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  Arcade Fire   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A quiz on the band Arcade Fire. It will challenge your knowledge from general info to interesting facts about the band.
Tough, 10 Qns, jeffkash, Apr 26 20
Tough
jeffkash
Apr 26 20
434 plays
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  Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
A lyrics quiz using songs by the band Arcade Fire from their first two albums, "Funeral" and "Neon Bible". The questions either involve guessing the missing word or guessing which song the lyrics given are from.
Average, 10 Qns, misco, Feb 21 16
Average
misco
192 plays
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Arcade Fire Trivia Questions
1. The first single released in the US comes from the "Neon Bible" album. The title is:

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: "Black Mirror"

"Ocean of Noise" and "My Body is a Cage" are both songs on the album, but neither have experienced any significant playtime on the radio or been released as a single. "Love Me Once" is just made up.

2. Which song are these lyrics from? "In the forest we are hiding, unmarked graves where flowers grow. Hear the soldiers angry yelling, in the river we will go."

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: Haiti

The song "Haiti" makes reference to band member Régine Chassagne's heritage; before she was born her family emigrated from Haiti to Canada to escape the country's dictatorship.

3. What is Arcade Fire's first non-EP record called?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: Funeral

"Neighborhood" and "Windowsill" are songs from the albums "Funeral" and "Neon Bible," respectively. "Funeral" was released on September 14, 2004, under the record label "Merge Records."

4. Fill in the missing word from "My Body is a Cage"; a song off the "Neon Bible" album. "My body is a cage, That keeps me from dancing with the one I love But my ______ holds the key."

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: mind

"My Body is a Cage" is notable because of the heavy use of a church organ on the song. The band recorded their first album "Funeral" in an attic studio named 'Hotel 2 Tango' but decided to buy and renovate a church for the recording of their second album "Neon Bible".

5. The album "Funeral" was nominated for a Grammy Award in which category?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: Best Alternative Music Album

They didn't win, however, the Grammy going to "The White Stripes" for "Get Behind Me Satan."

6. Who "died in the night" according to "In the Backseat" from "Funeral"?

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: Alice

The album "Funeral" was given its title because several mambers of the band had lost friends and relatives in the year or so prior to release. Further reference to this can be seen in the lyrics to "In the Backseat" which includes the line, "My family tree is losing all its leaves...".

7. "Neon Bible" shared the same peak chart spot in both the UK Billboard Top 40 and the US Billboard Top 200. This spot was:

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: Number 2

Although the didn't hit number 1 in either the US or the UK, they did reach that spot in both Ireland and Canada.

8. Arcade Fire shares the same manager as which other artist?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: Björk

All of the incorrect options were also nominated for a Grammy for Best Alternative Music Album the same year as Arcade Fire.

9. Which song do these lyrics belong to? "Working for the church while your family dies You take what they give you and you keep it inside."

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: Intervention

Arcade Fire released "Intervention" on iTunes on December 26, 2006, three months before the release of their second album "Neon Bible". All proceeds for the single were donated to 'Partners in Health'; a Haitian charity organization.

10. Which word completes these lyrics to "The Well and the Lighthouse"? "Resurrected, living in a lighthouse If you leave them ships are gonna _______"

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: wreck

A month before the release of "Neon Bible" an audio clip of a child reading a 17th century French fable, "The Wolf and the Fox", was put on the band's website. Apparently the song "The Well and the Lighthouse" was written with that fable in mind.

11. Despite being a Canadian band, both Win and William Butler were born in the United States. Which state?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: California

Win attended McGill university in Montreal, where he met his now wife, Régine Cassagne. Will attended Northwestern.

12. Which song are these lyrics from? "It knows not pride or vanity. It cares not about your dreams. It cares not for your pyramid schemes. Their names are never spoken. The curse is never broken."

From Quiz Us Kids Know "Arcade Fire" Lyrics

Answer: Black Mirror

The song "Black Mirror" has an interactive music video. When watched on the band's website the viewer is able to manipulate the instruments she/he hears.

13. Arcade Fire appeared on which magazine Canadian edition under the headline: "Canada's Most Intriguing Rock Band"?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: Time

It was the April 4th issue in 2005. "MuchMusic" isn't actually a magazine, but rather a Canadian Cable TV channel, often referred to as "Much."

14. Which song on "Neon Bible" is actually a re-recording originally featured on the band's EP album?

From Quiz Arcade Fire

Answer: No Cars Go

It was the third single released from the album, following the very successful "Black Mirror" and "Keep the Car Running."

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