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Songs Inspired By Literature
Can you match the song with the piece of literature that inspired it?
Fun:
(2.75)
Difficulty:
(1.28)
Quiz ID: #15054
Category:
Music
Submitted By:
jppbl
Question #1
In this hit, Elton John says "Goodbye" to a certain glittery path:
Goodbye Yellow Brick Road
The Man Behind the Curtain
Glenda
The Lollipop Guild
Question #2
This Jefferson Airplane song, riddled with drug references, is based on a character from "Alice in Wonderland".
Humpty Dumpty
Alice
Queen of Hearts
White Rabbit
Question #3
"Xanadu" is based upon the paradise in what Coleridge poem?
The Rime of the Ancient Mariner
Kubla Khan
Utopia
Paradise Lost
Question #4
"I Am the Walrus", by The Beatles, was inspired by a poem from this novel:
The Wonderful World of Walruses
The Eskimo
Through the Looking-Glass
The Dormouse
Question #5
This Dire Straits song was named after two "star crossed lovers":
Romeo and Juliet
Antony and Cleopatra
Portia and Bassanio
Bottom and Titania
Question #6
"The Ghost of Tom Joad", by Bruce Springsteen, is based on what novel?
East of Eden
Tortilla Flats
Of Mice and Men
The Grapes of Wrath
Question #7
The song, "Turn, Turn, Turn", takes its lyrics from what book?
Seasons in the Sun
The Bible
The Turn of the Screw
Turn Around
Question #8
Suzanne Vega's song "Calypso" is about a sea nymph from Homer's "The Odyssey".
True
False
Question #9
This song is inspired by a mythological story about a boy and his father who make wings of feathers and wax in order to escape a prison in Crete.
Zeus and the Swan
The Odyssey
Upon Wings of Doves
The Flight of Icarus
Question #10
The song "Among the Living", by Anthrax, is a reference to what Stephen King novel?
Carrie
The Shining
The Stand
Cujo
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