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Quiz about Songs off My Local AltRock Station Volume 1

Songs off My Local Alt-Rock Station: Volume 1 Quiz

As I listen to my local alternative rock station, Drive105, I am typing lyrics from some of the songs. All you have to do is identify the song or artist. Songs and artists can vary, being old, new, popular, and more obscure.

A multiple-choice quiz by HPKillersFreak. Estimated time: 6 mins.

Author
HPKillersFreak

Time
6 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
257,826

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
15

Difficulty
Difficult

Avg Score
7 / 15

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506

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Question 1 of 15

1. "Can't this car go any faster?" is repeated in a track by this artist. Hint

Dada

Stone Temple Pilots

Gin Blossoms

Audioslave

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Question 2 of 15

2. "Are you lost or incomplete? / Do you feel like a puzzle you can't find its missing piece?" is from this Coldplay song. Hint

Politik

Trouble

Fix You

Talk

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Question 3 of 15

3. "Just something hurting again / Murdersome, she's painful" is in a song by this artist. Hint

Shiny Toy Guns

Plain White T's

Silversun Pickups

The Fratellis

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Question 4 of 15

4. "I wanna bite the hand that feeds me / I wanna bite that hand so badly" is off this Elvis Costello song. Hint

Pump It Up

Watching the Detective

Radio Radio

Accidents Will Happen

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Question 5 of 15

5. "You're cinematic razor sharp / A welcome arrow through the heart" is from which song? Hint

Chasing Cars

Shut Your Eyes

You're All I Have

Hands Open

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Question 6 of 15

6. "I've been waiting for this silence all night long / It's just a matter of time" comes from a track by which artist? Hint

Silversun Pickups

Death Cab for Cutie

Shiny Toy Guns

Vega4

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Question 7 of 15

7. "When you wanna die, when you hurt inside / Don't know what you lie for anyway" is from which Keane song? Hint

Nothing in My Way

Atlantic

Is It Any Wonder?

Crystal Ball

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Question 8 of 15

8. "Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there / Told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare" is off a song by this band. Hint

The Fratellis

People in Planes

Brand New

She Wants Revenge

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Question 9 of 15

9. "A little joy / A little sorrow / A little pride so we won't have to borrow" is a off a track by which band? Hint

Pearl Jam

Silversun Pickups

Brand New

Gomez

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Question 10 of 15

10. "So what did you do those three days you were dead? / 'Cause this problem's gonna last more than the weekend" is from a song by which artist? Hint

Brand New

The View

She Wants Revenge

Vega4

11. "Eight, eight, I forget what eight was for and / Nine, nine, nine for a lost God and / Ten, ten, ten, ten, for everything / Everything, everything, everything" is from which Violent Femmes song? Hint

Kiss Off

Gone Daddy Gone

Blister in the Sun

American Music

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Question 12 of 15

12. "Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence, center of her own attention" are lyrics from a song by which of these bands? Hint

Pearl Jam

Alice in Chains

Nirvana

Soundgarden

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Question 13 of 15

13. "Straight off the boat, where to go? / Calling on in transit, calling on in transit" is from which REM song? Hint

Radio Free Europe

Orange Crush

Finest Work Song

What's the Frequency, Kenneth?

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Question 14 of 15

14. "Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse / Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force" is from a song by which band? Hint

Big Audio Dynamite

The Clash

Violent Femmes

Cake

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Question 15 of 15

15. "A thousand miles seems pretty far / But they've got planes and trains and cars / And I'd walk to you if I had no other way" is from which Plain White T's song? Hint

Hey There Delilah

You and Me

Write You a Song

Making a Memory

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. "Can't this car go any faster?" is repeated in a track by this artist.

Answer: Dada

The song is "Dim", off Dada's debut album "Puzzle", released in 1992. "Dim" was the album's third single.

2. "Are you lost or incomplete? / Do you feel like a puzzle you can't find its missing piece?" is from this Coldplay song.

Answer: Talk

"Talk" is from Coldplay's third album, "X&Y", released in 2006. "Talk" was the third single off the album.

3. "Just something hurting again / Murdersome, she's painful" is in a song by this artist.

Answer: Shiny Toy Guns

The song is "You Are the One", off Shiny Toy Guns' debut album "We Are Pilots".

4. "I wanna bite the hand that feeds me / I wanna bite that hand so badly" is off this Elvis Costello song.

Answer: Radio Radio

"Radio Radio" is off the US version of Costello's second album released in 1978, "This Year's Model". Elvis Costello's real name is Declan Patrick MacManus.

5. "You're cinematic razor sharp / A welcome arrow through the heart" is from which song?

Answer: You're All I Have

"You're All I Have" was the first UK single released off Snow Patrol's fourth album, "Eyes Open", released in 2006. "Hands Open" was the first single in the US.

6. "I've been waiting for this silence all night long / It's just a matter of time" comes from a track by which artist?

Answer: Silversun Pickups

"Lazy Eye" is the song, and it is the second single off Silversun Pickups' 2006 debut album, "Carnavas".

7. "When you wanna die, when you hurt inside / Don't know what you lie for anyway" is from which Keane song?

Answer: Nothing in My Way

"Nothing in My Way" is the fourth single off Keane's second album, "Under the Iron Sea", released in 2006.

8. "Her hand brushed up against his, she left it there / Told him how she felt and then they locked in a stare" is off a song by this band.

Answer: She Wants Revenge

"Tear You Apart" is the song, and it was the second single off She Wants Revenge's debut self-titled album, released in 2006. The music video for the song was directed by actor Joaquin Phoenix.

9. "A little joy / A little sorrow / A little pride so we won't have to borrow" is a off a track by which band?

Answer: Gomez

"How We Operate" is the song, and it is the title track to Gomez's fifth album, as well as its first single.

10. "So what did you do those three days you were dead? / 'Cause this problem's gonna last more than the weekend" is from a song by which artist?

Answer: Brand New

The song is "Jesus Christ", and was released as the "official" first single off the band's third album, "The Devil and God Are Raging Inside of Me", which was released in 2006.

Answer: Kiss Off

"Kiss Off" is off the Violent Femmes' self-titled debut album, released in 1982.

12. "Alone, listless, breakfast table in an otherwise empty room / Young girl, violence, center of her own attention" are lyrics from a song by which of these bands?

Answer: Pearl Jam

The song is "Daughter", released as the third single off Pearl Jam's second album "Vs.", released in 1993.

13. "Straight off the boat, where to go? / Calling on in transit, calling on in transit" is from which REM song?

Answer: Radio Free Europe

"Radio Free Europe" was the first single off REM's debut album "Murmur", released in 1983.

14. "Bowel-shaking earthquakes of doubt and remorse / Assail him, impale him with monster-truck force" is from a song by which band?

Answer: Cake

"The Distance" is the song, and it was the first single off Cake's 1996 album "Nugget", their sophomore album.

15. "A thousand miles seems pretty far / But they've got planes and trains and cars / And I'd walk to you if I had no other way" is from which Plain White T's song?

Answer: Hey There Delilah

"Hey There Delilah" was originally released as an EP, but was then included in the re-release of the band's fourth album, "Every Second Counts", released in 2006.

Source: Author HPKillersFreak

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