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Twice Upon a Time Trivia Quiz


One singer is good, so two singers should be better, right? This quiz is about famous duets, mostly folk and country, but a few other genres are also included.

A multiple-choice quiz by daver852. Estimated time: 5 mins.
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Author
daver852
Time
5 mins
Type
Multiple Choice
Quiz #
363,351
Updated
Dec 03 21
# Qns
10
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Average
Avg Score
8 / 10
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2148
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Question 1 of 10
1. In the early part of the 1960s, a music genre sometimes called "vocal surf rock" became hugely popular in the U.S. Appropriately hailing from California, one of the first groups to perform this type of music released recordings such as "Dead Man's Curve" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena". Can you name this duo?
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Question 2 of 10
2. This Canadian duo were husband and wife in real life. Their most famous song was "Four Strong Winds." They were very influential figures on the folk music scene in the 1960s. They began performing together in 1959, were married in 1964, and divorced in 1975. Many people believe they were the inspiration for the characters Mitch and Mickey in the movie, "A Mighty Wind." Who were these Canadian songbirds? Hint


Question 3 of 10
3. She's a famous fiddle player who contributed many songs to the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and he's a multiple Grammy Award winner whose hits include "Alcohol" and "I'm Gonna Miss Her." Which two country music superstars teamed up to record the Country Music Association's 2005 Song of the Year, "Whiskey Lullaby"?
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Question 4 of 10
4. Who did Nancy Sinatra team up with to produce such 1960s hits as "Jackson" and "Some Velvet Morning"?
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Question 5 of 10
5. Elton John has had numerous hit songs throughout his long career, but his first Number One single in the UK was actually a duet! Who joined with him to take "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" to the top of the charts in 1976?

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Question 6 of 10
6. These two legendary country singers teamed up to win four consecutive Country Music Association Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year from 1972 through 1975. Some of their greatest hits were "After the Fire Is Gone" and "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man." Can you name these legends of country music?

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Question 7 of 10
7. "Up Where We Belong" was the theme song for the 1982 film, "An Officer and a Gentleman," as well as a Number One hit song for which two singers? Hint


Question 8 of 10
8. This song has been voted "the best Christmas song of all time" in various polls, despite its controversial lyrics and generally pessimistic theme. It tells the story of an Irish immigrant spending Christmas Eve in jail, sleeping off a drunken spree. It actually was the Christmas Number 1 in Ireland in 1987, and reached the Number Two spot in the UK that year. What two singers can be heard singing "A Fairytale of New York"?
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Question 9 of 10
9. When Maddy Prior and June Tabor, two of the most influential English folk singers of the 20th century, got together to record an album in 1976, they chose a rather strange and not very dignified name for it. The tracks included "The Lass of Loch Royal" and "The Grey Funnel Line," the latter of which was featured in the movie, "Sirens," starring Hugh Grant. What was the name of this iconic album, which the ladies later used to describe themselves? Hint


Question 10 of 10
10. In 1989, Hank Williams, Jr. released a duet of the song, "There's A Tear In My Beer," and in 1992 Natalie Cole sang a duet of "Unforgettable." Both of these duets were unusual in what way?
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Quiz Answer Key and Fun Facts
1. In the early part of the 1960s, a music genre sometimes called "vocal surf rock" became hugely popular in the U.S. Appropriately hailing from California, one of the first groups to perform this type of music released recordings such as "Dead Man's Curve" and "Little Old Lady from Pasadena". Can you name this duo?

Answer: Jan & Dean

The Ventures and The Safaris were instrumental bands for the most part. The Everly Brothers weren't from California and would never be classified as surf rockers.

William Jan Berry and Dean Ormsby Torrence had several hits in the 1960s. One of them, "Dead Man's Curve", proved to be sort of prophetic when Berry was nearly killed in a car accident that occurred on a portion of road very close to the real Dead Man's Curve in Beverly Hills.
2. This Canadian duo were husband and wife in real life. Their most famous song was "Four Strong Winds." They were very influential figures on the folk music scene in the 1960s. They began performing together in 1959, were married in 1964, and divorced in 1975. Many people believe they were the inspiration for the characters Mitch and Mickey in the movie, "A Mighty Wind." Who were these Canadian songbirds?

Answer: Ian and Sylvia

Ian and Sylvia Tyson's big break came with the release of their second album, "Four Strong Winds" in 1964. The title song, which was written by Ian, has been called the "most essential piece of Canadian music." Ian would later write the song "Someday Soon," which was a hit for Suzy Bogguss in 1991. Sylvia was also a talented songwriter, and penned "You Were On My Mind," which was a hit for the pop music group, We Five. Both continued solo musical careers following their divorce in 1975.
3. She's a famous fiddle player who contributed many songs to the soundtrack of "O Brother, Where Art Thou?" and he's a multiple Grammy Award winner whose hits include "Alcohol" and "I'm Gonna Miss Her." Which two country music superstars teamed up to record the Country Music Association's 2005 Song of the Year, "Whiskey Lullaby"?

Answer: Alison Krauss and Brad Paisley

"She put him out / Like the burning end of a midnight cigarette." "Whiskey Lullaby" was written by Jon Randall and Bill Anderson. It is a very sad story about two people who drink themselves to death. The video starred Ricky Schroder, who also directed it. Randall said he was inspired to write the song following his divorce from fellow country singer, Lorrie Morgan. Morgan's first husband, singer Keith Whitley, did actually drink himself to death, dying of acute alcohol poisoning in 1989.
4. Who did Nancy Sinatra team up with to produce such 1960s hits as "Jackson" and "Some Velvet Morning"?

Answer: Lee Hazelwood

Lee Hazelwood was a prolific songwriter as well as an accomplished singer. He had already released several albums when he teamed up with Nancy Sinatra for the 1966 album, "These Boots Are Made For Walkin'." They combined their talents to produce a number of hit songs, including "Sugar Town" and "Summer Wine." Hazelwood died of renal cancer in 2007.
5. Elton John has had numerous hit songs throughout his long career, but his first Number One single in the UK was actually a duet! Who joined with him to take "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" to the top of the charts in 1976?

Answer: Kiki Dee

Kiki Dee's real name is Pauline Matthews. "Don't Go Breaking My Heart" was written by Elton John and Bernie Taupin. It not only reached the top spot in the UK, it was also Number One on the Billboard Hot 100 in the U.S. Elton John also sang a duet of this song with Miss Piggy on "The Muppet Show." Elton John and Kiki Dee teamed up again in 1993 to sing the Cole Porter song, "True Love," which reached Number Two on the UK charts.
6. These two legendary country singers teamed up to win four consecutive Country Music Association Awards for Vocal Duo of the Year from 1972 through 1975. Some of their greatest hits were "After the Fire Is Gone" and "Louisiana Woman, Mississippi Man." Can you name these legends of country music?

Answer: Conway Twitty and Loretta Lynn

Conway Twitty was born Harold Lloyd Jenkins in Mississippi in 1933. He started out as a rock and roll singer, but switched to country in 1965. He had an unbelievable 54 Number One songs during his career, five of them duets with Loretta Lynn. Loretta Lynn was born in Butcher Hollow, Kentucky, in 1932.

Her life story was told in the movie, "Coal Miner's Daughter." Twitty and Lynn recorded their first album together, "We Only Make Believe," in 1971. Before their collaboration had ended, they had released 11 albums and had a dozen top ten country hits. Sadly, Twitty died of an abdominal aortic aneurysm in 1993.
7. "Up Where We Belong" was the theme song for the 1982 film, "An Officer and a Gentleman," as well as a Number One hit song for which two singers?

Answer: Jennifer Warnes and Joe Cocker

For someone who isn't exactly a household name, Jennifer Warnes has had a remarkably successful career, spanning six decades; her first album was released in 1968. "Up Where We Belong" was her first Billboard Hot 100 Number One hit. Her second would be another duet, this time with Bill Medley, in 1987 for "(I've Had) The Time of My Life." That was also from a movie, "Dirty Dancing." For Joe Cocker, "Up Where We Belong" was his first Number One hit since 1968's "With a Little Help From My Friends." Ironically, although "Up Where We Belong" won both the Golden Globe and the Academy Awards for Best Original Song in 1983, and earned Warnes and Cocker a Grammy Award for Best Pop Performance by a Duo or Group with Vocal, the producer of "An Officer and a Gentleman" disliked the song, and tried to get it cut from the movie!
8. This song has been voted "the best Christmas song of all time" in various polls, despite its controversial lyrics and generally pessimistic theme. It tells the story of an Irish immigrant spending Christmas Eve in jail, sleeping off a drunken spree. It actually was the Christmas Number 1 in Ireland in 1987, and reached the Number Two spot in the UK that year. What two singers can be heard singing "A Fairytale of New York"?

Answer: Shane McGowan and Kirsty MacColl

"A Fairytale of New York" was written by Jem Finer and Shane MacGowan, both members of the Irish band, The Pogues. It appeared on their album, "If I Should Fall from Grace with God." Released on December 17, 1987, it rose quickly on the Irish and British charts. Because of language that some find offensive, the song has been censored by the BBC on numerous occasions. Kirsty MacColl, the daughter of the famous folk singer, Ewen MacColl, died tragically on December 18, 2000 when she was struck by a boat while swimming in the ocean near Cozumel, Mexico.

The song was re-released in 2005 and 2012, and both times it ranked in the Top 20 of the UK Singles Chart.
9. When Maddy Prior and June Tabor, two of the most influential English folk singers of the 20th century, got together to record an album in 1976, they chose a rather strange and not very dignified name for it. The tracks included "The Lass of Loch Royal" and "The Grey Funnel Line," the latter of which was featured in the movie, "Sirens," starring Hugh Grant. What was the name of this iconic album, which the ladies later used to describe themselves?

Answer: Silly Sisters

Maddy Prior was the long-time lead singer for the electric-folk group, Steeleye Span, and June Tabor enjoyed a long and successful solo career, often working with renowned guitarist Martin Simpson. "Silly Sisters" is widely regarded as one of the best traditional, acoustic folk albums of the 1970s. Several legendary artists added their talents as session musicians, including Nic Jones, Martin Carthy and Andy Irvine. The two singers adopted the name Silly Sisters as the name of their act, and in 1988 released a follow-up album, "No More To the Dance."
10. In 1989, Hank Williams, Jr. released a duet of the song, "There's A Tear In My Beer," and in 1992 Natalie Cole sang a duet of "Unforgettable." Both of these duets were unusual in what way?

Answer: Their singing partners were dead

Both of the performers released songs and videos that made it appear they were performing with their late fathers - Hank Williams, Sr. and Nat King Cole. Both duets were very successful. Hank Williams, Jr. won a Grammy Award in 1990 for Best Country Vocal Collaboration, and Cole's duet won a Grammy as Record of the Year in 1992.
Source: Author daver852

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