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Quiz about All That U2 Cant Leave Behind
Quiz about All That U2 Cant Leave Behind

All That U2 Can't Leave Behind Quiz


U2 are about to set off on their next world tour. The trouble is, the members of the band have forgotten to organise some essential items! Can you help them find all that they can't leave behind?

A multiple-choice quiz by biscuit_girl. Estimated time: 8 mins.
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Author
biscuit_girl
Time
8 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
130,509
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
6 / 10
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685
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Question 1 of 10
1. The most urgent item to find is The Edge's passport, which he seems to have misplaced somewhere. Of course, we all know that it won't have "The Edge" as the passport-holder's name - he was born Dave Evans. Unfortunately, that's not enough to help us find the missing document. You can assume that it will be a standard issue Irish passport. However, Dave Evans' birthplace will not be listed as an Irish city or town, because he was not born in Ireland. The question is, which British location will be listed as his place of birth? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. After a frantic search of The Edge's house, the passport is finally found in the toy chest belonging to his daughter Sian. It was buried under a pile of toys, one of which serves as a reminder of another vital item that U2 will need before they embark around the world. It is a plush puppet in the shape of a dog, and seeing it jumpstarts Bono's memory of a song that, in its video clip, featured a very similar toy. The band are planning to perform "The Sweetest Thing" during their concerts on this tour, but it's been a while since the single was released, so they'll have to remember to take the music and lyric sheets along so they can practice. To help U2 find them, you need to let them know - on what album was "The Sweetest Thing" released, as a single in its own right? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Unearthing the required music necessitated a journey to Larry Mullen Junior's house, and taking a trip in the car jogged Adam Clayton's memory - plans would have to be made for some hire cars to be available for the band in each country they are scheduled to visit. Adam remembers that the band played the opening concert of their "Elevation" world tour in a venue that bore the name of a particular car rental agency, but he can't quite recall the company that sponsored the arena in Miami, Florida. Perhaps you can help? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. Upon arrival at the Mullen house, it becomes apparent that Larry has neglected to buy a new camera for his global travels. With the talk of buying a new one, Bono thinks about the fact that U2 is often mistakenly thought to have acquired their name from an American spy plane, first flown in 1956, that used high-powered cameras to gather surveillance. (The band actually decided on the name U2 just because they liked the sound of it). One reason that this is often thought to be true is that a famous incident involving a U2 aircraft, the shooting down of pilot Francis Gary Powers' plane, happened just nine days before the birth of Bono in 1960. This means the U2 plane crashed on what date? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. The members of the band have become a bit tired after all this racing around trying to locate lost objects, so Larry's wife Ann offers a snack to revive the weary musicians. Thinking about food, The Edge reminisces about the band's "Popmart" tour, which used the theme of a supermarket and had, as its symbol, a giant lemon under a giant red arch. For this next tour, the band still has to figure what the icon will be. As they are somewhat short on time, Larry suggests they reuse the same imagery from the "Popmart" tour. He thinks it's hidden away somewhere in his cavernous basement, but to find it, the band will have to search for the other, smaller food-related object that was displayed on the stage with the lemon. What is the item they'll be looking for? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. Having found the missing stage props, the band members realise that their tea didn't really wake them up, and they all need a nap. The thought of a comfortable bed jogs Adam's memory that the group still hasn't finalised a hotel to stay in when they reach Los Angeles, and they'll need to make a reservation somewhere. He can recall the name of the "Million Dollar Hotel," because U2 was involved in a movie project with that very name, back in 2000. The band also came into contact with this particular accommodation in 1987, when they filmed a video for one of their "Joshua Tree" songs on the roof of a liquor store not far from the hotel. What was this song? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Once they'd made the necessary arrangements for a stay in Los Angeles, the U2 members began discussing their itinerary. "Why don't we start in Miami, like we did for the "Elevation" tour?" suggests Bono. The others agree, but they're having some trouble thinking of where they should go to from there. The Edge puts on one of band's albums, "Zooropa," as thinking music, and after hearing the lyrics of its fifth track, thinks he knows the answer. According to "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", what city should U2 visit after Miami? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Once the concert schedule has been worked out, Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry have to face the realities of packing for their journey. As Larry tries to divert his attention from this grim task by slipping in a video of the movie "Batman Forever," Adam groans and hits his face with the back of his hand. "I forgot to get a new suitcase! Now we'll have to go out and get a new one!" The Edge pats him reassuringly on his shoulder and says, "Don't worry, Adam, I've got one somewhere that you can borrow. I just don't know where to find it." Larry begins talking to himself, "Batman ... suitcase ... I think I need a painkiller after all of this thinking!" Can you identify Larry's ailment? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. "Phew!" sighs Bono. "What a day! I hope there's nothing else we've forgotten, because we're due to leave tomorrow." Well, it's always better to be safe than sorry, isn't it? The U2 members had better check everything once more, just to be sure. Cancelled the mail delivery? Check. Asked the housekeeper to water the plants? Check. Made sure no one's birthday or anniversary is going to be forgotten while they're away? Check. "Wow," says Adam, "thanks for all of your help in helping us find what we can't leave behind. Hey, why don't we write a song of appreciation for our friend here?" His bandmates nod their heads in agreement. What an honour! You'll be joining the ranks of some of the most influential people who have been inspiration for U2's songs. Thinking about all this globetrotting reminds you that one of these greats, Billie Holliday, has a U2 song written about her with a title that includes the name of her hometown. She's an "Angel" of where?

Answer: (If you've touched the ground at JFK ...)
Question 10 of 10
10. Finally, the members of U2 are ready to depart. They're just about to step onto their aircraft, when suddenly Bono turns around and exclaims "Oh no! I've forgotten my ..." Adam, clearly exasperated by this stage, nearly screams. But, realising that the roar of the jet engines would drown out this objection, he just holds up his hands and tells Bono, "What you don't have, you don't need it now." From which of the band's songs is he quoting? Hint



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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. The most urgent item to find is The Edge's passport, which he seems to have misplaced somewhere. Of course, we all know that it won't have "The Edge" as the passport-holder's name - he was born Dave Evans. Unfortunately, that's not enough to help us find the missing document. You can assume that it will be a standard issue Irish passport. However, Dave Evans' birthplace will not be listed as an Irish city or town, because he was not born in Ireland. The question is, which British location will be listed as his place of birth?

Answer: Barking

The guitarist's passport will tell us that Dave Evans was born on August 8th, 1961, in Barking, which is in the county of Essex. U2, being the seasoned world travellers that they are, will know that it is vital to have a current and valid passport to enable entry and exit of your own and foreign countries.
2. After a frantic search of The Edge's house, the passport is finally found in the toy chest belonging to his daughter Sian. It was buried under a pile of toys, one of which serves as a reminder of another vital item that U2 will need before they embark around the world. It is a plush puppet in the shape of a dog, and seeing it jumpstarts Bono's memory of a song that, in its video clip, featured a very similar toy. The band are planning to perform "The Sweetest Thing" during their concerts on this tour, but it's been a while since the single was released, so they'll have to remember to take the music and lyric sheets along so they can practice. To help U2 find them, you need to let them know - on what album was "The Sweetest Thing" released, as a single in its own right?

Answer: Best of 1980-1990

"The Sweetest Thing" was originally written for inclusion on U2's 1987 album, "The Joshua Tree." However, the band felt it was too much of a pop song to fit in with the other tracks on the album, and so it was left by the wayside, appearing as a supporting track to the single release "Where the Streets Have No Name." In 1998, as the band was preparing their compilation "The Best of 1980-1990," the song came to attention again.

It was felt that the time had come to use "The Sweetest Thing" as a single in its own right, and so it found it way onto the "Best of" as the "new" song.
3. Unearthing the required music necessitated a journey to Larry Mullen Junior's house, and taking a trip in the car jogged Adam Clayton's memory - plans would have to be made for some hire cars to be available for the band in each country they are scheduled to visit. Adam remembers that the band played the opening concert of their "Elevation" world tour in a venue that bore the name of a particular car rental agency, but he can't quite recall the company that sponsored the arena in Miami, Florida. Perhaps you can help?

Answer: National

U2 kicked off their first tour since 1997's "Popmart" at the National Car Rental Center, in Miami, Florida, on March 24, 2001. The band seems to have an affinity for playing in venues that are named for their corporate sponsors. On the North American legs of the "Elevation" tour, they played at the Pepsi Center in Denver; GM Place in Vancouver; Target Center in Minneapolis; Air Canada Center in Toronto; Pepsi Arena in Albany, New York; Delta Center in Salt Lake City; and the American Airlines Arena in Miami, among others.
4. Upon arrival at the Mullen house, it becomes apparent that Larry has neglected to buy a new camera for his global travels. With the talk of buying a new one, Bono thinks about the fact that U2 is often mistakenly thought to have acquired their name from an American spy plane, first flown in 1956, that used high-powered cameras to gather surveillance. (The band actually decided on the name U2 just because they liked the sound of it). One reason that this is often thought to be true is that a famous incident involving a U2 aircraft, the shooting down of pilot Francis Gary Powers' plane, happened just nine days before the birth of Bono in 1960. This means the U2 plane crashed on what date?

Answer: May 1st

Paul Hewson was born on May 10th, 1960, in the Rotunda Hospital in Dublin. The world had been in shock for several days, since the news of the crash of the U2 aircraft in Russia on the first of May. However, it appears young Paul Hewson was blissfully ignorant of that fact because, even when he transformed in Bono, claimed that the choice of his band's name had nothing to do with this Cold War workhorse.
5. The members of the band have become a bit tired after all this racing around trying to locate lost objects, so Larry's wife Ann offers a snack to revive the weary musicians. Thinking about food, The Edge reminisces about the band's "Popmart" tour, which used the theme of a supermarket and had, as its symbol, a giant lemon under a giant red arch. For this next tour, the band still has to figure what the icon will be. As they are somewhat short on time, Larry suggests they reuse the same imagery from the "Popmart" tour. He thinks it's hidden away somewhere in his cavernous basement, but to find it, the band will have to search for the other, smaller food-related object that was displayed on the stage with the lemon. What is the item they'll be looking for?

Answer: Olive

The giant martini olive looked like a futuristic, outer space inspired ball surrounded by a series of rings. The olive was not quite as large as the lemon or the arch, but altogether the set provided a larger-than-life experience for the members of the audience.
6. Having found the missing stage props, the band members realise that their tea didn't really wake them up, and they all need a nap. The thought of a comfortable bed jogs Adam's memory that the group still hasn't finalised a hotel to stay in when they reach Los Angeles, and they'll need to make a reservation somewhere. He can recall the name of the "Million Dollar Hotel," because U2 was involved in a movie project with that very name, back in 2000. The band also came into contact with this particular accommodation in 1987, when they filmed a video for one of their "Joshua Tree" songs on the roof of a liquor store not far from the hotel. What was this song?

Answer: Where the Streets Have No Name

The video for "Where the Streets Have No Name" was filmed in March 1987, under the direction of Meiert Avis. Its proximity to the Million Dollar Hotel obviously left a lasting impression on U2, particularly Bono, who wrote a screenplay for a movie set in its sometimes strange corridors.

The band also created the film's soundtrack, also titled "Million Dollar Hotel," as a sideline to their regular albums.
7. Once they'd made the necessary arrangements for a stay in Los Angeles, the U2 members began discussing their itinerary. "Why don't we start in Miami, like we did for the "Elevation" tour?" suggests Bono. The others agree, but they're having some trouble thinking of where they should go to from there. The Edge puts on one of band's albums, "Zooropa," as thinking music, and after hearing the lyrics of its fifth track, thinks he knows the answer. According to "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", what city should U2 visit after Miami?

Answer: New Orleans

Stay (Faraway, So Close!) was written by U2 for their friend, Wim Wenders, a Belgian film director who created a movie with the same name. Its fifth verse tells us, "You can go anywhere/Miami, New Orleans/London, Belfast and Berlin."
8. Once the concert schedule has been worked out, Bono, The Edge, Adam and Larry have to face the realities of packing for their journey. As Larry tries to divert his attention from this grim task by slipping in a video of the movie "Batman Forever," Adam groans and hits his face with the back of his hand. "I forgot to get a new suitcase! Now we'll have to go out and get a new one!" The Edge pats him reassuringly on his shoulder and says, "Don't worry, Adam, I've got one somewhere that you can borrow. I just don't know where to find it." Larry begins talking to himself, "Batman ... suitcase ... I think I need a painkiller after all of this thinking!" Can you identify Larry's ailment?

Answer: Headache

Larry is, of course, thinking of U2's 1995 song "Hold Me, Thrill Me, Kiss Me, Kill Me," which was featured on the soundtrack of "Batman Forever." The reason he suddenly had a headache was based on the song's second verse: "You're a headache/in a suitcase/you're a star."
9. "Phew!" sighs Bono. "What a day! I hope there's nothing else we've forgotten, because we're due to leave tomorrow." Well, it's always better to be safe than sorry, isn't it? The U2 members had better check everything once more, just to be sure. Cancelled the mail delivery? Check. Asked the housekeeper to water the plants? Check. Made sure no one's birthday or anniversary is going to be forgotten while they're away? Check. "Wow," says Adam, "thanks for all of your help in helping us find what we can't leave behind. Hey, why don't we write a song of appreciation for our friend here?" His bandmates nod their heads in agreement. What an honour! You'll be joining the ranks of some of the most influential people who have been inspiration for U2's songs. Thinking about all this globetrotting reminds you that one of these greats, Billie Holliday, has a U2 song written about her with a title that includes the name of her hometown. She's an "Angel" of where?

Answer: Harlem

"Angel of Harlem" can be found on U2's 1988 album "Rattle and Hum." In keeping with the band's fascination with American, and particularly African-American, music at the time, U2 penned this song as a tribute to Billie Holliday, a jazz singer of the 1930s and 1940s who got her start singing in the nightclubs of Harlem.
10. Finally, the members of U2 are ready to depart. They're just about to step onto their aircraft, when suddenly Bono turns around and exclaims "Oh no! I've forgotten my ..." Adam, clearly exasperated by this stage, nearly screams. But, realising that the roar of the jet engines would drown out this objection, he just holds up his hands and tells Bono, "What you don't have, you don't need it now." From which of the band's songs is he quoting?

Answer: Beautiful Day

Ending this quiz with a question about "Beautiful Day" is quite fitting, I think. It was the first single released from U2's 2000 album "All That You Can't Leave Behind" (from which this quiz takes its name) and the song's accompanying video shows the band taking a dizzying journey through various aspects of international travel. I hope you enjoyed playing my quiz as much as I enjoyed creating it!
Source: Author biscuit_girl

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