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3 Beautiful South quizzes and 30 Beautiful South trivia questions.
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  Wonderful Beautiful South   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The Beautiful South are said to be most people's second-favourite band. Here's your chance to wander through their songs and their history.
Tough, 10 Qns, moomin42, Dec 31 03
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  Beautiful South Lyrics    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Simply name the song that the lyrics come from!
Average, 10 Qns, MrHippo, Sep 15 13
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  Blue Is The Colour    
Multiple Choice
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A quiz all about the lyrics from the Beautiful South album 'Blue Is The Colour'.
Average, 10 Qns, baby_dolphin, Nov 12 06
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Beautiful South Trivia Questions
1. "Tongue so sharp - the bubble burst". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: A Little Time

From the album "Choke".

2. What was the first album released by The Beautiful South in the UK?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Welcome To The Beautiful South

"Welcome To..." was the first album released all the way back in 1989. Three singles were released in the UK from this album.

3. What song do these come from - 'They found little Annie all covered with ice'?

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Artificial Flowers'

This is the 10th song on the album, all about an orphan that makes artificial flowers to make money.

4. "If, if you choose that we will always lose". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: I'll Sail This Ship Alone

From the album "Welcome to the Beautiful South". This album was banned from some shops as the cover depicted a woman pointing a gun in her mouth. An alternative cover with teddy bears was released. The original cover was an anti-smoking message.

5. "There's no more little secrets we haven't yet disclosed, we bore the living daylights of anyone too close". These are lyrics from which song?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: We Are Each Other

"We Are Each Other" reached the dizzy heights of number 30 in the UK singles chart in 1992. A lovely song about those annoying couples who literally are each other!

6. 'You don't back a horse called Striding Snail, You don't name your boat Titanic 2'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Little Blue'

7. "Not through confusion, through fear". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Bell Bottomed Tear

From the album "0898". The title comes from the dialing code for UK premium rate hotlines.

8. The Beautiful South have only managed one UK number 1 hit single. Which song was it?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: A Little Time

"A Little Time" reached the dizzy heights of the top of the charts in October 1990. A lovely ditty about a relationship breaking down and the ensuing arguements, this song stayed in the UK charts for a total of 14 weeks. The video also received several awards!

9. 'It's a plastic world and we're all plastic too'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'One God'

10. "Every wrinkle is so easy to place". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Prettiest Eyes

From the album "Miaow". This album also had two different covers as the original was banned from the music shop HMV as they said it looked too much like their logo.

11. Fill in the missing word from the lyrics of the song "Dumb": "It doesn't take a _________ to show a blind man sun".

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Labrador

Dumb managed to creep up to number 16 in the UK singles charts at the very end of 1998. A great song that is often under-rated.

12. Complete this line -'And the Sunday sun shines down on ___________'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: San Francisco Bay & San Francisco bay & san francisco bay & San francisco bay

From 'Don't Marry Her'

13. "The whole place is pickled, the people are pickles for sure". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Rotterdam

From the album "Blue is the Colour"

14. The vast majority of all Beautiful South songs are written by the same two band members- Paul Heaton and which other member?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: David Rotheray

Paul Heaton is the man who writes some wonderful, yet often acscerbic, lyrics, whilst David Rotheray makes those wonderful melodies that are a trademark of the band.

15. When was the album released?

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 1996

16. "Time takes it's toll, but not on the eyes". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Perfect 10

From the album "Quench"

17. How many UK singles were released from the 1998 album "Quench"?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Four

Tricky that one :-) In total four singles were released from the album: "Perfect 10", "Dumb", "How Long's A Tear Take To Dry", and "The Table". Out of these, "Perfect 10" was by far and away the most successful, reaching number 2 in the UK singles chart.

18. Where is this from - 'Sitting in a bar alone, where no-one knows your name, Is like laying in a graveyard wide awake'?

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Liars' Bar'

19. "I love you from the bottom of my pencilcase". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Song For Whoever

From the album "Welcome To The Beautiful South"

20. From the song "My Book", fill in the missing lryic: "Diary entry '62 end of May, it looks as if the nose and __________ are definitely here to stay".

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Chin

Another tough one, me thinks! An unusual song that contains that wonderfully bizarre line "Mother played by Peter Beardsley, Father by John Cleese". This single only limped to number 43 in the UK. but was a fantastic song with a strange video to accompany it!

21. 'Eyes to take you dancing, mouth to leave your wife'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Blackbird On The Wire'

22. "Is that all that you've got?". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: 36D

From the album "0898"

23. How many tracks were on the second Beautiful South album "Choke"?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Eleven

11 tracks of loveliness! This 1990 album contained 3 hit singles, including "A Little Time", which hit the number 1 spot in the singles chart in the UK. The album also contains a great instrumental, "The Rising Of Grafton Street". Grafton Street is in the centre of Hull and still a place where the band can be seen having a beer!

24. 'Imagine the want to hold a rod that cannot hold a fish'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Mirror'

25. "And the Sunday sun shines down on San Francisco bay". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Don't Marry Her

From the album "Blue Is The Colour"

26. "Think of you with pipe and slippers, Think of her in bed, Laying there just watching telly, Then think of me instead" - Lyrics from which song?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: Don't Marry Her

This number 8 hit single had to be changed from the version on the album "Blue Is The Colour". The song describes being kneed in the "Sandy Bullocks" (no guesses what the original lyrics were!) and also had the "F-word" during the chorus.

27. 'Ginger Elvis Presley looked a fraction sad'

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'The Sound Of North America'

28. "In a highway Taco Bell". Which song are these lyrics from?

From Quiz Beautiful South Lyrics

Answer: Your Father And I

From the album "Quench"

29. And finally.... this is an absolute stinker! What was the highest chart position the single "Old Red Eyes Is Back" reached in the UK singles chart in 1992?

From Quiz Wonderful Beautiful South

Answer: 22

This wonderful romp of a song, taken from the 3rd album "0898", only reached No.22! It actually only spent a total of 6 weeks in the top 75, too! Some people have no taste :-) But if it's any consolation, it's my favourite song that I often sing on karaoke!

30. 'The whole place is pickled, the people are pickles for sure' what song is this from?

From Quiz Blue Is The Colour

Answer: 'Rotterdam (Or Anywhere)'

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