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Quiz about Who Sings It Canadian
Quiz about Who Sings It Canadian

Who Sings It? (Canadian) Trivia Quiz


I'll give you some lyrics from Canadian songs...just tell me which band/artist sings it.

A multiple-choice quiz by TheLastDJ. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
TheLastDJ
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
103,477
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
15
Difficulty
Difficult
Avg Score
6 / 15
Plays
662
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Question 1 of 15
1. "Twelve men broke lose in '73, from Millhaven Maximum Security" Hint


Question 2 of 15
2. "Let's take the opportunity to maul this over, take it from the start, where detergency is lacking, I'm reeling in my heart." Hint


Question 3 of 15
3. "He left me like a broken doll, in pieces as I took the fall." Hint


Question 4 of 15
4. "Those words that you said to me, why wasn't I listening? I wish I hadn't met you at all." Hint


Question 5 of 15
5. "I'm up in the kitchen singing, Mama's out in the backyard, Daddy's downstairs diggin' a grave." Hint


Question 6 of 15
6. "Mother says you'll go there, but wings for her and I" Hint


Question 7 of 15
7. "Plastic bag image, it's over now, the colour fading is all the way to gray" Hint


Question 8 of 15
8. "Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash, they stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash." This is a lyric from the Headstones "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"...however, the song is originally by what American band? Hint


Question 9 of 15
9. "Everyone's gotta be something, me, I'm garbage." Hint


Question 10 of 15
10. "When you were young and your own, how did it feel to be alone? I was always thinking of games that I was playing, trying to make the best of my time." Hint


Question 11 of 15
11. "My friend, don't just there and ruminate with your navel to contemplate." Hint


Question 12 of 15
12. (maybe a tough one)"Do you miss your lazy boy, do you miss your TV, do you miss yourself?" Hint


Question 13 of 15
13. "Never turn you back on it again, here by my side, it's Heaven." Hint


Question 14 of 15
14. "This song is the hair shirt I wear. Bear it with me, bear it with me." Hint


Question 15 of 15
15. Not a lyric....this band once claimed "We're as Canadian as a band can be without actually being Canadian." Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. "Twelve men broke lose in '73, from Millhaven Maximum Security"

Answer: Tragically Hip

This is the opening line from "38 Years Old", a single from The Tragically Hip's "Up To Here".
2. "Let's take the opportunity to maul this over, take it from the start, where detergency is lacking, I'm reeling in my heart."

Answer: The New Meanies

The lyric is taken from "Letting Time Pass" from the New Meanies' only major label release, "Three Seeds".
3. "He left me like a broken doll, in pieces as I took the fall."

Answer: Bif Naked

The opening line from Bif Naked's "I Love Myself Today".
4. "Those words that you said to me, why wasn't I listening? I wish I hadn't met you at all."

Answer: Theory of a Deadman

From "Make Up Your Mind", the second single from Theory of a Deadman's debut, self-titled album.
5. "I'm up in the kitchen singing, Mama's out in the backyard, Daddy's downstairs diggin' a grave."

Answer: Wide Mouth Mason

Featured on Muchmusic's "Big Shiny Tunes". B-side released entitled "My New Self".
6. "Mother says you'll go there, but wings for her and I"

Answer: Nickelback

The full lyric reads "Father tell me something, where do bad men go when they die? Mother says you'll go there, but wings for her and I. Well, I don't mind 'cause I have always wanted to learn to fly." From the song "Fly", released on the indy album "Curb".
7. "Plastic bag image, it's over now, the colour fading is all the way to gray"

Answer: Finger Eleven

"Above", from Finger Eleven's debut album, "Tip". Those of you that put the Rainbow Butt Monkeys, close but no cigar. Finger Eleven is the new, more powerful incarnation.
8. "Tweeter and the monkey man were hard up for cash, they stayed up all night selling cocaine and hash." This is a lyric from the Headstones "Tweeter and the Monkey Man"...however, the song is originally by what American band?

Answer: The Travelling Wilburys

The proverbial "supergroup" formed in 1988 featured Tom Petty, Bob Dylan, Jeff Lynn, and Roy Orbison.
9. "Everyone's gotta be something, me, I'm garbage."

Answer: Matthew Good Band

The lyric is from "Rico", from Matthew Good Band's "Underdogs".
10. "When you were young and your own, how did it feel to be alone? I was always thinking of games that I was playing, trying to make the best of my time."

Answer: Neil Young

If you said Everlast, you are correct in that he did a cover of the song, featured on the original Soundtrack to "Big Daddy"; however, the song was originally recorded by the legendary Canadian, "The Godfather of Grunge", Neil Young.
11. "My friend, don't just there and ruminate with your navel to contemplate."

Answer: The Gandharvas

The lyric is from "First Day of Spring" from the Gandharva's album "Soap Bubble Meets Inertia".
12. (maybe a tough one)"Do you miss your lazy boy, do you miss your TV, do you miss yourself?"

Answer: Matthew Good Band

"Everything is Automatic", the first single from the Matthew Good Band's "Underdogs".
13. "Never turn you back on it again, here by my side, it's Heaven."

Answer: Matthew Good

Matthew Good's first solo song, "Weapon", since the Matthew Good Band broke up; to be released on Matt Good's album "Avalanche".
14. "This song is the hair shirt I wear. Bear it with me, bear it with me."

Answer: Barenaked Ladies

From "What A Good Boy", released on the Barenaked Ladies' major label debut, "Gordon".
15. Not a lyric....this band once claimed "We're as Canadian as a band can be without actually being Canadian."

Answer: Vertical Horizon

Vertical Horizon's debut album featured the hit title track and the hit "You're A God".
Source: Author TheLastDJ

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