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1.
  Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me    
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"The Ghosts That Haunt Me" was the debut album from Canadian band the Crash Test Dummies. It was released in 1991.
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  Crash Test Dummies: Give Yourself a Hand    
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"Give Yourself a Hand" was released in 1999 as the fourth studio album by Canadian rockers the Crash Test Dummies. It is very different from previous albums due to a heavy electronic influence.
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  The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"    
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"Puss 'n' Boots" is a studio album released by Canadian rockers Crash Test Dummies in 2003.
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  I Don't Care That You Don't Mind    
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The Crash Test Dummies' fifth studio album was "I Don't Care That You Don't Mind", released in 2001. It was the band's first album since their break with BGM.
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  The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet    
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"God Shuffled His Feet" is the second album from the Crash Test Dummies. It features one of their best-known songs "Mmm Mmm Mmm".
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  Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life    
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"A Worm's Life" was the third studio album released by Canadian rockers the Crash Test Dummies. It featured the song "He Liked to Feel It".
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  Crash Test Dummies for Dummies    
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The Crash Test Dummies are a Canadian band that was famous in the 1990's. Here are some questions about the band and their songs.
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trivia question Quick Question
According to "Shoot 'Em Up, Shoot 'Em Down", how many shots of morphine did the singer give his father?

From Quiz "I Don't Care That You Don't Mind"





Crash Test Dummies Trivia Questions

1. After suffering near-fatal injuries in a car crash, lead singer Brad Roberts recuperated and wrote much of the CD's material in which town?

From Quiz
I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

Answer: Argyle, Nova Scotia

While recovering, Brad made the acquaintance of some musically-talented lobstermen who played instruments and sang for the album. In fact, only Ellen Reid and Brad Roberts took part in the actual album.

2. How many songs from "A Worm's Life" were made into music videos?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life

Answer: Two

Both "He Liked To Feel It" and "My Own Sunrise" were made into music videos. "He Liked To Feel It" was very graphic and the video was censored in the USA and banned in Canada.

3. In "Superman's Song", what other literary figure is mentioned?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Answer: Tarzan

The song compares Tarzan and Superman, who had recently died. While Tarzan wasn't a ladies man, Clark Kent was a real gent.

4. In "God Shuffled His Feet", what color hair did the boy have?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet

Answer: Blue

God tells a parable in regards to all the questions he's getting. Of course, it doesn't answer anything.

5. Complete the song title: "I'm The Man (That _______ Are Not)"

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"

Answer: You

The chorus to this song is as follows: "You're in a jam You're tied up in knots And I'm the man That you are not Yes I'm the man That you are not."

6. Complete this lyric from "Afternoons and Coffeespoons": "Someday I'll have a disappearing __________"

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies for Dummies

Answer: hairline

"Afternoons and Coffeespoons" was from the Dummies' album "God Shuffled His Feet", released in 1993 as the band's second album.

7. The Crash Test Dummies toured to promote the album. Which Dummy was missing from the tour?

From Quiz I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

Answer: Ben Darvill

Ben Darvill was busy at the time with his solo project, Son of Dave. He usually played a number of instruments for the band, including the harmonica.

8. Who sang lead vocals for "Get You in the Morning"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: Give Yourself a Hand

Answer: Ellen Reid

Brad Roberts is traditionally the lead singer of the band, but this song featured backup vocalist Ellen Reid singing lead. The music video featured Ellen flipping through the television channels and watching the rest of the band perform various acts.

9. Complete the title: "Comin' Home Soon (The ___________ Man's Song)

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Answer: Bereft

"I've all my wisdom teeth Two up top, two beneath And yet I'll recognize My mouth says things that aren't so wise But when I sing my darling's praise I know I'm right, or close anyways For she's a gem upon this earth I know to me she will return."

10. What playwright is mentioned in "Afternoons and Coffeespoons"?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet

Answer: Sartre

"Times is when the day is like a play by Sartre When it seems a bookburning's in perfect order." Jean-Paul Sartre worked during World War II. One of his famous plays is the disturbing "No Exit".

11. In "Everything is Better with Me", how does the singer describe his eyes?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"

Answer: beady

Brad Roberts is the lead singer for the Crash Test Dummies. The chorus to this song is as follows: "And I know That you'll see Everything is better with me And I know That you'll find You can't get me out of your mind."

12. Complete the lyric from "On and On": "But the little bird don't bother with _______ He knows that it just goes on and on and on and on."

From Quiz I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

Answer: song

"The little bird can sing and sing The little bird knows everything But the little bird don't bother with song He knows that it just goes on and on and on and on."

13. Complete this lyric from "A Cigarette is All You Get": "I wanna eat my ____________".

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: Give Yourself a Hand

Answer: cigarettes & cigarets

Another CTD song featuring cigarettes is "A Duck's Life" from "God Shuffled His Feet". The lyric for that song is as follows: "How come I smoke and smoke and smoke and curse every butt I spit out?"

14. What was unusual about the woman in "Overachievers"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life

Answer: She had a beard

"Overachievers" details three people who go a bit too far to achieve their goals. The woman in the song wanted to be close to God, so she asked to be made ugly so men would not bother her. In response, God gave her a full beard.

15. Which villain is mentioned in "Superman's Song"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Answer: Solomon Grundy

Solomon Grundy isn't known for fighting Superman, but they did face off once, with the Last Son of Krypton coming out on top.

16. In "In The Days of the Caveman", you use sharpened tools in lieu of what?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet

Answer: Hotplates

"When you go on camping trips you're stuck right out in nature Foraging the forests like a primate Using sharpened tools instead of hotplates."

17. How many cats does Brad thank in the liner notes?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"

Answer: Three

According to the liner notes, three cats invaded Brad's apartment during the recording of "Puss 'n' Boots". Without those three cats, he claims, the record would not have been made.

18. Which band member was involved in a serious car accident in 2000?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies for Dummies

Answer: Brad Roberts

While recovering in Nova Scotia, Brad began working on material that would become the album "I Don't Care That You Don't Mind". It started as a solo project for Roberts and some newfound friends, but the rest of the Dummies later became involved.

19. In the music video for "The Day We Never Met", what is the name of the character played by Brad Roberts?

From Quiz I Don't Care That You Don't Mind

Answer: Lorenzo Duke

Lorenzo Duke is a rock star who breaks his leg and spends his time alone spying on his female neighbors, similar to the movie "Rear Window". When he is found out, a woman takes his wheelchair away from him.

20. According to "Keep a Lid on Things", what shouldn't you try while the singer is gone?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: Give Yourself a Hand

Answer: Everything

"Keep your eye on things while I'm gone Keep a lid on things. Don't you try everything while I'm gone Keep a lid on things."

21. In the title track, "A Worm's Life", what has the worm tasted?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life

Answer: Guacamole

"Although you think me cold and slimy I've got a nice home. I've tasted your best guacamole And siesta'd at noon in the cool of the soil."

22. In "The Country Life", where could the singer and his darling be happy?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Answer: In the country

Obviously, the couple would be happiest in the country, where they could breakfast on eggs they picked themselves. According to the singer, the city is killing their love.

23. What painting is used as the album cover?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet

Answer: Bacchus and Ariadne

Bacchus and Ariadne was painted by Titian from 1520-1523 using oil on canvas. Titian was a Italian painter who died in 1576.

24. Complete the song title: " ___________ Feeling".

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"

Answer: Flying

"I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone I wanna get that flyin' feelin' I can't leave it alone."

25. What does the singer not have in "Just Chillin'"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: Give Yourself a Hand

Answer: A phonebook

"You've got your friends in high places Babe, I can pull my own strings . You said I'm a name in a phone book, I don't have one of those things."

26. What food does the driver recommend in the song "Our Driver Gestures"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: A Worm's Life

Answer: Souffle

"Plumbing often varies in the various different countries I like to crouch down and turn on those bidets I'll have a cocktail, pick at my fingernails And then I'll squat down for a wash to end the day Our driver recommends we try the souffle."

27. Complete the song title: "Here on Earth (I'll Have My ________)

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies: The Ghosts That Haunt Me

Answer: cake

"Here on earth I'll have my cake Gonna eat it too, make no mistake 'Cause if it's a question of to be or not to be, I'll put on my boots and go see what I can see."

28. Where does the music video to "Afternoons and Coffeespoons" take place?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: God Shuffled His Feet

Answer: A hospital

With a lyric such as "I've heard the rattle in my bronchi", it is logical that the song take place in a hospital. In the music video, lead singer Brad Roberts is a patient who is operated on by the other members of the band.

29. In "Your Gun Won't Fire", how is the world?

From Quiz The Crash Test Dummies: "Puss 'n' Boots"

Answer: Wired

"So don't bother tryin' Your whole world is wired You can set your sights But your gun won't fire."

30. Which poet is mentioned in the song "Afternoons and Coffeespoons"?

From Quiz Crash Test Dummies for Dummies

Answer: T.S Eliot

Eliot was a British poet whose " Old Possum's Book of Practical Cats" became the basis for the hit musical "Cats". Eliot died in 1965 at the age of 77.

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