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Quiz: How well do you know these songs about July?

It’s as good a time as any to put on a few tunes.
10.00pm, 10 Jul 2022
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IT’S JULY.

With the weather finally starting to pick up a bit, summer is in the air.

It’s as good a time as any to put on a few tunes. While you’re at it, test yourself – how well do you know these songs about July?

In The Irish Rover, The Pogues set sail from the sweet cove of Cork on the fourth of July - which year?
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1806
1866

1926
1956
Which Cyrus musician has a song called July?
Miley Cyrus
Noah Cyrus

Trace Cyrus
Billy Ray Cyrus
In Nina Simone's July Tree, which other month does she mention?
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April
May

June
August
Which of these Irish groups has a song called 4th of July with no lyrics?
U2
The Cranberries

Kodaline
The Corrs
True or false: The Prince song that opens with a line about pasta simmering on the stove is set in (and named after) July
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True
False
When did Irish singer Mundy release his song July?
1996
1998

2000
2002
Which Lana Del Rey song mentions “hot summer nights, mid-July”?
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Summertime Sadness
Honeymoon

Off To The Races
Young and Beautiful
Which of these is a line in a Lady Gaga song?
Hold my hand til’ July ends
Does July need a sky of blue?

July charts on the radio
No matter lightning or thunder, July flooding under
True or false: The Decemberists have a song called July, July
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True
False
In Mariah Carey’s Fourth of July…
It was sunrise on the Fourth of July
It was high time on the Fourth of July

It was twilight on the Fourth of July
It was midnight on the Fourth of July
Answer all the questions to see your result!
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You scored out of !
Not your best
You're as far from July as it gets
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Not too bad
You're more of an autumn
Share your result:
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You scored out of !
Well done!
You've got that summer spirit
Share your result:

   

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