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1. These lyrics are from the last song recorded by this foursome as a group. What is the band? "And in the end The love you take Is equal to the love You make"

Answer: The Beatles

First released on the 1969 album "Abbey Road", "The End" is the last song of a 16-minute medley of eight tracks which forms the bulk of the second side of the album. It is unique in being the only Beatles song recorded with a drum solo by Ringo Starr. It also has solos from the other three band members. The scarab beetles in the image are intended as a clue.

2. Sheryl Crow did a version of the song for the soundtrack of the comedy-drama "Big Daddy" (1999), but who did the original? "She's got a smile that it seems to me Reminds me of childhood memories Where everything was as fresh As the bright blue sky"

Answer: Guns N' Roses

The lyrics are from a single released from the 1987 debut album of American rock band Guns N' Roses, namely "Sweet Child o' Mine". Although Crow's cover achieved some success, the original did better and provided Guns N' Roses with their only US Billboard Hot 100 number one. More recently the song has been used in "The Wrestler" (2008), "The Big Short" (2015) and "Thor: Love and Thunder" (2022), amongst others. The image shows a rose bush in a military cemetery.

3. Which Irish singer-songwriter is responsible for these lyrics producing a 2024 hit? "I take my whiskey neat My coffee black and my bed at three You're too sweet for me You're too sweet for me"

Answer: Hozier

Hozier's music often has religious or literary themes with a blues or indie rock style. "Too Sweet" is a shift to a more pop sound which proved popular, topping the charts in over a dozen countries. In the song, the singer's night owl living style contrasts with his partner's healthy one. The image shows a hose-using fireman, who could be described as a hoser (or perhaps hosier).

4. The song with these lyrics is probably best known from the 2020 Netflix rom-com "To All The Boys: P.S. I Still Love You". Releasing her debut album in 2021, which American singer-songwriter sang these lyrics? "You can think that you're in love when you're really just in pain"

Answer: Ashe

"Moral of the Story" features on the 2019 EP "Moral of the Story: Chapter 1" by Ashlyn Rae Willson, better known as Ashe. Released on Valentines Day 2019, the song was written in response to her own divorce in 2018, co-written with Finneas O'Connell (with an uncredited contribution from his sister Billie Eilish), as reported on Ones To Watch. The image clue shows some cigar ash.

5. Some shared lyrics from the 1991 song "I'm Too Sexy" by Right Said Fred are shown below. Which Canadian rapper used them in a 2021 reworked version of the song? "I'm too sexy for my shirt Too sexy for my shirt So sexy, it hurts"

Answer: Drake

Aubrey Drake Graham is a Canadian rapper better known as Drake. The single "Way 2 Sexy" (2021) is the lead single from his sixth studio album "Certified Lover Boy" (2021) and was one of nine US top-tn singles from the album, a record at the time. The song features American rappers Future and Young Thug. The 1991 song topped the US charts 30 years earlier as well. The image shows a male mallard duck, in other words a drake.

6. There are two versions of this song in a 1986 spy comedy film starring Whoopi Goldberg. In fact the film and song share the same title. Aretha Franklin sang one but who sang the other (and the original)? "I was born in a crossfire hurricane And I howled at the morning drivin' rain"

Answer: The Rolling Stones

"Jumpin' Jack Flash" was written by Mick Jagger and Keith Richards and was released as a single in 1968. It has appeared on many of the band's albums since and is the song most frequently played by the band in concert. In the Aretha Franklin's version in the film, Rolling Stones band members Keith Richards and Ronnie Wood are playing guitar. Richards' gardener Jack Dyer loudly stomping by early one morning is said to have been the initial spark for the song, according to Far Out magazine. The image shows a bit of a rock slide.

7. The 2021 animated jukebox musical comedy film "Sing 2" has Scarlett Johansson performing a duet with the lead singer of this band's song. Which band is this? "I have climbed highest mountains I have run through the fields Only to be with you"

Answer: U2

Bono, lead singer of the Irish band U2, voices the Clay Calloway character in the film and sings the duet with Johansson. The song "I Still Haven't Found What I'm Looking For" is from the 1987 "Joshua Tree" album, a song of spiritual yearning with gospel elements. There were another three U2 songs in the film with "Your Song Saved My Life" being written by the band for the film. The image shows a World War One recruitment poster featuring Lord Kitchener, suggesting 'you too' should volunteer.

8. With a title inspired by Neville Shute's 1950 novel "A Town Like Alice", which British band had their third UK number one hit with the song containing these lyrics? "Rows and rows of disused milk floats Stand dying in the dairy yard And a hundred lonely housewives clutch empty milk Bottles to their hearts"

Answer: The Jam

An interview in a 2012 article by The Guardian newspaper notes that Paul Weller was inspired by the Neville Shute book although Weller had not read it. The 1982 song "Town Called Malice" was from The Jam's sixth and final studio album "The Gift" (1982). The song was written in the context of a depressed economy during the Thatcher years. Elements were inspired by his working-class upbringing in Woking. It was the band's sole entry onto a mainstream US chart. The song also appears in five films between 1985 and 2019, various TV episodes and a 2023 TV series "A Town Called Malice".

The image shows some bread, butter and jam. Bread was an American soft rock band from the 1970s, "Butter" is a 2021 song by South Korean boy band BTS and a jam sandwich is a British slang term for a police car with a red stripe.

9. The multi-award winning music video that accompanies the 2002 song with these lyrics is a reverse motion video. So it starts at the end and works backwards. The lead singer of which British band spent a month learning to sing the song backwards to make it work? "Nobody said it was easy It's such a shame for us to part Nobody said it was easy No one ever said it would be this hard Oh, take me back to the start"

Answer: Coldplay

This band has had cover versions of their songs done by over 200 artists, sometimes multiple songs, since the band's debut album "Parachute" in 2000. One of over 25 covers of this 2002 song, "The Scientist", Willie Nelson's version is multi-award winning and is on his 2012 album "Heroes". It was done to support Chipotle's campaign on sustainable farming practices. The image shows playground equipment in a snowy setting.

10. This American alternative rock band's members were inspired by a few artists including Leonard Cohen. The perceived similarities of the song "Hope" with Cohen's "Suzanne" saw Cohen getting writing credits. Which band released "Hope" in 1998? "You want to trust the doctors Their procedure is the best But the last try was a failure And the intern was a mess."

Answer: R.E.M.

"Hope" appears on the 1998 album "Up", the first after drummer Bill Berry left the band. The Cohen influence is also reflected in the 1988 song "World Leader Pretend", according to Michael Stipe in The Guardian newspaper (2018). Another "Up" song, "At My Most Beautiful", was inspired by "Pet Sounds" from the Beach Boys. The image shows a person sleeping, perhaps in the R.E.M. phase of sleep.

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Assorted Lyrics (4) Trivia Quiz

Each question gives you some lyrics from a song. Pick out the singer or band who sang it. The photo clue may help. Music from the 1980s and later, with two from the late 1960s.

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