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Musical Cities Trivia Quiz

I'll give you some lyrics to some well known and some not so well known songs. All you have to do is supply the city in the title of the song.

A multiple-choice quiz by navaho56. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
navaho56

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
326,122

Updated
Jul 23 22

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
853

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Question 1 of 10

1. Known as the Red City which African city features in a song containing the lyric:
"Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes"? Hint

Afters in Algiers

Marrakesh Express

Nightboat to Cairo

Casablanca Nights

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Question 2 of 10

2. This songs' title is better known for its' beaches:
"Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise, Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice"? Hint

Copacabana

Acapulco (Going Loco)

Rio

Kingston Town

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Question 3 of 10

3. From which song(containing a city) is this lyric taken:
"When my love said to me, Meet me down by the gallow tree"? Hint

London's Burning

Paris

Midnight in Moscow

Belfast Child

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Question 4 of 10

4. The song which contains these lyrics is a European capital:
"We walked in the cold air, Freezing breath on the window pane, Lying waiting"? Hint

Vienna

Berlin

Amsterdam

Prague

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Question 5 of 10

5. No one it seems knows the directions to this place:
"LA is a great big freeway, Put a hundred down and buy a car, In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star"? Hint

Lost in San Antone

Santa Barbara

Hollywood or Bust

San Jose(Do you know the way)

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Question 6 of 10

6. You would need to call long distance for this one:
"Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail, And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails"? Hint

Honaloochie Boogie

Last train to Clarksville

Take me back to Denver

All the way from Memphis

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Question 7 of 10

7. This is a city containing one of the most recognizable cathedrals in the world:
"How can I forget, The moment that you stepped into the room, You took my breath away"? Hint

San Pedro

Barcelona

Montego Bay

El Paso Rose

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Question 8 of 10

8. The city contained in this song is also Europes largest port:
"The whole place is pickled
The people are pickles for sure"? Hint

Berlin Serenade

I belong to Glasgow

Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

Dublin Pub Crawl

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Question 9 of 10

9. This song is by one of the early heavy bands:
"Fly into the rising sun,
Faces, smiling everyone.
Yeah, she is a whole new tradition,
I feel it in my heart" Hint

Sidney

One night in Bangkok

My Woman from Tokyo

Cape Town Serenade

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Question 10 of 10

10. From which song containing a city does this line come:
"It's just gone noon
Half past monsoon"? Hint

Delhi Disco

Marrakesh Express

Nightboat to Cairo

This Tunis for Janice

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Known as the Red City which African city features in a song containing the lyric: "Looking at the world through the sunset in your eyes"?

Answer: Marrakesh Express

"Marrakesh Express", recorded by Crosby, Stills & Nash in 1969. Already a supergroup they were about to get even bigger with the addition of Neil Young in late 1969. The rest is history.

2. This songs' title is better known for its' beaches: "Moving on the floor now babe you're a bird of paradise, Cherry ice cream smile I suppose it's very nice"?

Answer: Rio

"Rio", recorded by Duran Duran in 1982. The band took their name from a character in the novel "Barbarella" written by Jean-Claude Forest.

3. From which song(containing a city) is this lyric taken: "When my love said to me, Meet me down by the gallow tree"?

Answer: Belfast Child

"Belfast Child" was a track taken from the Simple Minds' album "Street Fighting Years" released in 1989. Prior to morphing into Simple Minds they went by the name of Johnny and the Self Abusers.

4. The song which contains these lyrics is a European capital: "We walked in the cold air, Freezing breath on the window pane, Lying waiting"?

Answer: Vienna

"Vienna" was a number 2 hit on the UK charts for Ultravox in 1981 and much to the amazement of the pop music world never got to number 1, being held at bay by a tongue in cheek ditty sang by Joe Dolce entitled "Shaddap You Face".

5. No one it seems knows the directions to this place: "LA is a great big freeway, Put a hundred down and buy a car, In a week, maybe two, they'll make you a star"?

Answer: San Jose(Do you know the way)

"Do You Know the Way to San Jos�" was a song recorded in 1968 by Dionne Warwick. Written by Burt Bacharach and Hal David. Bacharach also penned the theme song to the 1965 movie "What's New Pussycat ".

6. You would need to call long distance for this one: "Now its a mighty long way down the dusty trail, And the sun burns hot on the cold steel rails"?

Answer: All the way from Memphis

"All the Way from Memphis" was a song recorded by Mott the Hoople . Their career had been on a downward slide in the early 70's until David Bowie wrote the hit "All the Young Dudes" for them in 1972.

7. This is a city containing one of the most recognizable cathedrals in the world: "How can I forget, The moment that you stepped into the room, You took my breath away"?

Answer: Barcelona

The single "Barcelona" was a collaboration between Freddie Mercury( lead singer with Queen ) and Operatic soprano Montserrat Caballe.

8. The city contained in this song is also Europes largest port: "The whole place is pickled The people are pickles for sure"?

Answer: Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)

"Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)" was a song recorded in 1996 by Hull (England) based band The Beautiful South.

9. This song is by one of the early heavy bands: "Fly into the rising sun, Faces, smiling everyone. Yeah, she is a whole new tradition, I feel it in my heart"

Answer: My Woman from Tokyo

Formed in 1968, Deep Purple are still going strong after numerous changes in their line up. The band released "Woman from Tokyo" in 1973 reaching number 4 in the UK charts.

10. From which song containing a city does this line come: "It's just gone noon Half past monsoon"?

Answer: Nightboat to Cairo

Hailing from Camden Town, London, Madness released "Night Boat to Cairo" as a single in 1993 having been taken from their first album "One Step Beyond" (1979). After being together for over 30 years the band released their latest album in 2009 "The Liberty of Norton Folgate", a concept album.

Source: Author navaho56

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