Cold November Rain - A November Music Quiz
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Published: 5th November 2020
Author: Adam
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November is one of my favourite months. Winter is beginning to arrive but there's still enough early evening sunlight left to draw the days out. Unfortunately, many community events will not be able to proceed in the usual manner this year - with Bonfires up and down the country having to be scaled back in size and in Scotland, St. Andrews Day events on the 30th will suffer, too.
There's still lots to love about November - and many musicans have paid tribute to the month in song. I've collected up ten examples below.
This quiz contains ten questions on many of the great songs and bands that have paid tribute to the month.
You can play along on your own or with friends and family. The questions are presented first, with the answers to follow.
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Questions:
1) In June 2018, which music video made before the creation of YouTube became the first to pass one billion views?
2) Wyclef Jean released 'Gone Till November' as the third single of his solo career. Which hip-hop group had he just left to record the single?
3) 'November Tale' was the second track on the album Modern Blues, the eleventh studio album from which Irish rock group better known for 'The Whole of the Moon'?
4) Which Brooklyn indie rock band closed their 2005 album Alligator with a track called 'Mr. November'? The band are perhaps better known for their follow up album 'Boxer'.
a) Arcade Fire b) The War on Drugs c) The National
5) Released in 2005 and containing a track called 'November Has Come', which Gorillaz album was their second, following up on their self-titled debut?
a) Demon Days b) Dirty Harry c) Down Stairs
6) 'November' is a track on the 2017 album 'Flower Boy' from an American rapper who called himself 'the Creator'. What's his first name?
7) Canadian singer-songwriter had a hit singing of a shipwreck under gloomy November skies. Which ship was he singing of?
a) SS Explorer b) SS Edmund Fitzgerald c) SS Robin Maguire
8) Which Mike Oldfield single contains the lyrics 'How's it feel when there's time to remember? / Branches bare, like the trees in November.'?
a) Moonlight Shadow b) Man in the Rain c) Let There Be Light
9) Which prolific American songwriter and performer sang 'In November's gusty gale / I will flop my flippy tail' on the track 'Chicken Soup with Rice' for the TV cartoon Really Rosie?
10) Said to be one of his favourite tracks, what did Morrissey sing of November spawning in his 1990 solo single release?
a) A Devil b) A Monster c) A Village
Answers:
1) In June 2018, which music video made before the creation of YouTube became the first to pass one billion views?
November Rain - Gun N' Roses
2) Wyclef Jean released 'Gone Till November' as the third single of his solo career. Which hip-hop group had he just left to record the single?
Fugees
3) 'November Tale' was the second track on the album Modern Blues, the eleventh studio album from which Irish rock group better known for 'The Whole of the Moon'?
The Waterboys
4) Which Brooklyn indie rock band closed their 2005 album Alligator with a track called 'Mr. November'? The band are perhaps better known for their follow up album 'Boxer'.
a) Arcade Fire b) The War on Drugs c) The National
c) The National
5) Released in 2005 and containing a track called 'November Has Come', which Gorillaz album was their second, following up on their self-titled debut?
a) Demon Days b) Dirty Harry c) Down Stairs
a) Demon Days
6) 'November' is a track on the 2017 album 'Flower Boy' from an American rapper who called himself 'the Creator'. What's his first name?
Tyler
7) Canadian singer-songwriter had a hit singing of a shipwreck under gloomy November skies. Which ship was he singing of?
a) SS Explorer b) SS Edmund Fitzgerald c) SS Robin Maguire
b) SS Edmund Fitzgerald
8) Which Mike Oldfield single contains the lyrics 'How's it feel when there's time to remember? / Branches bare, like the trees in November.'?
a) Moonlight Shadow b) Man in the Rain c) Let There Be Light
b) Man in the Rain
9) Which prolific American songwriter and performer sang 'In November's gusty gale / I will flop my flippy tail' on the track 'Chicken Soup with Rice' for the TV cartoon Really Rosie?
Carole King
10) Said to be one of his favourite tracks, what did Morrissey sing of November spawning in his 1990 solo single release?
a) A Devil b) A Monster c) A Village
b) A Monster
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