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Stormy Songs Trivia Quiz

It was a dark and stormy night (or certainly seems like that's what the writers were thinking of) when these songs were written and/or titled. How many of these stormy songs can you get?

A multiple-choice quiz by Rowena8482. Estimated time: 4 mins.

Author
Rowena8482

Time
4 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
328,132

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

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528

Question 1 of 10

1. Perhaps one of the best known 'stormy' songs is the iconic "Riders on the Storm". Do you know which of these singers took a cover version into the UK Top 30 in 1983? Hint

Siouxsie Sioux

Annabel Lamb

Toyah Wilcox

Claire Grogan

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Question 2 of 10

2. One very well known 'stormy' song is "Stormy Weather". Since it was written in 1933, it has been recorded many times. Do you know who recorded it at least five times, and also sang it during her role in the film of the same name, released in 1943? Hint

Judy Garland

Lena Horne

Ginger Rogers

Doris Day

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Question 3 of 10

3. Which Australian band sing a song that opens with this line?
"Walkin' round the house singing 'Stormy Weather'" Hint

Men at Work

Crowded House

Midnight Oil

INXS

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Question 4 of 10

4. Which drummer had a UK hit with "Drummin' up a Storm" in 1962?

Answer: (Two Words (5,6 or just surname))

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Question 5 of 10

5. Who sings "Lullaby for a Stormy Night"? Hint

Vienna Teng

Joan Osborne

Stacey Orrico

Sarah Harmer

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Question 6 of 10

6. Which band perform these lines?
"But I call you stormy today
All of a sudden that ol' rain is fallin' down
And my world is cloudy and gray" Hint

Chicago

Santana

Take That

Backstreet Boys

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Question 7 of 10

7. Which drummer, from a much more famous band, was previously a member of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes? Hint

Cozy Powell

Phil Collins

Ringo Starr

Neil Peart

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Question 8 of 10

8. Who sang these lyrics?
"And the storm is breaking, or so it seems
We're too young to reason, too grown up to dream"? Hint

Midge Ure

Bryan Ferry

Bobby Darin

Pat Boone

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Question 9 of 10

9. Which British band, who also sang about a "Sunny Afternoon" and a "Waterloo Sunset", sang these lines?
"Everybody's tryin' to hide,
To get away from that stormy sky" Hint

The Who

The Kinks

The Animals

The Hollies

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Question 10 of 10

10. The Allman Brothers covered the blues song "Stormy Monday" on their 1971 album "At Filmore East". Do you know which other day of the week is also mentioned in the full title of the song? Hint

Sunday

Tuesday

Friday

Wednesday

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Perhaps one of the best known 'stormy' songs is the iconic "Riders on the Storm". Do you know which of these singers took a cover version into the UK Top 30 in 1983?

Answer: Annabel Lamb

Annabel Lamb's version spent seven weeks on the UK Singles Chart in 1983, peaking at number twenty seven. The original Doors version reached number fifty, then left the chart, before re-entering and reaching number twenty two on its first UK release in 1971.

Answer: Lena Horne

Lena Horne first recorded "Stormy Weather" in 1941, for the RCA record label.
The song was written by Harold Arlen and Ted Koehler, and in 2000 it was inducted into the Grammy Hall of Fame.

3. Which Australian band sing a song that opens with this line? "Walkin' round the house singing 'Stormy Weather'"

Answer: Crowded House

Although Crowded House were formed in Melbourne, Australia, brothers Neil and Tim Finn are actually from New Zealand. In 1993 they were awarded OBE medals from Queen Elizabeth II, for their work in the music business over the years.
"Weather With You" was the band's only UK Top Ten hit, when it reached number seven on the Singles Chart in 1993.

4. Which drummer had a UK hit with "Drummin' up a Storm" in 1962?

Answer: sandy nelson

Sandy Nelson had four Top 40 hits on the UK Singles Chart between 1959 and 1962. "Drummin' up a Storm" was the last of these, and reached number thirty nine.

5. Who sings "Lullaby for a Stormy Night"?

Answer: Vienna Teng

"Lullaby for a Stormy Night" features on Vienna Teng's first studio album "Waking Hour", released in 2002.

6. Which band perform these lines? "But I call you stormy today All of a sudden that ol' rain is fallin' down And my world is cloudy and gray"

Answer: Santana

The lyrics in question are from "Stormy" by Santana. On its US release in 1979, it reached number thirty two on the Billboard Hot 100 Singles Chart.

7. Which drummer, from a much more famous band, was previously a member of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes?

Answer: Ringo Starr

Ringo was born Richard Starkey, and was of course the drummer with The Beatles. The pinnacle of Rory Storm and the Hurricanes' career was a summer residency at Butlins holiday camp, in Wales, in 1960.

8. Who sang these lyrics? "And the storm is breaking, or so it seems We're too young to reason, too grown up to dream"?

Answer: Bryan Ferry

"Slave to Love" reached number ten in the UK Singles Chart for Bryan Ferry, when it was released in 1985. It was his fifth Top Ten UK hit.

9. Which British band, who also sang about a "Sunny Afternoon" and a "Waterloo Sunset", sang these lines? "Everybody's tryin' to hide, To get away from that stormy sky"

Answer: The Kinks

"Stormy Sky" was featured on the Kinks 1977 album "Sleepwalker".
It was never released as a single, but their 'other weather songs' "Sunny Afternoon" (1966) and "Waterloo Sunset" (1967) reached numbers one and two respectively on the UK Singles Chart.

10. The Allman Brothers covered the blues song "Stormy Monday" on their 1971 album "At Filmore East". Do you know which other day of the week is also mentioned in the full title of the song?

Answer: Tuesday

The full title of the song is "Call it Stormy Monday (But Tuesday is Just as Bad)". It was written by Aaron "T-Bone" Walker in the 1940s.

Source: Author Rowena8482

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