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1.
  A Yearful Of Month Songs   popular trivia quiz  
Multiple Choice
 15 Qns
See if you can spot the artists behind songs with the months of the year in their titles. There is one for each of the 12 months, and three as a bonus.
Average, 15 Qns, darksplash, Jul 24 22
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darksplash
Jul 24 22
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  Musical Months: Part I    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz is about songs with a thirty-day month (April, June, September, November) in their title. You need only to identify who sang the song. Simple! [Each artist listed has done at least one song with one of the twelve months months in its title.]
Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Nov 21 18
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lowtechmaster
Nov 21 18
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  Musical Months, Part III    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz covers songs that have May, July, August, or October in their titles. You only need to name the artist. [All artists listed did at least one tune with the name of one of the twelve months in the title.]
Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Nov 21 18
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lowtechmaster
Nov 21 18
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  Musical Months Part II    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
This quiz covers songs with winter months (December, January, February, and March) in their titles. You need only identify the artist. All artists listed have at least one song with a month of the year in its title.
Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Nov 21 18
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lowtechmaster
Nov 21 18
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  Songs About Months    
Match Quiz
 15 Qns
Match each song with a month in the title to the band that made it.
Average, 15 Qns, DrLoveGun, May 30 19
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DrLoveGun
May 30 19
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  Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
Many melodies have a month in their titles. This quiz deals with all twelve months. You must identify either a title or an artist. All artists have at least one song with a month in its title. Review Musical Months, Part I-III for answers.
Average, 10 Qns, lowtechmaster, Nov 21 18
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lowtechmaster
Nov 21 18
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  What happened in the month of January?    
Multiple Choice
 10 Qns
The idea behind this quiz is that I give you a piece of information relating to the month of January. You just have to select the correct band or artist. It mostly has a rock bias, have fun!
Average, 10 Qns, ovalrocker, Nov 21 18
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ovalrocker
Nov 21 18
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trivia question Quick Question
The 1960s group The Yardbirds played at the Hammersmith Odeon theatre on what unusual date in 1965?

From Quiz "What happened in the month of January?"





Months in Songs Trivia Questions
1. Which Billboard Hot 100 song was done by Collective Soul in the 1990s?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: December

For Collective Soul, "December" was a Hot 100 number twenty hit in 1995. "Warm In December" was a Julie London 1956 song. "If We Make It Through December" was done by Merle Haggard in 1973. Taylor Swift sang "Back To December" in 2010.

2. In the 1950s, who sang "Time For August"?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Julie London

Julie London's "Time For August" dates from 1956. Of the other artists, Gilbert O'Sullivan did "January Girl" (1972), Neil Diamond recorded "September Morn" (1980), and Pat Boone, the only other 50s singer, had a hit with "April Love" (1957).

3. Who sang "December '63 (Oh, What A Night)"?

From Quiz Musical Months Part II

Answer: The Four Seasons

"December '63 (Oh, What A Night)" was a Billboard Hot 100 number one hit for The Four Seasons in 1976. Gordon Lightfoot sang "Black Day In July" (1968), Love did "August" (1969), and The Happenings recorded "See You In September" (1966).

4. In 1966, who sang "See You In September"?

From Quiz Musical Months: Part I

Answer: The Happenings

In 1966, The Happenings song "See You In September" reached number three on the US Billboard Hot 100. "October To May" by Dave Collins (1972), "My October Symphony" by Pet Shop Boys, and "November Spawned A Monster" by Morrissey (1990) never got to the top forty on the Hot 100.

5. Which high-flying Scottish band had a number one hit with a song called "January"?

From Quiz A Yearful Of Month Songs

Answer: Pilot

"January, sick and tired, you've been hanging on me You make me sad with your eyes You're telling me lies Don't go, don't go..." The song spent three weeks at the top of the charts in 1975. Pilot were formed by the ex-Bay City Rollers bandsmen David Paton and Billy Lyall. A year earlier "Magic" had been a Number 11, but the band were never to trouble the top of the charts again, and folded in 1978.

6. What UK punk band started a tour of the USA on the 5th January 1978?

From Quiz What happened in the month of January?

Answer: Sex Pistols

The Sex Pistols tour started in Atlanta, Georgia. This was also the year that the band split up for the first time; they reformed for a short time in 1996 and 2003. In their home country of the UK, they never had a number one single ("God Save the Queen" reached number two being the highest). But their album "Never Mind the Bollocks Here's the Sex Pistols" did hit number one in November 1977.

7. Who sang "July Morning"?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: Uriah Heep

Uriah Heep's "July Morning" came out in 1971. Of the other artists: Gordon Lightfoot sang "Black Day In July" (1968), Dixie Chicks "Cold Day In July" (1999), and Charlie Rich "July 12, 1939" (1970).

8. "The Ides Of March" was done by whom? [Elementary.]

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden sang "The Ides Of March" in 1981. [Iron (Fe) is an element.] "June Night" was by Jimmy Dorsey in 1957, "September In The Rain" by Dinah Washington in 1961, and "December '63 (Oh, What A Night)" was a Billboard Hot 100 number one hit in 1976 for The Four Seasons.

9. "February Brings The Rain" was by which artist? [Big Ben knows.]

From Quiz Musical Months Part II

Answer: Julie London

Julie London's "February Brings The Rain" came out in 1956. Dionne Warwick recorded "April Fools" in 1969. U2 sang "October" in 1981. [Big Ben is located in London, England.]

10. "April Love" was a 1950s US Billboard Hot 100 number one hit for whom? [White bucks.]

From Quiz Musical Months: Part I

Answer: Pat Boone

In 1957, Pat Boone's "April Love" topped the Hot 100 chart. "July Morning" by Uriah Heep, "January, February" by Barbara Dickson, and "Autumn To May" by Peter, Paul & Mary did not reach the Hot 100 top forty. [Boone wore immaculate "white buck" shoes.]

11. Which Brooklyn-born singer took a walk on the wild side and made his feelings about the Vietnam war clear when he sang about "Xmas In February"?

From Quiz A Yearful Of Month Songs

Answer: Lou Reed

"Sam was lyin' in the jungle Agent orange spread against the sky like marmalade Hendrix played on some foreign jukebox They were praying to be saved Those gooks were fierce and fearless That's the price you pay when you invade Xmas in February" The song appeared on Reed's 1990 album "New York". "Walk on the Wild Side" was Reed's best-known single, hitting Number 16 in the USA and Number 10 in the UK in 1972.

12. In 1992 which Nirvana album reached number one on the Billboard 200 on 11th January 1992, in the USA?

From Quiz What happened in the month of January?

Answer: Nevermind

"Nevermind" made number one on the Billboard 200, but in the UK it still made the top ten, reaching number seven. Only two years after this Kurt Cobain was dead. All of the albums listed are by Nirvana with the exception of "VS" which is by Pearl Jam. Of the other Nirvana albums "MTV Unplugged in New York" got to number one on both the UK and USA charts in 1994 and "From the Muddy Banks of the Wishkan" was number one in the USA and number four in the UK in 1996.

13. Which September song was done by Dinah Washington?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: September In The Rain

"September In The Rain was a 1961 hit for Dinah Washington. David Whitfield did "My September Love" in 1956. "Come September" was a 2001 song by Natalie Imbruglia. The Tempos (1959) and The Happenings (1966) both sang "See You In September."

14. Which artist released "July Morning"? [Dickens knows.]

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Uriah Heep

"July Morning" was a 1971 song. [Uriah Heep was a character in "David Copperfield" by Charles Dickens.] Dean Martin did "June In January" in 1953, Guns N' Roses sang "November Rain" in 1992, and Lou Reed recorded "Christmas In February" in 1989.

15. Which artist recorded "June In January" in 1953? [Think rats.]

From Quiz Musical Months Part II

Answer: Dean Martin

The version of "June In January" by Dean Martin (later a member of the "Rat Pack") appeared nearly twenty years after that by Bing Crosby (1934). "April Love" was a 1957 song by Pat Boone, Count Basie did "April In Paris" in 1956, and Neil Diamond sang "September Morn" in 1980.

16. In 1992, "November Rain" was a hit for whom? [NRA]

From Quiz Musical Months: Part I

Answer: Guns N' Roses

"November Rain" by Guns N' Roses peaked at number three on the US Billboard Hot 100 in 1992. "December '63 (Oh What A Night)" topped the Hot 100 chart in 1976 for the Four Seasons. "January Girl" by Gilbert O'Sullivan (1972) and "Cold Day In July" by the Dixie Chicks (1999) did not reach the top forty on the Hot 100.

17. "Beware the ides of March", or so a Roman Emperor was told. Which 20th Century bunch of English heavy metal rockers recorded an instrumental called "The Ides of March"?

From Quiz A Yearful Of Month Songs

Answer: Iron Maiden

The track was on their 1981 album 'Killers". Iron Maiden had three Number One UK albums between 1980 and 2009 but their best showing in the USA was "A Matter of Life and Death", which was a Number 9 in 2006.

18. In what year did Gibson patent the Flying V guitar?

From Quiz What happened in the month of January?

Answer: 1958

It may (or may not) amaze you (it did me) that this guitar dates back to the late 1950s, being patented on the 6th January 1958. It seemed to be the guitar to have in the early 1980s for Heavy Metal, but people such as Dave Davis of the Kinks, Jimi Hendix and blues guitarist Albert King have all used them.

19. Which May song belongs to the Bee Gees?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: First Of May

"First Of May" was a 1969 song for The Bee Gees. Julie London sang "People Who Are Born In May" in 1956. "October To May" was by Dave Cousins (1972). And Peter, Paul & Mary released "Autumn To May" in 1962.

20. "Black Day In July" was a '60s song. Who sang it?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Gordon Lightfoot

"Black Day In July" was a Gordon Lightfoot number in 1968. Also in the '60s, The Happenings" did "See You In September" (1966), and Dionne Warwick recorded "April Fools" (1969). Foo Fighters did "February Stars" in 1997.

21. Ironically, who sang "I Can See The Sun In Late December"?

From Quiz Musical Months Part II

Answer: Stevie Wonder

The amazing and blind Stevie Wonder released "I Can See The Sun In Late December" in 1975. "September" (1979) was by Earth, Wind & Fire, "Gone Till November" (1993) by Wyclef Jean, and "August October" (1969) by Robin Gibb.

22. The late Ronnie Van Zant was born on 15th January 1948, but which band was he in?

From Quiz What happened in the month of January?

Answer: Lynyrd Skynyrd

The late great Ronnie Van Zant died when the band's aircraft crashed on the 20th October 1977. But his music lives on with such classic tracks as "Freebird" and "Sweet Home Alabama". Of interest "Sweet Home Alabama" was Lynyrd Skynyrd's only single that charted in the UK, reaching number 21 in September 1976.

23. Who sang "February Stars"?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: Foo Fighters

"February Stars" was a 1997 song by Foo Fighters. Lou Reed did "Christmas In February" in 1989. "February Brings The Rain" was a Julie London number in 1956. F.G.T.H. (Frankie Goes To Hollywood) released "One February Friday" in 1987.

24. Who released "My October Symphony"? [Think SPCA.]

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Pet Shop Boys

"My October Symphony" came out in 1990 by the Pet Shop Boys. [SPCA = Society for the Prevention of Cruelty to Animals.] The other artists did: "Autumn To May" (Peter, Paul & Mary, 1962), "Back To December" (Taylor Swift, 2010), and "November Spawned A Monster" (Morrissey, 1990).

25. "September Morn" peaked at number seventeen on the US Billboard Hot 100. Who was the artist?

From Quiz Musical Months: Part I

Answer: Neil Diamond

Neil Diamond's "September Morn" was a Hot 100 hit in 1980. In 1975, Stevie Wonder sang "I Can See The Sun In Late December." Julie London released "This October" in 1956. And "January" by Pilot is from 1975.

26. Which member of the band Kiss was born on 20th January 1952?

From Quiz What happened in the month of January?

Answer: Paul Stanley

Paul Stanley one of the founder members of the legends Kiss was born in Queens, New York, USA. As well as his duties performing in Kiss he has maintained a solo career, including appearing as the Phantom, in The Phantom of the Opera in Toronto. I've only seen Kiss once here in the UK way back in Oct 1984, but the band that supported them went onto bigger and better things. They were called Bon Jovi.

27. "November Spawned A Monster" was by which artist?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part IV: The Ultimate Challenge

Answer: Morrissey

Morrissey did "November Spawned A Monster" in 1990. "Gone Till November was by Wyclef Jean (1998). Guns N' Roses did "November Rain" in 1992. "November Twilight" by Julie London came out in 1956.

28. "June, July And August" was released by the same person who sang "Palisades Park" in the same year. Who was that?

From Quiz Musical Months, Part III

Answer: Freddie Cannon

Both songs by Freddie Cannon date back to 1962. Natalie Imbruglia sang "Come September" in 2001, Pilot did "January" in 1975, and Rosie Gaines recorded "December 25th" in 1995.

29. Who sang "The Ides Of March"? [Fe]

From Quiz Musical Months Part II

Answer: Iron Maiden

Iron Maiden's "Ides Of March" appeared in 1981. Julie London sang "This October" in 1956. "First Of May" (1969) was by the Bee Gees. In 1962, Freddie Cannon did "June July And August" in 1962.

30. "June Night" was a hit for which artist?

From Quiz Musical Months: Part I

Answer: Jimmy Dorsey

"June Night" got to number 21 on the US Billboard Top 100 in 1957. "August October" (1969) was by Robin Gibb. The Foo Fighters did "February Stars" (1997). "If We Make It Through December" (1973) was a Merle Haggard song.

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