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Quiz about The Killers Lyrics and Band

Quiz about The Killers Lyrics and Band

The Killers - Lyrics and Band Trivia Quiz

This quiz will test your knowledge on lyrics from the albums "Hot Fuss" and "Sam's Town", It will also test your knowledge on the band itself. Good luck!

A multiple-choice quiz by PixieSim. Estimated time: 3 mins.

Author
PixieSim

Time
3 mins

Type
Multiple Choice

Quiz #
253,715

Updated
Dec 03 21

# Qns
10

Difficulty
Average

Avg Score
6 / 10

Plays
555

This quiz has 2 formats: you can play it as a or as shown below.
Scroll down to the bottom for the answer key.

1. Which Killers song includes the lyrics "The sun is beating down my neck"? Hint

Bones

Bling

Believe Me Natalie

Mr.Brightside

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2. The popular song "When You Were Young" includes this lyric.

"We're burning down the highway skyline"

True

False

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3. The song "Bones" from "Sam's Town" starts with which lyric? Hint

Come with me

Bones

Don't you wanna

Let's go

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4. The song "Believe Me Natalie" from "Hot Fuss" contains this lyric: "There is an old cliche"

True

False

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5. The song "Sam's Town" contains this lyric:
"I took a shotgun".

True

False

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6. Aha! now for some questions about the band themselves...

In the first week of release, how many copies of "Sam's Town" were sold? Hint

600,000

700,000

400,000

750,000

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7. Was "Sam's Town" released one day later in the US than in the UK?

Yes

No

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8. Who plays the bass and percussion for The Killers? Hint

Mark Stoermer

Brandon Flowers

Dave Keuning

Ronnie Vannucci Jr

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9. What was the band that Brandon Flowers dropped out of in 2001 called? Hint

Blush Response

Cold Response

Dead Response

The Killers

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10. According to the Killers' ArtistDirect.com bio, what inspired Flowers to create a keyboard band which later followed to be The Killers? Hint

Attended a Coldplay concert

Attended an Oasis concert

Thinking

Listening to various other bands

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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts

1. Which Killers song includes the lyrics "The sun is beating down my neck"?

Answer: Bling

Yup! It was "Bling". Though it is a personal favourite of mine and many others it never entered the charts.

2. The popular song "When You Were Young" includes this lyric. "We're burning down the highway skyline"

Answer: True

"When You Were Young" is a very popular song from "Sam's Town".
It has won "Best Rock Song" and "Best Short Form Music Video". It was Number one on the U.S. Modern Rock charts for two weeks in a row, making it a favourite of many.

3. The song "Bones" from "Sam's Town" starts with which lyric?

Answer: Come with me

"Bones" is a well done, entertaining song with an equally entertaining video made by Tim Burton (Director of "Corpse Bride" and "Nightmare Before Christmas") which shows some rather nasty Bones!

4. The song "Believe Me Natalie" from "Hot Fuss" contains this lyric: "There is an old cliche"

Answer: True

"Believe Me Natalie" was most popular in February 2007.

5. The song "Sam's Town" contains this lyric: "I took a shotgun".

Answer: False

The big daddy of the album, "Sam's Town", which won "Best International Album" in the Brit awards of 2007.

"I took a bullet and I looked inside it
Burning through my veins..."

6. Aha! now for some questions about the band themselves... In the first week of release, how many copies of "Sam's Town" were sold?

Answer: 700,000

The band was the musical guest for the premiere of "Saturday Night Live" on September 2006. They sang "When You Were Young" and "Bones." The album sold around 700,000 copies worldwide in the first week of release, with Number two debut on the United World chart.

7. Was "Sam's Town" released one day later in the US than in the UK?

Answer: Yes

Second of October in the UK, and third of October in the US. Amazing really.

8. Who plays the bass and percussion for The Killers?

Answer: Ronnie Vannucci Jr

Ronnie Vannucci Jr was always the bass and percussion; he worked as a student of classical percussion to become a teacher, and worked as a photographer at the Little Chapel of the Flowers, and a pedicab driver at the Desert Passage mall at the Aladdin Hotel.

9. What was the band that Brandon Flowers dropped out of in 2001 called?

Answer: Blush Response

In 2001, Brandon Flowers dropped out of the first band that he was in, a pop band called Blush Response, after he refused to move with the rest of them to Los Angeles.

10. According to the Killers' ArtistDirect.com bio, what inspired Flowers to create a keyboard band which later followed to be The Killers?

Answer: Attended an Oasis concert

Flowers attended an Oasis concert, and, realizing that he wanted to make the transition from a keyboard band, began searching for a guitarist. (The guitarist was Dave Keuning.)

Source: Author PixieSim

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