FunTrivia Music Mix: Vol 31 Trivia Quiz

Answer: The Teddy Bears' Picnic

Jimmy Kennedy had hits including "The Hokey Cokey" and "We're Going to Hang out the Washing on the Siegfried Line". He put the lyrics of "The Teddy Bears' Picnic" to a tune written in 1907 by John Walter Bratton. He won two Ivor Novello awards and was awarded the OBE in 1983.

Question by player Senga2

Answer: Downtown

Penned by British television and theatre composer Tony Hatch, 'Downtown' was an instant international hit for Petula Clark reaching the number 1 spot on the US Billboard Top 100 and the number 2 position in the UK singles chart very shortly after its release in November 1964. Petula Clark has enjoyed a highly successful singing career spanning seven decades and which has featured songs such as 'Sailor' and 'Don't Sleep in the Subway' although, surprisingly, most of her success has come from releases on the European mainland and not in either the UK or the US.

Question by player SisterSeagull

Answer: Bonnie

During the 1880s, "My Bonnie Lies over the Ocean" was a popular Scottish folk song for close harmony groups, such as college campuses and scout troops. It's even considered a nursery rhyme, and possibly good for long school bus trips.

"My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
My Bonnie lies over the sea,
My Bonnie lies over the ocean,
O bring back my Bonnie to me.

Chorus:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me, to me:
Bring back, bring back, O bring back my Bonnie to me.

O blow ye winds over the ocean,
O blow ye winds over the sea.
O blow ye winds over the ocean,
And bring back my Bonnie to me.

Repeat Chorus

Question by player Blukitty

Answer: Bruce Springsteen

A recording artist has to have had a long period of success to have achieved this - or at least, gotten lucky four times. Michael Jackson and Madonna have had several top 40 hits over the four decades between 1980 and 2019; Jackson can also claim a streak back to the 1970s. "Weird Al", on the other hand, has had only four top 40 charting hits on the Billboard Hot 100 to date, but they happen to have fallen one in each decade: "Eat It", "Smells Like Nirvana", "White and Nerdy", and "Word Crimes". U2 can also claim this honor. Bruce "the Boss" Springsteen, though he has had a long successful career, cannot make this claim.

Question by player bisaacs90

Answer: wild, wild women

Tim Spencer wrote "Cigarettes, Whiskey and Wild, Wild Women" in 1947; it was recorded by the Sons of the Pioneers. It is an admonitory song identifying evils which will "drive you crazy, they'll drive you insane." Dissipation is thereby condemned. The song was covered by Buck Owens, Red Ingle and the Natural Seven, the Wilburn Brothers, the Avett Brothers, Jim Croce, and Ray Stevens, among others. Peter Sellers sang it on "The Muppet Show" dressed as a Salvation Army preacher. Frank Sinatra, who did not record the song, was nonetheless buried with a bottle of Jack Daniels whiskey, a pack of Camel cigarettes and a Zippo lighter.

Question by player FatherSteve

Answer: Paula Abdul

Paula Abdul was born on June 19, 1962. She excelled as a dancer and choreographer for several singing groups including the Jacksons for their "Victory" Tour and Janet Jackson for her "Control" album.
In addition, she recorded several Number One hits on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart. Some of these include, "Forever Your Girl", "Cold Hearted, and "Opposites Attract". The "Opposites Attract" video earned her a Grammy for "Best Music Video" in 1989.

Question by player milliesmall

Answer: Frets

Each fret is placed on the neck so that the interval between it and the next fret is a half step.

Question by player MrsDepp0509

Answer: Mark Wahlberg

Mark Wahlberg was a member of Boston-based boyband New Kids on the Block at the beginning of their career, along with his brother Donnie Wahlberg, but quit before the band became successful.

He later supported them on tour with his own rap act Marky Mark and the Funky Bunch, before starting a successful career in acting.

Question by player wildmatz

Answer: Suburbia

".., from the Bible of, none of the above, on a steady diet of...". This is the first verse of 'Jesus of Suburbia', the second track off of their "American Idiot" album. This song is also one of two on the album that are split into five parts; the other song being 'Homecoming'. Jerusalem is the capital of Israel, the place that all Jews turn to face when they pray.

Question by player Kerrin88

Answer: Peter Allen

'I Honestly Love You' was performed by Olivia Newton-John while 'Don't Cry Out Loud' was a hit in the UK for Elkie Brooks and for Melissa Manchester in the USA. He also part wrote 'Arthur's Theme (The Best That I Can Do)' which gave Christopher Cross a big hit. Allen was married to Liza Minnelli between 1967 and 1974, and was widely believed to be gay during and after the marriage, although he never publicly admitted it.

His life story was told in the juke box musical 'The Boy From Oz' - Hugh Jackman portrayed him in the 2003 version. Allen died from an AIDS related illness at the early age of forty-eight.

Question by player rossian