The Music Quiz: The Cranberries song Yeats' Grave quotes from which of the great man's poems?
Carole King
Lou Reed
Fiona Apple
Neil Diamond
Scottish rockers Travis took their name from...?
Travis Bickle (Robert De Niro) of Taxi Driver
Rough Trade Records founder Geoff Travis
Travis Henderson (Harry Dean Stanton) of Paris, Texas
Blink-182 drummer Travis Barker
What is the number in the title of the third album by US band Dandy Warhols, [Blank] Tales of Urban Bohemia?
Twelve
Thirteen
Fourteen
Fifteen
What was the original name of Kilkenny alt-metal band Kerbdog?
Riot
Rocket
Ricochet
Rollercoaster
Which Gary Numan song did Foo Fighters cover on the 1996 compilation album, Songs in the Key of X: Music from and Inspired by the X-Files?
Cars
Are 'Friends' Electric?
This Wreckage
Down in the Park
Garbage's 1996 song Stupid Girl features a musical arrangement pivoting on a drum sample from The Clash's...?
Tommy Gun
Train in Vain
Straight to Hell
Lost in the Supermarket
On The Help Album, a 1995 charity compilation, Suede covers which Elvis Costello song?
Pump It Up
Shipbuilding
High Fidelity
Accidents Will Happen
Which country inspired the name of post-Britpop outfit Kula Shaker?
Japan
Indonesia
China
India
Which number completes the title of Mundy's 2002 album, [Blank] Star Hotel?
4
5
24
25
Yeats' Grave, The Cranberries' 1994 song on their second studio album (No Need to Argue), quotes lines from which of WB's poems?
Adam's Curse
No Second Troy
September 1913
The Second Coming
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