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Carpenters Challenge

How well do you know The Carpenters hits, discography and inspirations?

Quiz created by: Bear Hamilton

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1. "Ticket To Ride" was their first charted single. What other famous Beatles song did they cover?

Elenor Rigby
Help
Yesterday
Nowhere Man

2. Richard heard "Superstar" performed on TV first. Who first sang it on "The Tonight Show"?

Barbara Striesand
Bette Midler
"Mama" Cass Elliot
Linda Ronstadt

3. What were The Carpenters before they were The Carpenters?

Jazzology
O. K. Chorale
The Windchimers
Spectrum

4. "Ticket To Ride" is the renamed title of what Carpenters album?

Invocation
Eve
Offering
The Carpenters

5. Which single that "went gold" was the first crediting Richard as a writer?

Rainy Days And Mondays
Top Of The World
Bless The Beasts And The Children
Hurting Each Other

6. "Superstar" nearly didn't release as a single. What track from their third album nearly did?

(A Place To) Hideaway
Sometimes
Let Me Be The One
One Love

7. "We've Only Just Begun" Was originally background music in a commercial for - ?

A Bank
A 'Marriage Encounter' service.
A new soft drink
A supermarket chain

8. What movie did Richard Carpenter see that gave him the idea to record "For All We Know"?

Love Story
The Gradute
Lover's And Other Strangers
Cat Ballou

9. "Top Of The World" crossed over to the country charts. What other hit charted there as well?

Sing
Bless The Beasts And The Children
Yesterday Once More
Sweet, Sweet Smile

10. The Carpenters inculded several Bacharach / David songs on ther albums. How many were hits?

Three
Four
One
Six

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<h1>Carpenters Challenge</h1><p>How well do you know The Carpenters hits, discography and inspirations?</p>
<p>Quiz created by: <a href="http://www.amiwrong.com/authors/bearhamilton.shtml">Bear Hamilton</a></p><br>1. "Ticket To Ride" was their first charted single. What other famous Beatles song did they cover?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Elenor Rigby</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Help</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yesterday</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Nowhere Man</div>
<br>2. Richard heard "Superstar" performed on TV first. Who first sang it on "The Tonight Show"?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Barbara Striesand</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bette Midler</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) "Mama" Cass Elliot</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Linda Ronstadt</div>
<br>3. What were The Carpenters before they were The Carpenters?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Jazzology</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) O. K. Chorale</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Windchimers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Spectrum</div>
<br>4. "Ticket To Ride" is the renamed title of what Carpenters album?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Invocation</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Eve</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Offering</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Carpenters</div>
<br>5. Which single that "went gold" was the first crediting Richard as a writer?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Rainy Days And Mondays</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Top Of The World</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bless The Beasts And The Children</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Hurting Each Other</div>
<br>6. "Superstar" nearly didn't release as a single. What track from their third album nearly did?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) (A Place To) Hideaway</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sometimes</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Let Me Be The One</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) One Love</div>
<br>7. "We've Only Just Begun" Was originally background music in a commercial for - ?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A Bank</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A 'Marriage Encounter' service.</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A new soft drink</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) A supermarket chain</div>
<br>8. What movie did Richard Carpenter see that gave him the idea to record "For All We Know"?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Love Story</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) The Gradute</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Lover's And Other Strangers</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Cat Ballou</div>
<br>9. "Top Of The World" crossed over to the country charts. What other hit charted there as well?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sing</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Bless The Beasts And The Children</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Yesterday Once More</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Sweet, Sweet Smile</div>
<br>10. The Carpenters inculded several Bacharach / David songs on ther albums. How many were hits?
<div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Three</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Four</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) One</div><div style="padding-left: 20px;">(#) Six</div>
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