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Joy Division Trivia Quiz

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A multiple-choice quiz by WALuk. Estimated time: 5 mins.

Author
WALuk

Time
5 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
104,916

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Tough

Avg Score
8 / 15

Plays
907

Awards
Top 35% Quiz

Last 3 plays: Guest 86 (1/15), Guest 94 (7/15), Guest 107 (4/15).

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Question 1 of 15

1. Easy one to start: what was the band called before changing their name to Joy Division? Hint

Warsaw

Prague

Berlin

New Order

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Question 2 of 15

2. Who produced Joy Division's first album, 'Unknown Pleasures'? Hint

Steve Lillywhite

Martin Hannett

Martin Rushent

Tony Wilson

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Question 3 of 15

3. How many figures are apparent in the sculpture on the cover of 'Closer'? (not all complete figures) Hint

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Question 4 of 15

4. A live cover of which Velvet Underground song appears on 'Still'? Hint

Sister Ray

Run Run Run

White Light/White Heat

Heroin

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Question 5 of 15

5. "So this is permanence, love-shattered pride..." is a lyric from which song? Hint

24 Hours

The Eternal

Shadowplay

Transmission

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Question 6 of 15

6. What was the title of the band's 1978 EP - their first release as Joy Division? Hint

A Design For Life

Warsaw

No Love Lost

An Ideal For Living

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Question 7 of 15

7. Which song was the B-side to 'Transmission'? Hint

These Days

Auto-suggestion

She's Lost Control

Novelty

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Question 8 of 15

8. On what UK television programme was the video for 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' first shown? Hint

Tiswas

Top Of The Pops

Cheggers Plays Pop

The Old Grey Whistle Test

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Question 9 of 15

9. "To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you" is the opening lyric to which song? Hint

Shadowplay

The Eternal

Twenty Four Hours

New Dawn Fades

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Question 10 of 15

10. Joy Division's final live performance took place on 2nd May 1980 at which British University? Hint

Manchester

Edinburgh

Essex

Birmingham

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Question 11 of 15

11. True or false: Joy Division released only one album prior to Ian Curtis' death.

True

False

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Question 12 of 15

12. Which artist unfeasibly desecrated 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' on a 1983 album? Hint

Paul Young

Nik Kershaw

Howard Jones

UB40

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Question 13 of 15

13. Which of the following lyrics from 'Transmission' became the title of Deborah Curtis' 1995 biography of her late husband?
Hint

"Listen to the silence"

"The beat of the soul"

"No language, just sound"

"Touching from a distance"

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Question 14 of 15

14. Which song did NOT feature on the near-legendary flexi-single?
Hint

Komakino

From Safety To Where?

Incubation

As You Said

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Question 15 of 15

15. Which track on 'Still' was later released as New Order's first single? Hint

Ceremony

Digital

Passover

A Means To An End

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Easy one to start: what was the band called before changing their name to Joy Division?

Answer: Warsaw

The name was inspired by the David Bowie song 'Warszawa' from the album 'Low'.

2. Who produced Joy Division's first album, 'Unknown Pleasures'?

Answer: Martin Hannett

Steve Lillywhite produced U2, among many others, while Martin Rushent is most famous for his work with the Human League. Tony Wilson was owner of Factory Records - Joy Division's label - and is currently employed as Jerry Springer's stunt double.

3. How many figures are apparent in the sculpture on the cover of 'Closer'? (not all complete figures)

Answer: 5

First figure lying supine, second with head bowed to ground, third (a woman) kneeling on one knee, fourth behind her, a fifth standing behind her putting a hand on her shoulder.

4. A live cover of which Velvet Underground song appears on 'Still'?

Answer: Sister Ray

A blistering rendition, at the end of which Ian Curtis is heard to say "Should hear our version of 'Louie Louie'...whoa!"

5. "So this is permanence, love-shattered pride..." is a lyric from which song?

Answer: 24 Hours

Allegedly about the breakdown of Ian Curtis' marriage.

6. What was the title of the band's 1978 EP - their first release as Joy Division?

Answer: An Ideal For Living

'No Love Lost' and 'Warsaw' were tracks on the EP; 'A Design For Life' is, of course, by the Manic Street Preachers.

7. Which song was the B-side to 'Transmission'?

Answer: Novelty

'These Days' was the B-side of 'Love Will Tear Us Apart'; an alternative version of 'She's Lost Control' backed 'Atmosphere', and 'Auto-suggestion' appeared on the compilation single 'Earcom 2: Contradiction'.

8. On what UK television programme was the video for 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' first shown?

Answer: Tiswas

Quite why Factory Records chose the anarchic Saturday morning children's show to debut the video is unclear, but it was doubtless intended as some kind of ironic statement.

9. "To the centre of the city where all roads meet, waiting for you" is the opening lyric to which song?

Answer: Shadowplay

From 1979's 'Unknown Pleasures'.

10. Joy Division's final live performance took place on 2nd May 1980 at which British University?

Answer: Birmingham

Just three short years after their debut performance (as Warsaw) on 25th May 1977, at Manchester's Electric Circus.

11. True or false: Joy Division released only one album prior to Ian Curtis' death.

Answer: True

'Unknown Pleasures' was released in June 1979. 'Closer' came out in June 1980, just a month after Curtis' death, followed in October 1981 by 'Still'.

12. Which artist unfeasibly desecrated 'Love Will Tear Us Apart' on a 1983 album?

Answer: Paul Young

To my knowledge, neither Jones nor Kershaw has ever desecrated a Joy Division song. Joy Division are one of the few artists whose songs UB40 have NOT desecrated.

13. Which of the following lyrics from 'Transmission' became the title of Deborah Curtis' 1995 biography of her late husband?

Answer: "Touching from a distance"

Its publication, in the same year that the compilation 'Permanent' was released, marked a resurgence of interest in the band following Nine Inch Nails' version of 'Dead Souls' appearing on the soundtrack of 'The Crow'(1994).

14. Which song did NOT feature on the near-legendary flexi-single?

Answer: From Safety To Where?

'From Safety...'was the band's other contribution to the 'Earcom 2' EP (see Q7) and later featured on the 1988 compilation 'Substance'. (NB. I'm aware that 'As You Said' is alternatively referred to as both 'And Then Again' and 'Incubation Pt.II' on various bootlegs,but have gone with what appears to be the majority opinion.)

15. Which track on 'Still' was later released as New Order's first single?

Answer: Ceremony

Released in January 1981, the single peaked at number 34 on the UK charts.

Source: Author WALuk

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