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Sing Me a Time Trivia Quiz


All of the songs in this "Sing Me" quiz have the word "time" in their title. Can you "Sing Me a Time?" Good luck.

A multiple-choice quiz by wenray. Estimated time: 2 mins.
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Author
wenray
Time
2 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
343,199
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
Difficulty
Easy
Avg Score
9 / 10
Plays
1210
Awards
Top 35% Quiz
Last 3 plays: Guest 74 (9/10), Bourman (8/10), Guest 108 (10/10).
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Question 1 of 10
1. Who had the hit "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in 1968? Hint


Question 2 of 10
2. Which singing duo had a hit with "Do That To Me One More Time" in 1979? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. Who had a hit with that great rock and roll song "Old Time Rock & Roll"? Hint


Question 4 of 10
4. What iconic singer had a hit with "The Longest Time" in 1984? Hint


Question 5 of 10
5. Which great English girl singer had a hit with "A Sign of the Times" in 1966? Hint


Question 6 of 10
6. What legendary singer/songwriter penned "The Times They are a-Changin'"? Hint


Question 7 of 10
7. Which funk/soul band had a big hit with "Three Times a Lady" in 1978? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. Which female pop star had a hit with the song "Time After Time"? Hint


Question 9 of 10
9. Which singer/songwriter had a hit in 1973 with "Time in a Bottle"? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. This song appeared on this Diva's twentieth album. Who had a big hit with "If I Could Turn Back Time" in 1989? Hint



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Most Recent Scores
Mar 21 2024 : Guest 74: 9/10
Mar 12 2024 : Bourman: 8/10
Mar 10 2024 : Guest 108: 10/10
Mar 09 2024 : adam36: 8/10
Mar 06 2024 : Guest 172: 10/10
Mar 06 2024 : Guest 72: 8/10
Feb 24 2024 : Andyboy2021: 10/10

Score Distribution

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. Who had the hit "By the Time I Get to Phoenix" in 1968?

Answer: Glen Campbell

Johnny Rivers had the original recording of this song in 1965, but it was not until Glen Campbell recorded it in 1968 that it became a huge hit. The song won two Grammy Awards (Best Vocal Performance, Male; and Best Contemporary Male Solo Vocal Performance) and has been covered by Thelma Houston, Frankie Laine, Jack Jones and Stevie Wonder, just to name a few.

Glen Travis Campbell was born in 1936. His career has spanned over 50 years and he has over 70 albums to his credit. He's won many Awards, including eight Grammys. He played alongside John Wayne in the movie "True Grit" (1969) for which Campbell received a Golden Globe nomination. He was inducted into the Country Music Hall of Fame in 2005.
2. Which singing duo had a hit with "Do That To Me One More Time" in 1979?

Answer: Captain & Tennille

Following the success of "Love Will Keep Us Together" in 1975, Captain & Tennille released "Do That To Me One More Time" in 1979. Toni Tennille wrote the song and it reached number one on the US Billboard Top 100.

Husband and wife team Captain & Tennille (Daryl Dragon, born in 1942 and Cathryn Antoinette Tennille born in 1940) were a very successful singing duo who commenced their career in the 1970s and had numerous Platinum and Gold albums and singles. They released their last album in 2007.
3. Who had a hit with that great rock and roll song "Old Time Rock & Roll"?

Answer: Bob Seger and the Silver Bullet Band

This song appeared on Seger's album "Stranger in Town" in 1978, and a year later it was released as a single. The song gained a lot of fame, being featured in the Tom Cruise film "Risky Business" (1983) when the character played by Tom Cruise dances in his underwear.

Robert Clark Seger was born in 1945 and in 1974 he formed "The Silver Bullet Band. He has had much success both as a solo singer and with the Silver Bullet Band.
4. What iconic singer had a hit with "The Longest Time" in 1984?

Answer: Billy Joel

Billy Joel released the single "The Longest Time" in 1984 and it rose to number 14 on the Billboard Hot 100. As well as singing lead vocal, he also sang all the background tracks. William Martin Joel was born in 1949. "Piano Man" was his first hit in 1973. During his career he has written and recorded over thirty Top 40 hits in the US.

He has been nominated over twenty times for, and won six Grammy Awards. He has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, and has sold over 150 million records.

He is also a classical music composer. He was once married to super model Christie Brinkley for nine years.
5. Which great English girl singer had a hit with "A Sign of the Times" in 1966?

Answer: Petula Clark

"A Sign of the Times" reached number 11 on the Billboard Hot 100 and number two on Billboard's Easy Listening survey. Petula Clark, CBE, was born in 1932 and her career as an actress, composer and singer has lasted seventy years. She has had such hits as "Downtown", "I Know a Place" "Colour My World and "Don't Sleep in the Subway", just to name a few. She has appeared in many films and has released many singles in France, Germany, Italy and Spain.
6. What legendary singer/songwriter penned "The Times They are a-Changin'"?

Answer: Bob Dylan

"They Times They are a-Changin'" is listed as number 59 on "Rolling Stones" 2004 list of "The 500 Greatest Songs of All Time." It was written by Bob Dylan and released in 1964. This song was so popular it was covered by Peter, Paul & Mary, Simon and Garfunkel, Burl Ives, The Hollies, Nina Simone, Billy Joel and Brian Ferry, just to name a few.

Robert Allen Zimmerman was born in 1941. He is a painter, a poet, a musician and a singer-songwriter and has written hundreds of songs. He has received many awards including an Oscar, Golden Globe and Grammy. He has been inducted into the Songwriters Hall of Fame, and the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame. In his home town, Duluth Minnesota, a road was named in his honour "The Bob Dylan Pathway." He played for a short time in Bobby Vee's backing group. In 2016, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature.
7. Which funk/soul band had a big hit with "Three Times a Lady" in 1978?

Answer: The Commodores

"Three Times a Lady" was the Commodore's first number one hit on the Billboard Hot 100. The Commodores were originally called The Mystics and were very popular in the 1970s and 1980s and sold over 75 million records. Lionel Richie left the group to pursue a solo career. However, the Commodores still carried on performing.
8. Which female pop star had a hit with the song "Time After Time"?

Answer: Cyndi Lauper

"Time After Time" was recorded by Cyndi Lauper in 1984 and it reached number one on the US Billboard Hot 100 Chart and number three on the UK Singles Chart. Cyndi Lauper co-wrote this song. It has been covered many times by numerous artists including Tracy Chapman, Miles Davis, Nana Mouskouri, Eva Cassidy and Mariah Carey, to name but a few. Cynthia Ann Stephanie Lauper was born in the US in 1953.

She has won many awards including Grammy, Emmy and MTV Awards. She has appeared in numerous movies and TV shows.
9. Which singer/songwriter had a hit in 1973 with "Time in a Bottle"?

Answer: Jim Croce

"Time in a Bottle" was a hit for Jim Croce after his death in September 1973 and it was number one for two weeks in the US in December 1973. It has been covered by, among others, Roger Williams, Glen Campbell, Floyd Cramer and Chris de Burgh. James Joseph Croce was born in 1943 and first performed with his wife, Ingrid, as a duo.

At age 30, Croce and five others were killed in a plane crash in Louisiana in September 1973.
10. This song appeared on this Diva's twentieth album. Who had a big hit with "If I Could Turn Back Time" in 1989?

Answer: Cher

"If I Could Turn Back Time" reached number one on the Australian charts, number six in the UK and number three in the US. The song appeared in the famous music video made aboard the "USS Missouri". Cherilyn Sarkisian was born in 1948. She is a singer, actress and television personality.

She has won an Oscar, Emmy, Golden Globes and Grammy Awards. She had a successful singing career and TV show with her then husband, Sony Bono, before going solo. She has appeared in such films as "Silkwood" (1983), "Mask" (1985), and "Moonstruck" (1987), for which she won an Oscar for Best Actress.
Source: Author wenray

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