THIS WAS.....THE BILLY BRAGG QUIZ - 2000

Welcome to the annual Billy Bragg Quiz !
In its FOURTH year the quiz was handed over by its founder Pete Crook into the care of BRAGGTOPIA!
Enjoy the quiz, have a bit of fun and see how well you can do. Some of the questions you may find easy and some very hard - I do not expect anyone to get them all right.
You can then check your results with the Answers and Results and find out WHO WON !

THE NUMBERS GAME

Name ONE Bragg song which has TWO movie titles in the lyrics
Name TWO Billy Bragg songs that mention Bragg album titles
Name THREE songs that Bill has recorded ‘a capella’

 

THE NAME GAME

Name the Bragg lyric that includes the title of a song by The Who ?
Name two Bragg songs which mention UK TV shows ?
Which Bragg song mentions the name of a member of The Supremes ?
You've heard of "Shirley" but in which Bragg song would you find the name
Marion ?
Sandra ?
Teresa ?

 

OOH, THAT’S HARD

According to Billy Bragg what do CDs smell of ?
Which song did Billy record for a Bruce Springsteen tribute album that was never used on the final release ?
According to Billy what is the female equivalent of a goatee beard ?
In which English county does Billy live ?
Which song written by Zenon De Fleur has Billy recorded ?

 

MERMAID AVENUE

How many singles were commercially released from the album Mermaid Avenue ?
What’s a "Talking Woody" ?
How much did Woody Guthrie pay to post a letter in 1950 ?

 

WHAT CONNECTS....?

Billy Bragg and Roberto Rosselini ?
Billy Bragg and the Rolling Stones free concert in Hyde Park in 1969 ?
Billy Bragg and Andrew Collins ?

 

BILLY, DON'T BE A HERO !

Which hero of Billy Bragg...
...released an album called "Rock Art and the X-ray style" ?
...had a special exhibition at the Tate Gallery in November 2000 ?

 

NAME THAT TUNE...

Click on Billy's nose to download a very small MP3 file. All you need to do is identify the seven bits of Billy Bragg songs - an easy one to finish !
Click here to download the MP3