HIP DEEP IN TRIVIA
Tragically terrific quiz as group starts tour
1 The Hip formed in: a) 1980 b) 1984 c) 1986 d) 1991
2 What is Gord Downie’s middle name? a) Edward b) Edgar c) George d) He doesn’t have a middle name
3 Which city will The Hip’s Man Machine Poem tour NOT be stopping in? a) Regina b) Saskatoon c) Montreal d) All of the above
4 Which Hip video did hockey legend Don Cherry appear in? a) The Darkest One b) Ahead by a Century c) Bobcaygeon d) Something On
5 What is the 41st thing we share? a) Love of autumn b) Bobby Orr’s rookie card c) Molly the beagle d) The fact that we don’t care
6 The Toronto pub in which The Hip was discovered: a) Horseshoe Tavern b) Lucky Horse Tavern c) Duke of York d) Village Idiot
7 What is the song Wheat Kings about?
a) The prairie region’s most profitable farmers
b) Hockey team the Brandon Wheat Kings
c) Royals who insist on a highgluten diet
d) David Milgaard, the Canadian man who served 20 years in prison for a crime he didn’t commit
8 The band’s self-titled EP was released in what year? a) 1984 b) 1986 c) 1987 d) 1983
9 Which one of these is NOT a Hip song? a) Locked in the Trunk of a Car b) Butts Wigglin c) Mosquito Haven d) Tired as F---
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The Hip got their name from a skit in the Michael Nesmith movie Elephant Parts. What year did the film come out? a) 1979 b) 1981 c) 1983 d) 2006
11 Canadian artist Tom Thomson is the subject of which Hip song? a) Three Pistols b) Poets c) Springtime in Vienna d) In View
12 In what year did Bill Barilko disappear? a) 1961 b) 1972 c) 1951 d) 2014
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The Hip released a 37-track hits package in 2005. What was it titled? a) Yer Favourites b) The Hippest c) Greatest Hits d) Downie’s Dreams
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True or false: Canada Post issued a Tragically Hip stamp in 2013: a) True b) False
15 The Hip provided the halftime entertainment at what Grey Cup? a) 2011 b) 2004 c) 1997 d) The Hip have not performed at the Grey Cup
16 Which is NOT the title of one of Gord Downie’s solo albums? a) Tragically Alone b) Coke Machine Glow c) The Grand Bounce d) Battle of the Nudes
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The Hip was inducted into the Canadian Music Hall of Fame in this city: a) Edmonton b) Halifax c) Ottawa d) Winnipeg
18 The Hip’s list of film/TV cameos include: a) Men with Brooms b) Trailer Park Boys c) Corner Gas d) Both a)& b) e) All of the above 19 The Tragically Hip have been nominated for a Grammy. a) True b) False
20 There is a Hip cover band called Practically Hip. a) True b) False
21
In a 2012 interview, Gord Downie revealed that his wife had battled breast cancer. What song did her illness inspire? a) The Lookahead b) Now for Plan A c) Honey, Please d) In View
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Who hosted the 1995 Saturday Night Live episode on which The Tragically Hip performed? a) Michael Jackson b) Steve Martin c) Dan Aykroyd d) John Goodman
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On that same episode of SNL, what two songs did The Hip perform?
a) Grace, Too and So Hard Done By
b) Grace, Too and Nautical Disaster
c) At the Hundredth Meridian and Fifty Mission Cap
d) Music at Work and Gus: The Polar Bear from Central Park
24 What city has proclaimed Aug. 20 The Tragically Hip Day? a) Toronto b) Vancouver c) Windsor d) Kingston
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The Hip’s latest album, Man Machine Poem, is named after a song from which album? a) Now For Plan A b) Trouble at the Henhouse c) World Container d) Phantom Power
1. b) 1984 2. b) Edgar 3. d) All of the above 4. a) The Darkest One 5. d) The fact that we don’t care 6. a) Horseshoe Tavern 7. d) David Milgaard 8. c) 1987 9. c) Mosquito Haven 10. b) 1981 11. a) Three Pistols 12. c) 1951 13. a) Yer Favourites 14. a) True 15. b) 2004 16. a) Tragically Alone 17. d) Winnipeg 18. e) All of the above 19. b) False 20. a) True 21. a) The Lookahead 22. d) John Goodman 23. b) Grace, Too and Nautical Disaster 24. d) Kingston 25. a) Now For Plan A