Quiz about Iron Maiden What Lyrics Are These
Quiz about Iron Maiden What Lyrics Are These

Iron Maiden: What Lyrics Are These? Quiz


I will name some lyrics from a record, and you have to give the title. Shouldn't be too difficult for Iron Maiden fans.

A multiple-choice quiz by silverginger. Estimated time: 6 mins.
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Author
silverginger
Time
6 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
90,522
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
25
Difficulty
Average
Avg Score
17 / 25
Plays
6166
Awards
Top 5% quiz!
Last 3 plays: Guest 50 (21/25), Guest 5 (25/25), Guest 80 (24/25).
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1. 'If you're feeling down, depressed and lonely, I know a place where we can go.' Hint

Sign of the Cross
Wasted Years
22 Acacia Avenue
The Prisoner

2. 'I've found that I like this living in danger. Living on the edge, it makes me feel as one. Who cares now what's right or wrong. It's reality.' Hint

The Clairvoyant
Powerslave
Lord of the Flies
Sun and Steel

3. 'So get down on your knees honey, assume an attitude, you just pray that I'll be waiting, 'cos you know I'm coming soon.' Hint

Bring your Daughter...to the Slaughter
Deja-Vu
Caught Somewhere in Time
Flight of Icarus

4. 'Trace your way back 50 years, to the glow of Dresden, blood and tears.' Hint

To Tame a Land
The Fallen Angel
Quest for Fire
Tailgunner

5. 'All my hopes and expectation, looking for an explanation, have I found my destination? I just can't take no more.' Hint

Invaders
Be Quick or be Dead
Infinite Dreams
Dream of Mirrors

6. 'Fight wars, die in a blaze of glory. Come home, meat in a plastic sack. Fall down, better pray to your god for mercy.' Hint

Brave New World
Judas be my Guide
Wasted Years
Charlotte the Harlot

7. 'See, onward she comes, onward she nears, out of the sun. See, she has no crew, she has no life, wait but here's two.' Hint

Powerslave
2 Minutes to Midnight
Children of the Damned
Rime of the Ancient Mariner

8. 'You're standing in the wings, then you wait for the curtain to fall. Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.' Hint

Aces High
Heaven Can Wait
Phantom of the Opera
Die with your Boots on

9. 'I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime.' Hint

The Thin Line Between Love and Hate
Hallowed be thy Name
Blood Brothers
Sanctuary

10. 'I have a constant fear that something's always near.' Hint

Murders in the Rue Morgue
Sign of the Cross
Fear of the Dark
Stranger in a Strange Land

11. 'A knife at your throat another body on the pile, a contract to keep and it's service with a smile. Murder for vengeance or murder for gain, Death on the streets or a blackened out jail.' Hint

Ghost of the Navigator
Judas be my Guide
Gangland
Killers

12. 'My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties, with the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike.' Hint

Killers
The Trooper
The Prowler
Wasted Years

13. 'The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium. Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances.' Hint

Moonchild
Remember Tomorrow
Out of the Silent Planet
Innocent Exile

14. 'And then I heard a piercing scream and I rushed to the scene of the crime, but all I found was the butchered remains of two girls lay side by side.' Hint

The Assassin
Childhood's End
Wasting Love
Murders in the Rue Morgue

15. 'But if you asked me a question, would I tell you the truth. Now there's something to bet on, you've got nothing to lose.' Hint

No Prayer for the Dying
Another Life
The Educated Fool
Strange World

16. 'Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares.' Hint

The Duellists
The Number of the Beast
Iron Maiden
Where Eagles Dare

17. 'Can I tempt you, come with me, be Devil may care, fulfill your dream.' Hint

Sea of Madness
Caught Somewhere in Time
The Prophecy
Fates Warning

18. 'He's walking like a small child. But watch his eyes burn you away. Black holes in his golden stare. God knows he wants to go home.' Hint

Another Life
Children of the Damned
The Prisoner
Drifter

19. 'They'll be coming to bring the eternal flame. They'll be bringing us all immortality.' Hint

Fortunes of War
When Two Worlds Collide
The Edge of Darkness
Sign of the Cross

20. 'Hold up your heads, be proud of what you are. Now it has come, freedom at last. Turning the tides of history, and your past.' Hint

Can I Play with Madness?
Mother Russia
Afraid to Shoot Strangers
Fear is the Key

21. 'By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again, and crushed him again in the battle of Arbela. Entering Babylon and Susa, treasures he found, took Persepolis, the capital of Persia.' Hint

Powerslave
To Tame a Land
Quest for Fire
Alexander the Great

22. 'Are you scared to look inside your mind? Are worried just at what you'll find? Do you really want to face the truth? Does it matter now, what have you got to lose?' Hint

The Unbeliever
Mother Russia
2 A.M.
Only the Good Die Young

23. 'Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind. Can't ease this pain, so easily.'
Hint

The Loneliness of the Long Distance Runner
Wasted Years
Run to the Hills
Strange World

24. 'But I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud. I would bleed for her, if I could only see her now.' Hint

The Evil that Men Do
Twilight Zone
Wrathchild
Prodigal Son

25. 'There goes the siren that warns of the air raid, then comes the sound of the guns sending flak.'
Hint

Aces High
To Tame a Land
Hallowed be thy Name
Alexander the Great


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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. 'If you're feeling down, depressed and lonely, I know a place where we can go.'

Answer: 22 Acacia Avenue

Taken from the album 'The Number of the Beast', released in 1982. The song is about a continuing Iron Maiden theme regarding a character called Charlotte the Harlot.
2. 'I've found that I like this living in danger. Living on the edge, it makes me feel as one. Who cares now what's right or wrong. It's reality.'

Answer: Lord of the Flies

Taken from the album 'The X Factor', released in 1995. This track is one of the most vigorous on the album, with plenty of energy throughout.
3. 'So get down on your knees honey, assume an attitude, you just pray that I'll be waiting, 'cos you know I'm coming soon.'

Answer: Bring your Daughter...to the Slaughter

Taken from the album 'No Prayer for the Dying', released in 1990. This song hit the UK charts at No.1 when it was released.
4. 'Trace your way back 50 years, to the glow of Dresden, blood and tears.'

Answer: Tailgunner

Taken from the album 'No Prayer for the Dying', released in 1990. 'Tailgunner' is a story about World War II.
5. 'All my hopes and expectation, looking for an explanation, have I found my destination? I just can't take no more.'

Answer: Dream of Mirrors

Taken from the album 'Brave New World', released in 2000. Iron Maiden recorded this album in a theater at the same time, setting up their instruments in different corners of the room.
6. 'Fight wars, die in a blaze of glory. Come home, meat in a plastic sack. Fall down, better pray to your god for mercy.'

Answer: Judas be my Guide

Taken from the album 'Fear of the Dark', released in 1992.
7. 'See, onward she comes, onward she nears, out of the sun. See, she has no crew, she has no life, wait but here's two.'

Answer: Rime of the Ancient Mariner

Taken from the album 'Powerslave', released in 1984.
8. 'You're standing in the wings, then you wait for the curtain to fall. Knowing the terror and holding you have on us all.'

Answer: Phantom of the Opera

Taken from the debut album 'Iron Maiden', released in 1980.
9. 'I'm waiting in my cold cell, when the bell begins to chime.'

Answer: Hallowed be thy Name

Taken from the album 'The Number of the Beast', released in 1982.
10. 'I have a constant fear that something's always near.'

Answer: Fear of the Dark

Taken from the self-titled album 'Fear of the Dark', released in 1992.
11. 'A knife at your throat another body on the pile, a contract to keep and it's service with a smile. Murder for vengeance or murder for gain, Death on the streets or a blackened out jail.'

Answer: Gangland

Taken from the album 'The Number of the Beast', released in 1982.
12. 'My faith in believing is stronger than lifelines and ties, with the glimmer of metal my moment is ready to strike.'

Answer: Killers

"Killers" is the title track from Iron Maiden's 1981 album.
13. 'The killing fields, the grinding wheels crushed by equilibrium. Separate lives no more disguise, no more second chances.'

Answer: Out of the Silent Planet

Taken from the album 'Brave New World', released in 2000.
14. 'And then I heard a piercing scream and I rushed to the scene of the crime, but all I found was the butchered remains of two girls lay side by side.'

Answer: Murders in the Rue Morgue

Taken from the album 'Killers', released in 1981.
15. 'But if you asked me a question, would I tell you the truth. Now there's something to bet on, you've got nothing to lose.'

Answer: No Prayer for the Dying

Taken from the self-titled album, released in 1990.
16. 'Won't you come into my room, I wanna show you all my wares.'

Answer: Iron Maiden

Taken from the self-titled debut album, released in 1980.
17. 'Can I tempt you, come with me, be Devil may care, fulfill your dream.'

Answer: Caught Somewhere in Time

Taken from the album 'Somewhere in Time', released in 1986.
18. 'He's walking like a small child. But watch his eyes burn you away. Black holes in his golden stare. God knows he wants to go home.'

Answer: Children of the Damned

Taken from the album 'The Number of the Beast', released in 1982.
19. 'They'll be coming to bring the eternal flame. They'll be bringing us all immortality.'

Answer: Sign of the Cross

Taken from the album 'The X Factor', released in 1995.
20. 'Hold up your heads, be proud of what you are. Now it has come, freedom at last. Turning the tides of history, and your past.'

Answer: Mother Russia

Taken from the album 'No Prayer for the Dying', released in 1990.
21. 'By the Tigris river, he met King Darius again, and crushed him again in the battle of Arbela. Entering Babylon and Susa, treasures he found, took Persepolis, the capital of Persia.'

Answer: Alexander the Great

Taken from the album 'Somewhere in Time', released in 1986.
22. 'Are you scared to look inside your mind? Are worried just at what you'll find? Do you really want to face the truth? Does it matter now, what have you got to lose?'

Answer: The Unbeliever

Taken from the album 'The X Factor', released in 1995.
23. 'Too much time on my hands, I got you on my mind. Can't ease this pain, so easily.'

Answer: Wasted Years

Taken from the album 'Somewhere in Time', released in 1986.
24. 'But I will pray for her, I will call her name out loud. I would bleed for her, if I could only see her now.'

Answer: The Evil that Men Do

Taken from the album 'Seventh Son of a Seventh Son', released in 1988.
25. 'There goes the siren that warns of the air raid, then comes the sound of the guns sending flak.'

Answer: Aces High

Taken from the album 'Powerslave', released in 1984.
Source: Author silverginger

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