to sleep, sleep and imagine that you're there with me.' Can you name this one?

Answer: I Go To Sleep

'I Go To Sleep' reached seven in the UK Singles charts. It was another release from their album entitled 'Pretenders II'.
An interesting fact - the band were introduced to the Rock And Roll Hall Of Fame in 2005.
5. 'Cause I gonna make you see. There's nobody else here, no one like me. I'm special, so special. I got to have some of your attention give it to me.' One of my favourites, what is it called?

Answer: Brass In Pocket

'Brass In Pocket' was the band's only number one UK chart entry and featured on their first album 'The Pretenders'. This their first album also made it to number one in the UK album charts.

Chrissie has been married three times and has had a child with each husband, Ray Davies from The Kinks, Jim Kerr from Simple Minds and Lucho Brieva.
6. 'Way up in the sky, over city, over Tokyo. Silver light, summer moon. You'll be over somebody's winter this afternoon. While the dolphins swim in the sea, you're going grey my baby.' What song would you be listening to if you heard these lyrics?

Answer: Day After Day

'Day After Day' was taken from their album 'Pretenders II' and reached 45 in the UK singles charts.

Sadly the group lost two of its original members due to drug addiction.

Chrissie is a vegetarian and an animal rights activist. One of her daughters has been arrested for being involving in a protest about the pulling down of trees to make way for a road ... it runs in the family!
7. 'You've gone all sad so I feel sad too. I think I know some things we never outgrow. You think it's wrong I can tell you do. How can I explain when you don't want me to.' If you were singing these lyrics, what would be the song you were listening to?

Answer: Kid

'Kid' was another track taken from their first album 'The Pretenders' and it reached 33 in the UK singles charts.

Chrissie opened a vegan restaurant in her home town in Ohio in the US in November 2007. It was called The VegiTerranean. Although it got voted as one of the top five restaurants in the US it had to close in 2011.
8. 'It's not my place to know how you feel. I'd like to know but why should I? Who are you then, who are you now. Common labourer by night, by day highbrow. Back in my room I wonder then I sit on my bed and look at the sky.' A fantastic hit of theirs, what is the title?

Answer: Talk Of The Town

'Talk Of The Town' was a position eight hit entry in the singles charts. It was from their second album 'Pretenders II'.
An interesting fact - the band played in their home town for the first time in 2000, a staggering 22 years after they first started!
9. 'It is time for you to laugh instead of crying. Yes it's time for you to laugh so keep on trying oh, oh, oh. There's one thing you gotta do to make me still want you.' Can you name this Pretenders song?

Answer: Stop Your Sobbing

'Stop Your Sobbing' was a release from their first album 'The Pretenders' and reached 34 in the UK singles charts. In fact it was their first single and it is a cover version of The Kinks' record of the same name.
10. 'Making me crawl in the dust again. It's just the night under my skin. Slipping it in. His got his hands in my hair and lips everywhere. Oh yeah, it's alright feels good.' What is the title of the track with these lyrics?

Answer: Night In My Veins

'Night In My Veins' was a release from the same album as 'Stand By Me' which was 'Lost of the Independence'.
Altogether they released nine studio albums, four compilation albums, one EP, two live albums and thirty three singles.
In 2013 Chrissie was voted one of the fifty best-dressed over 50s by the Guardian.
Source: Author JenPenWen

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