She Blinded Me with Silence Trivia Quiz

Answer: Simon and Garfunkel

"The Sound of Silence" was originally released as an acoustic cut on the album "Wednesday Morning, 3 A.M." and was used in the movie "The Graduate." Without the knowledge of Simon and Garfunkel, who were in England at the time, bass, drums and electric guitar were added to the original and re-released.

The song became the title of their second studio album. The modified version reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 chart.

Answer: The Tremeloes

"Silence is Golden" was first recorded as a B-side to "Rag Doll" by the Four Seasons in 1964. The Tremeloes, who formed in 1958 in Dagenham, England, covered it in 1967 and it reached number one in their home country.

Answer: Deep Purple

"Hush" was written by Joe South, who did a pretty good rocking version on his own. Deep Purple took it to number four on the Billboard Hot 100 chart. It was on their "Shades of Deep Purple" album.

Answer: The Who

"The Quiet One" was written by the bassist John Entwhistle and was on "Face Dances," the first album without Keith Moon, their drummer. Moon had died at age 32 from an overdose of clomethiazole, a drug used to reduce the effects of alcoholism.

Answer: Camila Cabello

Camila was born March 3, 1997 and was an original member of the group Fifth Harmony, who became a huge-selling girl group. She began to establish herself as a solo artist and left the group in 2016. She sold nearly 40 million albums as of March 2020.

Answer: The Carpenters

"There's a Kind of Hush" was written by Les Reed and Geoff Stephens, who was a member of the New Vaudeville Band. Their version was a hit in South Africa and Australia, but most of the rest of the world seemed to prefer the Hermits' cover. The Carpenters took it to number one on Canada's RPM Adult Contemporary and the US Easy Listening charts.

Answer: Hush, Little Baby

"Hush, Little Baby" is a traditional lullaby believed to have originated in the Southern US. The song promises various gifts to appease the crying child. Many artists covered this song, including Burl Ives, Joan Baez, the Mormon Tabernacle Choir and many others. Its origin will probably never be fully traced.

Answer: Silent Night

"Silent Night" lyrics were written in 1816 by Joseph Mohr, a young priest in Austria, after he had a cold winter walk in a peaceful town. In 1818 Franz Xaver Gruber, a choir director, wrote the melody and the song was performed on Christmas Eve as "Stille Nacht, Heilige Nacht." The work evolved and has now been translated into more than 300 languages.

Answer: The Black Eyed Peas

"Shut Up" didn't make it big in the US but charted well in New Zealand, Australia and Europe. According to Wikipedia, phone calls from girlfriends interrupted the group's practice and the lyrics stemmed from that. As a single, it was Europe's second biggest hit of 2004.

There's an unsubstantiated rumor that the Black Eyed Peas were just called "The Peas" until they got into an argument with Chuck Norris.

Answer: Dance

"Shut Up and Dance" came from Walk the Moon's third studio album "Talking is Hard" in 2014. It was set in motion from personal experience at a Los Angeles nightclub. It peaked at number four on the Billboard Hot 100 and hit top ten in Poland, Canada, Australia Israel and Ireland.