ABBA Quiz Categories Lyrics True or False ABBA
ABBA Quiz
Categories • Lyrics • True or False • ABBA history (4 questions in each category)
(1) There was something in the air that night ___ Fernando! 1. I saw the light 2. we had a fight 3. I flew a kite 4. the stars were bright
4 • the stars were bright
(2) Dancing Queen ___ _ __ 1. 2. 3. 4. Young and sweet only seventeen All around here is squeaky clean I've been jiving with Charlie Sheen Days have gone who knows where they've been
1 1. Young and sweet only seventeen
(3) Well I could dance with you honey… 1. 2. 3. 4. Show you all my money Be your little bunny If you think it's funny Till the day gets sunny
3 • If you think it's funny
(4) I believe in ___ 1. 2. 3. 4. believing santa angels fairies
3 • angels
(5) All of the members of ABBA are Swedish. • True • False
False • Anni-Frid (Frida) Synni-Lyngstad was born in Ballangen, Norway, in 1945. The other three members are native Swedes. Frida moved to Sweden when she was one and a half.
(6) Benny Andersson and Bjorn Ulvaeus received the Nobel prize in Swenglish Literature • True • False
False • There is no Nobel prize in Swenglish: The English language spoken or written heavily influenced by Swedish vocabulary, grammar, or syntax. • This is Karen, a friend to me. We first met for five years ago. • My father just got a new work. He controls passports at the airport.
(7) In 2000 an American. British consortium offered the group $1 billion to reunite for 100 shows. • True • False
True • But they declined the offer. • "It's a hell of a lot of money to say no to, but we decided it wasn't for us. "
(8) The reason ABBA wore those crazy, sparkly outfits was for tax purposes. • True • False
True • Swedish law allowed the cost of outfits to be tax-deductible, as long as they were intended for performance only and couldn’t be worn as normal street clothes. • “In my honest opinion we looked like nuts in those years, ” Ulvaeus reflected. “Nobody can have been as badly dressed on stage as we were. ”
(9) What river is mentioned in the song "Fernando"? 1. 2. 3. 4. Mississippi Rio Grande Danube Volga
2 • "Can you hear the drums Fernando? Do you still recall the frightful night we crossed the Rio Grande? " This song, one of ABBA's biggest hits, was released as a single in most parts of the world, though it was included on "Arrival" in Australia and New Zealand. The Rio Grande (or Rio Bravo) is a North American river that forms the border between Texas and Mexico before emptying into the Gulf of Mexico at Brownsville, Texas.
(10) Many people know that ABBA became famous when they won the Eurovision song contest in 1974 with "Waterloo". But this was not their first entry in the contest. Which song was, in 1973? 1. 2. 3. 4. "Chiquitita" "Ring" "Dancing Queen" "I am Just a Girl"
2 • ABBA was considered to have "made it" when they won 1974's Eurovision contest, held in Brighton, England, with "Waterloo". They had entered the contest the previous year with "Ring", coming in third. However, the song became a hit in Sweden and other European countries, and the album "Ring" was released in Sweden in 1973.
(11) What was ABBA's biggest-selling single ever and also their only US Number 1? 1. 2. 3. 4. Dancing Queen Money Mamma Mia Waterloo
1 • "Dancing Queen", released in 1976, became not only ABBA's best-selling single ever but one of the best-loved songs of the disco era. It has been called "the world's first Europop disco hit". The song debuted in August 1976 when the band performed it at a ball for King Gustaf XVI of Sweden, on the eve of his wedding to Queen Silvia.
(12) How many people went to see ABBA on their 1977 tour in Australia? • 30, 000 • 160, 000 • 520, 000 • 1 million
160, 000 • In 1977, the group travelled to Australia to play 11 shows – resulting in pandemonium in an ABBA-mad Down Under. More than 160, 000 people attended the shows, including 20, 000 at the Sydney Showground on 3 rd March. At one of their three Melbourne shows, then Prime Minister Malcolm Fraser attended with his family.
In 1977 Australia had a population of 14 million and has been rising ever since. . .
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