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  Average The Screaming Jets Trivia    
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
Not one of the most well-known Australian rock bands outside of Australia, but they are certainly very popular in the Great Southern Land.
Average, 15 Qns, minardifan, Dec 16 06
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  The Screaming Jets Multiple Choice Quiz    
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 10 Qns
The Screaming Jets are my favorite Aussie band from Newcastle. I have seen them live a million times since 1991 and they ROCK! See if you know the songs from their first album "All For One." If you do this will be easy, if you don't have a go anyway!
Average, 10 Qns, mandystkilda, Dec 16 06
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Screaming Jets Trivia Questions
1. The Screaming Jets are from which New South Wales town?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: Newcastle

Long before the arrival of silverchair, Newcastle already had one rock band to be proud of - The Screaming Jets. The Jets music is very much Newcastle inspired, no-frills, in-your-face rock from the town of the BHP steelworks.

2. What was not an original name of The Screaming Jets?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: Gleeson and the Jets

Founding members Dave Gleeson and Grant Walmsley met way back in 1981 at an all-boys school. In 1985, they formed their first band, Sudden Impact, later to be known as Aspect. In 1988, their first gig in Newcastle had them under the bill of The Love Bomb, but they later adopted the name of The Screaming Jets.

3. On which Sydney radio station did The Jets win 'Battle of the Bands'?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: Triple J

Triple J have always been a radio station that have promoted all Australian musical acts, and in late 1989 it was The Screaming Jets who won the inaugural Battle of the Bands.

4. What was The Jets first national Top 10 hit?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: Better

'C'mon' was released in December 1990 as an introduction, but it was 'Better' that first brought the Jets to the attention of the Australian public. The song has since gone on to become arguably their biggest hit, played on commercial station still 14 years after it's released and sung endlessly in karaoke bars around Australia!

5. After a tour of Europe and the USA at the end of 1991, the Jets returned with an EP of cover versions titled what?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Living in England'

Nothing too new on the EP but it did keep the Jets in the charts and prepared the band for their next album.

6. The Jets second album, 'Tear of Thought' featured four top 40 hits. What was not a hit from the album?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Shine On'

'Think' was the first hit off the album, but it was not as popular as previous efforts. 'Shivers', which almost wasn't put on the album, was more of a success, but it was 'Helping Hand', a song released a year after 'Shivers', was their biggest hit since 'Better'. To carry on the success with the album, a fourth song 'Tunnel', was also re-released.

7. In November 1999 the Jets released a compilation greatest hits collection titled what?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Hits and Pieces'

The bands fifth album contained all their biggest hits, such as 'Better', 'Helping Hand', 'Shivers', 'Living in England', 'October Grey'.. etc. It also contained one brand new song 'I Need Your Love'.

8. The Jets, after 12 years and thousands of live shows, played their last show before a sabbatical in Newcastle on what date?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: June 9, 2001

Appropriately, the band signed off their first part of their careers back home in Newcastle after 2000 gigs, five hit albums and countless national and world tours. An album of the show was released later in 2001.

9. 'Well the weeks go by and you wonder why is this really true?' is from which song?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Better'

'Your heart said no but your feelings showed The whole thing you never knew You and I we knew deep down That ain't really you We always knew that it would work right And we could start anew.'

10. 'I've been contemplating suicide, but it doesn't really suit my style' is the opening line from which song?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Shivers'

'So I think I'll just act bored instead To contain the blood I could have shed She makes me feel so weary My heart is really on its knees But I keep a poker face so well That even my mother couldn't tell.'

11. 'Now it seems, I need a shot, a drink to jog my thoughts' is from which song?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Helping Hand'

'Why does this happen all the time Is it, is it just because Because no-one will understand Won't someone, lend me a helping hand Won't someone, take the time to think That your actions and words They don't always say what they mean.'

12. 'Will you be the first one when things get me down Will you be the first one to bring me around Resurrect my sense of believing Cause' I sure could use the feeling This is the chorus to which song?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: Sad Song

Opening lyrics: 'How about a sad song to help me get further down So down like I'm drowning, so down like I'm dying.'

13. 'This petty ego is thriving on a teenage dream, it won't be long before we arrive' is from which song?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Shine On'

Another Jets hit.

14. The Screaming Jets released a two-disc album in December 2002 titled what?

From Quiz The Screaming Jets

Answer: 'Live Forever'

A mix of greatest hits intermixed with live music, it was released after the band 'broke up' in late 2001. Good news for all the Jets fans is that the band resumed touring in 2004.

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