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Sally Oldfield Trivia Quiz

Don't listen to Sally Oldfield's music unless you want to dream and float into a world of tranquility and harmony.

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

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stageball

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5 mins

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Quiz #
178,451

Updated
Dec 03 21

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Question 1 of 10

1. Which album by Sally Oldfield contains the songs, "Blue Water" and "Mandala"? Hint

Celebration-1980

Femme-1987

Secret Songs - 1996

Easy-1989

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Question 2 of 10

2. Name the song which contains the following lyric by Sally Oldfield: "Love me now the night is still,
And the wind cries 'You'd better drink your fill
While the fire and ice and honey's still flowing!'"
Hint

Night Of The Hunter's Moon

Mirrors

Song Of The Bow

Weaver

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which of the following statements about Sally Oldfield is true? Hint

She is a Zen Buddist priest

She is a Reiki master

She is a Chassidic Rabbi

She is a Shinto minister

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Question 4 of 10

4. Complete the lyric by Sally Oldfield: "Am I out of my mind from being alone...". Hint

Three rings for the elven kings, under the sky.

Healer. I am the healed, I am the healer.

Bring your broken heart, bring you life that's torn apart.

Or am I really just a million light years away from home?

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Question 5 of 10

5. Mike Oldfield is what relation to Sally Oldfield? Hint

He is her husband.

He is her younger brother.

He is her father.

No relation.

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Question 6 of 10

6. Sally's song, "Mirrors" first appeared on what album? Hint

The Flame -1992

Instincts -1988

Natasha -1990

Waterbearer -1978

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Question 7 of 10

7. What is the name of the 2001 album by Sally Oldfield which contained the song, "Bird of Paradise" and a remix of the song, "Mirrors"? Hint

Flaming Star

Three Rings

Secret Songs

In Concert

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Question 8 of 10

8. "SallyAngie", the group in which Sally and Mike Oldfield performed before they each went solo, appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1969. What were the outfits they appeared in made of? Hint

Chain Mail

Black Leather

Green Velvet

Shocking Pink Nylon

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Question 9 of 10

9. Complete the lyric from the song, "Mandala", by Sally Oldfield, "I can hear a beautiful..." Hint

thunder

laughter

perfect stranger

flame

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Question 10 of 10

10. Complete the lyric from the song, "Song of Being", by Sally Oldfield, "Singer, I am the song, I am the..." Hint

andromeda

singing

dagger

boulevard

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which album by Sally Oldfield contains the songs, "Blue Water" and "Mandala"?

Answer: Celebration-1980

Sally was born in August, 1950 in Dublin, Ireland. The family moved to Reading, England. Sally writes all her own music and lyrics.

2. Name the song which contains the following lyric by Sally Oldfield: "Love me now the night is still, And the wind cries 'You'd better drink your fill While the fire and ice and honey's still flowing!'"

Answer: Song Of The Bow

From the 1978 album, "Water Bearer". Sally sings and plays piano on all her albums.

3. Which of the following statements about Sally Oldfield is true?

Answer: She is a Reiki master

Sally became interested in Reiki around the time that her album, "Flaming Star" was being produced.

4. Complete the lyric by Sally Oldfield: "Am I out of my mind from being alone...".

Answer: Or am I really just a million light years away from home?

From the song, "A Million Light Years Away From Home" from the 1983 album, "Strange Day In Berlin". "Three rings for the elven kings, under the sky." (a line from the book, "The lord of the Rings") is a line from the song "Nenya" on the album, "Water Bearer". "Three Rings" is also the name of an album Sally released in 1994.

5. Mike Oldfield is what relation to Sally Oldfield?

Answer: He is her younger brother.

Mike and Sally were once in a group together called, "Sallyangie." The group produced one album. Sally also sang on many of Mike's albums including "Tubular Bells". She also sang on their third, younger brother, Terry Oldfield's albums.

6. Sally's song, "Mirrors" first appeared on what album?

Answer: Waterbearer -1978

"Mirrors" was released as a single in 1978 and became a hit in England. This assured Sally of a steady stream of record contracts.

7. What is the name of the 2001 album by Sally Oldfield which contained the song, "Bird of Paradise" and a remix of the song, "Mirrors"?

Answer: Flaming Star

"Flaming Star" also included the songs, "Invocation", "Samerai of the Sun", "Shaman", "Ascension", and "One to the Power of One".

8. "SallyAngie", the group in which Sally and Mike Oldfield performed before they each went solo, appeared at the Cambridge Folk Festival in 1969. What were the outfits they appeared in made of?

Answer: Green Velvet

Mike didn't like the image of the group and soon the team split up and persued solo careers. Both Sally and Mike were fans of Bert Jansch and John Renbourne (both part of Pentangle) and it was John Renbourne who discovered the duo, and introduced them to the Transatlantic label, where Sallyangie's only album was recorded.

9. Complete the lyric from the song, "Mandala", by Sally Oldfield, "I can hear a beautiful..."

Answer: thunder

"...my heart is beating, letting in the wonder". From the album, "Celebration" released in 1980. The song "Mandala" also appears on the album, "In Concert", released in 1982.

10. Complete the lyric from the song, "Song of Being", by Sally Oldfield, "Singer, I am the song, I am the..."

Answer: singing

"Singer! I am the song, I am the singing,
I am the inspiration, I am the celebration". From the album, "Playing in the Flame" -1981. Sally Oldfield's music is praised for its delightful combination of beautiful poetry, melodic tunes, and sublime vocals and musical arrangment.

Source: Author stageball

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