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Dark Clouds Are Brewing Trivia Quiz

Dark clouds bring rain and rain gives us some of my favourite rain songs!

A multiple-choice quiz by kino76. Estimated time: 2 mins.

Author
kino76

Time
2 mins

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Multiple Choice

Quiz #
379,369

Updated
Dec 03 21

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10

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which very popular song was released by The Weather Girls in 1982? Hint

Raindrops Are Falling on My Head

It's Raining Women

It's Raining Cats and Dogs

It's Raining Men

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Question 2 of 10

2. Which iconic 1970s band released the song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"? Hint

Hedgehog Pie

The Seekers

Creedence Clearwater Revival

Peter, Paul & Mary

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which band named after a disabled fruit gave us the catchy tune "No Rain"? Hint

Deaf Lemon

Blind Melon

Deaf Melon

Blind Lemon

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which infamous German pop group had a hit with "Blame It on the Rain"? Hint

Vanilla Sky

Euro Star

Milli Vanilli

Visage

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Question 5 of 10

5. Axl Rose tells us that it's "hard to hold a candle" in the cold rain of which month? Hint

November

October

September

December

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which band had the song "I'm Only Happy when it Rains"? Their lead singer is Shirley Manson. Hint

Trash

Garbage

Rubbish

Nonsense

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Question 7 of 10

7. Billie Myers told us to ".... the rain". What is the missing word? Hint

Kiss

Run

Dodge

Cry

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Question 8 of 10

8. "I Wish it Would Rain Down" was a song written and performed by Phil Collins in 1989. Which famous guitarist played lead guitar on this song? Hint

Eric Clapton

Slash

Eddie van Halen

Stevie Ray Vaughan

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Question 9 of 10

9. What color rain did Prince only want to see us bathing in? Hint

Pink

Blue

Purple

Yellow

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Question 10 of 10

10. "The Rain Song" is a song by Led Zeppelin and the second track from which of their albums? Hint

Coda

Physical Graffiti

Mothership

Houses of the Holy

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which very popular song was released by The Weather Girls in 1982?

Answer: It's Raining Men

"It's Raining Men" peaked at number two on the UK Singles Chart. Interestingly, this song was covered by Geri Halliwell of Spice Girls fame and reached number one in the UK charts in 2001.

2. Which iconic 1970s band released the song "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?"?

Answer: Creedence Clearwater Revival

Creedence Clearwater Revival (CCR) were active from the 1960s to 1970s with John Fogerty as their lead singer. "Have You Ever Seen the Rain?" was a single from their penultimate album "Pendulum" released in 1970.

3. Which band named after a disabled fruit gave us the catchy tune "No Rain"?

Answer: Blind Melon

"No Rain" by Blind Melon peaked at number one on three different charts in 1993: US Billboard Album Rock Tracks, US Billboard Modern Rock Tracks and Canada Top Singles (RPM).

4. Which infamous German pop group had a hit with "Blame It on the Rain"?

Answer: Milli Vanilli

"Blame It on the Rain" was a single from Milli Vanilli's album "Girl You Know It's True". It was the bands third US Billboard Hot 100 number one single. Milli Vanilli earned a Grammy Award in 1990 which was retracted when the members of the band admitted that they had not sung any of the vocals on the record.

5. Axl Rose tells us that it's "hard to hold a candle" in the cold rain of which month?

Answer: November

"November Rain" is from the Guns 'n Roses album "Use Your Illusions I" released in 1991. It made it to number three on the US Billboard Top 100 chart and according to Billboard, is the longest song thus far to have made it into the top ten.

6. Which band had the song "I'm Only Happy when it Rains"? Their lead singer is Shirley Manson.

Answer: Garbage

"I'm Only Happy When it Rains" was the third single off of Garbage's self titled album and was rated at position 69 on Rolling Stone and MTV's 100 Greatest Pop Songs of All Time.

7. Billie Myers told us to ".... the rain". What is the missing word?

Answer: Kiss

"Kiss the rain" is was the lead single from Billie Myers' debut album released in 1997. It reached US Billboard's Top 100 at position 46 in 1998.

8. "I Wish it Would Rain Down" was a song written and performed by Phil Collins in 1989. Which famous guitarist played lead guitar on this song?

Answer: Eric Clapton

"I Wish it Would Rain Down" was off of Collin's "...But Seriously" album and peaked on the US Billboard Hot 100 at position three. Collin's asked Clapton to play on the song as he felt "it was a Clapton song".

9. What color rain did Prince only want to see us bathing in?

Answer: Purple

"Purple Rain", the song, was from the studio album "Purple Rain" released in 1984 and was used as a soundtrack to the movie "Purple Rain" in 1984 which starred Prince.

10. "The Rain Song" is a song by Led Zeppelin and the second track from which of their albums?

Answer: Houses of the Holy

"Houses of the Holy" was Led Zeppelin's fifth album, released in 1973 and includes other Zeppelin classics like "No Quarter", "Over the Hills and Far Away" and "D'yer Mak'er".

Source: Author kino76

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