Musical Allusions 5 by AlexanderD

Champion(s):

Tarn
I know my months


Runner(s)-Up:

VenguswamyK
Semper Ubi Sub Ubi


Quiz Description

The fifth movement in an orchestral arrangement of rearrangements. Good luck!

Full Results:

Rank Player Total %ile 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12
Money Value (% Incorrect): 04 72 16 04 72 68 72 24 52 76 44 99
1 Tarn 395 98 15
15
72
15
16
15
15
00
00
15
15
52
15
76
15
44
00
2 VenguswamyK 352 94 15
15
72
15
16
15
04
00
15
68
15
72
00
15
15
00
00
3 CarterBurke 332 90 15
15
15
15
04
00
15
68
15
72
15
24
00
00
15
44
00
4 KreitzerJ 313 86 15
00
15
16
15
15
72
00
00
15
24
15
52
00
15
44
00
5 MatherV 300 82 15
04
00
15
15
04
15
15
15
72
15
24
00
15
76
00
00
6 twarner50 265 78 15
15
15
16
15
00
00
00
00
15
24
00
15
76
15
44
00
7 GhostsDaddy 251 74 15
00
00
15
04
00
00
00
15
72
15
24
00
15
76
00
00
8 quarterrican 250 70 15
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
15
72
15
24
00
00
15
44
00
9 GoodmanDL 249 66 15
00
15
16
15
04
15
72
15
00
15
15
52
00
00
00
00
10 AdamKing 246 62 15
00
15
16
15
04
00
15
68
00
15
24
00
00
15
44
00
11 EverettJ 238 57 15
04
15
15
15
04
15
72
15
68
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
12 HessJa 230 54 15
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
15
24
15
52
00
15
44
00
13 JonesRW 227 50 00
00
00
15
04
15
72
15
00
15
24
15
52
00
00
00
00
14 RaiaB 203 46 15
04
00
00
15
04
00
00
00
15
24
15
52
00
15
44
00
15 goroshnik 199 42 15
04
00
00
15
00
00
00
00
15
24
15
52
00
15
44
00
16 Emily 195 38 15
00
15
15
04
15
72
00
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
44
00
17 DixonD 190 34 15
04
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
15
15
24
15
52
00
00
00
18 VanceH 182 30 15
15
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
15
72
00
00
00
00
15
00
19 Nicole 167 26 15
04
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
15
24
00
00
15
44
00
20 musicguy595 160 22 15
04
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
76
00
00
21 JohnPoulos 158 16 15
04
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
15
15
00
00
15
44
00
21 Vintsanity 158 16 15
04
15
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
00
15
00
00
15
44
00
23 mellyjo 132 10 15
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
00
00
15
52
00
00
00
00
00
24 WhitmireS 104 6 15
04
00
15
16
00
00
00
00
00
00
15
24
15
00
00
00
25 MoyseyC 99 2 15
04
00
15
16
15
04
00
00
15
00
15
00
00
00
00
00

Questions:

Joe Satriani accused this band of stealing his "If I Could Fly". Comedian Mitch Benn pointed out that it could easily be a case of "Now (Band Name Redacted) Sounds Like Everything Else". Whose "Viva La Vida" verses sound more like Viva La Satriani?

Click to Reveal Answer
Coldplay

Olly Murs' "Dance with Me Tonight" and Meghan Trainor's "Dear Future Husband" both contain what Dion song as its backing track?

Click to Reveal Answer
"Runaround Sue"

According to Third Eye Blind's Stephan Jenkins, what 1997 song of his was meant as a response to Lou Reed's "Walk on the Wild Side" (and alluded as such...barely...during its doo-filled chorus)?

Click to Reveal Answer
"Semi-Charmed Life"

Hans Zimmer's theme song to the short-lived animated sitcom "The Critic" calls back to "Rhapsody in Blue" by what American composer? NOTE: please give the first and last name.

Click to Reveal Answer
George Gershwin

Raphael Saadiq invited Stevie Wonder to his album on the track "Never Give You Up", much like Stevie invited what famous trumpeter to his album on his "Do I Do"?

Click to Reveal Answer
Dizzy Gillespie

The original NES version of "Hydlide" contains as its overworld theme a John Williams sound-alike piece played on infinite replay. The original piece was first featured in a motion picture in a 1981 film. What is the name of this "March"?

Click to Reveal Answer
"Raiders March"

Avenue Q's "It Sucks to Be Me" takes on a lighter tone for a different song by the end of the show, as the cast comes together to sing what song that teaches of the impermanence of all of life's foibles?

Click to Reveal Answer
"For Now"

"The Waters of March" was appropriated for commercial jingles related to what ill-fated 1985 introduction? Contrary to public belief, the product did not simply disappear three months after it was released, but continued to be produced until 2002.

Click to Reveal Answer
New Coke

Gary Kemp is credited as a co-writer on what PM Dawn song (later covered by the Backstreet Boys) that featured a snippet of the chorus of a well-known Spandau Ballet tune?

Click to Reveal Answer
"Set Adrift on Memory Bliss"

Meghan Trainor gets a second mention in this quiz, as she features on a song that samples "Stand by Me" heavily. Makes sense in retrospect, as the title of the song is one of the many singers who sang it. Name the singer that Charlie Puth wants Meghan to allude to... in a different manner?

Click to Reveal Answer
Marvin Gaye

On the soundtrack to a 1990s film, Seal can be heard alluding to the bridge of his first US Top Ten hit at the end of what Steve Miller cover, which was fitting given the film in which it was featured?

Click to Reveal Answer
"Fly Like An Eagle"

Hal Hidey borrowed from Perrey & Kingsley in 1977 when what quiz show, whose original CBS theme was a Perrey & Kingsley song, returned to the airwaves after a 27-month interlude?

Click to Reveal Answer
The Joker's Wild