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This is an exciting week for those of us who have a gothic taste. Halloween is on Thursday, and on Friday, the Cure will release their first new album in 16 years – Songs of a Lost World. To get ready for the release, why not test your knowledge with our challenging quiz about this iconic British band? There are no prizes, just some fun, but watch out – if you don’t do well, the spiderman might have you for dinner tonight…
Take the quiz!
1. Before being reissued on the Fiction label, the Cure’s debut single was initially released by which small indie label in December 1978?
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2. What was the original name of the Cure before they settled on their current name?
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3. In which music video are the band trapped in a wardrobe that eventually falls off a cliff?
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4. Which household appliance is NOT featured on the album cover of Three Imaginary Boys?
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5. Where was the live album Entreat, featuring tracks from Disintegration, recorded?
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6. Which football team’s flag does Simon Gallup usually have on his bass amp during shows?
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7. The song The Drowning Man on the Faith LP is inspired by events in which series of books?
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8. Which track did the Cure contribute to the soundtrack of the movie The Crow?
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9. Which guitarist, known for working with David Bowie, is featured on the new Cure album?
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10. What are the backwards voices doing at the beginning of the title track of the Cure’s fourth album, Pornography?
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11. Robert Smith and Steven Severin of Siouxsie and the Banshees collaborated on a 1983 album under which name?
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12. Robert Smith wrote Lovesong as a wedding gift for his wife. What is her name?
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13. Which of these animals has NOT been in the title of a Cure song?
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14. At a 30th anniversary show for The Top in 2014, the Cure added which support band to recreate the original 1984 bill?
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15. Robert Smith has mentioned that the opening track on Songs of a Lost World, Alone, was inspired by which poem?
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16. When was the album Wish released?
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17. What was the b-side of Charlotte Sometimes in the UK?
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18. The Cure has songs titled Birdmad Girl and Sugar Girl, but which of these is also a Cure song with “girl” in the title?
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19. The lengthy instrumental Carnage Visors was a bonus track on the UK cassette release of which album?
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20. Which weekday feature in the lyrics of the song “Friday I’m in Love” is the odd one out?
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