U2 Quiz Answers
I'm speaking with Sarah Canuck right now, and she's the one person who I thought would be most likely to attempt the quiz. She's gotten several of the answers wrong, so here are the answers. Some of you wankers could have actually won something had you put in twenty minutes of research time, maybe less.
1) Which of the four band members founded the group? The band was founded in the late 1970's by Larry Mullen, Jr., the drummer.
2) In the song "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", Bono is singing from whose perspective? Bono is singing from the perspective of an angel.
3) This member of the band was the best man at Bono's wedding. Bono's best man was Adam Clayton, the bassist.
4) Name the ambitious tour that followed the release of the 1991 album "Achtung Baby". This tour was called Zoo TV, and it was the pinnacle of rock and roll tours.
5) Which band member has been hiding his thinning hairline since at least 1987? The Edge has had a receding hairline for years, and hides it with hats or bandanas.
6) The title of one of U2's songs is Irish Gaelic. Name the song, and the English translation. The title of this song is "An Cat Dubh", and it means "The Black Cat".
7) Who is U2's career-long manager? Paul McGuinness has managed U2 since they hired him to take over for Adam Clayton in the late 1970's. He's considered the "fifth member" of U2.
8) In the early days of U2's career, they were known for doing something abnormal when they played concerts as a bar band. What was it? The boys only knew a few songs when they first started touring in Europe and America, so they would play those songs, and then start the set over and play the same songs over again.
9) Two of the members of U2 were actually born in England, not Ireland. Who are they? Adam Clayton was born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England; David "The Edge" Evans was born in Barking, Essex, England.
10) In the 1980's, U2 released three EPs/albums containing live material, each of which was named for a lyric in one of the songs shared by the studio and live albums. Name at least two of these EPs/albums, and the songs they're named for. The EP "Under a Blood Red Sky" (November 1983) takes its name from one of the lyrics in the song "New Years Day" from the album "War" (March 1983). The EP/single "Wide Awake in America" (May 1985) takes its name from a lyric in the song "Bad", originally released on the album "The Unforgettable Fire" (October 1984). Finally, the full-length album "Rattle and Hum", which accompanied the 1989 film of the same name, takes its name from one of the lines in "Bullet the Blue Sky", from U2's breakthrough 1987 album "The Joshua Tree".
Now, don't you wish you'd done just a bit of research? These questions may have looked daunting, but they weren't very hard. You could have gotten a prize. Just ask Sneaky Pete! It's a cool prize!
Thanks for the interest in my geekiness, though. I really appreciated that!
1) Which of the four band members founded the group? The band was founded in the late 1970's by Larry Mullen, Jr., the drummer.
2) In the song "Stay (Faraway, So Close!)", Bono is singing from whose perspective? Bono is singing from the perspective of an angel.
3) This member of the band was the best man at Bono's wedding. Bono's best man was Adam Clayton, the bassist.
4) Name the ambitious tour that followed the release of the 1991 album "Achtung Baby". This tour was called Zoo TV, and it was the pinnacle of rock and roll tours.
5) Which band member has been hiding his thinning hairline since at least 1987? The Edge has had a receding hairline for years, and hides it with hats or bandanas.
6) The title of one of U2's songs is Irish Gaelic. Name the song, and the English translation. The title of this song is "An Cat Dubh", and it means "The Black Cat".
7) Who is U2's career-long manager? Paul McGuinness has managed U2 since they hired him to take over for Adam Clayton in the late 1970's. He's considered the "fifth member" of U2.
8) In the early days of U2's career, they were known for doing something abnormal when they played concerts as a bar band. What was it? The boys only knew a few songs when they first started touring in Europe and America, so they would play those songs, and then start the set over and play the same songs over again.
9) Two of the members of U2 were actually born in England, not Ireland. Who are they? Adam Clayton was born in Chinnor, Oxfordshire, England; David "The Edge" Evans was born in Barking, Essex, England.
10) In the 1980's, U2 released three EPs/albums containing live material, each of which was named for a lyric in one of the songs shared by the studio and live albums. Name at least two of these EPs/albums, and the songs they're named for. The EP "Under a Blood Red Sky" (November 1983) takes its name from one of the lyrics in the song "New Years Day" from the album "War" (March 1983). The EP/single "Wide Awake in America" (May 1985) takes its name from a lyric in the song "Bad", originally released on the album "The Unforgettable Fire" (October 1984). Finally, the full-length album "Rattle and Hum", which accompanied the 1989 film of the same name, takes its name from one of the lines in "Bullet the Blue Sky", from U2's breakthrough 1987 album "The Joshua Tree".
Now, don't you wish you'd done just a bit of research? These questions may have looked daunting, but they weren't very hard. You could have gotten a prize. Just ask Sneaky Pete! It's a cool prize!
Thanks for the interest in my geekiness, though. I really appreciated that!
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